Sirach
16:1 Usachiva vana vazhinji vasina maturo, uye usafarira
vanakomana vasingadi Mwari.
16:2 Kunyange vawanda, musafara mavari, kunze kwokutya Jehovha
uve navo.
Regai kuvimba noupenyu hwavo, Kana kurangarira kuzhinji kwavo;
kururama kunopfuura chiuru; uye zviri nani kufa usina
vana kupfuura kuva navasingadi Mwari.
16:4 Nekuti neane njere guta richazadzwa;
hama yowakaipa ichakurumidza kuparara.
16:5 Zvinhu zvizhinji zvakadai ndakazviona nemeso angu, nzeve yangu yakazvinzwa
zvinhu zvikuru kupfuura izvi.
Moto uchabatidzwa paungano yavasingadi Mwari; uye mu
Kutsamwa kworudzi runomukira kunopfutidzwa nomoto.
16:7 Haana kunyaradzwa kuvarume vekare, avo vakaputsika musimba
zvehupenzi hwavo.
16:8 uye haana kurega nzvimbo paigara Roti, asi akavasema
kudada kwavo.
16:9 Haana kunzwira tsitsi vanhu vanoparadzwa, avo vakanga vatorwa muhondo dzavo
zvivi:
16:10 Kana vaifamba netsoka zviuru mazana matanhatu, vakanga vakaungana pamwe chete
kuoma kwemoyo yavo.
16:11 Kana kune ane mitsipa mikukutu pakati pavanhu, zvinoshamisa kana iye
nekuti nyasha nehasha zviri kwaari; ane simba kuna
regerera, nokudurura hasha.
16:12 Sezvo tsitsi dzake ihuru, ndizvo zvakaita kurayira kwake;
maererano namabasa ake
16:13 Mutadzi haangapukunyuki nezvaakapamba, uye mwoyo murefu waJehovha
vakarurama havanganyadziswi.
16:14 Itai nzira yebasa rose retsitsi; nekuti munhu umwe neumwe uchawana zvakafanira
mabasa ake.
16:15 Jehovha akaomesa Farao, kuti arege kumuziva, kuti wake
mabasa esimba angazivikanwa nenyika.
16:16 Ngoni dzake dziri pachena kuzvisikwa zvose; uye akaparadzanisa chiedza chake
kubva murima nedhaimani.
16:17 Usati, Ndichazvivanza pamberi paJehovha;
kubva kumusoro? Handizorangarirwi pakati pavanhu vazhinji: nokuti chii
mweya wangu pakati pezvisikwa zvisingaperi zvakadaro?
16:18 Tarirai, denga, nokudenga-denga, nokwakadzika, nenyika;
uye zvose zviri mariri zvichazununguswa kana oshanya.
16:19 Makomo nenheyo dzenyika dzichadengenyeka
vachidedera, kana Ishe achivatarira.
16:20 Hakuna moyo ungafunga zvinhu izvi zvakakodzera: uye ndiani anogona
kufunga nzira dzake?
21 Chamupupuri chisingaoni munhu; nekuti mabasa ake mazhinji
hide.
Ndiani angadudzira mabasa ake okururamisira? kana ndiani angatsunga mazviri? nokuti
sungano yake iri kure, uye kuidzwa kwezvinhu zvose kunoguma.
Anoshayiwa njere, anofunga zvinhu zvisina maturo; uye benzi
Munhu, anorashika, anorangarira upenzi.
16:24 Mwanakomana, nditeerere, uye udzidze zivo, uye chengeta mashoko angu nomuromo wako
mwoyo.
Ndichamududzira dzidziso nechiyero, Nokududzira zivo yake kwazvo.
16:26 Mabasa aJehovha akaitwa mukutonga kubva pakutanga: uye kubva
panguva yaakadzigadzira, akagadzira mitezo yawo.
16:27 Akashongedza mabasa ake nokusingaperi;
kumarudzi namarudzi; havatambudziki, havaneti, havaregi
mabasa avo.
16:28 Hakuna mumwe wavo anodzivisa mumwe, uye havangatongodariki shoko rake.
16:29 Shure kwaizvozvi Ishe akatarira panyika, uye akaizadza neyake
zvikomborero.
16:30 Akafukidzira chiso chayo nezvose zvipenyu; uye
vachadzokerazve mairi.