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.