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.