Sirach
13:1 Ani naani anobata namo achasvibiswa naro; neuyo anazvo
kushamwaridzana nomunhu anozvikudza kunofanana naye.
13:2 Usazviremedza kupfuura simba rako muupenyu hwako; uye hapana
shamwaridzana nomunhu ane simba uye akapfuma kupfuura iwe: nokuti sei
Zvinotenderana here pakati pegate nehari? nokuti kana mumwe akarohwa
pamusoro peimwe, inofanira kuputswa.
Mufumi wakaita zvisakarurama, kunyange zvakadaro unovhundusazve; murombo ndiye
atadzirwa, uye anofanira kukumbirawo.
13:4 Kana uri mubairo wake, iye achakushandisa; asi kana usina chinhu,
iye achakurasha.
13:5 Kana uine chinhu, iye achagara newe, uye achakuita
yakashama, uye handingazvidembi nokuda kwayo.
13:6 Kana achikuda, achakunyengera, nekunyemwerera pamusoro pako,
tariro iwe; iye achakutaura zvakanaka, achiti, Unotsvakeiko?
13:7 Iye achakunyadzisai nezvokudya zvake, kusvikira akukwenya kaviri
kana katatu, uye pakupedzisira achakuseka, pashure, rinhi
achakuona, achakurasha, nokukudzungudzira musoro wake.
Chenjerai kuti murege kunyengerwa, murege kudzikisirwa mukufara kwenyu.
13:9 Kana iwe wakokwa nemhare, zvibvire iwe, uye saizvozvo
achakukokazve.
Usamumanikidza, kuti urege kudzoserwa shure; musamira kure, zvimwe
iwe wakanganikwa.
13:11 Usazvienzanisa naye pakutaura, uye usatenda zvizhinji zvake
mashoko: nekuti achakuedza nekutaura kukuru, achinyemwerera
uchabudisa zvakavanzika zvako;
13:12 Asi achachengeta mashoko ako nehasha, haangakuregi kukuitira iwe.
kukuvadzwa, nokukuisa mutorongo.
13:13 Chenjerera, uchenjere, nekuti unofamba panjodzi
pakuparadza; kana uchinzwa zvinhu izvi, muka pahope dzako.
13:14 Ida Jehovha upenyu hwako hwose, uye udane kwaari kuti akuponese.
13:15 Mhuka imwe neimwe inoda yakafanana nayo, uye mumwe nomumwe anoda wokwake.
13:16 Nyama yose inobatana maererano nemarudzi, uye munhu achanamatira wake
kufanana.
13:17 Bere rine ushamwari hwei negwayana? saizvozvo mutadzi pamwe chete
mwari.
13:18 Pane chibvumirano chei pakati pefisi nembwa? uye rugare rwakadini
pakati pevapfumi nevarombo?
13:19 Mbizi sezvakaita mhuka yeshumba murenje, saizvozvo vapfumi vanodya.
varombo.
13:20 Somunhu anozvikudza anovenga kuzvininipisa, mufumi anovenga murombo.
Mufumi anotanga kuwa, anosungwa neshamwari dzake; asi murombo
kuva pasi anodzingwa neshamwari dzake.
13:22 Kana mufumi achiwa, ane vabatsiri vazhinji;
anofanira kutaurwa, asi vanhu vachimururamisira; murombo akatsvedza, asi zvakadaro
vakamutsiurawo; akataura nokuchenjera, akashaiwa nzvimbo.
13:23 Kana mupfumi achitaura, mumwe nomumwe anobata rurimi rwake, uye tarira, chii
unoti, vanokukwidziridza kumakore; asi kana murombo akataura, vanoataura
muti, Munhu uyu ndiani? uye kana akagumburwa, ivo vachabatsira mukuparadza
iye.
13:24 Pfuma yakanaka kune uyo asina chivi, uye urombo zvakaipa
muromo womunhu akaipa.
13:25 Moyo wemunhu unoshandura chiso chake, kana chiri chakanaka kana
zvakaipa, uye moyo wakafara unoita chiso chinofadza.
Chiso chinofadza chiratidzo chomoyo wakanaka; uye
kuwana mifananidzo ibasa rinonetesa repfungwa.