ʻO Sirach
21:1 E kaʻu keiki, ua hewa anei ʻoe? mai hana hou pela, aka, e kala mai oe i kou mea mua
hewa.
21: 2. E holo aku oe mai ka hewa aku e like me ka maka o ka nahesa;
e nahu mai no ia ia oe: o kona mau niho, ua like ia me na niho o ka liona.
ka pepehi ana i na uhane o kanaka.
21: 3. Ua like ka hewa a pau me ka pahikaua maka lua, aole hiki ke eha
hoolaia.
21:4 ʻO ka hoʻoweliweli a me ka hana hewa e pau ka waiwai: pēlā ka hale o ka poʻe haʻaheo
e hooneoneo ia.
21: 5. O ka pule mai ka waha o ke kanaka ilihune, hiki aku ia i na pepeiao o ke Akua, a me kona
hiki koke mai ka hookolokolo.
21:6. O ka mea hoowahawaha i ke aoia, aia no ia ma ka aoao o ka poe hewa;
makau i ka Haku e mihi mai kona naau.
21:7 ʻO ke kanaka akamai i ka ʻōlelo, ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ma kahi mamao a kokoke. aka, he kanaka noonoo
ike i kona wa e pahee ai.
21:8. O ka mea kukulu i kona hale me ke kala o na kanaka e, ua like ia me ia
ʻohi ʻo ia i nā pōhaku no ka hale kupapaʻu o kona kanu ʻana.
21:9 ʻO ke anaina o ka poʻe hewa, ua like ia me ke kāʻei i hui ʻia, a me ka hopena
o lakou he lapalapa ahi e luku ai ia lakou.
21:10 ʻO ka ʻaoʻao o ka poʻe hewa i ʻike ʻia me nā pōhaku, akā ma ka hope o ia mea.
ka lua o Gehena.
21:11 ʻO ka mea mālama i ke kānāwai o ka Haku, loaʻa iā ia ka ʻike.
a o ka hemolele o ka makau ia Iehova, oia ka naauao.
21:12 ʻO ka mea naʻauao ʻole, ʻaʻole ia e aʻo ʻia;
hoonui i ka awaawa.
21:13 ʻO ka ʻike o ke kanaka naʻauao, e like me ke kahawai, a me kāna ʻōlelo aʻo
ua like ia me ka punawai maemae o ke ola.
21:14 ʻO ka ʻaoʻao o ka naʻaupō, ua like ia me ka ipu nahaha, ʻaʻole ia e paʻa
ʻike i kona wā e ola ana.
21: 15. Ina lohe ke kanaka akamai i ka olelo naauao, e hoomaikai aku ia, a e hoonui aku.
aka, i ka lohe ana o ka mea naaupo, ua hewa ia i kona manao.
a hoolei aku la ia mahope o kona kua.
21:16 ʻO ka ʻōlelo ʻana a ka naʻaupō, ua like ia me ke kaumaha ma ke ala;
loaa ma na lehelehe o ka poe naauao.
21:17 Ua ninau lakou ma ka waha o ke kanaka naauao i loko o ke anaina, a lakou
e noonoo i kana mau olelo ma ko lakou naau.
21:18 LK E like me ka hale i luku ʻia, pēlā ka naʻauao i ka naʻaupō
ʻO ka ʻike o ka poʻe naʻaupō, ua like ia me ka ʻōlelo naʻaupō.
21:19 ʻO ke aʻo ʻana i ka poʻe naʻaupō, ua like ia me nā kaulahao ma nā wāwae,
lima ʻākau.
21:20 ʻO ka mea naʻaupō hoʻokiʻekiʻe i kona leo me ka ʻakaʻaka. aka, o ke kanaka naauao, ua wiwi ia
minoaka iki.
21:21 LK ʻO ke aʻo ʻana i ke kanaka naʻauao, me he mea lā i ke gula, a me ke kūpeʻe lima
ma kona lima akau.
21:22 ʻO ka wāwae o ke kanaka naʻaupō, hiki koke i ka hale o kona hoalauna;
hilahila ka ʻike iā ia.
21:23 LK ʻĒ, ma ka puka o ka hale, ʻo ka mea naʻaupō
e ku ana me ka hanai ole.
21:24 LK ʻĒ, ʻo ka hoʻolohe ʻana ma ka puka, ʻo ke kanaka naʻauao.
e kaumaha me ka hilahila.
21:25 LK ʻĒ, ʻo nā lehelehe o ka poʻe kamaʻilio e haʻi i nā mea pili ʻole
lakou: aka, o na olelo a ka poe naauao, ua kaupaonaia ma ka
kaulike.
21:26 Aia ka naau o ka poe naaupo i ko lakou waha;
ko lakou naau.
21: 27. Ke hoino ka mea pono ole ia Satana, ua hoino oia i kona uhane iho.
21:28 ʻO ka mea hawanawana, hoʻohaumia ia i kona ʻuhane iho, a inaina ʻia ʻo ia i kona wahi e noho ai.