ʻO Sirach
14:1 Pōmaikaʻi ke kanaka i paheʻe ʻole me kona waha, ʻaʻole hoʻi
i kuiia me ka nui o na hewa.
14:2 Pōmaikaʻi ka mea i hoʻohewa ʻole i kona lunamanaʻo, ʻaʻole hoʻi
haule mai kona manaolana i ka Haku.
14:3 ʻAʻole pono ka waiwai no ka hūpō, a he aha ka mea e hana ai ke kanaka lili
me ke kālā?
14:4 ʻO ka mea hōʻiliʻili ma ka hoʻopunipuni ʻana i kona ʻuhane iho, ʻohi ʻo ia no nā mea ʻē aʻe
e hoolilo i kona waiwai me ka hoohaunaele.
14:5 ʻO ka mea ʻino iā ia iho, iā wai lā ʻo ia e maikaʻi ai? aole ia e lawe
leʻaleʻa i kāna waiwai.
14:6 ʻAʻohe mea ʻoi aku ka ʻino ma mua o ka mea lili iā ia iho; a he a
ka uku no kona hewa.
14:7 A ina e hana maikai oia, hana no ia me ka makemake ole; a ma ka hope, e hana ʻo ia
e hai aku i kona hewa.
14:8 He maka ino ko ke kanaka lili; huli ae la ia i kona maka, a
hoowahawaha i kanaka.
14:9 ʻAʻole māʻona ka maka o ke kanaka puni i kāna ʻāpana; a me ka hewa
o ka mea hewa e hoomaloo i kona uhane.
14:10 He lili ka maka hewa i kāna ʻai, a he lili ma kāna papa ʻaina.
14:11 E kaʻu keiki, e like me kou hiki ke hana maikaʻi iā ʻoe iho, a hāʻawi iā Iēhova
kana mohai pono.
14:12 E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole e lōʻihi ka make, a ʻo ka berita o
aole i hoikeia mai ka luakupapau ia oe.
14:13 Hana maikaʻi i kou hoaaloha ma mua o kou make ʻana, a e like me kou hiki
e kikoo aku i kou lima a e haawi aku ia ia.
14:14 Mai hoʻopunipuni ʻoe iā ʻoe iho i ka lā maikaʻi, a mai hoʻokuʻu i ka ʻāpana o ka maikaʻi
ʻoi aku ka makemake ma mua ou.
14:15 LK ʻAʻole anei ʻoe e haʻalele i kāu hana no kekahi? a me kau mau hana
puunaueia ma ka hailona?
14:16 Haawi, a lawe, a huikala i kou uhane; no ka mea, aohe imi
mea ai i ka lua kupapau.
14: 17. Ua kahiko na kanaka a pau me he kapa la, no ka berita mai kinohi mai
ʻo ia, E make ʻoe i ka make.
14:18 E like me ka lau uliuli ma ka laau manoanoa, haule kekahi, a ulu kekahi; pela no
ka hanauna io a me ke koko, e pau ana kekahi, a e pau ana kekahi
hānau ʻia.
14:19 ʻO nā hana a pau e pohō a e pau, a e hele ka mea hana
me ka pili.
14:20 Pomaikai ke kanaka noonoo maikai me ka naauao
noonoo i na mea hemolele ma kona naauao. ana.
14:21 ʻO ka mea e noʻonoʻo i kona mau ʻaoʻao i loko o kona naʻau, e loaʻa iā ia ka ʻike
i kona mau mea huna.
14:22 E hele ma hope ona e like me ka mea e hahai ana, a e hoohalua ma kona aoao.
14:23 ʻO ka mea i kāhuna ma kona mau puka makani, e hoʻolohe ʻo ia ma kona mau puka.
14:24 ʻO ka mea e moe kokoke i kona hale, e hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i kahi pine ma kona mau paia.
14:25. E kukulu no oia i kona halelewa kokoke ia ia, a e moe ma kahi moe
kahi o na mea maikai.
14:26. E hoonoho oia i kana mau keiki malalo o kona malu, a e moe ia malalo ona
nā lālā.
14:27 E uhi ʻia ʻo ia i ka wela, a ma kona nani e noho ai.