Sirach 23:1 Owu Nkosi, Bawo, uMlawuli wabo bonke ubomi bam, musa ukundishiya kubo amacebo, mandingaweli kuwo. 23:2 Obeka iziniya phezu kweengcinga zam, Noqeqesho lobulumko phezu kwentliziyo yam? ukuze bangandicongi ngokungazi kwam, ize idlule kungekhona ngezono zam. 23:3 Hleze kwande ukungazi kwam, Zona zam zingandi zindiphakele, ndidle Ndiya kuwa phambi kwabandichasayo; lugcobile utshaba lwam, oluphezu kwam Ukuthemba kukude nenceba yakho. 23:4 Owu Nkosi, Bawo, Thixo wobomi bam, musa ukundinika ubuso bebhongo; kude kubakhonzi bakho ukuzidla ngamaxesha onke. 23:5 Shenxisa kude kum amathemba alambathayo neminqweno, kwaye ubambelele kuye Lowo ungxamele ukukukhonza ngamaxesha onke. 23:6 Ukubawa kwesisu, nenkanuko yenyama, makungakubambi; mna; Musa ukumnikela umkhonzi wakho phakathi kwam. 23:7 Yivani, bonyana, uqeqesho lomlomo; Akasayi kubanjiswa emilebeni yakhe. 23:8 Uya kushiywa umoni ekusweleni kwakhe; baya kuwa ngayo abakhukhumali. 23:9 Musa ukuwuqhelisela umlomo wakho ekufungeni; ungazisebenzisi igama lakho Lowo Ungcwele. 23:10 Kuba njengesicaka esibethwa ngamaxesha onke, akayi kubethwa emsindweni Ngoko ke ofungayo, angabikho, angabikho engenasiphoso. 23:11 Umntu othuka kakhulu uzele bubugwenxa; asisayi kumka naphakade isibetho endlwini yakhe; ukuba uthe wona, woba sisono sakhe woba phezu kwakhe; ukuba akasixeleli isono sakhe, woba kabini ukuba uthe wafunga, akafumananga, woba msulwa; indlu iya kuzala bububi. 23:12 Kukho ilizwi eliyambethe ukufa, lithi, Makube njalo akafumanekanga elifeni likaYakobi; ngokuba zonke ezo zinto ziya kuba kude kwabangcwele, abasayi kukhabazeke ezonweni zabo. 23:13 Musa ukuwusebenzisa ngomlomo wakho ukuthuka; isono. 23:14 Khumbula uyihlo nonyoko, Xa uhleliyo phakathi kwezikhulu. Musa ukulibala phambi kwabo, ukuze ube sisidenge ngokwesiko lakho; akwaba akwaba ubungazalwanga, uyiqalekise loo mini yakho ukuzalwa. 23:15 Umntu oqhele ukuthetha amazwi ahlabayo akasayi kubuya alunge; yonke imihla yobomi bakhe. 23:16 Iindidi ezimbini zabantu ziyakwandisa ukona; Intliziyo injengomlilo otshayo, ongacimiyo ude ubekho udliwe: Ohenyuzayo enyameni yakhe akayi kuphela ade aphele uphembe umlilo. 23:17 Sonke isonka simnandi kwihenyukazi, akayi kuyeka ade afe. 23:18 Indoda echithakeleyo, ithi entliziyweni yayo, Ngubani na ondibonayo? I Ndirhangqwe bubumnyama; iindonga zindigubungele, akukho bani ubonayo mna; ndoyike ntoni? Osenyangweni akayi kuzikhumbula izono zam; 23:19 Umntu onjalo woyika kuphela amehlo abantu; INkosi uYehova iqaqamba ngaphezu kwelanga, xa ibona konke iindlela zabantu, Uqondele iindawo ezifihlakeleyo. 23:20 Wayezazi zonke izinto, kwasekudalweni kwazo; kwanjalo nasemva kokuba benjalo egqibelele wabakhangela bonke. 23:21 Lo mntu uya kohlwaywa ezitratweni zomzi, nalapho abe khona akaqondi ukuba uya kubanjwa. 23:22 Kuya kuba njalo nakumfazi oshiya indoda yakhe, aze ungenisa indlalifa ngomnye. 23:23 Kuba kuqala ugqithile umyalelo wOsenyangweni; okwesibini, ukreqile kweyakhe indoda; okwesithathu, unaye wakrexeza, wazala abantwana ngenye indoda. 23:24 Uya kukhutshelwa ebandleni, kuncinwe yenziwe ngabantwana bakhe. 23:25 Abantwana bakhe abayi kumila, kwaye amasebe akhe akayi kuzali iziqhamo. 23:26 Uya kuyishiya inkumbulo yakhe ukuba iqalekiswe, kungabikho ungcikivo lwakhe; icinyiwe. 23:27 bazi abo baseleyo ukuba akukho nto ilunge ngaphezu koThixo Ukoyika uYehova, akukho nto imnandi ngaphezu kokuba nomonde kwimithetho yeNkosi. 23:28 Kuluzuko olukhulu ukulandela iNkosi, kwaye ukwamkelwa kuye kukude ubomi.