Sirach
27:1 Baninzi bonile kancinane; nalowo ufuna ukutyeba
uya kuwasusa amehlo akhe.
27:2 njengesikhonkwane sinamathela ekuhlanganeni kwamatye; sinjalo isono
namathela phakathi kokuthenga nokuthengisa.
27:3 Ukuba umntu akabambelelanga ekoyikeni uYehova, nendlu yakhe
iya kubhukuqwa kamsinya.
27:4 njengokuba umntu ehlungulwa ngesihlungu, asala umswane; ngoko ukungcola kwe
umntu kwintetho yakhe.
27:5 Iziko liyacikida izitya zombumbi; ngokunjalo ukucikideka komntu kusezandleni zakhe
ukuqiqa.
27:6 Isiqhamo sixela ukuba umthi uthiwengiwe; injalo intetho
ikratshi entliziyweni yomntu.
27:7 Musani ukudumisa, ungekamva ethetha; kuba oku kukuvavanywa kwetyala
amadoda.
27:8 Ukuba uthe walandela ubulungisa, wobuzuza, wamambathe;
njengesambatho eside esizukileyo.
27:9 Iintaka ziya kwafana nazo; ngokunjalo iya kubuyela kubo inyaniso
oko kukwenza kuye.
27:10 njengengonyama ilalela ixhoba; ngoko isono kwabo basebenzayo
ubugwenxa.
27:11 Ilizwi lelungisa lihlala linobulumko; Ke sona isinyabi siyaguquka
njengenyanga.
27:12 Ukuba uthe waba ngoswele ukuqonda, gcina ixesha; kodwa yiba njalo
phakathi kwamadoda aziingqondi.
27:13 Intetho yezinyabi ingumkhitha, Nomdlalo waso ubutshivela.
isono.
27:14 Ilizwi lofunga kakhulu liyazimisa iinwele; kwaye
iindlebe zabo zivingca iindlebe zabo.
27:15 Ingxabano yabakhukhumeleyo liphalazo-gazi, neentetho zabo zikunyelisa
buhlungu indlebe.
27:16 Otyhila iimfihlakalo wolahlekelwa luzuko lwakhe; kwaye soze ndifumane mhlobo
engqondweni yakhe.
27:17 Mthande umhlobo wakho, uthembeke kuye;
ningabi salandela emva kwakhe.
27:18 Njengoko umntu elutshabalalisa utshaba lwakhe; ngoko ke ulahlekelwe luthando lwakho
ummelwane.
27:19 Njengokuyindulula intaka esandleni sakhe, wenjenjalo ukuyindulula wena
hamba ummelwane wakho, ungabuyi umfumane
27:20 Ningabi samlandela, ngokuba ukude; ufana nebhadi elisindileyo
phuma emgibeni.
27:21 Inxeba libotshwa; nasemva kokutshabhisa kusenokubakho
uxolelaniso; ke yena ongcatsha iimfihlelo akanathemba.
27:22 Otyanda ngoshiyi ngokwenza ububi;
mka kuye.
27:23 Xa uthe wabakho, wothetha kamnandi, Owothuse amazwi akho.
Ekugqibeleni uya kuwubetha umlomo wakhe, Awanyelise amazwi akho.
27:24 Ndizithiyile izinto ezininzi, kodwa andifani naye; ngokuba uYehova uyithiyile
yena.
27:25 Ophosa ilitye phezulu, uphosa entlokweni yakhe; kunye a
inxeba lenkohliso liya kubetha.
27:26 Ombe isihogo uya kweyela kuso;
zithathwe kuyo.
27:27 Owenza okubi, kuya kumwelwa, angabazi
apho iphuma khona.
27:28 Ingcikivo nengcikivo ivela kwabanekratshi; kodwa yona impindezelo iya kuba njengengonyama
zilaleleni.
27:29 Abavuyela ukuwa kwamalungisa baya kubanjwa
umgibe inimba iya kubagqibela bengekafi.
27:30 ulunya nengqumbo, ngamasikizi lawo; nomntu ongumoni uyakwenza oko
ube nazo zombini.