25 Ukuba umntu uthe wona umntu,+ uThixo uya kumlamlela;+ kodwa ukuba umntu uthe wona uYehova,+ ngubani na owokumthandazela?”+ Kodwa babengaliphulaphuli ilizwi likayise,+ ngenxa yokuba uYehova ngoku wayezimisele ukubabulala.+

3 Oonyana bakhe babengahambi ngeendlela zakhe,+ kodwa babetyekele ekulandeleni ingeniso yokungekho sikweni+ yaye babesamkela nokunyotywa+ baze bagqwethe nomgwebo.+

14 Kwaoko wathi uDavide kubo bonke abakhonzi bakhe ababenaye eYerusalem: “Sukumani, masibaleke simke;+ kuba akuyi kubakho kusinda kuthi ngenxa ka-Abhisalom! Hambani ngokukhawuleza, ngokoyikela ukuba usenokukhawuleza ukuze okunene asifumane aze asihlisele okubi nesixeko asixabele ngohlangothi lwekrele!”+

10 Imizekeliso kaSolomon.+

Unyana olumkileyo umenza abe nemihlali uyise,+ unyana osisiyatha uyintlungu kanina.+