Sirach
45:1 Wakhupha kuye indoda enenceba, eyayibabalwe nguThixo
emehlweni enyama yonke, uMoses, oyintanda kaThixo, nabantu, osisikhumbuzo sakhe
usikelelekile.
45:2 Wamenza wafana nabangcwele abanobungangamsha, wamenza mkhulu, ngokokude uzuko lwakhe lube phezu kwakhe.
iintshaba zazimoyika.
45:3 Ngelizwi lakhe wayiphelisa imisebenzi ebalulekileyo, wamzukisa phakathi
emehlweni ookumkani, wamnika umyalelo ngabantu bakhe, kwaye
wambonisa inxalenye yozuko lwakhe.
45:4 Wamngcwalisa ngokuthembeka kwakhe nobulali, wamnyula ngaphandle
onke amadoda.
45:5 Waliva ilizwi lakhe, wamsa efini elimnyama
wamnika imithetho phambi kobuso bakhe, umthetho wobomi no
Ulwazi, Ukuze amfundise uYakobi iminqophiso yakhe, USirayeli eyakhe
izigwebo.
45:6 Wamphakamisa uAron, indoda engcwele enjengaye, umzalwana wakhe ebandleni
isizwe sakwaLevi.
45:7 Wenza naye umnqophiso ongunaphakade, wamnika ububingeleli
phakathi kwabantu; wamhombisa ngezihombo eziqaqambileyo, wamambesa
ngesambatho esizukileyo.
45:8 Wambeka phezu kwakhe uzuko olugqibeleleyo; wamomeleza ngeengubo ezityebileyo;
nebhulukhwe, nengubo yokwaleka, ne-efodi.
45:9 Kwaye wamrhangqa ngeerharnati, kunye neentsimbi ezininzi zegolide ngeenxa zonke
malunga, ukuze ekuhambeni kwakhe kubekho isandi, nesandi senza oko
ukuze liviwe etempileni, sibe sisikhumbuzo koonyana bakhe
abantu;
45:10 Ngesambatho esingcwele, ngegolide, nesilika, nemisonto emsi nemfusa, umsebenzi wegolide.
umluko, ngesigcina-sifuba sesigwebo, neeUrim neeUrim
Thumim;
45:11 Ngengubo ebomvu, umsebenzi wengcibi, umsebenzi onqabileyo
amatye aqingqwe ngokwetywina, afakwe kwigolide, umsebenzi wengcibi yegolide.
nombhalo okroliweyo wesikhumbuzo, ngokwenani lezizwe
kwaSirayeli.
45:12 Wabeka isithsaba segolide elunkontshweni, apho kwakukrolwe khona ingcwele,
isihombo sembeko, umsebenzi oxabiso likhulu, inkanuko yamehlo, okulungileyo nokubi
entle.
45:13 Akuzange kubekho banjalo phambi kwakhe, yaye akuzanga kubekho mntu wasemzini wababekayo
kodwa ngabantwana bakhe kuphela, nabantwana babantwana bakhe, kude kuse ephakadeni.
45:14 Imibingelelo yabo yotshiswa kuphele imini ngemini amaxesha amabini.
45:15 UMoses wamngcwalisa, wamthambisa ngeoli engcwele
emiselwe yena ngomnqophiso ongunaphakade, nakwimbewu yakhe kude kube nini nanini
njengokuba amazulu ehleli, ukuba amkhonze, amkhonze
wenze umsebenzi wobubingeleli, ubasikelele abantu egameni lakhe.
45:16 Wamnyula ebantwini bonke, ukuba abingelele kuYehova;
sisiqhumiso, nevumba elithozamisayo, njengesikhumbuzo sokucamagusha
abantu bakhe.
45:17 Wamnika imithetho yakhe, negunya kwimimiselo yakhe
Ukuba afundise uYakobi izingqiniso, axelele uSirayeli
kwimithetho yakhe.
45:18 Abasemzini bamenzela iyelenqe, Bamnyelisa ezweni
entlango, amadoda angabecala likaDatan noAbhiron
ibandla lakwaKora, linoburhalarhume noburhalarhume.
45:19 Wakubona oku uYehova, kwaba kubi emehlweni akhe, nengqumbo yakhe
babhangisa ukubhavuma; Wenza imisebenzi ebalulekileyo kubo, ukuba abatshise
ngamadangatye omlilo.
45:20 Wamzukisa uAron, wamnika ilifa, wabahlula
kuye intlahlela yongeniselo; ingakumbi walungisa isonka
ngobuninzi:
45:21 Kuba badla kwimibingelelo yeNkosi, awamnikayo, kunye
imbewu yakhe.
45:22 Ke ezweni labantu akabanga nalifa, naye ebengenalifa
Nasiphi na isabelo phakathi kwabantu: ngokuba nguYehova ngokwakhe isabelo sakhe
ilifa.
45:23 Owesithathu ebuqaqawulini nguPinehasi, unyana kaElazare, ngenxa enokuba ebenekhwele ngekhwele.
ukoyika uYehova, wema ngokuqina kwentliziyo
babuya umva abantu, bawacamagushela amaSirayeli.
45:24 Wenziwa ke umnqophiso woxolo, ukuze abekho
nentloko yengcwele nengcwele ebantwini bakhe, yena nendlu yakhe
Izizukulwana kufuneka zibe nesidima sobubingeleli ngonaphakade.
45:25 Ngokomnqophiso owenziwa noDavide unyana kaYese, wesizwe sika
uYuda, ukuba ilifa lokumkani libe lelembewu yakhe yodwa;
ngokunjalo ilifa lika-Aron loba lelembewu yakhe.
45:26 Ngamana uThixo wakunika ubulumko entliziyweni yakho, ukuba ubagwebe ngobulungisa abantu bakhe;
ukuze izinto zabo ezilungileyo zingatshitshi, nozuko lwazo luhlale luhleli
ngonaphakade.