ʻO Sirach
37:1 LK ʻŌlelo kēlā me kēia hoa, ʻO wau nō kona hoaaloha
he hoaloha wale no ma ka inoa.
37:2 ʻAʻole anei he ʻehaʻeha i ka make, ke huli ʻia ka hoaaloha a me ka hoaaloha
he enemi?
37:3 LK ʻĒ, nohea ʻoe i komo mai e uhi i ka honua
hoopunipuni?
37:4 Aia kekahi hoa, ʻoliʻoli i ka pōmaikaʻi o ka hoaaloha, akā
i ka wa popilikia e ku e ia ia.
37:5 Aia kekahi hoa, kōkua i kona hoa no ka ʻōpū, a lawe
i ka pale kaua i ka enemi.
37:6 Mai poina i kou hoaaloha ma kou manaʻo, a mai poina iā ia ma kou
waiwai.
37:7 Hoʻohanohano kēlā me kēia kākāʻōlelo i ka ʻōlelo aʻo; aka, aia no kekahi poe e kukakuka
nona iho.
37:8 E makaʻala i ke kākāʻōlelo, a e ʻike ma mua i kona hemahema; no ka mea
aʻo nona iho; o hailona auanei ia nou.
37:9 A ʻōlelo aku iā ʻoe, Maikaʻi kou ʻaoʻao
aoao, e ike i na mea e hiki mai ana ia oe.
37:10 Mai kamaʻilio pū me ka mea hoʻopiʻi iā ʻoe
e like me ka huāhuā iā ʻoe.
37:11 LK ʻAʻole hoʻi e kamaʻilio me ka wahine e hoʻopā aku iā ia.
ʻaʻole hoʻi me ka makaʻu i nā mea kaua; ʻaʻole hoʻi me kahi mea kālepa e pili ana
hoʻololi; aole hoi me ka mea kuai mai; aole hoi me ke kanaka lili o
mahalo; ʻaʻole hoʻi me ke kanaka aloha ʻole i ka lokomaikaʻi; aole hoi me ka
molowa no kekahi hana; ʻaʻole hoʻi me ka hoʻolimalima ʻana no ka makahiki hoʻopau
hana; ʻaʻole hoʻi me ke kauā palaualelo i ka ʻoihana nui: mai hoʻolohe i kēia
ma kekahi mea a'o.
37:12 LK ʻAe, e noho mau me ke kanaka haipule, ka mea āu i ʻike ai e mālama
na kauoha a ka Haku, nona ka manao e like me kou manao, a me kou makemake
E kaumaha pu me oe, ke hapai keiki oe.
37:13 LK ʻĒ, e kūpaʻa ka manaʻo o kou naʻau
ʻoiaʻiʻo iā ʻoe ma mua o ia.
37:14 LK He mea maʻamau ka manaʻo o ke kanaka e haʻi iā ia ma mua o ʻehiku mau kiaʻi.
e noho ana ma luna o ka hale kiaʻi kiʻekiʻe.
37:15 LK A ma luna o kēia mau mea a pau e pule aku i ka Mea Kiʻekiʻe, nāna e kuhikuhi i kou ala
ʻoiaʻiʻo.
37:16 LK ʻĒ, ma mua o kēlā me kēia ʻoihana, a me ka ʻōlelo aʻo ma mua o kēlā me kēia hana.
37:17 LK ʻO ka helehelena ka hōʻailona o ka loli o ka naʻau.
37:18 LK ʻEhā ʻano mea, ʻo ka maikaʻi a me ka hewa, ke ola a me ka make
e hoomalu mau ana ke alelo maluna o lakou.
37:19 LK He mea naʻauao a aʻo i nā mea he nui, ʻaʻole naʻe e pono
iā ia iho.
37:20 LK ʻĒ, ʻo ia ka mea i ʻike i ka naʻauao ma nā ʻōlelo, a ua inaina ʻia
nele i ka ai a pau.
37:21 LK ʻAʻole hāʻawi ʻia ka lokomaikaʻi iā ia mai ka Haku mai, no ka mea, ua nele ʻo ia i nā mea a pau
naauao.
37:22 LK He naʻauao kekahi iā ia iho. a o na hua o ka naauao
mahaloia ma kona waha.
37:23 LK ʻĒ, ʻo ke kanaka naʻauao ke aʻo i kona poʻe kānaka. a me na hua o kona naauao
hāʻule ʻole.
37:24 LK E hoʻopiha ʻia ke kanaka naʻauao i ka pōmaikaʻi. a me ka poe a pau i ike ia ia
e helu ʻo ia i ka hauʻoli.
37:25 ʻO nā lā o ke ola o ke kanaka e helu ʻia, akā ʻo nā lā o ka ʻIseraʻela
hiki ole ke helu.
37:26 LK ʻO ke kanaka naʻauao, e hoʻoili ʻia ka nani i waena o kona poʻe, a ʻo kona inoa
mau loa.
37:27 LK E, e kaʻu keiki, e hoʻāʻo i kou ʻuhane i loko o kou ola, a ʻike i ka hewa o ia mea.
mai haawi aku ia mea.
37:28 No ka mea, ʻaʻole pono nā mea a pau no nā kānaka a pau, ʻaʻole hoʻi i kēlā me kēia ʻuhane
lealea i na mea a pau.
37:29 LK Mai ʻai ʻole i nā mea ʻai, ʻaʻole hoʻi i ka ʻai.
37:30 LK No ka mea, ʻo ka nui o ka ʻai, ʻo ia ka maʻi
choler.
37:31 LK ʻĒ, nui ka poʻe i make. aka, o ka mea malama, hooloihi ia i kona
ola.