Sirach
4:1 Ndodana yami, ungamkhohlisi ompofu ukuphila kwakhe, futhi ungenzi amehlo abampofu
ukulinda isikhathi eside.
4:2 Ungamdabuki umphefumulo olambileyo; ungacunuli umuntu kweyakhe
usizi.
4:3 Ungangezeleli usizi enhliziyweni ekhathazekileyo; futhi ungalibali ukupha
osweleyo.
4:4 Ungalahli ukunxusa kohluphekayo; futhi ungafulatheli ubuso bakho
kumuntu ompofu.
4:5 Ungasusi iso lakho kompofu, futhi ungamniki ithuba
ukuthuke
4:6 Ngoba uma ekuqalekisa ebuhlungwini bomphefumulo wakhe, umthandazo wakhe uyakuba
wezwa ngaye owamenzayo.
4:7 Zitholele uthando lwebandla, ukhothamise ikhanda lakho komkhulu
indoda.
4:8 Ungakukhathazi ukuthobisa indlebe yakho kumyanga, umnike isizungu.
impendulo enobungane ngobumnene.
4:9 Mkhulule ohluphekayo esandleni somcindezeli; futhi kube
ungadangali lapho uhlezi ekwahluleleni.
4:10 Yibani njengoyise ezintandaneni, futhi esikhundleni umyeni kuzo
unina: kanjalo uyakuba njengendodana yoPhezukonke, ithande
wena ngaphezu kukanyoko.
4:11 Ukuhlakanipha kuyaphakamisa abantwana bakho, futhi kubamba labo abamfunayo.
4:12 Lowo omthandayo uthanda ukuphila; nabafuna kuyo kusesekuseni bayakuba khona
egcwele injabulo.
4:13 Lowo obambelela kuyo uyodla ifa inkazimulo; nalapho ekhona
ngena, iNkosi izakubusisa.
4:14 Labo abamkhonzayo bayokhonza oNgcwele, futhi labo abathanda
yena iNkosi iyamthanda.
4:15 Obeka indlebe kuyo uyokwahlulela izizwe, futhi olalelayo
kuyakuhlala kuyo ngokulondeka.
4:16 Uma indoda izinikele kuye, iyoba ifa lakhe; kanye neyakhe
isizukulwane siyakulidla.
4:17 Ngoba ekuqaleni uyohamba naye ngezindlela eziyisigwegwe, futhi alethe ukwesaba
nimesabe, niyihluphe ngokuyilaya, ize iphumelele
themba umphefumulo wakhe, umvivinye ngemithetho yakhe.
4:18 Khona-ke uyobuyela kuye ngendlela eqondile, futhi amduduze, futhi
mtshengiseni izimfihlo zakhe.
4:19 Kodwa uma enza okubi, yena uyomshiya, futhi amnikele kwabakwakhe
incithakalo.
4:20 Qaphela ithuba, futhi nixwaye okubi; futhi ungabi namahloni lapho kwenzeka
kuthinta umphefumulo wakho.
4:21 Ngoba kukhona ihlazo eliletha isono; futhi kukhona ihlazo elikhona
inkazimulo nomusa.
4:22 Ungamukeli muntu ngokumelene umphefumulo wakho, futhi ungavumeli ukuhlonipha yimuphi umuntu
akuwise.
4:23 Futhi ungayeki ukukhuluma, lapho kukhona ithuba lokwenza okuhle, futhi ucashe
hhayi ukuhlakanipha kwakho ebuhleni bakhe.
4:24 Ngoba ngenkulumo ukuhlakanipha kuyokwaziwa, futhi ukufunda ngezwi leNkosi
ulimi.
4:25 Ungakhulumi kabi ngeqiniso; kodwa ube namahloni ngesiphambeko sakho
ukungazi.
4:26 Ungabi namahloni ukuvuma izono zakho; futhi ungaphoqeleli inkambo ye
umfula.
4:27 Ungazenzi ophansi kumuntu oyisiwula; futhi ungamukeli i
umuntu wamaqhawe.
4:28 Lwela iqiniso kuze kube sekufeni, futhi iNkosi uyokulwela.
4:29 Ungasheshi olimini lwakho, futhi ezenzweni zakho ivila futhi remissed.
4:30 Ungabi njengengonyama endlini yakho, futhi ungabi frantick phakathi kwezinceku zakho.
4:31 Masingeluleki isandla sakho ukwamukela, futhi uvale lapho wena
kufanele ubuyisele.