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.]