Sirach 22:1 Umntu ovilayo ufanekiswa nelitye elingcolileyo; bonke bephela benza umsondlo umkhuphele kwihlazo lakhe. 22:2 Umntu odangeleyo ufanekiswa nomgquba wezala; uya kuxhawula isandla sakhe. 22:3 Indoda eyondleke kakubi lihlazo kuyise owamzalayo; intombi [esisiyatha] izalelwe ukulahlekelwa kwakhe. 22:4 Intombi elumkileyo iya kuyingenisa endodeni yayo ilifa; bububi bukayise. 22:5 Onesibindi uhlaza uyise nendoda yakhe; baya kuyidela bobabini. 22:6 Linjengomculo olilayo ibali elingekhoyo; Imivumbo nemivumbo Uqeqesho lobulumko aluphumi xesha. 22:7 Osifundise isinyabi unjengoxomba ingqayi, ufana nokubamba udoti lowo uvusa umntu ebuthongweni obuphilileyo. 22:8 Othetha isityhakala ngentsomi, Uthetha ebuthongweni; Uya kuyixela indaba yakhe, athi, Yintoni na? 22:9 Ukuba abantwana bathe bahlala benyanisekile, baba nento, mabayitshise ubuhlwempu babazali babo. 22:10 Ke bona abantwana benza ngekratshi, bedela nokuswela ukondla bangcolise ubungangamsha beentsapho zabo. 22:11 lilelani abafileyo, ngokuba utshabalele ukhanyiso; Musani ukulilela abafileyo, ngokuba yena uswele ukuqonda Ubomi besidenge buyingozi ngaphezu kokufa. 22:12 Iintsuku ezisixhenxe baya kuzilelwa ofileyo; kodwa ngenxa yesidenge kunye noyedwa Umntu okhohlakeleyo yonke imihla yobomi bakhe. 22:13 Musa ukuthetha kakhulu nesinyabi, Ungangeni kongenangqondo. mlumkele, hleze ubandezeleke, ungabi yinqambi naphakade mka kuye, wokufumana ukuphumla, naphakade gqabhuka bubugeza. 22:14 Yintoni na obunzima ngaphezu ilothe? Lingubani na igama layo, sisidenge ke? 22:15 Isanti, kunye netyuwa, kunye nobunzima bentsimbi, kulula ukuthwala, kunokuba umntu abangenangqondo. 22:16 Njengombhinqo womthi, obotshelelwe ndawonye esakhiweni, awunakukhululwa Intliziyo ezimasekile icebo iyankwantya akukho xesha. 22:17 Injengotyalo oluthambileyo intliziyo ecinga ukuqonda eludongeni lwegalari. 22:18 Amabala amiswe emimangweni soze ame nxamnye nomoya; Intliziyo eyoyikekayo kwiingcinga zesinyabi ayinako ukumelana nayo nayiphi na uloyiko. 22:19 Ohlatywa iliso uwisa iinyembezi; Intliziyo iyakuxela ukwazi kwakhe. 22:20 Ophosa ilitye ezintakeni, uya kuziqwenga; Othukayo uchitha ubuhlobo. 22:21 Nokuba uthe wamrhola ikrele ummelwane wakho, musa ukuphelelwa lithemba, ngokuba nalapho inokuba yimbuyekezo [kubabalo.] 22:22 Xa uthe wamvulela umlomo wakho kummelwane wakho, musa ukoyika; kuba apho isenokuba luxolelwaniso: ngaphandle kokugxeka, okanye ikratshi, okanye ukubhengeza Ezifihlakeleyo, nenxeba lokungcatsha, ngenxa yezo zinto wonke umhlobo iza kumka. 22:23 Thembeka kummelwane wakho ebuhlwempuzeni bakhe, Ukuze uvuye hlala uthembekile kuye ngexesha lembandezelo yakhe woba yindlalifa kunye naye elifeni lakhe; ehlala ecekisekile; nesityebi esisisidenge simelwe kukubakho ukuncoma. 22:24 Njengomphunga nomsi weziko lomlilo, ugqitha phambi komlilo; etshabhisa ngolo hlobo phambi kwegazi. 22:25 Andiyi kuba nazintloni ukumthethelela ummelwane; andiyi kuzifihla evela kuye. 22:26 Ke ukuba ndithe ndahlelwa bububi, bothi bonke ababuvayo bundifikele mlumkele. 22:27 Obeka umlindi phambi komlomo wam, Netywina lobulumko phezu kwam Umlomo wam, ukuze ndingaweli kubo ngesiquphe, Lunditshabalalise ulwimi lwam akunjalo?