Sirach na ɔkyerɛwee
28:1 Deɛ ɔtɔ were no bɛnya aweredi afiri Awurade hɔ, na ɔbɛnya ampa
fa ne bɔne sie [wɔ nkae mu.]
28:2 Fa wo yɔnko bɔne kyɛ wo, saa ara na wo nso bɛyɛ
bɔne nso fafiri bere a worebɔ mpae no.
28:3 Onipa bi soa ɔtan tia ɔfoforo, na ɔhwehwɛ bɔne fafiri fi
Owura?
28:4 Ɔnni mmɔborɔhunu biara mma onipa a ɔte sɛ ɔno ara, na ɔsrɛ
n’ankasa bɔne fafiri?
28:5 Sɛ nea ɔyɛ honam nko ma ɔtan a, hena na ɔbɛsrɛ sɛ ɔde bɔne fafiri no
ne bɔne?
28:6 Kae w’awiei, na ma ɔtan nnyae; [kae] ɔporɔw ne owu, .
na montena mmaransɛm no mu.
28:7 Kae mmaransɛm no, na mfa adwemmɔne nkyerɛ wo yɔnko.
[kae] Ɔsorosoroni no apam, na fa w’ani kyerɛ nimdeɛ a wonni.
28:8 Twe wo ho fi ntɔkwaw ho, na wobɛtew wo bɔne so, efisɛ obi a ne bo afuw
bɛsɔ ntawntawdi, .
28:9 Ɔbɔnefoɔ haw nnamfo, na ɔgye akyinnye wɔ wɔn a wɔwɔ hɔ no mu
wɔ asomdwoe mu.
28:10 Sɛdeɛ ogya asɛm teɛ no, saa ara na ɛdɛ, na sɛdeɛ onipa ahoɔden teɛ.
saa ara na n’abufuw te; na sɛdeɛ n’ahonyadeɛ teɛ n’abufuo sɔre; ne nea
dodow a wɔn a wɔpere wɔn ho no yɛ den no, dodow no ara na wɔn ho bɛhyew.
28:11 Aperepere apereperedi sɔ ogya, na ahopere mu ɔko hyehyee
mogya.
28:12 Sɛ wobɔ ogyaframa no a, ɛbɛhye, sɛ woteɛteɛm gu so a, ɛbɛyɛ
wɔadum: na yeinom mmienu nyinaa firi w’anom.
28:13 Dome n’anokafoɔ ne tɛkrɛma mmienu, ɛfiri sɛ saafoɔ no asɛe nnipa bebree
na wɔwɔ asomdwoe mu.
28:14 Tɛkrɛma a ɛyɛ akyide ahaw nnipa bebree, na apam wɔn afi ɔman so akɔ
ɔman: nkuro a ɛyɛ den abubu, na abubu afie a
nnipa akɛse.
28:15 Tɛkrɛma a ɛyɛ akyide atu mmaa a wɔyɛ papa, na agye wɔn afi wɔn nsam
wɔn adwumaden.
28:16 Obiara a ɔtie no rennya ahomegyeɛ da, na ɔrentena komm da.
28:17 mpire a wɔbɔ no yɛ agyiraehyɛde wɔ honam mu, na mpire a wɔbɔ no de
tɛkrɛma bubu nnompe.
28:18 Nnipa bebree na wɔahwe ase wɔ nkrante ano, nanso ɛnyɛ nnipa pii a wɔahwe ase
wɔahwe ase denam tɛkrɛma so.
28:19 Deɛ ɔnam ne awuduru so bɔ ne ho ban yie; nea onni bi
watwe ne kɔndua, na wɔankyekyere ne nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn.
28:20 Na ne kɔndua yɛ dade kɔndua, na ne hama yɛ nhama
a wɔde kɔbere ayɛ.
28:21 Ne wuo yɛ owuo bɔne, na adamena ye sen no.
28:22 Ɛrennya tumi wɔ wɔn a wosuro Onyankopɔn so, na wɔrennyɛ saa
wɔde ogyaframa a ɛhyew no.
28:23 Wɔn a wɔagyaw Awurade no bɛtɔ mu; na ɛbɛhyew wɔn mu, .
na ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔdum wɔn; wɔbɛsoma no aba wɔn so sɛ gyata, na wɔamene
wɔn sɛ asono.
28:24 Hwɛ sɛ wode nsɔe bɛbɔ w’agyapadeɛ ho ban, na woakyekyere wo
dwetɛ ne sika kɔkɔɔ, .
28:25 Na kari wo nsɛm wɔ nsenia mu, na yɛ ɔpon ne ɔpon ma w’ano.
28:26 Hwɛ yie na nntwe wo ho, na woanhwe deɛ ɔda mu no anim
twɛn.