Sirach 10:1 Umahluleli ohlakaniphile uyofundisa abantu bakhe; kanye nohulumeni ohlakaniphile indoda ihleleke kahle. 10:2 Njengomahluleli wabantu, zinjalo izikhulu zakhe; yini futhi indlela yomuntu umbusi womuzi banjalo bonke abakhileyo lapho. 10:3 Inkosi engahlakaniphile ichitha abantu bayo; kodwa ngokuhlakanipha kwabo abasesikhundleni somuzi uyakuhlalwa. 10:4 Amandla omhlaba asesandleni sikaJehova, futhi ngesikhathi esifanele yena uyobeka phezu kwalo onenzuzo. 10:5 Esandleni sikaNkulunkulu kukhona impumelelo yomuntu, futhi phezu kobuso bomuntu umbhali uyakubeka udumo lwakhe. 10:6 Ungathwali inzondo kumakhelwane wakho ngakho konke okubi; futhi ungenzi lutho nhlobo ngezenzo ezilimazayo. 10:7 Ukuzidla kuyinzondo phambi kukaNkulunkulu nabantu, futhi kukho kokubili umuntu wenza ububi. 10:8 Ngenxa yezenzo ezingalungile, ukulimala, nengcebo etholwe ngenkohliso, i umbuso uhunyushwa usuka kubantu uyiswe kwabanye. 10:9 Kungani umhlaba nomlotha uyaziqhenya? Ayikho into embi ukwedlula a umuntu ohahayo, ngokuba onjalo uthengisa umphefumulo wakhe; ngoba esaphila uyazilahla izibilini zakhe. 10:10 Udokotela unquma isifo eside; lalowo oyinkosi lamuhla kusasa siyakufa. 10:11 Ngoba lapho umuntu efile, uyothola ifa izinto ezinwabuzelayo, nezilwane, futhi izikelemu. 10:12 Ukuqala kokuzigqaja lapho umuntu ehlubuka kuNkulunkulu, futhi inhliziyo yakhe efulathela uMenzi wakhe. 10:13 Ngoba ukuziqhenya kungukuqala kwesono, futhi lowo onakho uyothulula ayisinengiso; ngalokho uJehova wabehlisela okungajwayelekile izinhlekelele, futhi wazichitha. 10:14 INkosi yadiliza izihlalo zobukhosi zezikhulu ezikhukhumezayo, futhi wamisa abamnene esikhundleni sabo. 10:15 INkosi isiphulile izimpande zezizwe eziziqhenyayo, futhi watshala abaphansi endaweni yabo. 10:16 INkosi yagumbuqela amazwe abezizwe, futhi wababhubhisa izisekelo zomhlaba. 10:17 Wathatha abanye kubo, futhi wababhubhisa, futhi uye wenza yabo isikhumbuzo siyakuphela emhlabeni. 10:18 Ukuziqhenya ayenziwanga amadoda, noma intukuthelo ngokufutheka kulabo abazalwa owesifazane. 10:19 Abamesabayo uJehova bayinzalo eqinisekile, futhi labo abamthandayo an isitshalo esihloniphekayo: abangawunaki umthetho bayinzalo eyihlazo; abeqa imiyalo bayinzalo ekhohlisayo. 10:20 Phakathi kwabazalwane, oyinhloko uyahlonishwa; banjalo abesaba uJehova INkosi emehlweni akhe. 10:21 Ukumesaba uJehova kuqala ngaphambi kokuthola igunya, kodwa ubulukhuni nokuziqhenya kungukulahlekelwa kwakho. 10:22 Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ucebile, yizicukuthwane, noma ompofu, udumo lwabo ukwesaba uJehova. 10:23 Akulungile ukudelela ompofu onengqondo; noma kulungile yini ukukhulisa umuntu oyisoni. 10:24 Amadoda amakhulu, nabahluleli, nabanamandla, bayakudunyiswa; usekhona akakho kubo omkhulu kunowesaba uJehova. 10:25 Ezigqileni ezihlakaniphileyo, labo abakhululekile bayokhonza onolwazi akayikuba namagqubu lapho elungiswa. 10:26 Ungahlakaniphi ngokweqile emsebenzini wakho; futhi ungazigabisi ngesikhathi yokuhlupheka kwakho. 10:27 Ungcono lowo osebenza kanzima futhi evame kukho konke, kunalowo uyazigabisa, aswele isinkwa. 10:28 Ndodana yami, khazimulisa umphefumulo wakho ngobumnene, futhi uwunike udumo ngokuvumelana isithunzi sayo. 10:29 Ngubani ongamlungisisa owona umphefumulo wakhe? futhi ngubani ozokwenza uhloniphe odelela ukuphila kwakhe na? 10:30 Ompofu uyahlonishwa ngenxa yobuhlakani bakhe, futhi umuntu ocebile uyahlonishwa ngenxa ingcebo yakhe. 10:31 Lowo ohlonishwa ngobumpofu, kakhulu kangakanani engcebweni? lalowo okhona abangahlonitshwa engcebweni, kakhulu kangakanani ebumpofu?