Sirach
10:1 Mutongi akachenjera anodzidzisa vanhu vake; uye hurumende yevakachenjera
murume akarongeka.
10:2 Sezvinoita mutongi wavanhu amene, ndizvo zvakaita vatariri vake; uye chii
Mutongi weguta ane tsika dzomunhu, ndizvo zvakaita vose vagere
imomo.
Mambo asina kuchenjera anoparadza vanhu vake; asi nokungwara kwavo
vane simba guta richagarwa.
10:4 Simba renyika riri muruoko rwaJehovha, uye panguva yakafanira
uchaisa pamusoro payo inobatsira.
10:5 Muruoko rwaMwari, kubudirira kwomunhu, uye pamusoro pemunhu
munyori ndiye achakudza kukudzwa kwake.
10:6 Usavenga wokwako pamusoro pezvakaipa zvose; uye musaita chinhu zvachose
nezviito zvinokuvadza.
10:7 Kuzvikudza kunonyangadza pamberi paMwari navanhu;
uipi.
10:8 nokuda kwokusarurama, kukuvara, uye pfuma inowanwa nounyengeri, vanyengeri
umambo hunoshandurwa kubva kune mumwe munhu kuenda kune mumwe.
10:9 Nei nyika nemadota zvichizvikudza? Hakuna chinhu chakaipa kupfuura a
munhu ane ruchiva, nekuti wakadaro unotengesa upenyu hwake kuti azvitengese; nokuti
kana ari mupenyu anorasha ura hwake.
10:10 Chiremba unopedza hosha refu; naiye wava mambo nhasi
mangwana achafa.
10:11 Nokuti kana munhu afa, achagara nhaka yezvinokambaira, mhuka, uye
honye.
10:12 Kuvamba kwokuzvikudza ndiko kana munhu achibva kuna Mwari, uye moyo wake wakadaro
akafuratira Muiti wake.
10:13 Nokuti kuzvikudza ndiko kutanga kwechivi;
naizvozvo Jehovha akauyisa pamusoro pavo zvinonyangadza
matambudziko, akavaparadza chose.
10:14 Ishe akawisira pasi zvigaro zvoushe zvamachinda vanozvikudza, uye akavamisa
vanyoro panzvimbo yavo.
10:15 Ishe akadzura midzi yevanozvikudza, uye akasima midzi
vakaderera panzvimbo yavo.
10:16 Jehovha akakunda nyika dzavahedheni, akadziparadza kusvikira pasi
nheyo dzenyika.
10:17 Akatora vamwe vavo, akavaparadza, akaita yavo
chirangaridzo chichapera panyika.
10:18 Kuzvikudza hakuna kuitirwa vanhu, kana kutsamwa kukuru kune vakaberekwa
mukadzi.
10:19 Avo vanotya Jehovha imbeu yakasimba, uye vanomuda
chirimwa chinokudzwa; vasingachengeti murayiro imbeu isingakudzwi;
avo vanodarika mirairo imbeu inonyengera.
10:20 mukuru pakati pehama anokudzwa; ndizvo zvakaita vanotya Jehovha
Ishe mumeso ake.
10:21 Kutya Ishe kunotangira kupiwa simba;
hasha nokuzvikudza ndiko kurasikirwa kwazvo.
10:22 Angave mupfumi, anokudzwa, kana murombo, kukudzwa kwavo ndiko kutya Jehovha.
10:23 Hazvina kunaka kuzvidza murombo ane njere; kana
Zvakanakira kukudza munhu mutadzi.
10:24 Vanhu vakuru, nevatongi, nevane simba vachakudzwa; achiripo
hakuna mukuru kuna anotya Jehovha.
10:25 Kumuranda akachenjera, avo vakasununguka vachabata basa;
uyo ane ruzivo haagumbuki kana achinge avandudzwa.
10:26 Usanyanya kungwara pakubata kwako; uye usazvirumbidza nenguva
zvekutambudzika kwako.
10:27 ari nani uyo anoshanda, uye ane pfuma muzvinhu zvose, pane iye
Anozvirumbidza, uye anoshaiwa zvokudya.
10:28 Mwanakomana wangu, kudzai mweya wako muunyoro, uye kukudza maererano
kukudzwa kwayo.
Ndiani angaruramisira munhu anotadzira mweya wake? uye ndiani achazviita
kukudza munhu anozvizvidza iye pachake?
Zvirevo 10:30 Murombo anokudzwa nokuda kwouchenjeri hwake, uye mufumi ndiye anokudzwa nokuda kwake
pfuma yake.
10:31 Iye anokudzwa muurombo, zvikuru sei pafuma! uye uyo ari
vanozvidzwa pafuma, kuzoti paurombo!