Sirach
20:1 Kune kutsiura kusina kunaka, uyezve mumwe munhu unozvibata
rurimi, zvino iye wakachenjera.
20:2 Zviri nani kutsiura pane kutsamwa pakavanda;
anoreurura kutadza kwake achadzivirirwa kubva pakukuvadzwa.
20:3 Zvakanaka sei kana uchitsiurwa iwe kuti uratidze kutendeuka! nekuti ndizvo zvamuchaita
unopukunyuka chivi uchiziva.
20:4 Sezvakaita kuchiva kwengomwa kuparadza mhandara; ndozvaari izvozvo
anotonga nechisimba.
Mumwe ariko anoramba anyerere, akawana akachenjera, asi mumwezve
kutaura kuzhinji kunovenga.
20:6 Umwe munhu unodzora rurimi rwake, nekuti haana chekupindura;
anoramba anyerere, anoziva nguva yake.
Munhu akachenjera anoramba rurimi rwake, kusvikira aona nguva yakanaka;
uye benzi harina hanya nenguva.
Anoshandisa mashoko mazhinji achazvisema; neuyo anogamuchira
iye pachake ane simba mazviri achavengwa.
20:9 Mutadzi ariko anobudirira pane zvakaipa; uye kune a
pfuma inoshandura kurashikirwa.
20:10 Kune chipo chisingazokubatsiri; uye kune chipo chayo
muripo wakapetwa kaviri.
20:11 Kuninipiswa kuriko nokuda kokubwinya; uye ariko anosimudza wake
musoro kubva kunzvimbo yakaderera.
Mumwe ariko anotenga zvizhinji nechinguva chiduku, ndokudzosera zvakapetwa kanomwe.
Munhu wakachenjera anomudikamwa namashoko ake; Asi mapenzi amapenzi ndiwo anomufadza
ichadururwa.
20:14 Chipo chebenzi hachingakubatsiri kana uchinacho; kana zvakadaro
weane godo pakushaiwa kwake, nekuti unotarira kuti uchagamuchira zvinhu zvizhinji
kune imwe.
Anopa zvishoma, achituka zvizhinji; Anoshama muromo wake sea
murimi; nhasi unokweretesa, uye mangwana uchachikumbirazve
mumwe anofanira kuvengwa naMwari nevanhu.
20:16 Benzi rinoti, "Handina shamwari, handivongi pane zvakanaka zvangu zvose."
mabasa, uye vanodya chingwa changu vanotaura zvakaipa pamusoro pangu.
20:17 Kangani, uye vangani iye achasekwa! nokuti anoziva
hazvina kunaka kuva nazvo; uye zvose zvinobva kwaari sokunge anazvo
kwete.
Zvirevo 20:18 Kutsvedza panzvimbo yakarongwa kuri nani pane kutedzemuka norurimi;
kuwa kwavakaipa kuchauya nokukurumidza.
20:19 Ngano inogara iri mumuromo weasina kuchenjera.
Mutongo wakachenjera unorambwa kana uchibuda mumuromo webenzi;
nekuti haangazvitauri nenguva yakafanira.
Mumwe ariko anodziviswa kutadza nokushaiwa; kana achinge atora
kuzorora, haanganetseki.
Mumwe ariko anoparadza mweya wake nokunyadziswa, uye nokusa
kutsaura vanhu kunozviparadza.
20:23 Mumwe ariko anopikira shamwari yake, achimuita zvinonyadzisa
muvengi wake pasina.
Zvirevo 20:24 Nhema ivara rinosvibisa pamunhu, asi rinogara riri mumuromo womunhu.
vasina kudzidziswa.
20:25 Mbavha inopfuura munhu anojaira kureva nhema; asi ivo vari vaviri.
nhaka ichaparadzwa.
Zvirevo 20:26 Murangariro womurevi wenhema unomhura, uye kunyadziswa kwake kunogara kuripo
iye.
20:27 Munhu wakachenjera anozvikudza namashoko ake;
ane njere anofadza vakuru.
Anorima munda wake, achawedzera murwi wake; Noanoda hake
vakuru vacharegererwa kuipa kwavo.
Zvirevo 20:29 Chipo nezvipo zvinopofumadza meso omunhu akachenjera, zvinodzivira muromo wake
kuti haagoni kutsiura.
20:30 Uchenjeri hwakavigwa, nefuma yakaunganidzirwa, zvinobatsirei?
vose vari vaviri?
Anovanza upenzi hwake anopfuura munhu anovanza huchenjeri hwake.
20:32 Kushivirira kwakadikanwa mukutsvaka Ishe kuri nani pane iye
anorarama asina muperekedzi.