Ukuhlakanipha kukaSolomoni
17:1 Ngoba zinkulu izahlulelo zakho, futhi ayikwazi ukubonakaliswa
imiphefumulo enganakiwe yonile.
17:2 Ngoba lapho abantu abangalungile becabanga ukucindezela isizwe esingcwele; bona
bavalelwe ezindlini zabo, iziboshwa zobumnyama, ziboshwe ngamaketanga
izibopho zobusuku obude zilele lapho zidingisiwe kwaphakade
ukunikeza.
17:3 Ngoba ngenkathi babecabanga ukuqamba amanga ecashile ezonweni zabo eziyimfihlo, base
behlakazeke ngaphansi kwesihenqo esimnyama sokukhohlwa, bemangala ngokwesabekayo;
futhi ekhathazwa yimibono [eyinqaba].
17:4 Ngoba noma ikona elalibabambe ngeke libavimbele ekwesabeni, kodwa
umsindo onjengamanzi awela phansi uzwakala nxazonke zabo, nemibono edabukisayo
wabonakala kubo ngobuso obunzima.
17:5 Akukho mandla omlilo ayengabakhanyisela, futhi ukukhanya kwakungeke
amalangabi ezinkanyezi abekezelela ukukhanyisa lobo busuku obubi.
17:6 Kuphela kwabonakala kubo umlilo ovutha ngokwawo, owesabekayo kakhulu.
ngoba bethukile kakhulu, bacabanga izinto ababezibona zinjalo
kubi kakhulu kunokubona abangakubonanga.
17:7 Ngokuqondene nenkohliso yobuciko bemilingo, babekwa phansi, futhi yabo
Abazidlayo ngokuhlakanipha basolwa ngehlazo.
17:8 Ngoba bona, ukuthi wathembisa ukuxosha ukwesaba nezinkathazo ogulayo
umphefumulo, babeguliswa ukwesaba, befanele ukuhlekwa.
17:9 Ngoba nakuba kungekho into embi abesabekayo kubo; nokho besaba nezilwane
owadlula, nokuhubhuza izinyoka,
17:10 Bafa ngenxa yokwesaba, bephika ukuthi babona umoya, ongakwazi of no
side kugwenywe.
17:11 Ngoba ububi, elahlwa ngofakazi bakhe siqu, kuyinto ethusayo kakhulu, futhi
ecindezelwa ngunembeza, uhlala ebikezela izinto ezibuhlungu.
17:12 Ngoba ukwesaba akukho lutho ngaphandle kokukhaphela of the succours isizathu
inikela.
17:13 Futhi ithemba elingaphakathi, lincane, libiza ukungazi kakhulu
kunesizathu esiletha ukuhlupheka.
17:14 Kodwa balala ubuthongo obufanayo ngalobo busuku, okuyinto ngempela
okungabekezeleleki, futhi okwafika phezu kwabo ngaphandle kokungenakugwemeka
isihogo,
NgokukaLuka 17:15 ZUL59; nganxanye bahlutshwa yimibono esabekayo, ingxenye yabo baphela amandla.
inhliziyo yabo bephela amandla, ngokuba ukwesaba kwafika masinyane, bengakulindele
bona.
17:16 Ngakho-ke noma ubani owawela phansi wagcinwa kalukhuni, wavalelwa etilongweni
ngaphandle kwemigoqo yensimbi,
17:17 Ngoba noma wayengumlimi, noma umalusi, noma isisebenzi ensimini,
waficwa, wabekezelela leso sidingo, esasingenakuba khona
ngoba bonke babeboshwe ngeketanga elilodwa lobumnyama.
17:18 Noma yisivunguvungu, noma umsindo omnandi wezinyoni phakathi.
amagatsha asakazekayo, noma ukuwa okujabulisayo kwamanzi agelezayo ngamandla;
17:19 Noma umsindo owesabekayo wamatshe waphonswa phansi, noma ukugijima ukuthi kwakungeke kube
kubonakala kwezilwane ezeqayo, noma izwi elibhongayo lezilwane eziningi ezinonya,
noma i-echo ephindaphindayo evela ezintabeni eziyizigodi; lezizinto zabenza
ukuquleka ngenxa yokwesaba.
17:20 Ngoba umhlaba wonke wakhanya ngokukhanya okukhanyayo, futhi akekho owavinjwa phakathi
umsebenzi wabo:
17:21 Phezu kwabo kuphela kwasakazwa ubusuku obunzima, isithombe salobo bumnyama
ababezakwemukela kamuva, kodwa nokho babebodwa
okubuhlungu kunobumnyama.