ʻO Sirach
9:1 Mai lili i ka wahine o kou poli, a mai ao aku ia ia i ka hewa
haʻawina kūʻē iā ʻoe iho.
9:2 Mai haawi aku i kou uhane i ka wahine e hehi kona wawae ma kou waiwai.
9:3 Mai halawai me ka wahine hookamakama, o haule oe i kona mau pahele.
9:4 Mai hoʻohana nui i ka hui o ka wahine mele, o lilo ʻoe
me kana hoao ana.
9:5 Mai nana aku oe i ke kaikamahine, i ole oe e haule i na mea maikai
i loko ona.
9:6 Mai haawi aku i kou uhane i na wahine hookamakama, i ole e lilo kou hooilina.
9:7 Mai nana a puni oe ma na alanui o ke kulanakauhale, mai auwana
ma kona wahi mehameha.
9:8 E hoohuli oe i kou maka mai ka wahine maikai, mai nana aku i ko hai
nani; no ka mea, he nui ka poe i puni i ka nani o ka wahine; no ka mea
Ma keia ua hoaaia ke aloha me he ahi la.
9:9 Mai noho iki me ka wahine a hai, aole hoi e noho pu me ia i kou
i mea kaua, a mai hoolilo i kau kala me ia ma ka waina; o kou naau
E hāliu aku ʻoe iā ia, a no kou makemake e hāʻule ʻoe i ka make.
9:10 Mai haʻalele i ka makamaka kahiko. no ka mea, ʻaʻole e like ka mea hou iā ia: he mea hou
Ua like ka hoaaloha me ka waina hou; i kona wā kahiko, e inu pū ʻoe
leʻaleʻa.
9:11 Mai lili i ka nani o ke kanaka hewa, no ka mea, aole oe i ike i ka mea e hiki mai ana
hopena.
9:12 Mai hauʻoli i ka mea a ka poʻe ʻaʻaʻole i leʻaleʻa ai; aka e hoomanao
ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻopaʻi ʻia i ko lākou lua kupapaʻu.
9:13 E hoʻokaʻawale iā ʻoe mai ke kanaka nona ka mana e pepehi; pela no oe
kanalua i ka makau i ka make;
kaili koke no ia i kou ola: E hoomanao oe e hele ana oe iwaena
i nā pahele, a e hele ana ʻoe ma luna o nā pā kaua o ke kūlanakauhale.
9:14 E like me kou hiki, koho i kou hoalauna, a kūkākūkā me ka
naauao.
9: 15. E pono kau olelo me ka poe naauao, a me kau olelo a pau ma ke kanawai o
ka mea kiekie loa.
9:16 A e ʻai a inu pū nā kānaka pono me ʻoe; a e hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻoe i ka
makau i ka Haku.
9:17 No ka mea, e mahaloia ka lima o ka mea akamai i ka hana, a me ka poe naauao
luna o na kanaka no kana haiolelo.
9:18 He mea weliweli ke kanaka olelo ino ma kona kulanakauhale; a ʻo ka mea wikiwiki
e hoowahawahaia kana olelo.