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.