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.