ʻO Sirach
26:1 Pomaikai ke kanaka i loaa ka wahine pono, no ka nui o kona mau la
e papalua.
26:2 He wahine maikai i kana kane, a e hoʻokō i nā makahiki o
kona ola me ka maluhia.
26:3 ʻO ka wahine maikaʻi he ʻāpana maikaʻi ia, e hāʻawi ʻia ma ka ʻāpana o
ka poe makau ia Iehova.
26:4 Inā he kanaka waiwai a ʻilihune paha, inā he naʻau maikaʻi kona iā Iēhova.
e hauʻoli mau ʻo ia me ka maka ʻoliʻoli.
26:5 ʻEkolu mau mea a koʻu naʻau e makaʻu ai; a no ka ha o wau
ʻO ka ʻōlelo ʻino ʻana o ke kūlanakauhale, ʻo ka ʻākoakoa ʻana o ka poʻe kipi
ka lehulehu, a me ka hoopunipuni: ua oi aku ka hewa o keia mau mea a pau i ka make.
26:6 Akā, ʻo ke kaumaha o ka naʻau a me ke kaumaha, ʻo ia ka wahine lili i kekahi
wahine, a me ka hahau o ke alelo e launa pu ana me na mea a pau.
26:7 ʻO ka wahine ʻino, he ʻauamo ia i hoʻoluliluli ʻia;
he moohueloawa nae kana.
26:8. ʻO ka wahine ʻona a me ka mea hele ma kahi ʻē, ua huhū nui ʻo ia
aole e uhi i kona hilahila iho.
26:9 ʻIke ʻia ka moekolohe o ka wahine ma kona mau hiʻohiʻona haʻaheo a me kona mau lihilihi.
26:10 LK Inā hilahila kāu kaikamahine, e mālama pono iā ia, o hoʻomāinoino
iaia iho ma ke kuokoa nui.
26:11 LK E kiaʻi ʻoe i ka maka ʻino, a mai kāhāhā i kāna hana hewa ʻana iā ʻoe.
26:12 E hamama ana kona waha, e like me ka mea hele makewai ke loaa ia ia a
punawai, a inu i na wai a pau e kokoke ana ia ia: ma na pa a pau e noho ai oia
ilalo, a e wehe i kana aa pua i na pua a pau.
26:13 ʻO ka lokomaikaʻi o ka wahine, ʻoliʻoli ia i kāna kāne, a me kona naʻauao
e momona i kona mau iwi.
26:14 ʻO ka wahine noho mālie a aloha hoʻi, he makana ia na Iēhova; ʻaʻohe mea pēlā
waiwai nui e like me ka manao i ao pono ia.
26:15 ʻO ka wahine hilahila a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ia ka lokomaikaʻi pālua, a me kāna ʻāina
hiki ole ke manaoia.
26:16 E like me ka lā i kona puka ʻana ma ka lani kiʻekiʻe; pela ka nani o a
wahine maikai ma ke kauoha ana i kona hale.
26:17 E like me ka malamalama maopopo ma luna o ka ipukukui hoano; pela ka nani o ka
maka i ka oo makahiki.
26:18 E like me na kia gula ma na kumu kala; pela ka pono
wawae me ka naau mau.
26:19 LK E, e kaʻu keiki, e mālama i ka leo o ka pua o kou mau makahiki. a mai haawi i kou ikaika ia
malihini.
26:20 A loaʻa iā ʻoe ka waiwai hua ma ke kula a pau, e lūlū
me kau hua ponoi, me ka hilinai i ka maikai o kau laau.
26:21 LK No laila, e hoʻonui ʻia kou lāhui āu e haʻalele ai
o ko lakou mamo maikai.
26:22 ʻO ka wahine hoʻokamakama e manaʻo ʻia he kuha. aka, he hale kiai ka wahine mare
ku e i ka make i kana kane.
26:23 LK ʻAe, hāʻawi ʻia ka wahine ʻino i ʻāpana na ke kāne hewa;
ua haawiia i ka mea makau ia Iehova.
26:24 LK ʻO ka wahine hoʻopunipuni, hoʻowahāwahā ia i ka hilahila.
kana kane.
26:25 LK ʻO ka wahine hilahila ʻole, e manaʻo ʻia he ʻīlio. aka, o ka wahine hilahila
e makau ia Iehova.
26:26 ʻO ka wahine i hoʻomaikaʻi i kāna kāne, e manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia he naʻauao e nā mea a pau; akā ʻo ia
ʻO ka mea hoʻohaʻahaʻa iā ia i kona haʻaheo, e manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia he hewa i nā mea a pau.
26:27 LK ʻĒ, e ʻimi ʻia ka wahine uē nui a me ka ʻōlelo ʻino
na enemi.
26:28 LK ʻElua mau mea e kaumaha ai koʻu naʻau. a ʻo ke kolu ke hoʻonāukiuki mai iaʻu.
he kanaka kaua i ilihune; a me na kanaka noonoo
ʻaʻole i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e; a o ka mea hoi mai ka pono mai i ka hewa; ka Haku
hoʻomākaukau ʻo ia i ka pahi kaua.
26:29 ʻAʻole hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka mea kālepa i ka hana ʻino. a he huckster
ʻaʻole e hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai ka hewa.