Sirach
12:1 Bw’onookola ebirungi manya gw’obikola; bw’otyo bw’onooba
yeebazibwe olw’emigaso gyo.
12:2 Omuntu atya Katonda mukole ebirungi, era olifuna empeera; era bwe kiba nga si bwe kiri
okuva gy’ali, naye okuva eri Oyo Ali Waggulu ennyo.
12:3 Tewayinza kutuuka kirungi eri oyo eyeenyigira mu bubi buli kiseera, newakubadde
oyo atagaba ssaddaaka.
12:4 Muwe omuntu atya Katonda, so toyamba mwonoonyi.
12:5 Mukole bulungi oyo omuwombeefu, naye tomuwa atatya Katonda: weewale
emmere yo, so togimuwa, aleme okukufuga.
kubanga [bwe kitaba ekyo] olifuna ebibi ebikubisaamu emirundi ebiri olw'ebirungi byonna by'okola
aliba amukoze.
12:6 Kubanga Asingayo Waggulu akyawa aboonoonyi, era alisasula abo...
abatatya Katonda, era abakuuma okutuusa ku lunaku olw'amaanyi olw'okubonerezebwa kwabwe.
12:7 Muwe abalungi, so toyamba mwonoonyi.
12:8 Omukwano tayinza kumanyibwa mu bugagga: n'omulabe tayinza kukwekebwa mu
ebizibu.
12:9 Mu kugaggawala kw'omuntu abalabe balinakuwazibwa: naye mu kubonaabona kwe
ne mukwano gwo ajja kugenda.
12:10 Tomwesiga mulabe wo: kubanga ng'ekyuma bwe kifuumuuka, n'obubi bwe bwe buli.
12:11 Newaakubadde nga yeetoowaza, n’agenda nga yeefukamidde, naye weegendereze era
mwegendereze, era oliba gy’ali nga bw’osangudde a
endabirwamu, era ojja kumanya ng’obusagwa bwe tebubaddewo ddala
okusangulwa.
12:12 Tomuteeka kumpi naawe, aleme okukusuula, aleme okuyimirira mu
ekifo kyo; so tatuulanga ku mukono gwo ogwa ddyo, aleme okunoonya okutwala
entebe yo, era ku nkomerero ojjukira ebigambo byange, n’ofumita
n’ekyo.
12:13 Ani alisaasira omulogo alumwa omusota, oba omuntu yenna ng’oyo
okusemberera ensolo z’omu nsiko?
12:14 Bw’atyo oyo agenda eri omwonoonyi, n’ayonoonebwa wamu naye mu bibi bye, a
ajja kusaasira?
12:15 Alibeera naawe okumala akaseera, naye bw’onootandika okugwa, ajja kugwa
si kulwawo.
12:16 Omulabe ayogera bulungi n’emimwa gye, naye mu mutima gwe alowooza
engeri y'okukusuula mu kinnya: alikaaba n'amaaso ge, naye bw'anaasanga
omukisa, tajja kumatira musaayi.
12:17 Ebizibu bwe bikutuukako, onoosooka kumusangayo; era wadde
yeefuula akuyamba, naye alikunyooma.
12:18 Alinyeenya omutwe, n’akuba mu ngalo, n’okuwuuba ennyo, n’akyuka
amaaso ge.