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?