ʻO Sirach 31: 1. O ke kiai ana i ka waiwai e pau ai ke kino, moe moe. 31:2 ʻAʻole e hoʻomoe ke kanaka i ka makaʻala, e like me ka maʻi ʻeha moe, 31:3 He hana nui ka poe waiwai i ka houluulu ana i ka waiwai; a iaia hoomaha, hoopihaia i kona mau mea lealea. 31:4. Ua hana ka mea ilihune i kona ilihune; a i kona haalele ana, aia no ia nele mau. 31:5 ʻO ka mea makemake i ke gula, ʻaʻole ia e hoapono ʻia, a ʻo ka mea hahai ua lawa ka palaho. 31:6. Ua lilo ke gula i mea e luku ai i na mea he nui, a ua hiki mai ko lakou lukuia. 31:7 He mea e hina ai ka poe i kaumaha aku ia ia, a me na mea naaupo a pau e lawe pu ia me ia. 31:8 Pomaikai ka mea waiwai i loaa me ke kina ole, aole i hele aku mahope o ke gula. 31:9 LK ʻO wai ʻo ia? a e kapa aku kakou ia ia he pomaikai; i hanaia iwaena o kona poe kanaka. 31:10 LK ʻO wai ka mea i hoʻāʻo ʻia a loaʻa iā ia ka hemolele? alaila, e kaena aku. ʻO wai hiki ke hoohihia, aole hoi i hana hewa? A i hana hewa paha, aole i hana? 31:11 E hoʻokūpaʻa ʻia kāna waiwai, a e haʻi aku ke anaina i kāna manawalea. 31:12 LK ʻĒ, inā ʻoe e noho ma ka papa ʻaina nui, mai ʻai ʻoe, Nui ka ʻiʻo ma luna. 31:13 LK E hoʻomanaʻo, ʻo ka maka hewa he mea ʻino hewa mamua o ka maka? nolaila, ke uwe nei i na manawa a pau. 31:14 LK Mai ʻō aku i kou lima, ʻaʻole e ʻō aku iā ia i loko o ke kīʻaha. 31:15 LK Mai hoʻoponopono ʻoe i kou hoa noho ma o ʻoe iho. 31:16 LK E ʻai ʻoe e like me ke kanaka, i nā mea i waiho ʻia i mua ou. a e ai i ka palapala, o inainaia mai oe. 31:17 LK Haʻalele mua ʻoe no ke ʻano. a mai hoonawaliwali oe hōʻeha. 31:18 LK Ke noho ʻoe i waena o nā mea he nui, mai ʻō aku i kou lima. 31:19 LK ʻĒ, ʻo ka mea liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻole ia e lawe pōkole kona makani ma luna o kona wahi moe. 31:20 LK ʻĒ, hiki mai ka hiamoe maikaʻi i ka ʻai ʻana me ia: aka, o ka eha o ke kiai ana, a me ka eha, a me ka eha o ka opu, me ke kanaka maona ole. 31:21 mk:IM A, inā koi ʻia ʻoe e ʻai, ala, hele, luaʻi. e hoomaha. 31:22 LK ʻĒ, e hoʻolohe mai iaʻu, mai hoʻowahāwahā mai iaʻu. Ua ʻōlelo aku au iā ʻoe, E wikiwiki ʻoe i kāu mau hana a pau, i hiki ʻole mai ka maʻi ia oe. 31:23 ʻO ka mea hāʻawi manawaleʻa i kāna ʻai, e ʻōlelo maikaʻi nā kānaka iā ia; a me ka e manaʻoʻiʻo ʻia ka hōʻike o kāna mālama hale. 31:24 LK ʻAe, ʻo ke kūlanakauhale a pau e kūʻē i kāna ʻai ʻōhumu; a ʻaʻole e kanalua ʻia nā hōʻike o kona ʻano ʻino. 31:25 LK Mai hōʻike i kou ikaika i ka waina. no ka mea, ua luku nui i ka waina. 31:26 LK ʻĒ. haaheo i ka ona. 31:27 LK ʻO ka waina, ʻo ia ka maikaʻi o ke ola o ke kanaka. No ke kanaka nele anei i ka waina? no ka mea, ua hanaia ia i mea e olioli ai. 31:28 LK ʻĒ, ʻo ka inu ʻana i ka waina, ʻoliʻoli ka naʻau ʻoliʻoli o ka manaʻo: 31:29 LK ʻĒ, ʻo ka inu ʻana i ka waina me ka ʻawaʻawa ka hakaka a me ka hakaka. 31:30 LK ʻĒ, ʻo ka ʻona, hoʻonui ka huhū o ka mea naʻaupō. ikaika, a eha. 31:31 LK Mai papa aku i kou hoalauna ma ka waina, a mai hoowahawaha ia ia i kona lealea. mai haʻi aku iā ia i nā ʻōlelo hōʻino, a mai hoʻoikaika iā ia me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana iā ia inu.]