Sirach 6:1 Esikhundleni somngane ungabi yisitha; ngoba uyakwenza lokho ifa legama elibi, nehlazo, nesihlamba; kanjalo nesoni siyakuthatha unolimi olumbaxa-mbili. 6:2 Ungaziphakamisi ngecebo lenhliziyo yakho; ukuthi umphefumulo wakho ube ayidwengulwa njengenkunzi [iduka iyodwa.] 6:3 Uyakudla amahlamvu akho, ulahlekelwe isithelo sakho, uzishiye njengomuntu umuthi owomile. 6:4 Umphefumulo omubi uyobhubhisa lowo onakho, futhi uyokwenza ukuba abe wahleka usulu izitha zakhe. 6:5 Ulimi olumnandi luyakwandisa abangane, nolimi olukhulumayo luyakwandisa andise imikhonzo enomusa. 6:6 Yibani nokuthula nabaningi, nokho yibani nomeluleki munye we inkulungwane. 6:7 Uma ungathanda ukuthola umngane, fakazele kuye kuqala futhi ungaxhamazeli udumo kuye. 6:8 Ngoba omunye ungumngane wesikhathi sakhe, futhi ngeke ahlale kulo usuku lokuhlupheka kwakho. 6:9 Futhi kukhona umngane, ngubani ukuphendukela ubutha, futhi ukuxabana intando thola ihlazo lakho. 6:10 Futhi, omunye umngane ungumngane etafuleni, futhi ngeke uqhubeke e usuku lokuhlupheka kwakho. 6:11 Kodwa ekuchumeni kwakho uyoba njengawe, futhi uyoba nesibindi phezu kwakho izinceku. 6:12 Uma wehliselwa phansi, uyobe ngokumelene nawe, futhi uyozifihla ebusweni bakho. 6:13 Zihlukanise nezitha zakho, futhi unakekele abangane bakho. 6:14 Umngane othembekile uyisivikelo esiqinile, futhi lowo omtholile onjalo umuntu uthole ingcebo. 6:15 Umngane othembekileyo akukho lutho olungamsiza, nobuhle bakhe bukhulu yigugu. 6:16 Umngane othembekile ungumuthi wokuphila; nabamesabayo uJehova uzomthola. 6:17 Lowo omesabayo uJehova uyakuqondisa ubungane bakhe, ngokuba njengoba enjalo yena. uyakuba njalo nomakhelwane wakhe. 6:18 Ndodana yami, butha iziyalezo kusukela ebusheni bakho, ukuze uthole ukuhlakanipha kuze kube sekugugeni kwakho. 6:19 Woza kuye njengomuntu olimayo futhi ohlwanyela, futhi ulindele okuhle kuye izithelo, ngokuba awuyikushikashikeka kakhulu ngaye, kepha wena uzodla izithelo zayo masinyane. 6:20 Uyathandeka kakhulu kwabangafundile: lowo ngaphandle ukuqonda ngeke kusale kuye. 6:21 Uyolala phezu kwakhe njengetshe elinamandla lokuvivinywa; futhi uzomlahla kusukela kuye kungakabi isikhathi eside. 6:22 Ngoba ukuhlakanipha kuvumelana negama lakhe, futhi akabonakali kwabaningi. 6:23 Zwana, ndodana yami, wamukele isiluleko sami, ungalahli isiluleko sami. 6:24 Futhi ufake izinyawo zakho emaketangeni akhe, nentamo yakho eketangeni lakhe. 6:25 Khothamisa ihlombe lakho, futhi umthwale, futhi ungabi lusizi ngezibopho zakhe. 6:26 Woza kuye ngayo yonke inhliziyo yakho, futhi ugcine izindlela zakhe ngayo yonke yakho amandla. 6:27 Funa, futhi ufune, futhi uyokwaziwa kuwe: futhi lapho wena uyibambile, ingamuki. 6:28 Ngoba ekugcineni uyothola ukuphumula kwakhe, futhi lokho kuyophendulwa intokozo yakho. 6:29 Khona-ke izibopho zakhe ziyoba isivikelo esiqinile kuwe, namaketanga akhe a ingubo yenkazimulo. 6:30 Ngoba kukhona umhlobiso wegolide phezu kwakhe, futhi amabhande akhe kukhona intambo purple. 6:31 Umembathise njengesambatho esihloniphekayo, umembathise. njengomqhele wentokozo. 6:32 Ndodana yami, uma uthanda, uzofundiswa, futhi uma uzosebenzisa yakho qonda, uhlakaniphe. 6:33 Uma uthanda ukuzwa, uyakwamukela ukuqonda, futhi uma ukhothama indlebe yakho, uyakuhlakanipha, 6:34 Yimani phakathi kwabadala; futhi ninamathele kohlakaniphileyo. 6:35 Zimiseleni ukuzwa zonke izinkulumo zikaNkulunkulu; lemifanekiso ka ukuqonda kuyakubalekela. 6:36 Futhi uma ubona umuntu onengqondo, phuthuma kuye, futhi unyawo lwakho malugqoke izitebhisi zomnyango wakhe. 6:37 Vumela ingqondo yakho ibe phezu kwezimiso zeNkosi futhi uzindle njalo emiyalweni yakhe: uyakuqinisa inhliziyo yakho, akuphe ukuhlakanipha ngokwesifiso sakho.