ʻO Sirach
43:1 ʻO ka haʻaheo o ke kiʻekiʻe, ka lani mālamalama, ka nani o ka lani, me
kana hoike nani;
43:2 ʻO ka lā i ka wā e puka mai ai, e haʻi ana i kona puka ʻana he mea kupanaha
mea hana, ka hana a ka Mea Kiekie.
43:3 LK Ma ke awakea, hoʻomaloʻo i ka ʻāina, a ʻo wai ka mea hiki ke hoʻomanawanui i ka wela wela
o laila?
43:4 LK ʻĒ, ʻo ke kanaka puhi i ka umu ahi, ʻo ia ka hana wela, akā, ʻo ka lā ka mea e puhi ai
mau mauna ekolu manawa; ka hanu ana i na mahu ahi, a hoouna aku
hoopuka mai i na kukuna olinolino, pohihihi na maka.
43:5 LK Nui nō ka Haku nāna ia i hana. a ma kana kauoha, holo wikiwiki.
43:6 Nana no i hana ka mahina i kona manawa no ka hoike ana i na manawa.
a he hoailona o ke ao nei.
43:7 Mai ka mahina mai ka hōʻailona o nā ʻahaʻaina, he kukui e emi iho ana i loko ona
hemolele.
43: 8. Ua kapa ʻia ka mahina ma muli o kona inoa, ma muli o ka hoʻonui kupanaha ʻana iā ia
e hoololi ana, he mea paahana no na pualikoa maluna, e alohilohi ana i ka
lewa o ka lani;
43:9 LK ʻO ka nani o ka lani, ka nani o nā hōkū
ma na wahi kiekie o ka Haku.
43:10 LK Ma ke kauoha a ka Mea Hemolele e kū ai lākou ma ko lākou ʻano, a
mai maule i ko lakou mau wati.
43:11 LK E nānā i ke ānuenue, e hoʻomaikaʻi aku i ka mea nāna ia i hana. nani loa
i kona olinolino.
43:12 LK A puni ka lani me ka pōʻai nani, a me nā lima o
na ka Mea Kiekie loa ia i hookui.
43:13 LK Ma kāna kauoha, hoʻoheheʻe ʻo ia i ka hau, a hoʻouna
hikiwawe ka uila o kona hooponopono ana.
43:14 LK ʻĒ, wehe ʻia nā waiwai, a lele nā ao e like me nā manu.
43:15 LK Ma kona mana nui, hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i nā ao
nahaha liilii.
43:16 LK Ma kona ʻike ʻana, haʻalulu nā mauna, a ma kona makemake, ka makani hema
puhi.
43:17 LK ʻĒ, haʻalulu ka honua
ʻO ka makani ʻākau a me ka puahiohio: E like me nā manu e lele ana, hoʻopuehu ʻo ia i ka
ʻO ka hau, a ʻo kona hāʻule ʻana i lalo, ua like ia me ka mālamalama o nā ʻūhini.
43:18 LK Mahalo ka maka i ka nani o kona keʻokeʻo, a me ka puʻuwai
kahaha i ka ua.
43:19 LK ʻĒ, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hau e like me ka paʻakai.
e waiho ana ma luna o nā lāʻau ʻoi.
43:20 LK ʻĒ, paʻa ka makani ʻākau, a hui ka wai i hau.
e noho ana ma na hui ana a pau o ka wai, a e aahu ai ia ia
wai e like me ka pale umauma.
43:21 LK ʻĒ, ʻai i nā mauna, a puhi i ka wao nahele, a pau
ka mauu me he ahi la.
43:22 LK ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau o nā mea a pau, ʻo ia ka noe e hiki koke mai ana, ka hau
hoomaha ka wela.
43:23 LK Ma kāna ʻōlelo aʻo, hoʻomaha ʻo ia i ka hohonu, a kanu i nā mokupuni i loko.
43:24 LK ʻĒ, ʻo ka poʻe e holo ana ma ke kai. a i ko makou lohe ana
me ko makou mau pepeiao, ke kahaha nei makou.
43:25 LK ʻĒ, aia nā hana kupanaha, nā ʻano like ʻole
na holoholona a me na kohola i hanaia.
43:26 LK ʻĒ, ʻo ia ka hope o lākou i pōmaikaʻi ai, a ma kāna ʻōlelo a pau
mau mea.
43:27 LK Nui nō paha kā mākou ʻōlelo, akā, pōkole.
43:28 LK ʻĒ, pehea mākou e hoʻonui ai iā ia? no ka mea, ua oi aku ia maluna o kona mau mea a pau
hana.
43:29 LK He mea weliweli a nui loa, a kupanaha kona mana.
43:30 LK Ke hoʻonani aku ʻoukou i ka Haku, e hoʻokiʻekiʻe aʻe iā ia e like me kou hiki. no ka mea
ua oi loa aku ia: a i ka wa e hookiekie aku ai oukou ia ia, e haawi aku i ko oukou ikaika a pau
mai luhi; no ka mea, aole hiki ia oukou ke hele i kahi loihi.
43:31 MN a ʻo wai ka mea hiki ke hoʻonui iā ia e like me ia
he?
43:32 LK ʻĒ, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea i hūnā ʻia ma mua o kēia
kakaikahi o kana mau hana.
43:33 LK No ka mea, na ka Haku nō i hana i nā mea a pau. a ua haawi mai hoi i ka poe haipule
naauao.