Ukuhlakanipha kukaSolomoni
14:1 Futhi, omunye uzilungiselela ukuhamba ngomkhumbi, futhi mayelana ukudabula
amagagasi adlayo, abiza ukhuni olubole kakhulu kunomkhumbi
omthwalayo.
14:2 Ngoba ngempela isifiso senzuzo waklama lokho, futhi isisebenzi wakha ngesakhe
ikhono.
14:3 Kodwa ukunakekela kwakho, O Baba, kubusa, ngoba wenze indlela yokungena
ulwandle, nendlela ephephile emagagasini;
14:4 Ebonisa ukuthi ungakwazi ukusindisa kuyo yonke ingozi: yebo, nakuba umuntu waya
ulwandle ngaphandle kobuciko.
14:5 Nokho awuthandi ukuba imisebenzi yokuhlakanipha kwakho kube
abavilaphayo, ngakho-ke abantu banikela ukuphila kwabo okhunini oluncane,
futhi ukudlula ulwandle oluyaluzayo ngesikebhe esibuthakathaka kuyasindiswa.
14:6 Ngoba ezikhathini zasendulo futhi, lapho imidondoshiya ezikhukhumezayo babhubha, ithemba
izwe elibuswa isandla sakho laphunyuka ngesitsha esibuthakathaka, lashiywa kubo bonke
iminyaka inzalo yesizukulwane.
14:7 Ngoba ubusisiwe izinkuni lapho ukulunga kuza.
14:8 Kodwa lokho okwenziwe ngezandla kuqalekisiwe, kanye nakho, njengalowo owakwenza
wona: yena, ngokuba wawenza; futhi, ngenxa yokuthi, ngokonakala, kwaba njalo
ebizwa ngokuthi unkulunkulu.
14:9 Ngoba abangamhloniphiyo uNkulunkulu nokungahloniphi kwakhe uNkulunkulu kokubili ngokufanayo bayazonda.
14:10 Ngoba lokho okwenziwe uyojeziswa kanye nalowo owawenza.
14:11 Ngakho-ke ngisho naphezu kwezithombe zabezizwe kuyoba khona a
ukuvakashelwa: ngokuba esidalweni sikaNkulunkulu baba yinyama
isinengiso, nezikhubekiso emiphefumulweni yabantu, nogibe kuJehova
izinyawo zabangahlakaniphile.
14:12 Ngoba ukuqamba izithombe kwaba ukuqala kobufebe bomoya.
nokusungulwa kwazo ukonakala kokuphila.
14:13 Ngoba babengekho kusukela ekuqaleni, futhi ngeke babe khona
njalo.
14:14 Ngoba ngenkazimulo eyize yabantu bangena ezweni, futhi ngenxa yalokho
zizaphela masinyane.
14:15 Ngoba ubaba ohlupheke ngokulila okungakafaneli, lapho esenzile
isithombe somntwana wakhe sasuswa ngokushesha, manje samhlonipha njengonkulunkulu, okwakunjalo
kwase kuba ngofileyo, wanikelwa kwabangaphansi kwakhe imikhosi
kanye nemihlatshelo.
14:16 Kanjalo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi isiko elibi elikhule laqina lagcinwa njenge
umthetho, nezithombe ezibaziweyo zazikhonzwa ngemiyalo yamakhosi.
14:17 Abantu ababengenakumdumisa phambi kwabo, ngoba babehlala kude, bona
wathatha ubuso bakhe obungamanga buvela kude, wenza umfanekiso osobala
yenkosi ababeyihlonipha, kwaze kwathi ngalokho ukulangazelela kwabo
bangamthopha ongekho, kube sengathi ukhona.
14:18 Futhi inkuthalo ubunye we-artificer wasiza ukubeka phambili
abangenalwazi ngezinkolelo-ze ezengeziwe.
14:19 Ngoba yena, mhlawumbe ethanda ukujabulisa oyedwa onegunya, ngenkani zonke zakhe
ikhono lokwenza ukufana kwemfashini engcono kakhulu.
14:20 Futhi ngakho isixuku, beyengwa ngomusa womsebenzi, bamthatha manje
unkulunkulu owayedunyiswa ngaphambili.
14:21 Futhi lokhu kwaba ithuba ukudukisa izwe: ngoba amadoda, ukukhonza noma
inhlekelele noma ubushiqela, wabonisa amatshe nezitokisi
igama elingachazeki.
14:22 Ngaphezu kwalokho, lokhu kwakunganele kubo, ukuthi benza iphutha olwazini
kaNkulunkulu; kodwa nakuba babephila empini enkulu yokungazi, labo banjalo
izinhlupho ezinkulu zathi ukuthula.
14:23 Ngoba ngenkathi babulala abantwana babo emihlatshelweni, noma wasebenzisa imfihlo
imikhosi, noma ukwenza imigidi yemikhosi engavamile;
14:24 Abagcinanga ukuphila noma imishado engasekho, kodwa futhi
omunye wabulala omunye ngokukhohlisa, noma wamdabukisa ngokuphinga.
14:25 Kwaze kwabusa kubo bonke abantu ngaphandle kwegazi, ukubulawa kwabantu,
ubusela, nokuzenzisa, nenkohlakalo, nokungathembeki, nokuxokozela, nokufakaza amanga,
14:26 Ukuphazamiseka kwabantu abalungileyo, ukukhohlwa ukuphenduka okuhle, ukungcolisa imiphefumulo,
ukushintsha kohlobo, ukuphazamiseka emishadweni, ukuphinga, nokungabi namahloni
ukungcola.
14:27 Ngoba ukukhulekela izithombe okungeke kubizwe ngegama kuyisiqalo, the
imbangela, kanye nesiphetho, sabo bonke ububi.
14:28 Ngoba noma bayahlanya lapho bejabule, noma baprofethe amanga, noma baphile
ngokungafanele, noma-ke bazidele kalula.
14:29 Ngoba njengoba nje bethembele ezithombeni ezingenakuphila; nakuba bona
bafunge amanga, nokho babukeka bengalimalanga.
14:30 Nokho ngenxa yalezi zizathu zombili bayakujeziswa ngokufanele, kokubili ngenxa yokuthi
wayengacabangi kahle ngoNkulunkulu, enaka izithombe, futhi efunga ngokungafanele
ngenkohliso, bedelela ubungcwele.
14:31 Ngoba akusiwo amandla alabo abafunga ngabo, kodwa balungile
impindiselo yezoni ejezisa njalo iziphambeko zababi.