ʻO Sirach
12: 1. Ina oe e hana maikai, e ike oe i ka mea au i hana'i; pela no oe
mahalo no kou pomaikai.
12: 2. E hana maikai oe i ke kanaka haipule, a e loaa ia oe ka uku; a ina aole
mai ia ia mai, mai ka Mea Kiekie mai.
12:3 ʻAʻole hiki ke loaʻa ka maikaʻi i ka mea i hana mau i ka hewa, ʻaʻole hoʻi
ka mea haawi manawalea ole.
12:4 E haawi aku i ke kanaka haipule, mai kokua aku i ka mea hewa.
12: 5. E hana maikaʻi i ka mea haʻahaʻa, akā, mai hāʻawi aku i ka mea hewa
i kau berena, mai haawi aku ia ia, o lanakila auanei oia ia oe.
no ka mea, a i ole ia, e loaa papalua ia oe ka hewa no kou maikai a pau
e hana aku oe ia ia.
12: 6. No ka mea, inaina ka Mea Kiekie i ka poe hewa,
me ka malama ole ia lakou i ka la nui o ko lakou hoopaiia.
12:7 E hāʻawi aku i ka mea maikaʻi, a mai kōkua aku i ka mea hewa.
12:8 ʻAʻole hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka hoaaloha ma ka pōmaikaʻi, ʻaʻole hiki ke hūnā ʻia ka ʻenemi
pilikia.
12:9 I ka pomaikai o ke kanaka, e kaumaha na enemi, aka, i kona popilikia
ʻo kahi hoaaloha e haʻalele.
12:10 Mai paulele i kou ʻenemi;
12:11 ʻOiai ʻo ia e hoʻohaʻahaʻa iā ia iho, a hele kūlou, akā e mālama pono a
e makaala ia ia, a e lilo oe ia ia me he mea la ua holoi a
maka aniani, a e ike auanei oe aole i pau kona popo
holoiia.
12:12 Mai hoʻonoho iā ia me ʻoe, o hoʻohiolo ʻo ia iā ʻoe, e kū mai ia i luna.
kou wahi; mai noho hoi ia ma kou lima akau, o imi ia e lawe
kou noho, a e hoomanao oe i ka'u mau olelo, a e kui oe
me ia mea.
12:13 ʻO wai ka mea e aloha i ka mea hoʻokalakupua i nahu ʻia e ka nahesa, a i ʻole kekahi mea like
hele mai a kokoke i na holoholona hihiu?
12:14 No laila, ʻo ka mea e hele aku i ke kanaka hewa, a ua haumia ʻo ia me ia i kāna mau hewa.
e minamina anei?
12:15 No ka manawa, e noho ia me oe, aka, ina oe e hoomaka i ka haule, oia
aole lohi.
12:16 He ʻenemi ʻōlelo ʻoluʻolu me kona mau lehelehe, akā i loko o kona naʻau e noʻonoʻo ai
pehea e hoolei ai ia oe iloko o ka lua: e uwe no ia me kona mau maka, aka, ina e loaa ia ia
manawa, aole ia e maona i ke koko.
12:17 Ina e hiki mai ka pilikia maluna ou, e ike mua oe ia ia; a ʻoiai naʻe
E hoʻopunipuni mai ʻo ia iā ʻoe, akā e hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻo ia iā ʻoe.
12: 18. E hooluliluli oia i kona poo, a e paipai i kona mau lima, a e hawanawana nui, a e loli
kona helehelena.