ʻO Sirach
6:1 Ma kahi o ka hoaaloha, mai lilo i enemi; no ka mea, e hana ʻoe
e hooili mai i ka inoa ino, ka hilahila, a me ka hoowahawahaia: pela no ka hewa
he alelo papalua.
6:2 Mai hookiekie oe ia oe iho ma ka manao o kou naau iho; i lilo ai kou ʻuhane
ʻaʻole i haehae ʻia e like me ka bipi [e hele wale ana.]
6:3 E ʻai ʻoe i kou mau lau, a lilo i kou hua, a waiho iā ʻoe iho e like me a
laau maloo.
6:4 Na ka uhane ino e luku i ka mea ia ia, a e hoʻolilo iā ia
akaaka e hoowahawaha i kona poe enemi.
6:5 Ma ka ʻōlelo ʻoluʻolu e hoʻonui ai i nā hoaaloha;
hoonui i ke aloha aloha.
6:6 E noho maluhia me na mea he nui: aka, hookahi wale no kakaolelo o a
tausani.
6:7 Inā makemake ʻoe i hoaaloha, e hoʻāʻo mua iā ia a mai wikiwiki
hōʻaiʻē iā ia.
6:8 No ka mea, he hoaaloha kekahi kanaka no kona pono iho, aole ia e noho ma ka
la o kou pilikia.
6:9 A aia kekahi hoa, ka mea i huli i ka inaina, a me ka hakaka
e ike i kou hoinoia.
6:10 Eia hou, ʻo kekahi hoa he hoa ma ka papaʻaina, ʻaʻole e hoʻomau
ka la o kou popilikia.
6:11 Akā, i kou pōmaikaʻi, e like ia me ʻoe iho, a e wiwo ʻole ma luna o kou
nā kauā.
6:12 Ina oe e hoohaahaa, e ku e ia ia oe, a e huna ia ia iho
mai kou alo aku.
6:13 E hoʻokaʻawale iā ʻoe iho mai kou poʻe ʻenemi, a e makaʻala i kou mau hoaaloha.
6:14 ʻO ka hoaaloha ʻoiaʻiʻo he pale ikaika ia:
Ua loaa i kekahi ka waiwai.
6:15 ʻAʻohe mea e kūʻē i ka hoaaloha ʻoiaʻiʻo, a ʻo kona hanohano
waiwai nui.
6:16 ʻO ka hoaaloha pono ka lāʻau lapaʻau o ke ola; a me ka poe makau ia Iehova
e loaʻa iā ia.
6:17 ʻO ka mea e makaʻu iā Iēhova, e hoʻoponopono pololei ʻo ia i kona pilina;
pela no hoi kona hoalauna.
6:18 E kaʻu keiki, e hōʻiliʻili i ke aʻo ʻana mai kou wā ʻōpiopio mai;
a hiki i kou wā ʻelemakule.
6:19 E hele mai ia ia e like me ka mea oopalau a lulu, a kali i kona maikai
hua: no ka mea, aole oe e hooikaika nui i ka hana ana nona, aka, o oe no
e ʻai koke ʻoe i kāna mau hua.
6:20 He mea ʻoluʻolu ʻole ʻo ia i ka poʻe naʻaupō
ʻaʻole e mau ka ʻike iā ia.
6:21 E moe ia maluna ona me he pohaku ikaika la o ka hoao ana; a e hoolei aku oia ia ia
mai iaia mai ka loihi.
6:22 No ka mea, ua like ka naʻauao ma kona inoa, ʻaʻole ia i ʻike ʻia e nā mea he nui.
6:23 E hoʻolohe mai, e kaʻu keiki, e hoʻolohe i kaʻu ʻōlelo aʻo, a mai hōʻole i kaʻu ʻōlelo aʻo.
6:24 A e hookomo i kou mau wawae i kona mau kaulahao, a me kou ai i kona kaulahao.
6:25 E kulou iho i kou poʻohiwi, a e hali aku ia ia, a mai eha me kona paa.
6:26 E hele mai ia ia me kou naau a pau, a e malama i kona mau aoao me kou a pau
mana.
6:27 E huli, a e imi, a e hoikeia mai ia ia oe
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻoe iā ia, mai hoʻokuʻu aku iā ia.
6:28 No ka mea, ma hope e loaʻa iā ʻoe kona hoʻomaha, a e hoʻohuli ʻia ia
kou olioli.
6:29 A laila, e lilo kona mau kaulahao i pale ikaika nou, a me kona kaulahao a
aahu nani.
6:30 No ka mea, aia ma luna ona he lei gula, a ʻo kona mau kaula he kaula poni.
6:31 E hoʻokomo ʻoe iā ia i ʻaʻahu hanohano, a e hoʻokomo iā ia a puni ʻoe.
i lei o ka olioli.
6:32 LK E kaʻu keiki, inā makemake ʻoe, e aʻo ʻia ʻoe.
manao, e naauao oe.
6:33 Inā makemake ʻoe i ka lohe, e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka naʻauao, a inā ʻoe e kūlou
kou pepeiao, e naʻauao ʻoe,
6:34 Kū i ka lehulehu o nā lunakahiko; a e hoopili aku i ka mea naauao.
6:35 E makemake e hoolohe i na olelo a ke Akua; a mai waiho i na olelonane o
Pakele ka naauao ia oe.
6:36 A inā ʻoe e ʻike i ke kanaka naʻauao, e hele koke ʻoe iā ia, a
e hookomo kou wawae i na anuu o kona puka.
6: 37. E kau kou manao ma na oihana a ka Haku, a e noonoo mau
ma kāna mau kauoha: e hoʻokūpaʻa ʻo ia i kou naʻau, a e hāʻawi mai iā ʻoe
naauao ma kou makemake iho.