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.