Sirach
44:1 Makhe sidumise amadoda adumileyo, kunye noobawo abasizalayo.
44:2 UYehova wenze ngabo uzuko olukhulu, ngamandla akhe amakhulu
Isiqalo.
44:3 abathe balawula ezikumkanini zabo, amadoda adumileyo ngobugorha;
bacebisana ngengqondo yabo, bavakalisa iziprofeto;
44:4 Abathetheli babantu ngamacebo abo, nangokwazi kwabo
Imfundo ilungele abantu; Yiyo le nto iziyalezo zabo zilumkile;
44:5 Abazifumanayo iingoma, Bazicengceleza iivesi ngokubhala.
44:6 amadoda azizityebi, axhobe ngobukroti, ahleli ngoxolo eminqubeni yawo.
44:7 Bonke abo babezukiswa kwizizukulwana zabo, kwaye babe luzuko lwabo
amaxesha abo.
44:8 Kukho abashiye igama emva kwabo, ukuba indumiso yabo
inokuxelwa.
44:9 Kukho abathile abangenasikhumbuzo; abatshabalalayo, ngokungathi kunjalo
babengazange babekho; baye baba ngathi abazanga bazalwe;
nabantwana babo emva kwabo.
44:10 Kodwa aba babenenceba, kwaye ubulungisa babo akubangakho
ilityalwe.
44:11 Nembewu yabo iya kuhlala ililifa elilungileyo, nelifa labo
abantwana bangaphakathi kumnqophiso.
44:12 Imbewu yabo ima nkqi, nabantwana babo ngenxa yabo.
44:13 Imbewu yabo iya kuhlala ngonaphakade, nozuko lwabo abuyi kucinywa
ngaphandle.
44:14 Izidumbu zabo zingcwatywe ngoxolo; ke igama labo lihleli ngonaphakade.
44:15 Abantu baya kuthetha ngobulumko babo, kwaye ibandla liya kubonisa
indumiso yabo.
44:16 UEnoki wamkholisa uYehova, waza waguqulelwa, ukuba ngumzekelo
inguquko kuzo zonke izizukulwana.
44:17 UNowa wafunyanwa egqibelele, elilungisa; ngexesha lomsindo wabanjwa
ngenxa yoko washiywa ukuba abe ngamasalela kuYehova
emhlabeni, ekufikeni konogumbe.
44:18 Wenziwa umnqophiso ongunaphakade naye, ukuze kutshabalale yonke inyama
akusayi kubakho ngonogumbe.
44:19 UAbraham waye emkhulu ebantwini abaninzi;
kuye;
44:20 owagcina umyalelo wOsenyangweni, wanqophisana naye
uwumise umnqophiso enyameni yakhe; wathi akucikideka, waba njalo
wafunyanwa ethembekile.
44:21 Ngoko wamthembisa ngesifungo, ukuba uya kuzisikelela iintlanga kuzo
nembewu yakhe, nokuba uya kumandisa njengothuli lomhlaba, kwaye
Yiphakamiseni imbewu yakhe njengeenkwenkwezi, Uyidle ilifa elwandle, ise elwandle;
bethabathela emlanjeni besa ekupheleni kwelizwe.
44:22 Kwangokunjalo wayimisa kuIsake, ngenxa ka-Abraham uyise
Intsikelelo yabantu bonke, nomnqophiso, Wawumisa entlokweni yakhe
uYakobi. Wamamela ngentsikelelo yakhe, Wamnika ilifa;
wazahlula izabelo zakhe; wabahlula phakathi kwezizwe ezilishumi elinazibini.