Isihlabelelo Sezihlabelelo
8:1 O ukube ubunjengomfowethu, owancela amabele kamame!
lapho bengikuthola ngaphandle, bengiyakukwanga; yebo, bekungafanele ngibe
edelelekile.
8:2 Bengiyokuhola, futhi ngikuyise endlini kamama, ngubani ongathanda
ngifundise: Bengiyakuphuzisa iwayini elineziqholo ngophuzo lwe
ihalananda lami.
8:3 Isandla sakhe sobunxele kufanele sibe ngaphansi kwekhanda lami, futhi isandla sakhe sokunene kufanele ugone
mina.
8:4 Ngiyanifungisa, O madodakazi aseJerusalema, ukuze ningavusi, futhi ningavuki
sithandwa sami, aze athande.
8:5 Ngubani lo okhuphuka ehlane, encike kuye
othandekayo? Ngakuphakamisa phansi kwesihlahla sama-apula, lapho unyoko walethwa khona
wena owakuzalayo;
8:6 Ngibeke njengophawu enhliziyweni yakho, njengophawu engalweni yakho;
eqinile njengokufa; umhawu uyisihluku njengengcwaba, amalahle alo angamalahle
amalahle omlilo, anelangabi elivutha kakhulu.
8:7 Amanzi amaningi awanakulucima uthando, nezikhukhula ngeke uluminzise: uma a
umuntu ubenganikela ngayo yonke impahla yendlu yakhe ngothando, kungaba ngokuphelele
adelelwe.
8:8 Sinodadewabo omncane, futhi akanawo amabele;
udadewethu mhla ecelwa na?
8:9 Uma eludonga, sizokwakha phezu kwakhe isigodlo sesiliva, futhi uma yena
ube ngumnyango, siwuhaqe ngamapulangwe omsedari.
8:10 Mina ngiludonga, futhi amabele ami njengemibhoshongo;
lokho kwathola umusa.
8:11 USolomoni wayenesivini eBali Hamoni; wasiqashisa isivini
abagcini; yilowo nalowo ngesithelo sakhe wayeletha izingcezu eziyinkulungwane
eyesiliva.
8:12 Isivini sami, esingesami, siphambi kwami;
abayizinkulungwane, nabagcina isithelo sawo amakhulu amabili.
8:13 Wena ohlala emasimini, abangane balalela izwi lakho.
ngenze ngizwe.
8:14 Shesha, sithandwa sami, ufane nensephe nemazi yendluzele.
phezu kwezintaba zeziqholo.