Ukuhlakanipha kukaSolomoni
11:1 Waphumelela imisebenzi yabo ngesandla somprofethi ongcwele.
11:2 Badabula ehlane elalingahlali muntu, futhi bamisa
amatende ezindaweni lapho kungekho ndlela.
11:3 Bamelana nezitha zabo, futhi baziphindiselela izitha zabo.
11:4 Lapho bomile, bacela kuwe, futhi banikwa amanzi
edwaleni eliyinsengetsha, futhi ukoma kwabo kwaqedwa endaweni eqinile
itshe.
11:5 Ngoba ngalokho izitha zabo zajeziswa, by the same they in
isidingo sabo sazuza.
11:6 Ngoba esikhundleni somfula ogobhozayo njalo ogcwele igazi elingcolileyo.
11:7 Ukuze kube nokusola obala kwalowo myalo, lapho izingane
ababuleweyo, wabanika amanzi amanengi ngendlela yabo
angithembanga ukuthi:
11:8 Ememezela ngalokho ukoma ke ukuthi uye wabajezisa izitha zabo.
11:9 Ngoba lapho bevivinywa nokho, kodwa ngesihawu bajeziswa, babazi ukuthi kanjani
abangamesabi uNkulunkulu bahlulelwa ngolaka futhi bahlushwa, bomile kwenye
ngendlela engalungile.
11:10 Ngoba lezi wabayala futhi wazama, njengobaba;
nkosi elukhuni, walahlile, wajezisa.
11:11 Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi babengekho noma abakhona, babecasuke ngokufanayo.
11:12 Ngoba usizi oluphindiweyo lwehlela phezu kwabo, lokububula ngenxa yokukhumbula
izinto ezedlule.
11:13 Ngoba lapho bezwa ngezijeziso zabo siqu ukuze kuzuze omunye.
babenomuzwa othize weNkosi.
11:14 Ngoba ababemhlonipha ngokuklolodela, lapho kudala ngaphambi kokuba akhishwe
ekukhishweni kwezinsana, yena ekugcineni, lapho bebona ukuthi yini
kwenzeka, bababaza.
11:15 Kodwa ngenxa yamacebo ayisiwula ububi babo, okuyinto
bakhohliswa bakhonza izinyoka ezingenangqondo, nezilo ezimbi wena
wathumela kubo uquqaba lwezilwane ezingenangqondo ukuba ziphindisele;
11:16 Ukuze bazi ukuthi ngalokho umuntu ona ngakho futhi
uyakujeziswa.
11:17 Ngenxa yesandla sakho uMninimandla onke, owenza umhlaba ungabi nasimo,
engafuni ukuthumela phakathi kwabo uquqaba lwamabhere noma abanolaka
amabhubesi,
11:18 Noma izilo zasendle ezingaziwa, egcwele ukufutheka, esanda kudalwa, ukuphefumula out
kungaba umhwamuko ovuthayo, noma amakha angcolile entuthu ehlakazekile, noma ukudubula
ukucwebezela okwesabekayo emehlweni abo:
11:19 Ngalokho hhayi kuphela umonakalo angase athumele kubo ngesikhathi esisodwa, kodwa futhi
umbono osabekayo ubabhubhise.
11:20 Yebo, futhi ngaphandle kwalezi bangase bawele phansi kanye umoya, ngokuba
bazingelwa ngokuphindisela, bahlakazwa ngomoya wakho
amandla: kepha wena uhlele zonke izinto ngesilinganiso nangesibalo nange
isisindo.
11:21 Ngoba ungabonisa amandla akho amakhulu ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho uthanda; futhi
ngubani ongamelana namandla engalo yakho na?
11:22 Ngokuba umhlaba wonke phambi kwakho unjengenhlamvu encane esilinganisweni.
yebo, njengethonsi lamazolo asekuseni awela emhlabathini.
11:23 Kodwa wena unesihawu kubo bonke; ngoba ungenza zonke izinto, futhi awuboni
ezonweni zabantu, ngoba kufanele balungise.
11:24 Ngoba uthanda zonke izinto ezikhona, futhi unengwa lutho
wenzile, ngokuba ubungeke wenze utho, uma ubuwenzile
ngangizondile.
11:25 Futhi kungenzeka kanjani noma yini ukukhuthazelela, uma bekungeyona intando yakho? noma
usindisiwe, uma ungabizwanga nguwe?
11:26 Kodwa wena uyekele konke, ngoba bangabakho, O Nkosi, wena othanda imiphefumulo.