Sirach
23: 1 O Ishe, Baba uye Gavhuna wehupenyu hwangu hwose, regai kundisiya kune avo
vanorangana, ndirege kuwa navo.
23:2 Iye achaisa shamhu pamusoro pendangariro dzangu, uye nokurangwa kwouchenjeri
pamusoro pemoyo wangu? kuti varege kundinzwira tsitsi pakusaziva kwangu, zvigoitika
kwete nezvivi zvangu.
23:3 Kuti kusaziva kwangu kurege kuwanda, uye zvivi zvangu zviwedzere pakuparara kwangu, uye
Ndinowira pamberi pavadzivisi vangu;
tariro iri kure netsitsi dzenyu.
23: 4 O Ishe, Baba uye Mwari wehupenyu hwangu, musandipa kutarisisa kwekuzvikudza, asi kutendeuka
kure navaranda venyu nguva dzose mwoyo inozvikudza.
23:5 Bvisai kwandiri tariro isina maturo nokufunganya, asi iwe uchamubata
iye anoda kukushandira nguva dzose.
23:6 Rega kuchiva kwedumbu kana kuchiva kwenyama kurege kubata
me; musaisa muranda wenyu pakufunga kwakaipa pamusoro pangu.
23:7 Inzwai, imwi vana, kurairira kwemuromo, iye unokuchengeta
haangatongobatwi pamiromo yake.
23:8 Mutadzi achasiyiwa paupenzi hwake: zvose anotuka uye
vanozvikudza vachawira pasi nazvo.
Usadzidzisa muromo wako kupika; usazvishandisa pakureva zita
Mutsvene.
23:10 Nokuti somuranda, anoramba achirohwa, haangashaiwi asina mutema
Mucherechedzo: Naizvozvo uyo anopika uye achitumidza Mwari nguva dzose haazovipo
vasina mhosva.
Zvirevo 23:11 Munhu anopika kuzhinji achazadzwa nezvakaipa, uye anotuka
hosha haingatongobvi paimba yake; kana akatadza, chivi chake
kana asingazvirangariri chivi chake, angamutsiura kaviri
kana akapika pasina, haangavi nemhosva, asi wake
imba ichazadzwa namatambudziko.
23:12 Kune shoko rakaputirwa nerufu: Mwari ngaaite kuti riitike
havana kuwanikwa panhaka yaJakove; nekuti zvinhu izvi zvose zvichava kure
kubva kune vakarurama, uye havangaudzi muzvivi zvavo.
23:13 Usashandisa muromo wako kutuka, nokuti imomo ndimo mune shoko
chivi.
Rangarira baba vako namai vako, Kana ugere pakati pavanhu vakuru.
Usakanganwa pamberi pavo, uye nokuda kwetsika yako uchava benzi.
dai usina kuberekwa, ngavatuke zuva rako!
kuzvarwa.
23:15 Munhu akajaira kutaura makukutu haambogadziriswi.
mazuva ose oupenyu hwake.
23:16 Marudzi maviri avanhu anowedzera zvivi, uye wechitatu achauyisa kutsamwa: kupisa
mwoyo wakafanana nomoto unopfuta, haungadzimwi kusvikira waitika
akapedzwa: mhombwe pamuviri wenyama yake haingagumi kusvikira iye
wakabatidza moto.
23:17 Zvokudya zvose zvinozipa kumhombwe, haangaregi kureba kusvikira afa.
23:18 Murume akaramba kuwana, achiti mumwoyo make, Ndiani anondiona? I
Ndakomberedzwa nerima, masvingo anondifukidza, hakuna ari kuona
me; chii chandinofanira kutya? Wekumusoro-soro haangarangariri zvivi zvangu;
23:19 Munhu akadaro anongotya meso evanhu, uye haazivi kuti meso
Jehovha anopenya rune zviuru zvine gumi kukunda zuva, achiona zvose
Nzira dzavanhu, Nokurangarira zvakavanzika.
23:20 Aiziva zvinhu zvose zvisati zvasikwa; saizvozvowo pashure
akakwana akavatarira vose.
23:21 Murume uyu acharangwa munzira dzomuguta, uye paanoenda
asingafungi kuti achabatwa.
23:22 Ndizvo zvichaitawo mukadzi anoramba murume wake, uye
anouyisa mudyi wenhaka nomumwe.
23:23 Nekuti pakutanga wakadarika murairo weWekumusoro-soro; uye chechipiri,
wakatadzira murume wake; chechitatu anazvo
akaita upombwe, akazvara vana nomumwe murume.
23:24 Anofanira kubuditswa muungano, uye kuferefetwa
akaitwa nevana vake.
23:25 Vana varo havangaiti midzi, uye matavi ake haangabereki
muchero.
Acharega kurangarirwa kwake kuve chinhu chakatukwa, uye kuzvidza kwake hakungazovipo
kudzimwa.
Vakasara vachaziva kuti hakuna chinhu chiri nani kupfuura Jehovha
kutya Jehovha, uye kuti hakuna chinhu chinotapira kupfuura kuteerera
kumirairo yaJehovha.
23:28 Kubwinya kukuru kutevera Ishe, uye kugamuchirwa naye kureba
hupenyu.