ʻO Sirach
40:1. Ua hana ʻia ka hana nui no kēlā me kēia kanaka, a he ʻauamo kaumaha ma luna o ka
na keiki a Adamu, mai ka la i puka mai ai lakou iwaho o ka opu o ko lakou makuwahine, a hiki i ka la
ka lā e hoʻi ai lākou i ka makuahine o nā mea a pau.
40:2 ʻO ko lākou noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā mea e hiki mai ana, a me ka lā o ka make, [pilikia]
ko lakou mau manao, a me ka makau o ka naau;
40:3 Mai ka mea e noho ana ma ka noho aliʻi nani, a hiki i ka mea i hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia.
lepo a me ka lehu;
40:4 Mai ka mea i ʻaʻahu ʻia i ka poni a me ka lei aliʻi
he lole lole olona.
40:5 LK ʻĒ, a me ka lili, ka pilikia, ka noho mālie, ka makaʻu i ka make,
ka hakaka, a i ka manawa e hoomaha ai ma kona wahi moe, e loli ana kona hiamoe i ka po
kona ike.
40:6 LK ʻAʻole liʻiliʻi kona hoʻomaha ʻana, a ma hope, ua hiamoe ʻo ia
he la kiai, pilikia ma ka hihio o kona naau, me he mea la
ua pakele i ke kaua.
40:7 A pau ka maluhia, ala aʻela ʻo ia, a kahaha no ka mea, he mea ʻole ka makaʻu.
40: 8. Pela no na mea io a pau, i na kanaka a me na holoholona
pahiku hou aku i ka poe hewa.
40:9. ʻO ka make, ka hoʻokahe koko, ka hakakā, ka pahi kaua, ka pōʻino, ka wī.
ka popilikia, a me ka hahau;
40:10 LK Ua hana ʻia kēia mau mea no ka poʻe hewa, a no lākou i hele mai ai ka
kahe wai.
40:11 LK E huli hou nā mea o ka honua i ka honua
o ka wai e hoi hou i ke kai.
40:12 LK E holoi ʻia nā kipe a me nā hewa
e hoomanawanui mau.
40:13 LK E maloʻo ka waiwai o ka poʻe hewa e like me ka muliwai
me ka walaau, e like me ka hekili nui i ka ua.
40:14 LK ʻĒ, ʻoliʻoli nō ʻo ia i kona wehe ʻana i kona lima
i mea ole.
40:15 LK ʻAʻole e hoʻohua mai i nā lālā he nui
e like me na aa haumia maluna o ka pohaku paa.
40:16 LK ʻO ka nahele e ulu ana ma kēlā me kēia wai a me nā kapa o ka muliwai
mamua o ka mauu a pau.
40:17 LK ʻAe, ʻo ka lokomaikaʻi, ʻo ia ka māla hua nui, a ʻo ke aloha mau nō
mau loa.
40:18 LK ʻĒ, ʻo ka hana, a me ka ʻoluʻolu i ka mea i loaʻa i ke kanaka
ʻO ka mea i loaʻa ka waiwai, aia ma luna o lāua ʻelua.
40:19 LK Ke hoʻomau nei nā keiki a me ke kūkulu ʻana i ke kūlanakauhale
Ua helu ʻia ka wahine hala ʻole ma luna o lāua.
40:20 MN
ʻelua.
40:21 LK ʻĒ, ʻo ka ʻohe a me ka pesale, ʻo ia ka leo ʻoluʻolu
maluna o laua.
40:22 LK Ke makemake nei kou maka i ka lokomaikaʻi a me ka nani
he uliuli.
40:23 LK ʻĒ, ʻaʻole hui hewa ka hoa a me ka hoa
kana kane.
40:24 LK ʻĒ, ʻo nā hoahānau a me ke kōkua, kūʻē i ka wā pilikia
oi aku mamua o laua.
40:25 LK ʻĒ, ʻo ke gula a me ke kālā ka mea e kūpaʻa ai ka wāwae
laua elua.
40:26 LK ʻO ka waiwai a me ka ikaika e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i ka naʻau
laua elua: aohe hemahema o ka makau ia Iehova, aole hoi e pono
e imi kokua.
40:27 LK ʻO ka makaʻu iā Iēhova ka māla hua, a uhi iā ia ma luna o nā mea a pau
hanohano.
40:28 LK ʻĒ, mai lawe ʻoe i ka ʻilihune. no ka mea, e aho ka make mamua o ka noi.
40:29 LK ʻAʻole pono ke ola o ka mea e hilinaʻi ana i ka papa ʻaina o kekahi
helu ʻia no ke ola; no ka mea, ua hoohaumia oia ia ia iho i ka ai a hai: aka
ʻO ke kanaka naʻauao i hānai maikaʻi ʻia, e makaʻala iā ia.
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e puhi i ke ahi.