39 kwanga ungeva usemazulwini,+ kwindawo ohlala kuyo emisiweyo,+ uze uxolele+ yaye wenze,+ unike ngamnye ngokweendlela zakhe zonke,+ ngenxa yokuba uyayazi intliziyo yakhe+ (kuba nguwe kuphela oyazi kakuhle intliziyo yabo bonke oonyana boluntu);+

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.+

9 Kuba, ngokubhekisele kuYehova, amehlo akhe+ asingasinga emhlabeni wonke+ ukuba ababonise amandla abo bantliziyo+ ziphelele kuye. Wenze ngobudenge+ ngenxa yoku, ngoko ukususela ngoku kuse phambili kuya kubakho iimfazwe nxamnye nawe.”+

12 Ukuba kunokwenzeka uthi: “Khangela! Besingakwazi oku,”+ akayi kuthi na ocikida iintliziyo akuqonde,+ aze yena ogcina umphefumlo wakho azi+ yaye ngokuqinisekileyo abuyisele kumntu wasemhlabeni ngokomsebenzi wakhe?+

10 Mna, Yehova, ndiyayigocagoca intliziyo,+ ndizihlolisise izintso,+ ukuze ndinike ngamnye ngokweendlela zakhe,+ ngokwesiqhamo sezenzo zakhe.+

24 Yaye bathandaza baza bathi: “Owu Yehova, wena uzaziyo iintliziyo zabo bonke,+ yalatha ukuba yiyiphi kula madoda mabini oyinyulileyo,