ʻO Sirach
29: 1. O ka mea lokomaikai, e haawi aku i kona hoalauna; a ʻo ia kēlā
hooikaika i kona lima e malama i na kauoha.
29:2 E haawi aku i kou hoalauna i kona wa hemahema, a e uku aku oe i kou hoalauna
hou i ka manawa pono.
29:3 E mālama i kāu ʻōlelo, a e hana pono me ia, a e loaʻa mau iā ʻoe
ka mea e pono ai nou.
29:4. He nui ka poe i haawiia mai ia lakou, manao iho la ua loaa, a waiho iho la
i ka pilikia i kōkua iā lākou.
29:5 A loaʻa iā ia, e honi ʻo ia i ka lima o ke kanaka; a no kona
i ke kala a kona hoalauna, e olelo malie no ia: aka, i kona uku ana, alaila
e hooloihi i ka manawa, a e hoihoi mai i na olelo o ke kaumaha, a e ohumu i ka
manawa.
29:6 Inā lanakila ʻo ia, ʻaʻole e loaʻa iā ia ka hapalua, a e helu ʻo ia me he mea lā
ua loaʻa iā ia: inā ʻaʻole, ua hoʻonele ʻo ia i kāna kālā, a ua loaʻa iā ia
Ua loaa ia ia he enemi kumu ole;
nā ala hao; a no ka hanohano, e hoʻohilahila ʻo ia iā ia.
29:7 No laila, nui ka poʻe i hōʻole ʻole e hōʻaiʻē no ka hana ʻino ʻana o nā kānaka ʻē, me ka makaʻu
e hoopunipuniia.
29:8 Akā, e hoʻomanawanui ʻoe i ke kanaka ʻilihune, a mai hoʻokaʻulua ʻoe i ka hōʻike
ia ia ke aloha.
29:9 E kokua i ka poe ilihune no ke kauoha, a mai hoohuli ia ia no ka mea
o kona ilihune.
29:10 LK E hoʻolilo i kāu kālā no kou kaikunāne a me kou hoaaloha, ʻaʻole ia e pala.
he pohaku e nalowale ana.
29:11. E hoahu i kou waiwai e like me na kauoha a ka Mea Kiekie, a
e oi aku ka waiwai ia oe mamua o ke gula.
29:12 LK E hoʻopaʻa i ka manawaleʻa i loko o kou mau hale kūʻai
ka pilikia.
29:13 ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kaua ʻana nou i kou poʻe ʻenemi
pale a me ka ihe ikaika.
29:14 ʻO ke kanaka pono, ʻo ia ka mea nāna e hoʻopaʻa i kona hoalauna;
haalele ia ia.
29:15 Mai poina i ka pilina o kou ʻoiaʻiʻo, no ka mea, ua hāʻawi ʻo ia i kona ola no
oe.
29:16 Na ka mea hewa e hoohiolo i ka waiwai o kona pono.
29:17 A ʻo ka mea noʻonoʻo mahalo ʻole, e haʻalele ʻo ia iā ia
hoʻopakele iā ia.
29:18 LK ʻĒ, ua hoʻopau ʻo Suretiship i nā waiwai maikaʻi he nui, a hoʻoluliluli iā lākou e like me ka nalu.
ke kai: ua kipaku ʻia nā kānaka ikaika mai ko lākou mau hale aku, a laila lākou
auwana iwaena o na aina e.
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ʻO ka mea hoʻopaʻa paʻa: a ʻo ka mea hoʻopaʻa a hahai i ka ʻoihana a haʻi
no ka mea, e lilo ka waiwai i na hihia.
29:20 LK E kōkua i kou hoalauna e like me kou mana, a e makaʻala iā ʻoe iho
mai haule iloko o ka mea hookahi.
29:21 LK ʻO ka mea nui o ke ola, ʻo ia ka wai, ka berena, ka lole, a me ka hale
e uhi i ka hilahila.
29:22 LK ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka noho ʻana o ka poʻe ʻilihune i loko o ka hale liʻiliʻi.
ma ka hale o kekahi kanaka.
29:23 LK ʻĒ, ʻuʻuku a nui paha
ka hoino ana o kou hale.
29:24 LK ʻĒ, ʻo ka hele ʻana i kēlā hale a i kēia hale
he malihini, aole oe i aa e oaka i kou waha.
29:25 LK ʻĒ, ʻahaʻaina ʻoe, ʻaʻohe hoʻomaikaʻi
lohe i nā ʻōlelo ʻawaʻawa:
29:26 LK ʻĒ, hele mai ʻoe, e ka malihini, e hoʻomākaukau i ka papaʻaina, a hānai iaʻu i kāu mea
mākaukau.
29:27 LK E hāʻawi ʻoe i wahi no kahi kanaka hanohano. hiki mai ko'u kaikunane
ua moe, a ua nele au i ko'u hale.
29:28 LK He mea kaumaha kēia i ke kanaka naʻauao. ka hookiekie ana o
lumi hale, a me ka hoowahawaha ana i ka mea nana i haawi mai.