Sirach 41:1 Kufa, hayi, ukuba krakra kwenkumbulo yakho emntwini ohleliyo! aphumle empahleni yakhe, kumntu ongenanto imqumbisayo; onempumelelo ezintweni zonke, ewe, kulowo usenako ukukwenza Yamkela inyama! 41:2 Kufa, Likholekile ityala lakho kwihlwempu, nakulowo ungowakhe ephelile amandla okokugqibela ngoku, ecatshukiswa ngabantu bonke izinto, nakulowo uphelelwe ngumonde, ephelelwe ngumonde! 41:3 Musani ukoyika isigwebo sokufa, khumbulani abo bangaphambili kuwe, nabalandelayo; ngokuba siso eso isigwebo sikaYehova esiphezu kwabo bonke inyama. 41:4 Yini na ke ukuba uchasene nentando yOsenyangweni? akukho ukuncina engcwabeni, ukuba uphile ishumi, nokuba likhulu, okanye iminyaka engamakhulu. 41:5 Oonyana boni bangoonyana abangamasikizi; oqheleneyo nekhaya labantu abangahloneli Thixo. 41:6 Ilifa loonyana baboni liya kutshabalala, nembewu yabo iya kutshabalala Kuya kuba yingcikivo engunaphakade. 41:7 Abantwana baya kukrokra ngoyise ongahloneli Thixo, ngokuba baya kuba ungcikivekile ngenxa yakhe. 41:8 Yeha nina, abantu abangahloneli Thixo, bawushiyileyo umthetho wabaninzi! Thixo ophezulu! ukuba nithe nanda, koba kukubhubha kwenu; 41:9 ukuba nithe nazalwa, nizalelwe isiqalekiso; yoba sisabelo sakho. 41:10 Bonke abasehlabathini baya kubuyela emhlabeni: ngokunjalo abangahloneli Thixo baya kumka ekuqalekisweni, baye entshabalalweni. 41:11 Isijwili somntu siphezu kwemizimba yabo; ke igama elibi laboni iya kucinywa. 41:12 Likhangele igama lakho; kuba oko kuya kuhlala kunawe ngaphezulu Ubutyebi obukhulu begolide obuliwaka. 41:13 Ubomi obulungileyo buneentsuku ezimbalwa; Igama elilungileyo lingunaphakade. 41:14 Bantwana bam, gcinani uqeqesho ngoxolo; Ubutyebi obungabonwayo, bunalungelo lini na kubo bobabini? 41:15 Ulungile umntu osithelayo ukumatha kwakhe, Ngaphezu kosithelisayo ubulumko. 41:16 Ngoko dana, ngokwelizwi lam; ngokuba akulungile gcina konke ukudana; kananjalo ayiqinisekiswa kuko konke into. 41:17 Yiba neentloni ngobuhenyu phambi koyise nonina, nangobuxoki phambi koyise nonina inkosana nendoda eligorha; 41:18 Kuba ityala lomgwebi nomlawuli; ubugwenxa phambi a ibandla kunye nabantu; wokuphatha ngokungekho sikweni phambi kweqabane lakho kunye umhlobo; 41:19 nokwebiwa kwendawo ohlala kuyo umphambukeli, nangokukhangela ngenyaniso kaThixo nomnqophiso wakhe; nokungqiyama ngengqiniba yakho inyama; nokucukuceza ukupha nokuthabatha; 41:20 nokuthi cwaka phambi kwabakubulisayo; ukukhangela kwihenyukazi; 41:21 ubususe ubuso bakho kumzalwana wakho; okanye ukuthatha inxalenye okanye isipho; okanye ukukhangela kumfazi wenye indoda. 41:22 nokuba agxalathelene nomkhonzazana wakhe, angasondeli esililini sakhe; okanye ye iintetho ezigxekayo phambi kwabahlobo; wakuba uyinikile, ngcikiva hayi; 41:23 nokuphinda uthethe, uthethe oko ukuvileyo; kunye ne ukutyhilwa kweemfihlelo. 41:24 uya kuba neentloni ngenene, ubabalwe phambi kwabantu bonke.