Sirach
50:1 USimon, unyana ka-Oniya, umbingeleli omkhulu, owathi ebomini bakhe wayilungisa le nto
Wabuya wayiqinisa itempile ngemihla yakhe;
50:2 Kwaye kwakhiwa kuye ukususela kwisiseko ukuphakama kabini, ukuphakama
inqaba eludongeni ejikeleze itempile.
50:3 Ngemihla yakhe iqula lokugalela amanzi, elibe lijikeleza njengolwandle;
yayigutyungelwe ngamacwecwe obhedu.
50:4 Wayeyigcina itempile, ukuze ingawi, wayiqinisa itempile
isixeko nxamnye nokungqingwa.
50:5 Utheni na ukuba nembeko phakathi kwabantu, ekuphumeni kwakhe endlwini
indawo engcwele!
50:6 Wayenjengekhwezi phakathi efini, nanjengenyanga
ngokupheleleyo:
50:7 Njengelanga likhanya phezu kwetempile yOsenyangweni, nanjengomnyama
ekhanyisa emafini aqaqambileyo;
50:8 nanjengentyantyambo yeentyatyambo entlakohlaza, njengeenyibiba ngasemthumeni
njengamasebe omthi wentlaka emhlophe
ixesha lasehlotyeni:
50:9 njengomlilo nesiqhumiso kwingcedevu, nanjengesitya segolide ekhandiweyo
ngawo onke amatye anqabileyo;
50:10 Nanjengomnquma oyimpuluswa, ovelisa iziqhamo, nanjengomsipres
yona ikhula iye emafini.
50:11 Ukwambatha ingubo yokwaleka, kwaye ambethe ngengqibelelo
ekunyukeni kwakhe esibingelelweni esingcwele, wenza ingubo yokwaleka
ubungcwele obubekekileyo.
50:12 Wazithabatha izabelo ezandleni zababingeleli, wema kufuphi naye
iziko lesibingelelo elijikelezileyo, lingangomsedare oseLebhanon;
zaye zimjikelezile ngeenxa zonke.
50:13 Babenjalo bonke oonyana baka-Aron ebuqaqawulini babo, neminikelo yokudla kaYehova
INkosi esandleni sabo, phambi kwebandla lonke lakwaSirayeli.
50:14 Kwaye wagqiba inkonzo esibingelelweni, ukuze ahombise umnikelo
ngoPhezukonke,
50:15 Wasolula isandla sakhe kuyo indebe, waliphalaza igazi lewayini
iidiliya, wathulula emazantsi esibingelelo ivumba elimnandi
Koyena uphakamileyo uKumkani wabo bonke.
50:16 Bamemeza oonyana baka-Aron, bavuthela ngezigodlo zesilivere
wenza isandi esikhulu selizwi, ukuba sisikhumbuzo kOsenyangweni.
50:17 Bakhawuleza abantu bonke, bawa ngobuso emhlabeni
ubuso babo ukuba banqule iNkosi yabo uThixo uSomandla, Osenyangweni.
50:18 Kananjalo iimvumi zavuma ngamazwi azo, ngeentlobo ngeentlobo zeengoma
kwavakala izandi zisitsho kamnandi.
50:19 Kwaye abantu bambongoza uYehova, Osenyangweni, ngomthandazo phambi kwakhe
oko kwaba nenceba, bada bazaliseka umthendeleko kaYehova, baba nayo
wayigqiba inkonzo yakhe.
50:20 Wehla ke, waziphakamisela phezu kwebandla lonke izandla zakhe
koonyana bakaSirayeli, ukuze banike intsikelelo kaYehova ngesandla sakhe
ngomlomo wakhe, bavuye egameni lakhe.
50:21 Baqubuda ukuba baqubude okwesibini, ukuba baqubuda
angafumana intsikelelo koPhezukonke.
50:22 Ke ngoko, mbongeni uThixo wabo bonke, ogama lingukuphela kwemisebenzi ebalulekileyo
kuyo yonke indawo, ophakamisa imihla yethu kwasesizalweni, osebenza ngathi
ngokwenceba yakhe.
50:23 Wasinika uvuyo lwentliziyo, kwaye ukuze kubekho uxolo ngemihla yethu
Sirayeli ngonaphakade:
50:24 ukuze asiqinisele inceba yakhe, asihlangule ngexesha lakhe!
50:25 Kukho iintlobo ezimbini zeentlanga intliziyo yam izicekisayo, kunye nolwesithathu
asikho isizwe:
50:26 Abo bahleli entabeni yakwaSamari, nabahleli kuyo
amaFilisti, nabantu abaziziyatha, abemi bakwaShekem.
50:27 UYesu, unyana kaSiraki waseYerusalem, wabhala kule ncwadi
imfundiso yokuqonda nokwazi, wayiphalaza ngokuphuma entliziyweni yakhe
phuma ubulumko.
50:28 Unoyolo oqeqeshelwe ezo zinto; naye lowo
Owugcinileyo entliziyweni yakhe uya kuba sisilumko.
50:29 Kuba ukuba uyazenza, uya komelela kuzo zonke izinto, kuba ukukhanya
UYehova uyamkhokela, ubanika ubulumko amalungisa. Makabongwe wena
igama likaYehova ngonaphakade. Amen, Amen.