Sirach
17:1 Jehovha akasika munhu panyika, uye akamushandura mairi zvakare.
17:2 Akavapa mazuva mashoma, uye nguva pfupi, uye simba pamusoro zvinhu
imomo.
17:3 Akavapa simba vari voga, uye akavaita maererano
mufananidzo wake,
17:4 Uye akaisa kutya vanhu pamusoro penyama yose, uye akamupa simba pamusoro
mhuka neshiri.
17:5 Vakagamuchira kushandiswa kwemabasa mashanu aIshe, uye mu
pachinzvimbo chechitanhatu akavapa kunzwisisa, uye mumutauro wechinomwe.
mududziri wezvirevo zvaro.
17:6 Akavapa zano, nerurimi, nemeso, nzeve, nemoyo.
nzwisisa.
17:7 Naizvozvi akavazadza nezivo yekunzwisisa, uye akaratidza
zvakanaka nezvakaipa.
Akaisa ziso rake pamwoyo yavo, Kuti avaratidze ukuru
zvemabasa ake.
17:9 Akavapa kuti varumbidzwe namabasa ake anoshamisa nokusingaperi, kuti vave nesimba
zivisai mabasa ake nokunzwisisa.
17:10 Uye vasanangurwa vacharumbidza zita rake dzvene.
17:11 Kunze kwaizvozvi akavapa zivo, uye murayiro woupenyu kuva nhaka.
17:12 Akaita sungano isingaperi navo, uye akavaratidza yake
mitongo.
17:13 Meso avo akaona kubwinya kwokubwinya kwake, uye nzeve dzavo dzakanzwa
inzwi rinobwinya.
17:14 Zvino akati kwavari: Chenjerai pakusarurama kose; uye akapa zvose
murayiro womunhu pamusoro powokwake.
Nzira dzavo dziri pamberi pake nguva dzose, hazvingavanziri meso ake.
17:16 Munhu mumwe nomumwe kubva pauduku hwake anoitira zvakaipa; uye vaisagona kuzviita
vamene vane moyo yenyama panzvimbo yematombo.
17:17 Nokuti pakukamurwa kwemarudzi enyika yose akagadza mutongi
pamusoro pavanhu vose; asi Isiraeri mugove waJehovha;
17:18 Iye, ari dangwe rake, anomurera nokuranga, achimupa
chiedza chorudo rwake hachimurasi.
17:19 Naizvozvo mabasa avo ose akaita sezuva pamberi pake, uye meso ake akaita
nguva dzose panzira dzavo.
17:20 Hapana kana chimwe chemabasa avo asina kururama akavanzwa kwaari, asi zvivi zvavo zvose
pamberi paJehovha
17:21 Asi Ishe zvaakanga ane nyasha, uye achiziva basa rake, haana kusiya
kana kuvarasha, asi vakavarega.
Zvirevo 17:22 Kuporeswa kwomunhu kunenge kwaita chidhindo kwaari, uye achachengeta zvakanaka
Mabasa omunhu semboni yeziso, uye anopa kutendeuka kuvana vake
navanasikana.
17:23 Shure kwaizvozvo achasimuka ndokuvapa mubairo, nekuvapa mubairo wavo
pamisoro yavo.
17:24 Asi kune avo vanotendeuka, akavabvumira kudzoka, uye akanyaradza avo
izvo zvakakundikana mukutsungirira.
17:25 Dzokera kuna Jehovha, uye usiye zvivi zvako, uye nyengetera pamberi pake
chiso, uye kugumbura zvishoma.
Dzokerai kune Wekumusoro-soro, usiye zvakaipa; nekuti iye achada
akubudise parima akuise kuchiedza choutano, akuvenge
zvinonyangadza zvine simba.
17:27 Iye acharumbidza Wekumusoro-soro muguva, panzvimbo yavapenyu
uye kupa kutenda?
17:28 Kuvonga kunoparara kubva kuvakafa, sezvinobva kune uyo asisipo
vanorarama uye vane mwoyo yakarurama vacharumbidza Jehovha.
17:29 Kukura kwounyoro hwaJehovha Mwari wedu, netsitsi dzake!
kuna vakatendeukira kwaari noutsvene!
17:30 Nokuti zvinhu zvose hazvigoni kuva muvanhu, nokuti mwanakomana womunhu haasati achizofa.
17:31 Chii chinopenya kupfuura zuva? asi chiedza chayo chinopera; uye nyama
uye ropa richafunga zvakaipa.
17:32 Anotarira simba rokudenga; uye vanhu vose vanongova pasi
uye madota.