Sirach
29:1 Obabalayo uya kuboleka ummelwane wakhe; naye lowo
Ulomelezayo isandla sakhe, ogcina imithetho.
29:2 Mboleke ummelwane wakho ngexesha lentswelo yakhe, Umbuyisele ummelwane wakho
kwakhona ngexesha elifanelekileyo.
29:3 Gcina ilizwi lakho, kwaye usebenze ngokunyanisekileyo kuye, kwaye uya kusoloko ukufumene
eyona nto ifunekayo kuwe.
29:4 Abaninzi ke, bakubon' ukuba babolekiwe, bababala ukuba bafunyenwe, bawabeke
kwingxaki eyabancedayo.
29:5 Uya kwanga isandla somntu, ade amkele; kunye neyakhe
Imali yommelwane wothetha ngentetho ethobekileyo; kodwa xa athe wayihlawula, woyihlawula
uya kwandisa ixesha, kwaye abuyisele amazwi entlungu, kunye nokukhalaza kwabo
ixesha.
29:6 Ukuba uthe waphumelela, kuya kuba nzima ukufumana isiqingatha, kwaye uya kubala ngokungathi
ukuba akubanga njalo, woba wayihlutha imali yakhe, wayizuza
wamzisela utshaba ngelize; uya kumbuyekeza ngezishwabulo;
iintsimbi zesiporo; ke ngenxa yozuko uya kumhlazisa.
29:7 Kungoko abaninzi bangavumiyo ukuboleka ububi, boyika;
ukuqhathwa.
29:8 Yiba nomonde kwindoda elihlwempu, ungalibali ukuyixela
inceba yakhe.
29:9 Nceda usizana ngenxa yomthetho, ungamlibali ngenxa yokuba
ngobuhlwempu bakhe.
29:10 Yilahlekele umninawa wakho nommelwane wakho, ungavuthi kuyo;
ilitye eliya kulahleka.
29:11 Ziqwebele ubutyebi bakho, ngokwemithetho yOsenyangweni;
Bukuzisela inzuzo enkulu ngaphezu kwegolide embiweyo.
29:12 Valela amalizo koovimba bakho, yaye kuya kukuhlangula kwiinto zonke
inkxwaleko.
29:13 Liya kukulwela iintshaba zakho ngaphezu kwegorha
Ikhaka nomkhonto onamandla.
29:14 Indoda enyanisekileyo iyamela ummelwane wayo;
mshiye.
29:15 Musa ukukulibala ubuhlobo bomntu ongummeli wakho; Kuba urhole umphefumlo wakhe ngenxa yakhe
wena.
29:16 Umoni uya kuyibhukuqa impahla yakhe entle;
29:17 Lowo ke ungenambulelo uya kumshiya kuloo nto
wamhlangula.
29:18 Ukuziqwebela inzuzo enkulu konakalise abantu abaninzi abalungileyo, kwaye kubagungqise njengamaza.
ulwandle, bagxothwa amagorha ezindlwini zabo, ukuba baye
Wabhadulela ezintlangeni.
29:19 Umntu ongendawo uya kukhubeka kwimithetho yeNkosi
ubumeli: nalowo uthabathayo, alandele emicimbini yabanye
kuba inzuzo iya kuwela kwiimbambano.
29:20 Mncede ummelwane wakho ngokwamandla akho, Uze uzilumkele wena ngokwakho
musani ukuwa kuloo nto.
29:21 Ubomi obuyintloko ngamanzi, nesonka, nempahla yokunxiba, nendlu
ukugubungela ihlazo.
29:22 Ulungile umphefumlo wehlwempu endlwini ephantsi, Ngaphezu kobuncwane obunqabileyo
endlwini yomnye umntu.
29:23 Nokuba kuncinane, nokuba kuninzi, kwanela, ukuze ungevi
isingcikivo sendlu yakho.
29:24 Kuba bubugxwayiba ukuhamba kwindlu ngendlu, kuba apho ukhoyo wena
Wena mntu wasemzini, akukwazi kuwuvula umlomo wakho.
29:25 Uya kudla, wenze isidlo, ungabuleli;
yiva amazwi akrakra:
29:26 Yiza, mphambukeli, ndenzele isithebe, undidlise ngento onayo
ilungile.
29:27 Mnike owasemzini, obekekileyo; umninawa wam uyeza
Ndiyayidinga indlu yam.
29:28 Ezi zinto zibuhlungu kwindoda enengqondo; ukuphuculwa kwe
nendlu, nengcikivo yombolekisi.