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.