Inhlakanipho kaSolomoni 8
1Ukuhlakanipha kusuka ngamandla amakhulu kolunye uhlangothi lomhlaba kuze kufinyelele kolunye, futhi kuqondisa kahle zonke izinto.
USolomoni Uyakuthanda Ukuhlakanipha
2Ngakuthanda, ngakufuna kwasebusheni bami; ngalangazelela ukukuthatha njengomakoti wami, futhi ubuhle bakho bangigqugquzela. 3Kuyaluphakamisa uhlanga olukhethekile okudabuke kulo ngokuphila noNkulunkulu, futhi iNkosi yakho konke iyakukuthanda, 4ngokuba kuqeqeshiwe ekwazini uNkulunkulu, futhi kubambisene naye emisebenzini yakhe. 5Uma ingcebo iyinto elangazelelwa kangaka kulokhu kuphila, iyiphi ingcebo edlula ukuhlakanipha, isisusa sakho konke? 6Uma ukuqonda kusebenza, ngubani omunye ngaphandle kokuhlakanipha ongumbazi wakho konke okukhona na?
7Lowo othanda ukulunga, imisebenzi yakhe mihle, ngokuba ukuhlakanipha kufundisa ukuzithiba nesimilo, ubulungisa nesibindi; akukho lutho empilweni okunenzuzo kubantu kunalokhu. 8Futhi uma kukhona olangazelela ulwazi olubanzi, ukuhlakanipha kuyazazi izinto zasemandulo nokuzayo kwaziwa yikho; kuyakwazi ukuguquka kokukhuluma nezimpendulo zempicwano; kunokwazi ngaphambili ngezibonakaliso nezimangaliso nokuzokwenzeka ngezikhathi zonyaka nangezikhathi zonke. 9Ngakho-ke ngazimisela ukuba ngikuthathe kuzohlala nami, ngoba ngazi ukuthi kuyakunginika izeluleko ezinhle kungigqugquzele ngezikhathi zobuhlungu nokulila. 10Ngenxa yakho ngiyakuphakanyiswa phakathi koquqaba, ngihlonishwe phambi kwezikhulu, nakuba ngimusha.
11Ngiyakufunyanwa ngikulangazelela ukwahlulela, ngihlonishwe phambi kwababusi. 12Lapho ngithule bayokungilindela, nalapho ngikhuluma bayongipha indlebe; uma ngikhulume ngelula, bayokhexa imilomo. 13Ngenxa yokuhlakanipha angiyikuthola ukufa, ngiyoshiya inkumbulo engunaphakade esizukulwaneni esizayo. 14Ngiyakuba ngumbusi wabantu, izizwe ziyakuba ngaphansi kwami; 15amakhosi esatshwayo ayoba novalo lapho ezwa ngami; ngiyakuzibonakalisa nginekhono kubantu, futhi nginesibindi empini. 16Lapho ngingena endlini yami ngiyakuthola ukuphumula kukho, ngokuba ubungani nakho kukushiya ungenabuhlungu, ukuphila nakho akunabuhlungu, kodwa kuyinjabulo nentokozo. 17Nxa ngizindla ngalezi zinto, ngijula enhliziyweni yami, ukuthi ukuba lulibo lunye nokuhlakanipha kuletha ukungafi, 18ubuhlobo nakho, kuletha ubumhlophe nenjabulo, emsebenzini wezandla zakho kukhona ingcebo engapheliyo, ekuhlaleni nakho kukhona ukuqonda, nodumo ekucobelelaneni nakho ngamazwi; ngazihlupha ngifuna ukuthi ngingazizuzela khona kanjani.
19Ngisengumntwana ngangiphiwe ngokwemvelo, nomphefumulo omuhle waba yisabelo sami; 20ngaphezu kobuhle bendalo ngangeniswa emzimbeni ongenasisihla, 21kodwa kwangikhanyela ukuthi ngeke neze ngaba nokuhlakanipha ngaphandle kokuba ngikunikwe nguNkulunkulu, kwakuluphawu lokwambulelwa ukwazi ukuthi kuyisipho esivela kubani, ngakho-ke ngayincenga iNkosi ngayinxusa ngenhliziyo yami yonke ngathi:
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