Sirach
13:1 Lowo uchukumisa itela woba yinqambi ngayo; nalowo unako
Ubudlelwane nendoda enekratshi buya kufana naye.
13:2 Musa ukuzicinezela ngaphezu kwamandla akho, ngoxa usadla ubomi; kwaye ungabikho
dlelana nalowo unamandla, usisityebi kunawe;
ziyavumelana iiketi nembiza yodongwe? kuba, ukuba uthe wabethwa
kwelinye liya kwaphulwa.
13:3 Isityebi senile, sibe sisongela ngokusongela;
woniwa, makathandazele naye.
13:4 Ukuba uthe wamlungela, wosebenzisa wena;
uya kukushiya.
13:5 Ukuba uthe unantoni, uya kuphila nawe, ewe, wonenza
izele, kwaye andiyi kuba nalusizi ngayo.
13:6 Ukuba uthe wakufuna, uya kukulukuhla, akuncumele, akuncumele.
yibeke ethembeni; Yena wothetha kakuhle, athi, Ufuna ntoni na?
13:7 Wokuhlazisa ke ngokudla kwakhe, ade awurhole kabini
nokuba kathathu, kamva uya kukugculela, emveni kokuba kunjalo
uya kukubona, akushiye, ahlunguzele intloko kuwe.
13:8 Lumka, ungalahlekiswa, uthotywe ngovuyo lwakho.
13:9 Ukuba uthe wamenywa ligorha, rhoxa;
wophinda akumeme.
13:10 Musa ukumxina, hleze ubuye umva; musa ukuma kude, hleze
ulibele.
13:11 Musani ukulingana naye ngentetho, Musani ukukholwa nguye ngobuninzi bakhe
ngokuba uya kukuhenda ngoncokolo olukhulu, encumele
uya kuzikhupha iimfihlakalo zakho;
13:12 Ke yena uya kuwabeka elukhuni amazwi akho, angakucongi angakucongi.
wenze ububi, akufake entolongweni.
13:13 Khangela, ugcine, ngokuba uhamba emngciphekweni wakho
Xa uthe waziva ezi zinto, vuka ebuthongweni bakho.
13:14 Uze uyithande iNkosi yonke imihla yakho, Uze ubize usindiso lwakho kuye.
13:15 Zonke izinto eziphilileyo ziyamthanda owayo, nalowo uthanda ummelwane wakhe.
13:16 Yonke inyama ihlangana ngokohlobo, nomntu ke uya kunamathela kweyakhe
njengaye.
13:17 Inabubudlelane buni na ingcuka nemvana? ngoko ke umoni kunye
ngokuhlonela uThixo.
13:18 Kukho ukuvumelana kuni na ingcuka nenja? kwaye yintoni uxolo
phakathi kwezityebi namahlwempu?
13:19 Njengeesile lasendle linjengexhoba lengonyama entlango; zinjalo izityebi ukuba zidle.
amahlwempu.
13:20 Njengoko ikratshi liyithiyile intobeko;
13:21 Isityebi ke siqala ukukhubeka, sigonyamela izihlobo zaso; ke yena olihlwempu
ukuba phantsi ugxothwa ngabahlobo bakhe.
13:22 Xa siwileyo isityebi, siba nabancedi abaninzi;
ukuba athethwe, ukanti bagwetyelwe; ihlwempu latyibilika, noko
bamkhalimela kananjalo; wathetha ngobulumko, akabi nandawo.
13:23 Xa sithetha isityebi, elowo uyabamba ulwimi lwakhe;
Athi, Bawuphakamisela emafini; ke ukuba lithetha ihlwempu, bayathetha bona
yithi, Ngubani na lo? nokuba uthe wakhubeka, baya kumbhukuqa
yena.
13:24 Ubutyebi bulungile kongenasono, nobuhlwempu bububi kuye
umlomo womntu ongahloneli Thixo.
13:25 Intliziyo yomntu iyabutshintsha ubuso bakhe, kulunge nokuba kulunge, nokuba kulunge
ububi: Intliziyo evuyileyo iyabuchwayithisa ubuso.
13:26 Ubuso obuvuyileyo bungumqondiso wentliziyo echumileyo; kwaye
ukufumana imizekeliso ngumsebenzi odinisayo wengqondo.