Sirach
42:1 Musa ukuba nazintloni ngezo zinto;
ngaloo ndlela:
42:2 ngomyalelo wOsenyangweni, nomnqophiso wakhe; kunye nesigwebo ku
gwebela abangahloneli Thixo;
42:3 ukubalelana nabalingane bakho, nabahambi; okanye wesipho seNkosi
ilifa labahlobo;
42:4 netheko yesikali, namatye okulinganisa; okanye ukufumana okuninzi okanye kancinane;
42:5 Nokuthengisa ngentonga kwabarhwebi; yokulungiswa kakhulu kwabantwana;
nokwenza icala lesicaka esikhohlakeleyo sophe.
42:6 Ukugcina kulungile, apho akhoyo umfazi onobubi; kwaye uvale, apho abaninzi
izandla zi.
42:7 nikelani zonke izinto ngenani nangobunzima; kwaye uyibhale yonke loo nto
uyanikezela, okanye ungenise.
42:8 Musa ukuba nazintloni ukwazisa abaswele ubulumko, abaziziyatha, nabakhulileyo kakhulu
obambana nabaselula: uya kuba njalo ngenyaniso
wafundiswa, ucikidekile kubantu bonke abadla ubomi.
42:9 Uyise uyiphaphamele intombi, kungekho bani waziyo; kunye nenkathalo
Kuba umxhwila ubuthongo; esemncinane, hleze abhubhe
intyatyambo yobudala bakhe; nokuba etshatile, hleze athiywe;
42:10 Ebuntombini bakhe, ukuze angabi yinqambi, amithiswe
indlu kayise; nokuba unendoda, hleze enze ububi
yena ngokwakhe; kuze ke, xa athe wemka, angabi ludlolo.
42:11 Igcine intombi ephothiweyo, hleze ikwenze ube ngowayo
Isigculelo kwiintshaba zakho, nento yentsini phakathi komzi, nesingcikivo
phakathi kwabantu, ube neentloni phambi kwengxokolo.
42:12 Musa ukukhangela bonke ubuhle benyama, kwaye ungahlali phakathi kwabafazi.
42:13 Kuba inundu kuphuma engutyeni;
42:14 Ilungile ihambo yendoda ngaphezu komfazi onesimilo;
Yitsho, into edanisayo nengcikivo.
42:15 Ndiya kuyikhumbula ke imisebenzi kaYehova, Ndibalise izinto endizithethileyo
Ewe, ziselizwini likaYehova izenzo zakhe.
42:16 Ilanga elinika ukukhanya likhangela izinto zonke, nomsebenzi wazo
uzele bubuqaqawuli bukaYehova.
42:17 UYehova akabanikanga gunya lokuvakalisa bonke abangcwele abakhe
imisebenzi emangalisayo, eyathi iNkosi uSomandla yazinzisa ngokuqinileyo, ukuba
Yonke into emiselwe uzuko lwakhe.
42:18 Uphengulula anzongonzongo nentliziyo, Ubuqonde ubuqhophololo bazo
Ngokuba uYehova uyakwazi konke okwaziwayo, noko iyabona
imiqondiso yehlabathi.
42:19 Yena uxela izinto zangaphambili, nezizayo, azityhile
amanyathelo ezinto ezifihlakeleyo.
42:20 Akukho nto isindayo kuye, Kungekho lizwi lifihlakeleyo kuye.
42:21 Uyivathise imisebenzi emikhulu yobulumko bakhe, kwaye uvela
ngonaphakade kanaphakade, kuse emaphakadeni asemaphakadeni;
úncipha, akafuneki umcebisi;
42:22 Hayi, ukunqweneleka kwayo yonke imisebenzi yakhe! nokuba umntu abone nokuba a
intlantsi.
42:23 Zonke ke ezo zinto zihleli, yaye zihleli ngonaphakade, yaye zikho zonke
ethobelayo.
42:24 Zonke izinto ziphindwe kabini enye kwenye, ibe yena akenzanga nto
ukungafezeki.
42:25 Enye into emisela okulungileyo okanye enye, kwaye ngubani na oya kuzaliswa
sibubonela ubuqaqawuli bakhe?