Ukuhlakanipha kukaSolomoni
3:1 Kodwa imiphefumulo yabalungileyo isesandleni sikaNkulunkulu, futhi kuyoba khona
akukho kuhlushwa ukuthinta.
3:2 Emehlweni abantu abangenangqondo babonakala bafa, futhi ukuhamba kwabo kuyinto
uthathwe ngenxa yosizi,
3:3 Futhi ukusuka kwabo kithi ukuya ekubhujisweni, kodwa bahlezi ngokuthula.
3:4 Ngoba nakuba bejeziswa emehlweni abantu, kodwa ithemba labo ligcwele
lokungafi.
3:5 Futhi ngemva kokujeziswa kancane, bayovuzwa kakhulu
UNkulunkulu wabavivinya, futhi wabathola bemfanele yena.
3:6 Njengegolide esithandweni wabavivinya, futhi wabamukela njengokushiswa
umnikelo.
3:7 Futhi ngesikhathi sokuhanjelwa kwabo bayokhanya, futhi agijimele ngapha nangapha
njengezinhlansi phakathi kwezibindi.
3:8 Bayokwahlulela izizwe, futhi babuse phezu kwabantu, futhi
iNkosi yabo iyakubusa kuze kube phakade.
3:9 Labo abathembela kuye bayoqonda iqiniso, futhi ezifana
othembekile othandweni kuhlale kuye, ngokuba umusa nesihawu kungokwakhe
abangcwele, futhi uyabanakekela abakhethiweyo bakhe.
3:10 Kepha abangamhloniphi uNkulunkulu bayakujeziswa njengokucabanga kwabo,
abadebesele abalungileyo, bayishiyile iNkosi.
3:11 Ngoba noma ubani odelela ukuhlakanipha nokukhulisa, ungumuntu lusizi, futhi ithemba labo
kuyize, ukukhandleka kwabo akutheli, nemisebenzi yabo ayisizi;
3:12 Omkabo bayiziwula, nabantwana babo babi.
3:13 Inzalo yabo iqalekisiwe. Ngalokho ubusisiwe oyinyumba
ongangcolile, ongawazi umbhede wesono; uyakuba nesithelo kuwo
ukuhanjelwa kwemiphefumulo.
3:14 Futhi ubusisiwe umthenwa ongenzanga ngezandla zakhe
ububi, nokuceba okubi ngoNkulunkulu, ngokuba kuyakuba kuye
baphiwe isipho esikhethekileyo sokukholwa, nefa ethempelini likaJehova
INkosi yamukeleka kakhulu engqondweni yakhe.
3:15 Ngoba isithelo semisebenzi emihle sikhazimulayo, futhi impande yokuhlakanipha iyoba
ungalokothi uwe.
3:16 Ngokuqondene amadodana iziphingi, ngeke beze kubo
ukuphelela, nembewu yombhede ongalungile iyakusishulwa.
3:17 Ngoba nakuba bephila isikhathi eside, nokho ngeke babhekwe lutho, futhi yabo
inkathi yokugcina ayiyikudunyiswa.
3:18 Noma, uma befa ngokushesha, abanalo ithemba, noma induduzo ngosuku
kwecala.
3:19 Ngoba kubi ukuphela kwesizukulwane esingalungile.