Ukuhlakanipha kukaSolomoni 13:1 Ngokuqinisekile bayize bonke abantu ngokwemvelo, abangenalwazi ngoNkulunkulu, futhi babekwazi hhayi ngokuhle okubonwayo abamaziyo okhona: noma by bebheka imisebenzi bamazisa isisebenzi; 13:2 Kodwa kuthathwa noma umlilo, noma umoya, noma umoya osheshayo, noma isiyingi somoya izinkanyezi, noma amanzi anonya, noma izinkanyiso zezulu, kube onkulunkulu obusa umhlaba. 13:3 Obuhle babo, uma bejabula, babathatha baba onkulunkulu; bayeke yazi ukuthi ingcono kangakanani iNkosi yabo: kumbhali wokuqala wobuhle uzidalile. 13:4 Kodwa uma bemangazwa amandla abo nobuhle, bavumele qondani ngazo, ukuthi unamandla kangakanani ozenzileyo. 13:5 Ngoba ngobukhulu nobuhle bezidalwa ngokulingana umenzi wazo uyabonakala. 13:6 Kodwa nokho ngenxa yalokhu kancane asolwe, ngoba mhlawumbe badukile, befuna uNkulunkulu, befisa ukumthola. 13:7 Ngoba njengoba beguqukile emisebenzini yakhe, bamphenya ngenkuthalo, futhi kholwani ngokubona kwabo: ngokuba kuhle okubonwayo. 13:8 Nokho futhi akufanele baxolelwe. 13:9 Ngokuba uma babekwazi ukwazi okuningi, ukuze baqonde emhlabeni; abasheshanga kanjani ukuyithola iNkosi kukho na? 13:10 Kodwa badabukile, futhi ithemba labo ezintweni ezifileyo, ababiza kubo onkulunkulu abayimisebenzi yezandla zomuntu, igolide nesiliva, ukukhombisa ubuciko phakathi, nokufana kwezilwane, noma itshe elingenamsebenzi, umsebenzi we isandla sasendulo. 13:11 Manje umbazi egawula izingodo, ngemva kokubona phansi emthini ngalokho, wasusa wonke amagxolo ngokuhlakanipha nxazonke, futhi esebenzile kahle, wenza isitsha saso safanelana isevisi yempilo yomuntu; 13:12 Futhi ngemva kokuchitha imfucumfucu yomsebenzi wakhe ukuze alungise ukudla kwakhe, uye wagcwalisa yena ngokwakhe; 13:13 ethatha zona kanye izibi phakathi kwalabo ababengabasizi ngalutho, beb ugodo oluyisigwegwe, olugcwele amafindo, ulubazile ngokukhuthala; lapho wayengenayo enye into ayengayenza, futhi wakwenza ngobuhlakani bakhe waqonda, wakwenza kwaba ngumfanekiso womuntu; 13:14 noma ulenze njengesilo esibi, esilalisa ngokubomvu, upende alifake umbala obomvu, asibekele onke amabala alo; 13:15 Futhi lapho wayenze ikamelo elikahle for it, walibeka odongeni, futhi wakwenza ngokushesha ngensimbi. 13:16 Ngoba wayilungiselela ukuze ingawi, azi ukuthi yayikhona ayikwazi ukuzisiza; ngoba iyisithombe, idinga usizo; 13:17 Khona-ke uthandazela impahla yakhe, umkakhe nabantwana bakhe, futhi ongenamahloni ukukhuluma into engenakuphila. 13:18 Ubiza impilo kwababuthakathaka, ngoba ukuphila kukhuleka kulokho efile; ngosizo ngokuthobeka unxusa lokho okungenandlela encane yokwenza usizo: futhi ngenxa yohambo oluhle icela kulokho okungenanyawo phambili: 13:19 Futhi ukuzuza nokuthola, futhi impumelelo enhle yezandla zakhe, uyabuza ikhono lokwenza ngaye, elingakwazi kakhulu ukwenza lutho.