Sirach
19:1 Umntu osebenzayo onxilayo akabi sisityebi;
Ozidela izinto ezincinci uya kuwa kancinci kancinci.
19:2 Iwayini nabafazi boyikisa amadoda ukuqonda;
inamathele kumahenyukazi, iya kuba ziintloni.
19:3 Amanundu neempethu ziya kuba lilifa kuye, abe nobukroti
isusiwe.
19:4 Ongxamayo ekudumiseni uswele intliziyo; nalowo wonayo
wakhubeka kumphefumlo wakhe.
19:5 Othanda ububi uya kugwetywa;
exhathisa iziyolo buthwesa ubomi bakhe.
19:6 Olulawulayo ulwimi lwakhe uya kuphila ngaphandle kwengxabano; naye lowo
Ukuthiya ukuphololoza kuya kuncipha ububi.
19:7 Musa ukuyiqhelisela omnye into oyixeliweyo kuwe;
soze ibembi.
19:8 Enoba ngumhlobo, nokuba ngutshaba, musani ukuthetha ngamphefumlo wabanye; kwaye ukuba
Unako ngaphandle kokukhubekisa, musa ukuzityhila.
19:9 Kuba uvile, wakugcina, kwaye lakufika ixesha uya kuthiya.
19:10 Ukuba uthe weva ilizwi, wofa nawe; kwaye yibani nesibindi, kuya kuba njalo
ayikugqabhuki.
19:11 Isinyabi siyazala ngelizwi, Njengozalayo yomntwana.
19:12 Utolo lunamathela ethangeni lomntu, Linjalo ilizwi ethangeni lesidenge.
isisu.
19:13 Mluleke umhlobo, mhlawumbi akenzanga;
yona, ukuba angabi sayenza.
19:14 Mluleke umhlobo wakho, mhlawumbi akathethanga;
akaphindi ayithethe.
19:15 Mluleke umhlobo;
ibali.
19:16 Kukho otyibilikayo ekuthetheni kwakhe, kungengantliziyo; kwaye
Ngubani na ongonikanga ngolwimi lwakhe?
19:17 Mluleke ummelwane wakho ungekamsongela; kwaye akacaphuki.
wuvuleleni umyalelo wOsenyangweni.
19:18 Ukoyika uYehova linyathelo lokuqala eliya kwamkeleka kuye;
ubulumko buzuza uthando lwakhe.
19:19 Ukuyazi imithetho yeNkosi imfundiso yobomi;
abo benza izinto ezikholekileyo kuye baya kwamkela isiqhamo soMoya
umthi wokungafi.
19:20 Ukoyika uYehova bubulumko bonke; kwaye kubo bonke ubulumko yintsebenzo
yomthetho, nokwazi amandla onke akhe.
19:21 Ukuba umkhonzi uthe enkosini yakhe, Andiyi kwenza njengoko ethanda wena;
nokuba ithe emveni kokuba ekwenzile oko, uyamqumbisa lowo umondlayo.
19:22 ukwazi okungendawo akubulumko;
Icebo laboni linengqondo.
19:23 Kukho okungendawo, kwanjengamasikizi; kwaye kukho isidenge
eswele ubulumko.
19:24 Onengqondo incinane, owoyika uThixo, ulunge ngaphezu komnye
Unobulumko obuninzi, ogqithise umyalelo wOsenyangweni;
19:25 Kukho ubuqhophololo obugqithiseleyo, kwanabo bubugqwetha; kwaye kukho enye
otyekayo ukuze avele isigwebo; kukho indoda elumkileyo leyo
lilungisa ekugwebeni.
19:26 Kukho ongendawo, othobe intloko yakhe elusizi; kodwa yena ngaphakathi
uzele yinkohliso,
19:27 Emana ukuqubuda ubuso bakhe, ezenza ngathi akeva;
akwaziwa, uya kukuphatha kakubi, ungazi.
19:28 Ke ukuba uthe ngenxa yokuswela amandla, wathintelwa ukuba angoni, aze asuke athintelwe
othe wafumana ithuba, wenza ububi.
19:29 Uyaziwa umntu ngembonakalo, nengqiqo ngobuso bakhe
ubuso bakho, xa uthe wamkhawulela.
19:30 Isinxibo somntu, nokuhleka okukhulu, nokuhambahamba, kubonisa into ayiyo.