ʻO Sirach
15: 1. ʻO ka mea makaʻu iā Iēhova, e hana maikaʻi ia, a ʻo ka mea i ʻike
e loaʻa iā ia ke kānāwai.
15:2 A e like me ka makuahine e halawai me ia, a hookipa ia ia i wahine mare na
he puupaa.
15:3 Me ka berena o ka naʻauao e hānai iā ia, a hāʻawi iā ia i ka
wai o ka naauao e inu ai.
15: 4. E hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo ia ma luna ona, ʻaʻole e neʻe ʻia; a e hilinai aku
ia ia, aole ia e hoohilahilaia.
15:5 E hookiekie oia ia ia ma luna o kona mau hoalauna, a ma waena o ka
anaina e wehe ai i kona waha.
15:6 E loaʻa iā ia ka ʻoliʻoli a me ka lei o ka ʻoliʻoli, a e hāʻawi ʻo ia iā ia
e hooili i ka inoa mau loa.
15:7 Akā, ʻaʻole e loaʻa iā ia nā kānaka naʻaupō, ʻaʻole e ʻike ka poʻe hewa
iā ia.
15:8 No ka mea, ua mamao loa ia mai ka haʻaheo, a ʻaʻole hiki i nā kānaka wahaheʻe ke hoʻomanaʻo iā ia.
15:9 ʻAʻole pono ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana ma ka waha o ke kanaka hewa, no ka mea, ʻaʻole ia i hoʻouna ʻia mai iā ia
o ka Haku.
15:10 No ka mea, e hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia me ka naʻauao, a e hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Iēhova iā ia.
15:11 Mai ʻōlelo ʻoe, No ka Haku wau i hāʻule ai, no ka mea, pono ʻoe
aole e hana i na mea ana i inaina ai.
15:12 Mai ʻōlelo ʻoe, Ua alakaʻi hewa ʻo ia iaʻu.
kanaka hewa.
15:13 Ke inaina nei ka Haku i na mea inainaia a pau; aole makemake ka poe makau i ke Akua.
15:14 Nana no i hana i ke kanaka mai kinohi mai, a waiho iho la ia ia ma kona lima
ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo;
15:15 Inā makemake ʻoe, e mālama i nā kauoha, a e hana i nā mea i ʻae ʻia
ʻoiaʻiʻo.
15:16. Ua kau mai ia i ke ahi a me ka wai imua ou
ina paha oe e makemake.
15:17 Ma mua o ke kanaka ke ola a me ka make; a inā makemake ʻo ia e hāʻawi ʻia iā ia.
15:18 No ka mea, ua nui ke akamai o ka Haku, a me ka mana, a
nana i na mea a pau.
15:19 A aia kona mau maka ma luna o ka poʻe makaʻu iā ia, a ʻike ʻo ia i nā hana a pau
kanaka.
15:20 ʻAʻole ʻo ia i kauoha i kekahi e hana hewa, ʻaʻole ia i hāʻawi i kekahi
ka laikini hewa.