ʻO Sirach
48:1 A laila, kū aʻela ʻo ʻElia ke kāula me he ahi lā
kukui.
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helu.
48:3 Ma ka ʻōlelo a ka Haku, ua pani ʻo ia i ka lani, a ʻekolu hoʻi
lawe mai i ke ahi.
48:4 LK ʻĒ ʻElia, nani ʻoe i kāu mau hana kupanaha. a owai ke kaena
e like me oe!
48:5 Na wai i hoala mai i ke kanaka make mai ka make mai, a me kona uhane mai kahi o
ka poe make, ma ka olelo a ka Mea Kiekie.
48:6 Ka mea i luku aku i na alii, a me na kanaka hanohano mai ko lakou wahi moe.
48:7 Ka mea i lohe i ka papa ana o ka Haku ma Sinai, a ma Horeba ka hookolokolo ana
o ka hoopai ana:
48:8 Ka mea i poni i na'lii e hoopai, a me na kaula e lanakila mahope
iā ia:
48:9 Ua lawe ʻia i loko o ka puahiohio ahi, a me ke kaʻa ahi
lio:
48:10 ka mea i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana i ko lākou mau manawa, e hoʻomaha i ka inaina o ke kanaka.
ka hoohewa ana a ka Haku, mamua o ka poha ana i ka inaina, a hoohuli i ka
ka naau o ka makua i ke keiki, a e hoihoi mai i na ohana a Iakoba.
48:11 LK Pōmaikaʻi ka poʻe i ʻike iā ʻoe, a i moe me ke aloha. no ka mea, he oiaio no kakou
ola.
48:12 LK ʻĒ, ʻo ʻElia ka mea i uhi ʻia e ka puahiohio.
me kona uhane: i kona wa e ola ana, aole ia i hoonaukiuki i ke alo o
ʻAʻole hiki i kekahi ke hoʻokauwā iā ia.
48:13 LK ʻAʻohe ʻōlelo i lanakila ma luna ona. a mahope o kona make ana, wanana kona kino.
48:14 LK He mea kupanaha kāna i kona ola ʻana, a i kona make ʻana, he mea kupanaha kāna mau hana.
48:15 LK No kēia mau mea a pau, ʻaʻole i mihi nā kānaka, ʻaʻole hoʻi i haʻalele i ko lākou
hewa, a hao wale ia lakou, a laweia aku mai ko lakou aina aku, a lilo lakou
i hoopuehuia ma ka honua a pau;
he luna ma ka hale o Davida.
48:16 LK ʻO ia ka mea i ʻoluʻolu i ke Akua, a mahuahua kekahi
hewa.
48:17 LK Hoʻokumu ʻo Hezekia i kona kūlanakauhale, a hoʻokomo i ka wai i loko o laila.
ʻeli ihola ʻo ia i ka pōhaku paʻa me ka hao, a hana ʻo ia i nā luawai.
48:18 LK I kona manawa, piʻi mai ʻo Senakeriba, a hoʻouna iā Rabesake, a hoʻokiʻekiʻe i kāna.
lima ku e ia Ziona, a hookiekie.
48:19 LK ʻĒ, haʻalulu ko lākou naʻau a me nā lima, a ʻeha lākou e like me nā wahine
ʻehaʻeha.
48:20 LK ʻAe, kāhea lākou i ka Haku, ka mea aloha,
lima ia ia: a lohe koke ka Mea Hemolele mai ka lani mai,
a haawi ia lakou ma ka oihana a Esay.
48:21 LK Ua pepehi ʻo ia i ka pūʻali koa o ʻAsuria, a ua luku mai kona ʻānela iā lākou.
48:22 No ka mea, ua hana ʻo Hezekia i ka mea i ʻoluʻolu iā Iēhova, a ua ikaika ʻo ia
na aoao o Davida kona kupuna, e like me Esay ke kaula, ka mea nui a
pono i kana hihio, ua kauoha ia ia.
48:23 LK ʻĒ, ua hoʻi i hope ka lā, a hoʻolōʻihi i ke ola o ke aliʻi.
48:24 LK ʻIke ʻo ia me ka ʻuhane maikaʻi loa i ka mea e hiki mai ana ma hope
Ua hooluolu mai oia i ka poe uwe ma Ziona.
48:25 LK ʻĒ, hōʻike mai ʻo ia i nā mea e hiki mai ana a mau loa aku
hele mai lakou.