Sirach 38:1 Bekani igqirha ngembeko kuye, ngenxa yemisebenzi yenu ngokuba uYehova umdalile. 38:2 Kuba kOsenyangweni kuza ukuphiliswa, kwaye uya kwamkela uzuko lw ukumkani. 38:3 Ubuchule bogqirha boyiphakamisa intloko yakhe, nasemehlweni uya kubancoma abakhulu. 38:4 UYehova udale imithi ehlabathini; Lowo ulumkileyo akayi kuba lisikizi kubo. 38:5 Amanzi ayengenziwanga anencasa ngomthi na, ukuze amandla awo abe namandla? eyaziwayo? 38:6 Kwaye unike amadoda ubuchule, ukuze azukiseke ngokubalulekileyo kwakhe isebenza. 38:7 Kwabanjalo uphilisa abantu, azisuse neentlungu zabo. 38:8 Ungcibi wenza intlala. kukho nezenzo zakhe akukho siphelo; kwaye luphuma kuye uxolo emhlabeni wonke. 38:9 Nyana wam, ekuguleni kwakho ungakhathali; thandaza kuYehova; uya kukuphilisa. 38:10 Suka esonweni, Uzilungise izandla zakho, Uyihlambulule intliziyo yakho kubungendawo bonke. 38:11 Yenzani ivumba elithozamisayo, nesikhumbuzo somgubo ocoliweyo; kwaye wenze amafutha umnikelo, njengongekhoyo. 38:12 Mnikeni indawo igqirha, ngokuba iNkosi ilidalileyo; musa ukumka kuwe, ngokuba uyafuneka kuye. 38:13 Kukho ixesha xa ezandleni zabo kukho impumelelo elungileyo. 38:14 Kananjalo baya kuthandaza kuYehova, ukuba abe nempumelelo; abanikelayo ukuze kube lula kunye nonyango lokwandisa ubomi. 38:15 Lowo wonayo phambi koMenzi wakhe, makawele esandleni sikaYehova ugqirha. 38:16 Nyana wam, mazihla iinyembezi phezu kwabafileyo, kwaye uqale ukulila, ngokungathi ubuve ubunzima obukhulu ngokwakho; aze ke awugqume umzimba wakhe yaye ningakutyesheli ukungcwatywa kwakhe. 38:17 Lilani ngokukrakra, nincwine, nimbambazele, njengaye ufanelekile, usuku nokuba mibini, hleze unyeliswe; zithuthuzele ngenxa yobunzima bakho. 38:18 Ngokuba kuphuma ububi, ukufa; amandla. 38:19 Ebubini kuhleli umvandedwa, Nobomi babasizana bubomi isiqalekiso sentliziyo. 38:20 Musani ukuba buhlungu entliziyweni; 38:21 Musa ukukulibala, ngokuba akukho kubuya umva; ulungile, kodwa uzenzakalisa. 38:22 Khumbula isigwebo sam, ngokuba koba njalo kokwakho; izolo kum, kwaye namhlanje kuwe. 38:23 Ekuphumleni kofileyo, masiphumle isikhumbuzo sakhe; nithuthuzeleke kuye, ekumkeni koMoya wakhe kuye. 38:24 Ubulumko bomntu ofundileyo buphuma ngexesha lokonwaba; Onomsebenzi omncinane woba sisilumko. 38:25 Angáthini na ke ukubuzuza ubulumko obubambe ikhuba, Oqhayisa ngobutyebi? uviko, abaqhuba iinkomo, Basebenze emisebenzini yabo, nabayenzayo; Intetho yenkomo? 38:26 Intliziyo yakhe izimisele ukwenza iifolo; Ukhuthalele ukunika iimazi zeenkomo ifula. 38:27 Ngoko ke wonke umchweli nengcibi, esebenza ubusuku nemini abawaqingqayo, batywine batywine, bakhuthalele ukwenza izinto ezininzi; bazinikele kwimifanekiso eqingqiweyo, bajonge ukugqiba umsebenzi; 38:28 Ingcibi, ehleli ngasemhadini, Eqwalasele umsebenzi wesinyithi, Yidla inyama yakhe ngamafu omlilo; Ke yena ulwa nobushushu bomlilo iziko: isandi sesigodlo nesando sihlala sisezindlebeni zakhe; amehlo akhe ekhangele emfanekisweni wento ayenzayo; yena uzimisele ukuwenza umsebenzi wakhe, akhangele ukuba awukhazimlise ngokugqibeleleyo: 38:29 Uhleli ehleli umbumbi emsebenzini wakhe, eyijikeleza ivili iinyawo zakhe, owuhlala ewukhuthalele umsebenzi wakhe, awenze wonke umsebenzi wakhe sebenza ngenani; 38:30 Ubumba udongwe ngengalo yakhe, Ugoba amandla akhe phambi kwakhe iinyawo zakhe; uzimisele ukuyikhokela; kwaye ukhuthele licoce iziko: 38:31 Bonke aba bakholose ngezandla zabo; 38:32 Ngaphandle kwezi zinto akuyi kumiwa mzi, abayi kumiwa abayi kunyuka bahle; 38:33 Abayi kufunwa phambi kwabantu bonke, bangahlali etafileni abayi kuhlala esihlalweni sokugweba, bangaqondi umgwebo wesigwebo: abanakuxela ubulungisa nesigwebo; kwaye bona Akuyi kufunyanwa apho kuthethwa khona ngemizekeliso. 38:34 Ke bona baya kuzigcina ngokwesimo sehlabathi, nokunqwena kwabo kuko konke emsebenzini wabo wezandla.