Sirach
11:1 Ukuhlakanipha kuphakamisa ikhanda lomuntu ophansi, futhi kumenze
ukuhlala phakathi kwabantu abakhulu.
11:2 Ungatusi umuntu ngobuhle bakhe; futhi ungamzondi umuntu ngenxa yangaphandle
ukubukeka.
11:3 Inyosi incane phakathi kwezimpukane; kepha izithelo zawo zimnandi kakhulu
izinto.
11:4 Ungaqhoshi ngesambatho sakho nangesambatho sakho, futhi ungaziphakamisi emini
ngodumo: ngokuba imisebenzi yeNkosi iyamangalisa, nemisebenzi yayo phakathi
amadoda afihliwe.
11:5 Amakhosi amaningi aye ahlala phansi emhlabathini; futhi eyodwa engakaze icatshangwe
of egqoke umqhele.
11:6 Amadoda amaningi anamandla baye bajabhiswa kakhulu; nabahloniphekile
wanikelwa ezandleni zabanye abantu.
11:7 Ungasoli ngaphambi kokuba uhlole iqiniso: qonda kuqala, futhi
bese ekhuza.
11:8 Ungaphenduli ungakayizwa indaba, ungaphazamisi amadoda
phakathi kokukhuluma kwabo.
11:9 Ungalwi endabeni engathinti wena; futhi ungahlali ekwahluleleni
kanye nezoni.
11:10 Ndodana yami, ungagxambukeli ezindabeni eziningi, ngoba uma ugxambukela kakhulu, wena
ungabi msulwa; futhi uma ulandela, ngeke uthole,
futhi kawuyikuphunyuka ngokubaleka.
11:11 Kukhona okhandlekayo, ozwa ubuhlungu, osheshayo futhi
kakhulu ngemuva.
11:12 Futhi, kukhona omunye ophuzayo, futhi odinga usizo, entula
ikhono, nokugcwele ubumpofu; kepha iso leNkosi lambheka
okuhle, wamphakamisa esikhundleni sakhe esiphansi;
11:13 Futhi waphakamisa ikhanda lakhe osizini; kangangokuthi abaningi ababona kuye
ukuthula phezu kwakho konke
11:14 Ukuchuma nokuhlupheka, ukuphila nokufa, ubumpofu nengcebo, zivela
iNkosi.
11:15 Ukuhlakanipha, nokwazi, nokuqonda umthetho kuvela eNkosini;
futhi indlela yemisebenzi emihle, ivela kuye.
11:16 Isiphambeko nobumnyama kwaqala kanye izoni, futhi ububi
iyoguga kanye nabaziqhenyayo kuyo.
11:17 Isipho sikaJehova sihlala kwabangahloniphiyo, futhi umusa wakhe uletha
ukuchuma kuze kube phakade.
11:18 Kukhona oceba ngokuqaphela kwakhe futhi pinning, futhi lokhu ngowakhe
ingxenye yomvuzo wakhe:
11:19 Njengoba ethi, "Ngithole ukuphumula, futhi manje ngizodla njalo okwami."
izimpahla; kanti nokho akazi ukuthi yisiphi isikhathi esiyomfikela nokuthi uzokwenzeka
kufanele ashiye lezozinto kwabanye, futhi bafe.
11:20 Qina esivumelwaneni sakho, uguquke kuso, uguge esivumelwaneni sakho.
umsebenzi wakho.
11:21 Ungamangali ngemisebenzi yezoni; kodwa thembela eNkosini, uhlale kuyo
umshikashika wakho, ngokuba kuyinto elula emehlweni eNkosi
kungazelelwe ukucebisa umuntu ompofu.
11:22 Isibusiso sikaJehova sisemvuzweni wabangcwele, futhi ngokuzumayo yena
uyahlumisa isibusiso sakhe.
11:23 Ungasho ukuthi: "Kunanzuzoni ngomsebenzi wami?" nokuthi yiziphi izinto ezinhle
Nginakho ngemuva kwalokhu?
11:24 Futhi, ungasho ukuthi, Nginakho okwanele, futhi ifa izinto eziningi, futhi yini okubi
ngizoba nayo emva kwalokhu?
11:25 Ngosuku lwempumelelo kukhona ukukhohlwa ukuhlupheka, futhi in
usuku lokuhlupheka akusekho ukukhunjulwa kwenhlanhla.
11:26 Ngoba kuyinto elula eNkosini ngosuku lokufa ukuvuza a
umuntu ngokwezindlela zakhe.
11:27 Ukuhlupheka kwehora kwenza umuntu akhohlwe injabulo, futhi ekugcineni kwakhe
izenzo zakhe ziyakwambulwa.
11:28 Ungahluleli obusisiwe ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe, ngoba umuntu uyokwaziwa ngaye
izingane.
11:29 Ningangenisi wonke umuntu endlini yakho, ngoba inkohliso inabaningi
izitimela.
11:30 Njengentende ethathwe evalelwe, injalo inhliziyo yomuntu
uyaziqhenya; nanjengenhloli, uyakuqaphela ukuwa kwakho;
11:31 Ngoba uqamekela, futhi uguqule okuhle kube okubi, futhi izinto ezifanele
ukudunyiswa kuyakuba necala phezu kwakho.
11:32 Inhlansi yomlilo ivuthiswa inqwaba yamalahle; umuntu onesono uyalala.
linda igazi.
11:33 Xwayani umuntu okhohlakele, ngoba wenza okubi; hlezi alethe
phezu kwakho isisila esiphakade.
11:34 Yamukela umfokazi endlini yakho, ukuze akuphazamise, aphenduke.
kuwe kokwakho.