Sirach
46:1 UYesu, unyana kaNave, wayeligorha emfazweni, waba ngumalusi ezihlangwini zabo
uMoses ngeziprofeto, owathi ngokwegama lakhe wenziwa waba mkhulu ngenxa kaYehova
ukusindisa abanyuliweyo bakaThixo, nokuziphindezela kweentshaba ezo
wabasukela, ukuze awamise amaSirayeli elifeni lawo.
46:2 Utheni ubuqaqawuli, xa waphakamisa izandla zakhe, waza wazolula
ikrele lakhe phezu kwemizi!
46:3 Ngubani na phambi kwakhe ome njalo? ngokuba uYehova wabazisela iintshaba zakhe
kuye.
46:4 Ilanga belingabuyanga na ngamandla akhe? kwaye akuzange kube lusuku olunye ixesha elide kangako
Mbini?
46:5 Wabiza uYehova Osenyangweni, Zimxinile iintshaba zakhe
macala onke; yamva iNkosi enkulu.
46:6 Kwaye kunye namatye esichotho, ubugorha namandla emfazweni wawa ngobugorha
ezintlangeni, ekuhleni kwaseBhete-horon, wabatshabalalisa
abachasayo, ukuze iintlanga ziwazi onke amandla azo, ngokuba
walwa phambi koYehova, wamlandela igorha.
46:7 Kananjalo nangemihla kaMoses wenza umsebenzi wenceba, yena noKalebhi unyana
yakwaYefune ekumelaneni nebandla, abavimba
abantu esonweni, wabaxolela abangendawo ukukrokra.
46:8 Kwaye abantu abangamakhulu amathandathu amawaka behamba ngeenyawo, bobabini bagcinwa ukuba
bazise elifeni ezweni elibaleka amasi
kunye nobusi.
46:9 UYehova wamnika amandla uKalebhi, owasala naye kweyakhe
ebudaleni bakhe, wangena ezigangeni zelizwe, neyakhe
imbewu yalizuza libe lilifa;
46:10 ukuze babone bonke oonyana bakaSirayeli, ukuba kulungile ukumlandela uYehova
Nkosi.
46:11 Ke abagwebi, abo bonke abo bantliziyo zingavumanga
Uhenyuzo, nabakreqayo kuYehova, Mayibongwe inkumbulo yabo.
46:12 Makahlume amathambo abo endaweni yabo, Malibizwe igama labo
oko bekubekek' imbeko kuqhubeke kubantwana babo.
46:13 USamuweli umprofeti, intanda yeNkosi yakhe, wamisa a
ubukumkani, nabathetheli abathanjiswa phezu kwabantu bakhe.
46:14 Wayeligweba ibandla ngokomthetho kaYehova, uYehova
imbeko kuYakobi.
46:15 Ngokuthembeka kwakhe wafunyanwa engumprofeti wenyaniso, nangelizwi lakhe
waziwa ukuba uthembekile embonweni.
46:16 Wabiza iNkosi, Ekuxinaniseni kwakhe iintshaba zakhe
ngeenxa zonke, ekuyinyuseni kwayo itakane elanyayo.
46:17 Kwaye iNkosi yaduduma ezulwini, kwaye kwabakho isandi esikhulu
ilizwi ukuba liviwe.
46:18 Wabatshabalalisa abathetheli baseTire, nabo bonke abathetheli;
amaFilisti.
46:19 Ke kaloku, ngaphambi kobuthongo bakhe, wamangalela uYehova
nomthanjiswa wakhe, andithabathanga nto yamntu, andithabathanga neembadada;
kwaye kungekho bani ummangalelayo.
46:20 Kwaye emva kokufa kwakhe waprofeta, waza wamxelela ukumkani isiphelo sakhe
waliphakamisa izwi lakhe emhlabeni eprofeta, ukuba abucime ubugwenxa
ubungendawo babantu.