UBaba Unika uSolomoni Inhliziyo Ehlakaniphileyo
Enikezwa noma yini ayifunayo nguBaba wethu, inkosi esencane icela kuphela inhliziyo engahlukanisa okuhle nokubi, futhi ithola ingcebo engazange iyicele. Ubufakazi buza lapho abesifazane ababili bethi ingane eyodwa ngeyabo, inkemba iveze ukuthi nguwuphi oyithandayo.
3 1USolomoni wakha ubuhlobo ngomshado noFaro inkosi yaseGibhithe. Wathatha indodakazi kaFaro, wayiletha eMzini kaDavida waze waqeda ukwakha isigodlo sakhe, indlu kaBaba wethu, nodonga lwaseJerusalema. 2Kodwa abantu babesenza imihlatshelo ezindaweni eziphakeme, ngokuba kwakungakakhiwa indlu yegama likaBaba wethu ngalezo zinsuku. a a v2 Izindawo eziphakeme kwakuyizindawo zokukhulekela ezisezimpundu zezintaba lapho abantu benza khona imihlatshelo ngaphambi kokuba ithempeli linike ukukhonza ikhaya elilodwa. 3USolomoni wamthanda uBaba wethu, ephila ngezimiso zikayise uDavida; kodwa wayenza imihlatshelo eshisa impepho ezindaweni eziphakeme. 4Inkosi yaya eGibheyoni ukuyokwenza umhlatshelo, ngokuba kwakuyindawo enkulu ephakeme; uSolomoni wanikela ngeminikelo yokushiswa eyinkulungwane kulelo altare.
5EGibheyoni uBaba wethu wabonakala kuSolomoni ephusheni ebusuku, wathi: “Cela lokho engingakunika khona.”
6USolomoni waphendula wathi: “Wabonisa inceku yakho uDavida, ubaba, uthando olukhulu lwesivumelwano, ngokuba wahamba phambi kwakho ngokuthembeka, ngokulunga, nangenhliziyo eqotho kuwe. Wamgcinela lolu thando olukhulu lwesivumelwano, wamnika indodana yokuhlala esihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi namuhla. 7Manje, Baba, wenze inceku yakho yaba inkosi esikhundleni sikaDavida ubaba, nakuba ngingumntwana omncane nje, ngingakwazi ukuphuma noma ukungena. 8Inceku yakho iphakathi kwabantu bakho, abantu obakhethileyo—abaningi kangangokuba bangenakubalwa noma babalwe. 9Ngakho nika inceku yakho inhliziyo eqondayo ukuze ibuse abantu bakho, yehlukanise okuhle kokubi. Ngokuba ngubani ongabusa lesi sizwe sakho esikhulu kangaka?”
10Kwamthokozisa uBaba oBusayo ukuthi uSolomoni acele lokhu.
11UBaba wethu wathi kuye: “Ngenxa yokuba ucele lokhu, hhayi impilo ende noma ingcebo noma ukuphila kwezitha zakho, kodwa ukuqonda ukuze uqonde ubulungiswa, 12manje ngenza ngokwezwi lakho: ngikunika inhliziyo ehlakaniphileyo neqondayo—akekho owayenjengawe ngaphambi kwakho, akekho oyovela enjengawe emva kwakho. 13Ngikunika futhi lokho ongakucelanga: ingcebo nodumo, ukuze kungabikho nkosi eyoqhathaniswa nawe zonke izinsuku zakho. 14Uma uhamba ezindleleni zami, ugcina izimiso zami nemiyalo yami njengoba kwenza uyihlo uDavida, ngizokwelula izinsuku zakho.”
15USolomoni waphaphama wabona ukuthi kwakuyiphupho. Waya eJerusalema, wema phambi komphongolo wesivumelwano sikaBaba oBusayo, wanikela ngeminikelo yokushiswa neminikelo yokuthula, wenzela zonke izinceku zakhe idili.
Ukuhlakanipha kukaBaba Kwembula Umama Weqiniso
16Kwase kufika kuyinkosi abesifazane ababili ababeyizifebe, bema phambi kwayo. 17Omunye wesifazane wathi: “Ngiyakucela, nkosi yami, lona owesifazane nami sihlala endlini eyodwa, ngabeletha ngikanye naye endlini. 18Ngosuku lwesithathu emva kokuba ngibelethe, naye lona owesifazane wabeletha. Sasisodwa; kwakungekho owezizwe owayenathi endlini, sisodwa sobabili. 19Ebusuku indodana yalona owesifazane yafa, ngokuba walala phezu kwayo. 20Wavuka phakathi kwamabili, wathatha indodana yami eceleni kwami kulapho inceku yakho ilele, wayibeka esifubeni sakhe, wabeka indodana yakhe efile eceleni kwami. 21Kwathi lapho ngivuka ekuseni ukuba ngincelise indodana yami, ngayifica ifile. Kodwa ngithe ngiyihlola kahle ekukhanyeni kwasekuseni, ngabona ukuthi yayingeyona indodana engangiyizele.”
22Omunye owesifazane wathi: “Qha! Ophilayo uyindodana yami; ofile ungowakho.” Owokuqala waphendula wathi: “Qha! Ofile uyindodana yakho; ophilayo ungowami.” Baphikisana kanjalo phambi kwenkosi.
23Inkosi yathi: “Lona uthi, ‘Indodana yami iyaphila, eyakho ifile,’ kuthi lowaya athi, ‘Qha, indodana yakho ifile, eyami iyaphila.’”
24Inkosi yathi: “Ngilethele inkemba.” Baletha inkemba phambi kwenkosi. 25Inkosi yathi: “Sikani umntwana ophilayo kube izingxenye ezimbili; ninike omunye ingxenye, omunye ingxenye.”
26Umama wendodana ephilayo wakhuluma enkosini, inhliziyo yakhe ibuhlungu ngomntwana wakhe, wathi: “Ngiyakucela, nkosi yami, mnike umntwana ophilayo! Ungambulali nakancane!” Kodwa omunye wathi: “Akayikuba ngowami noma ngowakho—msikeni kube kubili!”
27Inkosi yase ithi: “Nikani owesifazane wokuqala umntwana ophilayo; ningambulali nakancane. Nguye unina.”
28U-Israyeli wonke wezwa ngesahlulelo inkosi eyasikhipha, bayesaba, ngokuba babona ukuthi ukuhlakanipha kukaBaba wethu kwakukuye ukuba enze ubulungiswa.
