Inhlakanipho kaSolomoni 19

₁Abangalungile bacindezelwa ngolaka olungenaluzwelo kwaze kwaba sekugcineni, ngokuba uNkulunkulu wayazi ngaphambili lokho ababezakukwenza, ₂nakuba bona uqobo babebavumele abantu bakho ukuba bahambe futhi babakhipha ngokushesha, babuye baziguqula izingqondo zabo base benikela emva kwabo bebahubha. ₃Ngokuba lapho besagcwele ukulila, futhi bekhala emalibeni abafileyo babo, benza esinye isinqumo esingubuwula, babalandela njengababalekayo labo ababebancengile babaphoqa ukuba bahambe. ₄Ngokuba umvuzo owawubafanele wabaholela esiphethweni esinje, wabenza bakhohlwa ngokwakwenzekile, ukuze baphelelise isijeziso esasingapheleliswanga ekuhlushweni kwabo, ₅nokuba abantu bakho babe nohambo oluyisimangaliso, ukuze ababaxoshayo bahlangabezane nokufa okuxakileyo.

₆Ngokuba indalo yonke ngokwemvelo yayo yenziwa kabusha, ukuze ivumelane neziyalo zakho, nokuba abantwana bakho bagcineke bephephile bengehlelwa ngozi. ₇Ifu labonakala lemboza ikamu, nomhlabathi owomileyo uvela lapho kwakumi amanzi khona; kwavela indlela engenasihibe olwandle oluBomvu, nethafa eliluhlaza phakathi kwamadlambi amagagasi, ₈labo ababevikelwe yisandla sakho bawela njengesizwe esisodwa, emva kokubona izibonakaliso ezimangalisayo.

₉Bahlokomisa okwamahhashi, bagxumisa okwamawundlu, bedumisa wena, Nkosi, obahlengileyo. ₁₀Ngokuba babezikhumbula izimangaliso zokuzula kwabo ehlane, nokuthi kwaba kanjani ukuba umhlaba esikhundleni sokuveza izilwane waveza izibawu; esikhundleni sezinhlanzi, umfula watshokoza ukhumbintethe lwamaxoxo. ₁₁Emveni kwalokho, babona uhlobo olusha lwezinyoni, lapho inkanuko ibaholela ekuceleni ukudla okuphambili; ₁₂ukuze beneliswe enkanukweni yabo, kwakhuphuka izagwaca elwandle.

₁₃Isijeziso asehliselwanga kulabo abayizoni ngaphandle kwezibonakaliso ezandulelayo zesiphepho esibi, bahlushwa ngokufanele ngenxa yezenzo zabo ezimbi; ngokuba babenenzondo exakile kulabo abayizihambi phakathi kwabo. ₁₄Abanye benqaba ukwamukela izihambi lapho zifika kubo, kodwa laba baphendula izivakashi ezazilusizo kubo zaba yizigqila.

₁₅Akubanga yilokho kuphela kodwa, isijeziso esithile siyakubehlela labo abenqaba ukwamukela izihambi kodwa bazihlangabeza ngesihluku. ₁₆Laba bokugcina, emva kokuba bezamukele izihambi ngokujabula nangedili, baphenduka babazwisa ubuhlungu obukhulu labo abasebehlanganyela nabo amalungelo afanayo. ₁₇Bashaywa nabo ngobumpumputhe njengalabo ababesemnyango wolungileyo, abazungezwa ngubumnyama obesabisayo, bazama ukuthola intuba yokuphuma.

₁₈Ngokuba kwashintshana izinto, njengamanothi ohabhini ehlukanisa umgqumo, libe inothi ngenothi lingashintshile. Lokhu kubonakala kahle uma sibuka lokho okwenzekileyo. ₁₉Ngokuba izilwane zasezweni zaphenduka ezasemanzini, kwathi ezasemanzini zaphenduka ezasezweni. ₂₀Nomlilo wavutha emanzini ngamandla ajwayelekile, kwathi amanzi awakhohlwa amandla awo okudambisa acime umlilo. ₂₁Nokho amalangabi kawabanga namandla okuqothula inyama yezidalwa ezibolayo ezazihamba phakathi kwawo, futhi kawakuncibilikisanga okusaqhwa, ukudla okuncibikala kalula kwasezulwini. ₂₂Ngokuba kukho konke Nkosi, ubaphakamisile wababusisa abantu bakho, futhi kawuyekanga ukubasiza ngezikhathi zonke nasezindaweni zonke.