Ukuhlakanipha kukaSolomoni
5:1 Khona-ke olungile uyokuma ngesibindi esikhulu phambi kobuso
abamhluphileyo, abangazange bakhulume ngomshikashika wakhe.
5:2 Lapho beyibona, bayothuthumela ngokwesaba okwesabekayo, futhi ngeke
umangale ngokumangala kwensindiso yakhe, kude kakhulu ngaphezu kwakho konke lokho
babheka.
5:3 Futhi baphenduka futhi ukububula ngenxa yosizi komoya bayokusho ngaphakathi
ngokwabo, Nguye lo, ebesimhleka usulu ngesinye isikhathi, futhi a
isaga senhlamba:
5:4 Thina abayiziwula sathi ukuphila kwakhe ubuhlanya, futhi isiphetho sakhe kuwukungabi nadumo.
5:5 Ubalwa kanjani phakathi kwabantwana bakaNkulunkulu, nesabelo sakhe siphakathi kwabantwana
bangcwele!
5:6 Ngakho siye saphambuka endleleni yeqiniso, futhi ukukhanya
ukulunga akusikhanyiselanga, nelanga lokulunga laphuma
hhayi phezu kwethu.
5:7 Sakhathala ngokwethu endleleni yobubi nokubhubhisa, yebo, thina
badabula izingwadule, lapho okungelandlela, kodwa ngendlela eya
iNkosi, asikwazi.
5:8 Kusizuziseni ukuzidla? noma inanzuzoni ingcebo ngokugabadela kwethu
usilethile?
5:9 Zonke lezo zinto zidlulile njengesithunzi, futhi njengoba post ukuthi
usheshiswe ngu;
5:10 Futhi njengoba umkhumbi odabula amagagasi amanzi, okuyinto lapho
kudlule, umkhondo wakho awutholakali, noma indlela yabahambi
i-keel emagagasini;
5:11 Noma njengoba inyoni indizela emoyeni, akukho uphawu kuye
indlela yokutholwa, kodwa umoya omncane ushaywa ngokushaywa kwakhe
amaphiko futhi ahlukaniswe ngomsindo onamandla nokunyakaza kwawo, kudluliswa
wadabula, ngasemuva akuyikutholwa sibonakaliso lapho eya khona;
5:12 Noma njengalapho umcibisholo udutshulwa uphawu, uhlukanisa umoya, okuyinto
masinyane abuye abuthane, ukuze umuntu angazi lapho akhona
udlule:
5:13 Ngisho kanjalo nathi ngendlela efanayo, ngokushesha nje lapho sizalwa, saqala ukudweba yethu
ukuphela, futhi wayengenalo uphawu lobuhle ukukhombisa; kodwa zadliwa ngokwethu
ububi.
5:14 Ngoba ithemba loNkulunkulu linjengothuli olupheshulwa umoya;
njengegwebu elincane elipheshulwa yisiphepho; njengentuthu
elihlakazeka lapha nalaphaya ngesivunguvungu, futhi lidlula njengoba
isikhumbuzo sesivakashi esihlala usuku olulodwa kuphela.
5:15 Kodwa olungileyo uyakuphila phakade; nomvuzo wabo ukuJehova;
futhi ukunakekela kwabo kukuPhezukonke.
5:16 Ngakho-ke bayothola umbuso okhazimulayo, nomqhele omuhle
esandleni sikaJehova: ngokuba ngesandla sakhe sokunene uyakubasibekela, futhi
ngengalo yakhe uyabavikela.
5:17 Uyakuzithathela kuye umhawu wakhe njengezikhali eziphelele, futhi uyokwenza
dala isikhali sakhe sokuziphindiselela kwezitha zakhe.
5:18 Uyogqoka ukulunga njengesivikelo sesifuba nokwahlulela kweqiniso
esikhundleni sesigqoko sokuzivikela.
5:19 Uyothatha ubungcwele isihlangu engenakunqotshwa.
5:20 Ulaka lwakhe olunzima uyakulolela inkemba, futhi izwe liyolwa
naye ngokumelene nabangenangqondo.
5:21 Khona-ke ukuduma okuqondisayo kuyakuphumela ngaphandle; nasemafwini.
kungathi ngomnsalo ocishiwe, bandizela endaweni eqondile.
5:22 Futhi amatshe esichotho agcwele ukufutheka bayophonswa njengokuphuma umnsalo itshe, futhi
amanzi olwandle ayakubavukela, nezikhukhula ziyakuvuthela
ngonya abaminzise.
5:23 Yebo, umoya onamandla uyosukuma ngokumelene nabo, futhi njengesiphepho ngeke
baphephule; kanjalo ububi buyochitha umhlaba wonke, nobubi
izenzo ziyakugumbuqela izihlalo zobukhosi zabanamandla.