ʻO Sirach
1:1 No ka Haku mai ke akamai a pau, a me ia mau loa.
1:2 ʻO wai ka mea hiki ke helu i ke one o ke kai, a me nā kulu o ka ua, a me nā lā
o ke ao pau ole?
1:3 ʻO wai ka mea hiki ke ʻike i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka lani, a me ka laulā o ka honua, a
ka hohonu, a me ka naauao?
1:4 Ua hanaia ka naauao mamua o na mea a pau, a me ka ike o
ke akahele mai ka wa pau ole.
1:5 ʻO ka ʻōlelo a ke Akua kiʻekiʻe loa ke kumu o ka naʻauao; a o kona mau aoao
kauoha mau.
1:6 ia wai i hoikeia mai ke kumu o ka naauao? a ʻo wai ka mea i ʻike iā ia
na aʻo akamai?
1:7 [Ia wai i hoikeia mai ka ike i ke akamai? a na wai i loaa
maopopo i kona ʻike nui?]
1:8 Aia kekahi mea naʻauao a makaʻu nui ʻia, e noho ana ka Haku ma luna o kona
noho aliʻi.
1:9 Hana iho la oia ia ia, a ike ia ia, a helu ia ia, a ninini iho la ia ia
kana mau hana a pau.
1:10 Aia no ia me na mea io a pau e like me kona haawina, a ua haawi ia ia ia
ka poe aloha ia ia.
1:11 ʻO ka makaʻu iā Iēhova ka nani, a me ka nani, a me ka hauʻoli, a me ka lei aliʻi
ka hauoli ana.
1:12 ʻO ka makaʻu iā Iēhova ka mea e hauʻoli ai ka naʻau, a me ka hauʻoli a me ka hauʻoli.
a me ke ola loihi.
1:13 ʻO ka mea makaʻu iā Iēhova, e pōmaikaʻi ʻo ia ma hope, a ʻo ia
e loaa ia ia ke aloha i ka la o kona make ana.
1:14 ʻO ka makaʻu iā Iēhova ka hoʻomaka o ka naʻauao: a ua hana ʻia me ka
pono iloko o ka opu.
1:15 Ua kūkulu ʻo ia i kumu mau loa me nā kāne, a e hana ʻo ia
e hoomau i ka lakou hua.
1:16 ʻO ka makaʻu iā Iēhova ka piha o ka naʻauao, a hoʻopiha i nā kānaka me kāna hua.
1:17 Hoopiha oia i ko lakou hale a pau i na mea i makemakeia, a me na halepapaa me
kona mahuahua ana.
1:18 ʻO ka makaʻu iā Iēhova, he lei aliʻi ia o ka naʻauao, e hoʻomalu ai a hemolele
ola kino e ulu; he mau haawina ia a ke Akua: a ua hoonui ia
ko lakou hauoli ana i aloha ia ia.
1:19 Naauao i ua mai i ke akamai a me ka ike o ka ike ku ana, a
e hookiekie ana i ka poe paa ia ia.
1:20 ʻO ke kumu o ka naʻauao ʻo ka makaʻu iā Iēhova, a ʻo kona mau lālā
ola lōʻihi.
1:21 ʻO ka makaʻu iā Iēhova ka mea e hoʻokuke aku ai i nā hewa, a ma kahi e noho ai, aia nō ia
hoohuli i ka inaina.
1:22 Aole hiki ke hoaponoia ke kanaka huhu; No ka mea, nona ka ikaika o kona ukiuki
luku.
1:23 E haehae ke kanaka ahonui no kekahi manawa, a mahope e ulu mai ka olioli
ia ia.
1:24 E huna oia i kana mau olelo no kekahi manawa, a e hai mai na lehelehe o na mea he nui
kona akamai.
1:25 ʻO nā ʻōlelo nane o ka ʻike aia i loko o ka waiwai o ka naʻauao;
He mea hoowahawaha i ka mea hewa.
1:26 Ina makemake oe i ke akamai, e malama i na kauoha, a na ka Haku e haawi mai
ia oe.
1:27 No ka mea, ʻo ka makaʻu iā Iēhova, ʻo ia ke akamai a me ke aʻo ʻana;
ʻO ke akahai kāna mea ʻoliʻoli.
1:28 Mai hoole oe i ka makau ia Iehova i kou wa ilihune;
ia ia me ka naau lua.
1:29 Mai hookamani i na maka o kanaka, a e malama pono i kau mea
ʻōlelo ʻōlelo.
1:30 Mai hoʻokiʻekiʻe iā ʻoe iho, o hāʻule ʻoe, a hoʻohilahila i kou ʻuhane.
a pela ke Akua e hoike mai ai i kou mau mea huna, a e hoolei aku ia oe ilalo iwaenakonu o ka
ke anaina kanaka, no ka mea, aole oe i hele mai ma ka oiaio i ka makau ia Iehova,
aka, ua piha kou naau i ka hoopunipuni.