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.