Sirach
38:1 Kudzai murapi nokukudzwa kwakafanira pakubata kwamunoita
ngazvive nazvo, nokuti Jehovha wakamusika.
38:2 Nokuti Wokumusoro-soro kunouya kuporeswa, uye iye achapiwa rukudzo kubva kuna iye
mambo.
38:3 Unyanzvi hwechiremba huchasimudza musoro wake;
vanhu vakuru vachayemurwa.
38:4 Jehovha akasika mishonga kubva panyika; naiye akachenjera
haangavasema.
38:5 Mvura haina kunakirwa nemuti here, kuti hunhu hwayo huvepo?
anozivikanwa?
38:6 Uye akapa varume unyanzvi, kuti akudzwe muunoshamisa hwake
anoshanda.
38:7 Nevakadai unoporesa vanhu, nekubvisa marwadzo avo.
Muvhenganisi wezvinonhuhwira unovhenganisa nazvo; namabasa ake aripo
no end; uye rugare runobva kwaari rwuri pamusoro penyika yose.
Mwanakomana wangu, usarega pakurwara kwako, asi nyengetera kuna Jehovha, iye ndokuzvikudza
achakuporesa.
38:10 Ibva pachivi, uye ruramisa maoko ako, uye chenesa mwoyo wako
kubva kune zvakaipa zvose.
38:11 Ipai hwema hunonhuhwira, uye chirangaridzo cheupfu hwakatsetseka; uye gadzira mafuta
kupa, sokunge asiri.
38:12 Zvino ipai chiremba nzvimbo, nokuti Jehovha akamusika
usabva kwauri, nekuti unorida.
38:13 Pane nguva apo mumaoko avo mune zvakanaka kubudirira.
38:14 Nokuti vachanyengeterawo kuna Jehovha, kuti abudirire kuti,
izvo zvavanopa kuti zvive nyore uye kugadzirisa kuwedzera hupenyu.
38:15 Ani naani anotadza pamberi poMuiti wake, ngaawire muruoko rwaJehovha
chiremba.
38:16 Mwanakomana wangu, regai misodzi kuwira pamusoro vakafa, uye tanga kuchema, sokunge
iwe wakanga watambudzika zvikuru iwe pachako; ndokubva afukidza muviri wake
maererano netsika, uye musarega kuvigwa kwake.
38:17 Chemai zvikuru, uye mucheme uye mucheme sezvaari
wakafanira, uye kuti zuva rimwe kana maviri, urege kunyombwa;
uzvinyaradze pakuchema kwako.
nekuti kuremerwa kunouya rufu, uye kuora mwoyo kunoputsa
simba.
Mapisarema 38:19 Pakutambudzika kunogarawo shungu; Uye upenyu hwomurombo ndihwo upenyu
kutuka kwemoyo.
38:20 Usazvidya mwoyo: Udzinge kure, uye nhengo yekupedzisira.
38:21 Usakanganwa nezvazvo, nokuti hapana kudzoka shure
zvakanaka, asi zvikuvadza iwe.
Rangarirai kutonga kwangu, nekuti ndizvo zvichaitawo; nezuro kwandiri, uye
nhasi kwauri.
Kana akafa achizorora, chirangaridzo chake ngachizorore; uye munyaradzwe nokuda
iye, kana Mweya wake wabva kwaari.
38:24 Kungwara kwomunhu akadzidza kunouya nenguva yokufararira;
ane basa duku achava akachenjera.
38:25 Anogona sei kuwana uchenjeri akabata gejo, uye anozvirumbidza muna?
mudhishi, unodzinga nzombe, Unobata basa radzo, uye ndezvake
kutaura ndekwenzombe here?
Anozvipira kuita mihoronga; uye anoshingaira kupa mhou
fodder.
38:27 Saizvozvo muvezi mumwe nomumwe nomubati, anobata usiku namasikati;
vanocheka nokuisa zvisimbiso, vanoshingaira kugadzira zvizhinji;
vazvipe kumifananidzo yenhema, varinde kuti vapedze basa;
38:28 Mupfuri agerewo panhokwe, uye akacherekedza basa resimbi
mhute yomoto inoparadza nyama yake, uye anorwa nokupisa kukuru
choto; ruzha rwenyundo nenyundo zvinogara munzeve dzake;
meso ake akatarira mufananidzo wechinhu chaanoita; iye
anoshingaira kuti apedze basa rake, uye anotarira kuti arinatse
zvakakwana:
Ndizvo zvakaita muumbi wehari, agere pabasa rake, achitenderedza gumbo naro
tsoka dzake, unogara achishingaira pabasa rake, achiita zvose zvake
shanda nenhamba;
38:30 Anoumba ivhu noruoko rwake, uye anoderedza simba rake pamberi
tsoka dzake; akazvipira kurutungamirira; uye anoshingaira
chenesa choto;
Ava vose vanovimba namaoko avo; Mumwe nomumwe wavo une njere pabasa rake.
38:32 Kunze izvi, guta haringagarwi, uye havangagarimo
havangakwiri, kana kukwira nokudzika.
38:33 Havazotsvakwa paruzhinji, kana kugara pakakwirira
havangagari pachigaro chokutonga, kana kunzwisisa
havagoni kuzivisa kururama nokururamisira; uye ivo
haiwaniki panotaurwa mifananidzo.
38:34 Asi ivo vachachengeta mamiriro enyika, uye zvose zvavanoshuva ndizvo
mubasa reumhizha hwavo.