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.