Sirach
1 Uchenjeri hunosimudza musoro womunhu akaderera, ndokumuita
kugara pakati pavanhu vakuru.
11:2 Usarumbidza munhu pakunaka kwake; uye musasema munhu pamusoro pake
chitarisiko.
11:3 Nyuchi iduku pakati penhunzi; Asi zvibereko zvawo ndizvo zvinozipa
zvinhu.
Usazvikudza pamusoro penguvo yako kana nenguvo yako, kana kuzvikudza masikati
nokuti mabasa aJehovha anoshamisa, namabasa ake pakati
varume vakahwanda.
Madzimambo mazhinji akagara pasi; uye imwe isina kumbofungwa
akapfeka korona.
11:6 Varume vazhinji vane simba vanyadziswa kwazvo; uye vanokudzwa
achiiswa mumaoko evamwe varume.
11:7 Usapa mhosva usati waongorora chokwadi: nzwisisa kutanga, uye
ipapo tsiura.
Usapindura, usati wanzwa mhaka, kana kupinza vanhu mukati
vari pakati pekutaura kwavo.
11:9 Usarwa pachinhu chisina basa newe; uye regai kugara muchitonga
pamwe chete navatadzi.
11:10 Mwanakomana wangu, usapindira muzvinhu zvizhinji;
usava vakarurama; uye kana ukatevera, haungawani;
uye hamungapukunyuki muchitiza.
11:11 Mumwe ariko anotambudzika, nekurwadziwa, nekuchimbidzika, uye
zvakanyanya kumashure.
11:12 Uyezve, mumwe ariko anononoka, uye anoshaiwa rubatsiro
mano, uye azere nourombo; asi ziso raJehovha rakamutarira
kumuitira zvakanaka, akamusimudza pauduku hwake.
11:13 Akasimudza musoro wake kubva mukushungurudzika; zvekuti vazhinji vakamuona
rugare ngaruve pamusoro pezvinhu zvose
11:14 Kubudirira uye matambudziko, upenyu uye rufu, urombo uye pfuma, zvinobva
Ishe.
11:15 Uchenjeri, nezivo, nekunzwisisa kwemurairo, zvinobva kuna Ishe: rudo,
uye nzira yemabasa akanaka inobva kwaari.
Kurashika nerima zvakatangira vatadzi, nezvakaipa
ichasakara pamwe chete navanozvikudza mairi.
11:17 Chipo chaJehovha chinogara kune vasingadi Mwari, uye nyasha dzake dzinouyisa
kubudirira nokusingaperi.
Ruka 11:18 Mumwe ariko anofumiswa nokushingaira kwake nokutsina, zvino uyu ndowake
chikamu chemubairo wake.
11:19 Zvaanoti: Ndawana zororo, uye zvino ndicharamba ndichidya zvangu
goods; asi haazivi kuti inguvai ichauya pamusoro pake, uye kuti iye
anofanira kusiira vamwe zvinhu izvozvo, afe.
11:20 Simbira pasungano yako, utendeuke pairi;
basa rako.
11:21 Musashamiswa nemabasa evatadzi; asi vimba naJehovha, urambire maari
basa rako; nekuti chinhu chakareruka pamberi paIshe pamusoro pako
pakarepo kupfumisa murombo.
11:22 Kuropafadza kwaJehovha kuri pamubayiro wewakarurama, uye pakarepo iye
anoita kuti kuropafadzwa kwake kubudirire.
11:23 Usati, Kushumira kwangu kunobatsireiko? uye zvinhu zvakanaka zvipi zvichazovapo
Ndine here pashure?
24 Uyezve, usati, Ndine zvizhinji, asi ndine zvizhinji, nezvakaipa zvakadii
ndichazowana here pashure?
11:25 Pazuva rokubudirira pane kukanganwa kutambudzika; uye mu
zuva rokutambudzika hakucharangarirwi zvakanaka.
11:26 Nokuti chinhu chakareruka kuna Jehovha nezuva rorufu kutsiva a
munhu maererano nenzira dzake.
11:27 Kutambudzika kweawa kunotadzisa munhu kukanganwa mafaro uye pakupedzisira
mabasa ake achaonekwa.
Musatonga munhu wakaropafadzwa asati afa; nekuti munhu achazivikanwa paupenyu hwake
vana.
Musapinza mumwe nomumwe mumba mako, nekuti kunyengera vana vazhinji
zvitima.
11:30 Segwari rinotorwa muchizarira, ndizvo zvakaita mwoyo womunhu
vanozvikudza; semushori anorindira kuwa kwako;
31 nekuti anovandira, anoshandura zvakanaka kuita zvakaipa, nezvakafanira
kurumbidzwa kuchava pamusoro pako.
11:32 Murwi wemoto unopfuta murwi wemazimbe unobatidzwa; uye mutadzi anovata pasi.
mirira ropa.
Chenjerai munhu anoita zvakaipa, nekuti anoita zvakaipa; kuti arege kuuya
pamusoro pako chivara chisingaperi.
11:34 Gamuchira mutorwa apinde mumba mako, agokutambudza,
kubva pane zvako.