Sirach 4:1 Nyana wam, musa ukuwuqhatha umphefumlo wakhe osweleyo, Ungawahluli amehlo amahlwempu ukulinda ixesha elide. 4:2 Musa ukuwenza buhlungu umphefumlo olambileyo; ungaqumbi mntu kweyakhe imbandezelo. 4:3 Musa ukongeza ububi kwintliziyo etyumkileyo; kwaye musani ukulibala ukunika lowo usweleyo. 4:4 Musa ukuwucekisa umthandazo wolusizana; ungabufulatheli ubuso bakho kwindoda elihlwempu. 4:5 Musa ukulisusa iliso lakho kwihlwempu, Ungaliniki nalinye ithuba ukuqalekisa: 4:6 Ukuba uthe wakutshabhisa ukrakra umphefumlo wakhe, woba ngumthandazo wakhe weva ngaye umenzi wakhe. 4:7 Ulithande ibandla, Uthobe intloko yakho koyena mkhulu indoda. 4:8 Mayingabi buhlungu kuwe into yokusibekela indlebe olihlwempu, uyinike indlebe. impendulo enobubele ngobulali. 4:9 Mhlanguleni ocinezelweyo esandleni somcudisi; kwaye ube ungatyhafi xa uhleli ematyaleni. 4:10 Yibani njengoyise kwinkedama, esikhundleni sendoda kubo unina: uya kuba njengonyana wOsenyangweni, athande yena wena ngaphezu konyoko. 4:11 Ubulumko buyabaphakamisa abantwana babo, Bubambe abo babufunayo. 4:12 Lowo umthandayo uthanda ubomi; nabo bayingxamele kwakusasa baya kuba ezaliswe luvuyo. 4:13 Owubambayo uya kulidla ilifa uzuko; naphi na apho akhoyo ingenile, iNkosi iya kusikelela. 4:14 Abayikhonzayo baya kulungiselela koyiNgcwele, nabamthandayo INkosi iyamthanda. 4:15 Osibekelayo indlebe, uya kugweba iintlanga; uya kuhlala kuyo ekholosile. 4:16 Ukuba indoda ithe yazinikela kuyo, yoyidla ilifa; kunye neyakhe isizukulwana siya kuyidla ilifa. 4:17 Kuba ekuqaleni uya kuhamba naye ngeendlela ezigwenxa, kubangele uloyiko nithuthumele kuyo, nimthuthumbise ngoqeqesho lwakhe, ade afezeke Ukholose ngomphefumlo wakhe, Ulicikide ngemithetho yalo. 4:18 Uya kubuyela kuye ngendlela ethe ngqo, amthuthuzele, amthuthuzele Mbonise iimfihlo zakhe. 4:19 Ke ukuba uthe wonakala, womshiya, amnikele kwabakowabo intshabalalo. 4:20 Qwalaselani eli ithuba, nizilinde ebubini; ningabi nazintloni xa oko ngowomphefumlo wakho. 4:21 Ngokuba kukho ihlazo elisingisa isono; kwaye kukho ihlazo elikhoyo uzuko nobabalo. 4:22 Musa ukuthabatha mntu wumbi emphefumlweni wakho; kukukhubekisa. 4:23 kananjalo musani ukuthetha, xa kufaneleke ukwenza okulungileyo, nizimele ingabi bubulumko bakho ebuhleni bakhe. 4:24 Kuba ubulumko bentetho buya kwazeka, nokufundiswa kwelizwi leNkosi ulwimi. 4:25 Musani ukuthetha ngokuchasene nenyaniso; kodwa yiba neentloni ngobugwenxa bakho ukungazi. 4:26 Musa ukuba nazintloni ukuzixela izono zakho; kwaye unganyanzeli indlela ye umlambo. 4:27 Musa ukuzenza isicaka kwindoda esisinyabi; kananjalo uyayamkela i umntu wamagorha. 4:28 Lwela inyaniso kude kube sekufeni, kwaye iNkosi iya kukulwela. 4:29 Musa ukungxama ngolwimi lwakho; 4:30 Musa ukuba njengengonyama endlwini yakho, Ungahexi phakathi kwabakhonzi bakho. 4:31 Masingasoluli isandla sakho ukuba samkele; kufuneka ubuyisele.