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.