Ukuhlakanipha kukaSolomoni
19:1 Kepha abangamhloniphiyo uNkulunkulu, ulaka lwehlela phezu kwabo ngaphandle kwesihe kuze kube sekupheleni
wayazi ngaphambili ababezokwenza;
19:2 ukuthi wabavumela ukuthi bahambe, wabamukisa masinyane.
babephenduka futhi bawalandele.
19:3 Ngoba ngesikhathi besalila futhi benza isililo emathuneni
kwabafileyo, banezela elinye icebo eliwubuwula, babaxosha njengoba
ababaleki, ababencenge ukuba bahambe.
19:4 Ngoba isiphetho, okuyinto ababefanele, wabadonsela kuze kube manje, futhi
wabenza bakhohlwa izinto ezase zenzekile, ukuze bazenze
gcwalisa isijeziso esasifuna ukuhlushwa kwabo.
19:5 Ukuze abantu bakho badlule ngendlela emangalisayo, kodwa bathole a
ukufa okungajwayelekile.
19:6 Ngokuba konke okudaliweyo kwabuye kwabunjwa kabusha ngohlobo lwaso.
ukukhonza imilayo eyinqaba eyanikwa bona, ukuthi yakho
izingane zingagcinwa ngaphandle kokulimala:
19:7 Njengoba okungukuthi, ifu umthunzi ikamu; nalapho kwakumi khona amanzi ngaphambili, komile
izwe lavela; futhi iphuma oLwandle Olubomvu indlela engenazithiyo; futhi uphume
yomfudlana onodlame inkambu eluhlaza:
19:8 Bahamba bonke abantu ababevikelwe ngesandla sakho.
ngibona izimangaliso zakho ezimangalisayo.
19:9 Ngoba bahamba kakhulu njengamahhashi, futhi bagxuma njengamawundlu, bedumisa
wena, O Nkosi, owabakhulula.
19:10 Ngoba babesakhumbula izinto ezenziwa ngesikhathi
wagogobala ezweni lezizwe, ukuthi umhlabathi waveza kanjani izibawu
esikhundleni sezinkomo, nokuthi umfula wavusa kanjani inqwaba yamasele
esikhundleni sezinhlanzi.
19:11 Kodwa kamuva babona isizukulwane esisha sezinyoni, lapho, beholwa kanye
ukudla kwabo, bacela inyama ethambile.
19:12 Ngoba izigwaca benyukela kubo kusukela olwandle ukuze baneliseke.
19:13 Futhi izijeziso zehlela izoni ngaphandle izimpawu zangaphambili by
amandla okuduma: ngokuba bahlukunyezwa ngokufanele ngokwabo
ububi, kangangokuthi basebenzisa ukuziphatha okunzima nokunenzondo
kubantu abangabazi.
19:14 Ngoba abaseSodoma abazange babamukele labo, ababengabazi lapho bona
kepha laba bagqilaza abangane ababebafanele
bona.
19:15 Futhi hhayi nje kuphela, kodwa mhlawumbe inhlonipho ethile izoba khona kulabo.
ngoba basebenzisa abantu abangabazi abangenabungane:
19:16 Kodwa laba babahlupha kakhulu, ababemukele kanye
badla amadili, futhi base bengabahlanganyeli bemithetho efanayo nabo.
19:17 Ngakho-ke laba bashaywa ngobumpumputhe, njengalabo bashaywa
iminyango yomuntu olungileyo: lapho, ihaqwe izinto ezesabekayo
ubumnyama obukhulu, kwaba yilowo nalowo wafuna indawo yokungena kweyakhe iminyango.
19:18 Ngoba izakhi zashintshwa ngokwazo ngohlobo lokuvumelana, njenge
njengakumanothi ehubo ashintsha igama leculo, nokho ahlala njalo
imisindo; okungabonakala kuhle ngokubonwa kwezinto ezilakho
kwenziwe.
19:19 Ngoba izinto zasemhlabeni zaphenduka amanzi, futhi izinto, ukuthi ngaphambi
wabhukuda emanzini, manje wahamba emhlabathini.
19:20 Umlilo wawunamandla emanzini, ukhohlwe ubuhle bakhe
amanzi akhohlwe imvelo yakhe yokucisha.
19:21 Ngakolunye uhlangothi, amalangabi ayichithanga inyama eyonakele
izinto eziphilayo, nakuba zazihamba kukho; azincibilikisa iqhwa
uhlobo lwenyama yasezulwini eyayingokwemvelo efanele ukuncibilika.
19:22 Ngoba kuzo zonke izinto, O Nkosi, uye wabakhulisa abantu bakho, futhi wabakhazimulisa.
awuzange ubanake, kepha wabasiza
ngaso sonke isikhathi nendawo.