ʻO Sirach
13: 1. O ka mea hoopa aku i ke kepau, e haumia oia ia mea; a o ka mea ia ia
O ka launa pu ana me ke kanaka haaheo e like ia me ia.
13:2 Mai hoʻokaumaha iā ʻoe iho ma luna o kou ikaika i kou wā e ola ana; a loaa ole
e launa pu me ka mea i oi aku ka ikaika a me ka waiwai nui ia oe iho: pehea la
ʻae like ka ipuhao a me ka ipu lepo? no ka mea, ina i hahauia kekahi
e ku e i kekahi, e haihaiia.
13: 3. Ua hana hewa ke kanaka waiwai, a ua hooweliweli aku oia
i hewa, a e noi aku no hoi ia.
13: 4. Ina oe no kona waiwai, e hoohana no oia ia oe;
e haʻalele ʻo ia iā ʻoe.
13:5 Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mea, e ola ʻo ia me ʻoe
olohelohe, aole e minamina.
13:6 Ina he hemahema oe, e hoopunipuni oia ia oe,
e hoolana ia oe; E ʻōlelo maikaʻi ʻo ia iā ʻoe, a e ʻōlelo mai, He aha kou makemake?
13:7 A e hoohilahila oia ia oe i kana ai, a hiki i kona huki ana ia oe maloo elua
a ekolu paha, a ma ka hope, e akaaka mai no ia ia oe, i ka wa
ʻIke ʻo ia iā ʻoe, e haʻalele ʻo ia iā ʻoe, a e hoʻoluliluli i kona poʻo iā ʻoe.
13: 8. E makaala o puni oe, a e hoohaahaa i kou hauoli.
13:9 Ina oe i konoia e ke kanaka ikaika, e haalele oe ia oe iho, a pela no ka
e kono hou aku ana oia ia oe.
13:10 Mai hoʻoikaika ʻoe iā ia, o hoʻihoʻi ʻia ʻoe. e ku ma kahi mamao aku, o
poina oe.
13:11 Mai manao e hoohalikeia me ia ma ka olelo, a mai manaoio aku i kona lehulehu
olelo: no ka mea, me ka nui o ka olelo ana e hoowalewale mai ai oia ia oe, me ka akaaka mai
E hoopuka aku oe i kou mau mea huna.
13:12 Akā, e hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i kāu mau ʻōlelo, ʻaʻole ia e hoʻopaʻa i ka hana ʻana iā ʻoe
e hoeha, a e hahao ia oe iloko o ka halepaahao.
13:13 E nana, a e malama pono, no ka mea, ke hele nei oe ma ka pilikia o kou
e hoohiolo ana: a lohe oe i keia mau mea, e ala oe i kou hiamoe ana.
13:14 E aloha i ka Haku i kou ola a pau, a kahea aku ia ia no kou ola.
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13:16. Hoʻopili nā ʻiʻo a pau e like me ke ʻano, a e hoʻopili ke kanaka i kāna
like.
13:17 He aha ko ka ʻīlio hae me ke keiki hipa? pela ka mea hewa me ka
haipule.
13:18 LK He aha ka ʻaelike ma waena o ka hyena a me ka ʻīlio? a me ka maluhia
mawaena o ka poe waiwai a me ka poe ilihune?
13:19 E like me ka hoki hihiu i ka liona pio ma ka waonahele;
ka poe ilihune.
13:20 E like me ka poe hookiekie inaina i ka haahaa, pela ka poe waiwai inaina i ka poe ilihune.
13:21 ʻO ke kanaka waiwai e hoʻomaka ana e hāʻule, ua paʻa ʻo ia i kona mau hoaaloha;
o ka iho ilalo, ua kipaku ia e kona mau hoa.
13:22 I ka wā i hāʻule ai ke kanaka waiwai, he nui kona mau kōkua
e oleloia, a ua hoapono na kanaka ia ia;
Papa aku la lakou ia ia; ʻōlelo akamai ʻo ia, ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa kahi.
13:23 A ʻōlelo ke kanaka waiwai, paʻa kēlā kanaka kēia kanaka i kona alelo
i mai la ia, Hookiekie lakou ia mea a hiki i ke ao;
e olelo aku, Owai keia kanaka? a ina e hina ia, e kokua lakou i ka hoohiolo
iā ia.
13:24 He maikai ka waiwai i ka mea hewa ole, a he ino ka ilihune
waha o ka poe hewa.
13:25 ʻO ka naʻau o ke kanaka ke hoʻololi i kona helehelena, inā paha no ka maikaʻi a i ʻole
ʻino: a ʻo ka naʻau ʻoliʻoli e hoʻohauʻoli ʻia ka maka.
13:26 ʻO ka helehelena hauʻoli he hōʻailona ia o ka naʻau i ka pōmaikaʻi; a
o ka loaa ana o na olelonane, he hana luhi ia o ka naau.