ʻO Sirach
41:1 E ka make, ʻawaʻawa ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana iā ʻoe i ke kanaka e ola ana
e hoomaha i kona waiwai, i ke kanaka i hoonaukiuki ole ia ia, a
i loaa ia ia ka pomaikai ma na mea a pau: oia, i ka mea hiki
loaa ka io!
41:2 E ka make, ʻoluʻolu kou hoʻopaʻi ʻana i ka poʻe ʻilihune, a me ka mea nona
Ua pau ka ikaika, i keia manawa i ke au hope, a ua pilikia i na mea a pau
mea, a i ka mea i pau i ka manao, a ua hoomanawanui.
41:3 Mai makaʻu i ka hoʻopaʻi o ka make, e hoʻomanaʻo i ka poʻe ma mua
oe, a mahope mai; no ka mea, eia ka olelo a ka Haku maluna o na mea a pau
ʻiʻo.
41:4 A no ke aha lā ʻoe e kūʻē nei i ka makemake o ka Mea Kiʻekiʻe? ʻaʻohe
ka ninau ma ka luakupapau, he umi paha kou ola ana, he haneri paha
he tausani makahiki.
41:5 Na keiki a ka poe hewa, he poe hoowahawaha lakou
kamaʻilio ma ka noho ʻana o ka poʻe hewa.
41:6 E pau ka hooilina o na keiki a ka poe hewa, a me ka lakou poe mamo
e hoowahawaha mau ia.
41:7 Na keiki e hoʻopiʻi i ka makua kāne hewa, no ka mea
hoowahawahaia nona.
41:8 Auwe oukou, ka poe hewa, ka poe i haalele i ke kanawai o ka poe nui loa
Akua kiekie! no ka mea, ina mahuahua oukou, e make auanei oukou.
41:9 LK A inā hānau ʻoe, hānau ʻia ʻoe i ka pōʻino.
ʻo ia kāu kuleana.
41:10 LK E hoʻi hou ka poʻe o ka honua i ka honua
e hele ana mai ka poino a i ka make.
41:11 LK ʻO ke kanikau ʻana o nā kānaka e pili ana i ko lākou kino
e holoiia.
41:12 LK E mālama ʻoe i kou inoa. no ka mea, e mau ana ia me oe maluna a
tausani waiwai gula.
41:13 LK ʻĒ, ʻuʻuku nā lā o ke ola maikaʻi.
41:14 LK E kaʻu poʻe keiki, e mālama i ke aʻo ʻana me ka maluhia
ka waiwai i ike ole ia, heaha ka waiwai o laua?
41:15 LK ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kanaka hūnā i kona naʻaupō
naauao.
41:16 LK No laila, hilahila ʻoe e like me kaʻu ʻōlelo
e mālama i ka hilahila a pau; ʻaʻole hoʻi i ʻae ʻia i kēlā me kēia
mea.
41:17 LK Hilahila i ka moekolohe i mua o ka makua kāne a me ka makuahine
he alii a he kanaka ikaika;
41:18 LK No ka hewa i mua o ka luna kānāwai a me ke aliʻi; o ka hewa imua o a
anaina a me na kanaka; o ka hana pono ole imua o kou hoa a me
hoa;
41:19 LK A ʻaihue ma kou wahi e noho ai
o ka oiaio o ke Akua a me kana berita; a e hilinaʻi me kou kuʻekuʻe ma luna
ka ʻiʻo; a me ka hoowahawaha i ka haawi a me ka lawe;
41:20 LK ʻĒ, i mua o ka poʻe e aloha aku iā ʻoe. a e nana aku i ka wahine hookamakama;
41:21 LK A hoʻohuli i kou maka mai kou ʻohana. a i ʻole e lawe i kahi ʻāpana a i ʻole
he makana; a i ʻole e nānā i ka wahine a kekahi kāne.
41:22 LK ʻĒ, ʻaʻole hoʻi e hele kokoke i kona wahi moe. a i ʻole o
ʻōlelo hōʻino i mua o nā hoaaloha; a ma hope o kou hāʻawi ʻana, e hōʻino aku
aole;
41:23 LK ʻĒ, ʻo ka haʻi ʻana a me ka ʻōlelo hou ʻana i kāu mea i lohe ai. a o
ka hoike ana i na mea huna.
41:24 LK ʻĒ, hilahila ʻoe a loaʻa ka lokomaikaʻi i mua o nā kānaka a pau.