Wayeyindodana yomfelokazi wesizwe sakwaNafetali ; uyise wayengumuntu ogcwele ukuhlakanipha, nengqondo, nokwazi ukwenza yonke imisebenzi yethusi. Wafika enkosini uSolomoni, wasebenza wonke umsebenzi wayo.

Noma nginokuprofetha, ngiqonda izimfihlakalo zonke nokwazi konke, noma nginokukholwa konke ngangokuba ngingagudluza izintaba, kepha ngingenalo uthando, angiyinto yalutho.

Kwathi ngalezo zinsuku amaFilisti abutha amabutho awo ukuba aphume impi no -Israyeli. U-Akhishi wathi kuDavide : Yazi nokwazi ukuthi uyakuphuma impi nami, wena nabantu bakho.

Ngiphe manje ukuhlakanipha nokwazi ukuba ngiphume , ngingene phambi kwalabo bantu , ngokuba ngubani ongahlulela labo bantu bakho abakhulu kangaka na?

Wayesethi uNkulunkulu kuSolomoni : Ngenxa yokuba lokho kwakusenhliziyweni yakho , ungacelanga ingcebo , nemfuyo, nodumo, nokuphila kwabakuzondayo , futhi ungacelanga imihla eminingi , kepha wazicelela ukuhlakanipha nokwazi ukuba wahlulele abantu bami engikubeke inkosi phezu kwabo,

uyakuphiwa ukuhlakanipha nokwazi ; ngiyakukunika nengcebo, nemfuyo, nodumo, angazange abe nakho okungako amakhosi ayengaphambi kwakho , nalandelayo emva kwakho awayikuba nakho.

Kepha njengalokho nivamile kukho konke : ukukholwa, namazwi, nokwazi, nokukhuthala konke, nothando enisithanda ngalo , manivame nakuwo lowo msebenzi womusa.

Uyamazi u-Abineri indodana kaNeri ukuthi wafika ukukukhohlisa nokwazi ukuphuma kwakho nokungena kwakho, nokwazi konke okwenzayo.

Ngifundise ukuqonda okuhle nokwazi, ngokuba ngikholwa yimiyalo yakho.

Yazi nokwazi ukuma kwezimvu zakho , ubeke inhliziyo yakho emihlambini yakho.

Yamukelani ukufundisa kwami kunesiliva , nokwazi kunegolide elikhethekileyo.

nembethe omusha, owenziwa musha abe nokwazi ngok omfanekiso walowo owamdalayo,

Yeka ukujula kwengcebo, nokuhlakanipha, nokwazi kukaNkulunkulu! Yeka izahlulelo zakhe ezingaphenyekiyo, nezindlela zakhe ezingaqondakaliyo!

Kuyakuba khona ukuqiniseka ngesikhathi sakho , ubuningi bokusindiswa nokuhlakanipha nokwazi; ukumesaba uJehova kuyingcebo yakhe.

Akakho okhumbulayo , nokwazi nokuqonda akukho kokuba kuthiwe : Ngishisile inxenye yawo ngomlilo , ngenzile isinkwa phezu kwamala hle awo, ngosile inyama , ngayidla; ngingenza okuseleyo kuwo kube yisinengiso , ngikhothamele umbhuku womuthi, na?

Wethembile ebubini bakho , wathi: Akakho ongibonayo . Ukuhlakanipha kwakho nokwazi kwakh o kukudukisile ; wathi enhliziyweni yakho : Yimi, akakho omunye.

uyaguqula izikhathi nezinkathi; uyasusa amakhosi, abeke amakhosi; unika abahlakaniphileyo ukuhlakanipha, nokwazi kwabaqonda ukwazi;

ngokuba kwafunyanwa umoya odluleleyo , nokwazi, nokuqonda ukuchaza amaphupho, nokubonakalisa izimfumbe , nokuthukulula amafindo kuye uDaniyeli lowo inkosi eyambiza ngokuthi uBeliteshasari; kalokhu makabizwe uDaniyeli, uyakubonakalisa incazelo.

Yazini nokwazi kuphela ukuthi uma ningibulala , niyakwehlisela igazi elingenacala phezu kwenu , naphezu kwalo muzi , naphezu kwabakhileyo kuwo, ngokuba ngeqiniso uJehova ungithume kini ukuba ngikhulume onke lawa mazwi ezindlebeni zenu.

UJehova ukhulumile ngani ukuthi : Wena nsali yakwaJuda , ungayi eGibithe; yazi nokwazi ukuthi ngifakazile kini namuhla.

Ngalokho yazini nokwazi ukuthi niyakufa ngenkemba , nangendlala, nangesifo endaweni enifisa ukuya kuyo ukuba nigogobale khona.

yazini nokwazi ukuthi uJehova uNkulunkulu akasayikuzixosha lezo zizwe phambi kwenu, kepha zoba lugibe nesihibe kini , nenkalivasi ezinhlangothini zenu, nameva emehlweni enu , nize nibhubhe kuleli zwe elihle uJehova uNkulunkulu wenu aninike lona.

Ngakhuluma mina nenhliziyo yami, ngathi: Bheka, ngenzile ukuhlakanipha kube kukhulu , ngikwandisile kunabo bonke phambi kwami eJerusalema , yebo, inhliziyo yami ibonile kakhulu ukuhlakanipha nokwazi.

Nganikela inhliziyo yami ukwazi ukuhlakanipha nokwazi ubuhlanya nobuwula. Ngase ngibona ukuthi nalokho kwakungukufuna umoya.

Ngokuba umuntu omuhle kuNkulunkulu uyamnika ukuhlakanipha , nokwazi, nentokozo, kepha isoni usinika usizi lokuba sibuthe , siqongelele, ukuze simnike yena omuhle kuNkulunkulu. Nalokho kuyize nokufuna umoya.