Sirach 1:1 Konke ukuhlakanipha kuvela eNkosini, futhi kukhona kuye kuze kube phakade. 1:2 Ubani ongabala isihlabathi solwandle, namathonsi emvula, kanye nezinsuku okwaphakade? 1:3 Ubani ongathola ukuphakama kwezulu, nobubanzi bomhlaba, futhi utwa, nokuhlakanipha na? 1:4 Ukuhlakanipha kwadalwa ngaphambi kwazo zonke izinto, kanye nokuqonda ukuhlakanipha kusukela phakade. 1:5 Izwi likaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke liwumthombo wokuhlakanipha; nezindlela zakhe zinje imiyalo yaphakade. 1:6 Kuye kwembulwa kubani impande yokuhlakanipha? kumbe ngubani omaziyo iziluleko ezihlakaniphile? 1:7 Ulwazi lokuhlakanipha luye lwabonakaliswa kubani? futhi onakho wakuqonda okuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe okuhle?] 1:8 Kukhona ohlakaniphileyo futhi owesabeka kakhulu, iNkosi ihlezi phezu kwakhe isihlalo sobukhosi. 1:9 Wamdala kuye, futhi wambona, futhi wabala wakhe, futhi wamthululela phezu kwakhe yonke imisebenzi yakhe. 1:10 Yena kanye nayo yonke inyama njengesipho sakhe, futhi uyinikile kuye labo abamthandayo. 1:11 Ukumesaba uJehova kuwudumo, nenkazimulo, nokuthokoza, nomqhele bejabula. 1:12 Ukumesaba uJehova kwenza inhliziyo ijabule, kuletha intokozo nentokozo. kanye nempilo ende. 1:13 Omesabayo uJehova, kuyoba kuhle kuye ekugcineni, futhi yena uyakufumana umusa ngosuku lokufa kwakhe. 1:14 Ukumesaba uJehova kungukuqala kokuhlakanipha, futhi kwadalwa kanye othembekile esiswini. 1:15 Uye wakha isisekelo esiphakade namadoda, futhi uyoba baqhubeke nenzalo yabo. 1:16 Ukumesaba uJehova kuwukugcwala kokuhlakanipha, futhi ugcwalisa amadoda ngezithelo zakho. 1:17 Ugcwalisa yonke indlu yabo ngezinto ezifiselekayo, nezinqolobane ukwanda kwakhe. 1:18 Ukumesaba uJehova kungumqhele wokuhlakanipha, okwenza ukuthula nokuphelele impilo ichume; kokubili okuyizipho zikaNkulunkulu: futhi kuyanda ukuthokoza kwabo abamthandayo. 1:19 Ukuhlakanipha kunisa ikhono nolwazi lokuqonda ukuma, futhi ubaphakamisela udumo abayibambayo. 1:20 Impande yokuhlakanipha iwukumesaba uJehova, namagatsha awo impilo ende. 1:21 Ukumesaba uJehova kuxosha izono, futhi lapho kukhona, it ibuyisa ulaka. 1:22 Umuntu onolaka akanakulungisiswa; ngokuba ukufutheka kwakhe kuyakuba ngeyakhe ukubhujiswa. 1:23 Umuntu onesineke uzodabula isikhathi, futhi ngemva kwalokho injabulo izokhula kuye. 1:24 Uyofihla amazwi akhe okwesikhashana, futhi izindebe zabaningi ziyomemezela ukuhlakanipha kwakhe. 1:25 Imizekeliso yolwazi isengcebweni yokuhlakanipha, kodwa ukukhonza uNkulunkulu kuyisinengiso esonweni. 1:26 Uma ufisa ukuhlakanipha, gcina imiyalo, futhi iNkosi uyonika wakhe kuwe. 1:27 Ngoba ukumesaba uJehova kuwukuhlakanipha neziyalezo, futhi ukholo kanye ubumnene buyintokozo yakhe. 1:28 Ungakwethembi ukwesaba iNkosi lapho umpofu, futhi ungangeni naye ngenhliziyo embaxa-mbili. 1:29 Ungabi umzenzisi emehlweni abantu, futhi uqaphelisise ukuthi yini wena khuluma. 1:30 Ungaziphakamisi, funa uwe, wehlisele ihlazo phezu komphefumulo wakho; kanjalo uNkulunkulu embule izimfihlakalo zakho, akulahle phakathi kolwandle ibandla, ngokuba awufikanga ngeqiniso ekumesabeni uJehova; kodwa inhliziyo yakho igcwele inkohliso.