IZaga 1

1 ¹Izaga zikaSolomoni, indodana kaDavide, inkosi yakwa-Israyeli:

²Ukwazi ukuhlakanipha nokuyala, ukuqonda amazwi okuqondisisa, ³ukwamukela ukuyalwa ekuziphatheni ngokuhlakanipha, ekulungeni, ebulungisweni, nasekwenzeni okufaneleyo, ⁴ukunika abangenalwazi ukuqaphela, ulwazi nokuqonda kwabasha, ⁵ohlakaniphileyo naye akezwe andise ukufunda, noqondisisayo azuze isiqondiso, ⁶ukuqonda isaga nomfanekiso, amazwi abahlakaniphileyo namalibho abo.

⁷Ukumesaba uBaba wethu kuyisiqalo solwazi; iziwula zidelela ukuhlakanipha nokuyalwa.

Izwi likababa endodaneni yakhe

⁸Lalela, ndodana yami, ukuyala kukayihlo, ungakufulatheli ukufundisa kukanyoko, ⁹ngokuba kungumqhele womusa ekhanda lakho nemigexo entanyeni yakho.

¹⁰Ndodana yami, uma izoni zikuyenga wena, ungavumi. ¹¹Uma zithi: “Woza nathi, siyocathamela igazi, siyobhaca ongenacala ngaphandle kwesizathu; ¹²njengethuna asibagwinye bephila, bephelele, njengabehlela egodini; ¹³siyothola zonke izinhlobo zempahla eyigugu, sigcwalise izindlu zethu ngempango; ¹⁴faka inkatho yakho kanye nathi; sonke siyohlanganyela sikhwama sinye,” ¹⁵ndodana yami, ungahambi nazo endleleni; bamba unyawo lwakho ezindleleni zazo, ¹⁶ngokuba izinyawo zazo zigijimela okubi, ziphuthuma ukuchitha igazi. ¹⁷Ngokuba inetha elendlalwa phambi kwamehlo anoma iyiphi inyoni alibambi lutho; ¹⁸kodwa lezi zicathamela igazi lazo; zibhacela ukuphila kwazo. ¹⁹Zinjalo izindlela zabo bonke abahahela inzuzo engalungile; kuthatha ukuphila kwabanikazi bayo.

Ukuhlakanipha emigwaqweni

²⁰Ukuhlakanipha kuyamemeza esitaladini; ezinkundleni kuphakamisa izwi lakhona. ²¹Enhlokweni yemigwaqo enomsindo kuyamemeza; emasangweni omuzi kuyakhuluma:

²²“Koze kube nini, nina abangenalwazi, nithanda ukungabi nalwazi? Koze kube nini abaklolodayo bejabulela ukukloloda kwabo, neziwula zizonda ulwazi? ²³Uma nisabela ekusoleni kwami, mina, uKuhlakanipha—uJesu, ukuhlakanipha kukaBaba wethu—ngiyakuthulula umoya wami phezu kwenu; ngiyakwazisa amazwi ami kini. ^a a v23 UKuhlakanipha okhuluma lapha uchazwa nguPawulu njengoKhristu—ukuhlakanipha kukaBaba wethu (1 Korinte 1:24, 1:30; Kolose 1:15-17). INdodana eyayinoBaba ngaphambi kokudalwa kwezwe imemezela kubo bonke abayophenduka balalele. ²⁴Ngokuba ngibizile naba nala, ngelula isandla sami kodwa akubangakho onakekelayo, ²⁵naba nidelela sonke iseluleko sami nala konke ukusola kwami, ²⁶nami ngiyakuhleka inhlekelele yenu; ngiyakuklolodela lapho nifikelwa luvalo, ²⁷lapho uvalo lunifikela njengesiphepho nenhlekelele yenu ifika njengesivunguvungu, lapho usizi nocindezelo kunehlela.

²⁸Khona-ke bayakungibiza, kodwa angiyikuphendula; bayakungifuna ngenkuthalo kodwa abayikungithola, ²⁹ngokuba bazonda ulwazi abakhethanga ukumesaba uBaba wethu, ³⁰bala iseluleko sami badelela konke ukusola kwami. ³¹Ngakho bayakudla izithelo zendlela yabo basuthe ngamacebo abo. ³²Ngokuba ukuhlehla kwabangenalwazi kuyakubabulala, nokunganaki kweziwula kuyakuzibhubhisa; ³³kodwa noma ngubani ongilalelayo uyakuhlala evikelekile akhululeke, engenakwesaba inhlekelele.”