Ukuhlakanipha kukaSolomoni
15:1 Kodwa wena, O Nkulunkulu, unomusa futhi weqiniso, uyabekezela, futhi unesihe
ukuhleleka kwezinto zonke,
15:2 Ngokuba uma sona, singabakho, siwazi amandla akho;
sisazi ukuthi singabantwana bakho.
15:3 Ukuze ukwazi wena kungukulunga okuphelele, yebo, ukwazi amandla akho kungukulunga
impande yokungafi.
15:4 Ngoba noma ukusungulwa okubi kwabantu asikhohliswanga, noma an
isithombe esinemibala ehlukahlukene, umsebenzi womdwebi ongenazithelo;
15:5 Umbono lapho okuyenga iziwula ukukufisa, futhi kanjalo bayafisa
isimo sesithombe esifileyo, esingenamoya.
15:6 Kokubili labo abazenzayo, labo abafisa kubo, futhi labo abakhonza
bona, bangabathandi bokubi, futhi bafanele ukuba nezinto ezinjalo
thembela phezu.
15:7 Ngoba umbumbi obumba inhlabathi ethambileyo, ubumba zonke izitsha ngokuningi
sebenzela inkonzo yethu; yebo, zombili izitsha uzenza ngobumba lunye
ezisebenzela ukuhlanzeka, kanjalo nakho konke okukhonza abangcwele
Ngokuphambene nalokho: kodwa uyini usizo lwanoma yiluphi uhlobo, umbumbi yena ngokwakhe
ijaji.
15:8 Futhi esebenza ngokukhahlameza, wenza unkulunkulu oyize ngalolo bumba.
ngisho yena owake wenziwa umhlaba ngaphambili yena, nangaphakathi a
isikhashana emva kwalokho ubuyela kulokho, lapho ukuphila kwakhe okwakukhona
obolekiweyo kuyakufunwa.
15:9 Noma kunjalo ukunakekelwa kwakhe, akukhona ukuthi uyoba nomsebenzi omningi, noma
ukuthi ukuphila kwakhe kufushane: kodwa ulwela ukubadlula abakhandi begolide kanye
abakhandi besiliva, ezama ukwenza njengabasebenza ngethusi, na
ukwenza inkohliso uthi kuludumo lwakhe.
15:10 Inhliziyo yakhe ingumlotha, ithemba lakhe libi kakhulu kunomhlaba, nokuphila kwakhe kwe
inani elincane kunobumba:
15:11 Ngenxa yokuthi wayengamazi uMenzi wakhe, futhi lowo owaphefumulela kuye
umphefumulo osebenzayo, futhi waphefumula umoya ophilayo.
15:12 Kodwa babala ukuphila kwethu njengento yokuzilibazisa, nesikhathi sethu lapha njengemakethe
ngokuba bathi, simelwe ukuzuza ngazo zonke izindlela, noma kungobubi
kusho.
15:13 Ngoba lo muntu, izinto zasemhlabeni wenza izitsha brittle futhi ezibaziweyo
izithombe, uzazi ukuthi ucasula ngaphezu kwabo bonke abanye.
15:14 Futhi zonke izitha zabantu bakho, ababaphethe ngaphansi, kukhona
abaningi abayiziwula, futhi balusizi kakhulu kunezingane.
15:15 Ngoba babala zonke izithombe zezizwe njengonkulunkulu, okuyinto noma
sebenzisa amehlo ukubona, noma amakhala ukuze udonse umoya, noma izindlebe ukuzwa,
noma iminwe yezandla yokuphatha; futhi izinyawo zazo ziphuza
hamba.
15:16 Ngoba umuntu wazenza, futhi owaboleka umoya wakhe siqu wazenza.
kepha akakho ongenza unkulunkulu onjengaye.
15:17 Ngokuba engumuntu ofayo, wenza into efileyo ngezandla ezimbi
yena ungcono kunezinto azikhonzayo, yena ephila
kanye, kodwa abakaze.
15:18 Yebo, bakhuleka lezo zilwane ezinenzondo kakhulu: ngokuba
uma ziqhathaniswa, ezinye zimbi kakhulu kunabanye.
15:19 Futhi azikho zinhle, kangangokuthi zifiseleka maqondana
izilwane: kodwa zahamba ngaphandle kodumo lukaNkulunkulu nesibusiso sakhe.