9 “Ke wena, Solomon nyana wam, uze umazi+ uTHIXO kayihlo, umkhonze+ ngentliziyo epheleleyo+ nangomphefumlo onoyolo;+ kuba uYehova uyazigocagoca zonke iintliziyo,+ akuqonde konke ukutyekela kweengcamango.+ Ukuba uthe wamfuna, uya kumfumana;+ kodwa ukuba uthe wamshiya,+ uya kukulahla ngonaphakade.+

8 Kuba wonk’ ubani ocelayo uyamkela,+ nalowo ufunayo uyafumana, nalowo unkqonkqozayo uya kuvulelwa.

24 “Zibhokoxeni+ ngamandla ukungena ngomnyango omxinwa,+ kuba ndithi kuni, baninzi abaya kufuna ukungena kodwa bangakwazi,+

7 ngoko ke uphindile emva kwexesha elide kangaka wamisa umhla othile, lowo abhekisela kuwo kwindumiso kaDavide ngokuthi “Namhlanje”; kanye njengoko kutshiwo ngasentla ukuthi: “Namhlanje ukuba niyaliphulaphula ilizwi lakhe,+ musani ukuzenza lukhuni iintliziyo zenu.”+