Sirach
44:1 Ngatirumbidzei varume vane mbiri, uye madzibaba edu akatibereka.
44:2 Ishe akaita kubwinya kukuru kubudikidza navo kubudikidza nesimba rake guru kubva
kutanga.
44:3 Vaitonga muumambo hwavo, varume vaizivikanwa nokuda kwesimba ravo.
vachipa zano nenjere dzavo, vachiparidza zviporofita;
44:4 Vatungamiriri vevanhu nemazano avo, uye neruzivo rwavo rwe
dzidziso dzakafanira vanhu, vakachenjera navanotaura mirairo yavo;
44:5 Vakawana nziyo dzenziyo, nekudzokorora mavhesi nekunyora:
44:6 Vapfumi vakashongedzwa nesimba, vanogara murugare mudzimba dzavo.
44:7 Ava vose vaikudzwa mumazera avo, uye vaiva kubwinya kwe
nguva dzavo.
44:8 Kune avo vakasiya zita shure kwavo, kuti kurumbidzwa kwavo
zvinogona kutaurwa.
44:9 Uye vamwe varipo, vasina chirangaridzo; vakaparara sokunge
vakanga vasati vambovapo; uye vava savasina kuzvarwa;
navana vavo vanovatevera.
44:10 Asi ava vaiva vanhu vane tsitsi, uye kururama kwavo kusina kuwanikwa
kukanganwa.
44:11 Uye vana vavo vachava nhaka yakanaka nguva dzose, uye yavo
vana vari mukati mesungano.
Vana vavo vamire nesimba, navana vavo nokuda kwavo.
44:13 Vana vavo vachagara nokusingaperi, uye kukudzwa kwavo hakungaparadzwi
kunze.
44:14 Mitumbi yavo yakavigwa murugare; Asi zita ravo rinogara nekusingaperi.
44:15 Vanhu vachataura nezvehuchenjeri hwavo, uye ungano icharatidza
kurumbidza kwavo.
44:16 Enoki akafadza Ishe, uye akashandurwa, ari muenzaniso we
kutendeuka kumarudzi namarudzi.
44:17 Noa akawanikwa akakwana uye akarurama; panguva yekutsamwa akabatwa
pakutsinhana kwenyika, naizvozvo akasiiwa kuti ave akasara kuna Jehovha
nyika, pakauya mafashamo.
44:18 Uye sungano isingaperi yakaitwa naye, kuti nyama yose iparare
kwetezve nemafashamu.
19 Abhurahamu wakange ari baba vemarudzi mazhinji; pakubwinya kwakanga kusina akafanana naye
kwaari;
44:20 Akachengeta murayiro weWekumusoro-soro, akaita sungano naye
akaita sungano pamuviri wake; zvino akati aedzwa, akazovapo
kuwanikwa akatendeka.
44:21 Naizvozvo wakamuvimbisa nemhiko, kuti ucharopafadza vahedheni mukati
nembeu yake, uye kuti achamuwanza seguruva renyika, uye
mukwidziridze vana vake senyeredzi, muvagarise nhaka kubva kugungwa kusvikira kune rimwe gungwa;
uye kubva parwizi kusvikira kumugumo wenyika.
44:22 NaIsaka akasimbisa saizvozvo [nokuda kwaAbhurahama baba vake]
maropafadzo evanhu vose, nesungano, uye akaimisa pamusoro wake
Jacob. akamugamuchira mukuropafadza kwake, akamupa nhaka;
akagova migove yake; akavagovera pakati pamarudzi ane gumi namaviri.