Sirach 12:1 Lapho wenza okuhle yazi lowo okwenzayo; uyakuba njalo ngibonge ngezinzuzo zakho. 12:2 Yenza okuhle kumuntu owesaba uNkulunkulu, futhi uyothola imbuyiselo; futhi uma kungenjalo evela kuye, nokho evela koPhezukonke. 12:3 Akukho okuhle ngeke eze kuye ukuthi njalo matasa ububi, noma onganikiyo izipho. 12:4 Nikeza umuntu ohlonipha uNkulunkulu, futhi ungasizi isoni. 12:5 Yenzani kahle ophansi, kodwa ungamniki abangamhloniphiyo uNkulunkulu isinkwa sakho, ungamniki sona, funa akwehlule ngaso; ngoba kungenjalo uyakwamukela okubi okuphindwe kabili kukho konke okuhle kwakho uzakwenza kuye. 12:6 Ngoba oPhezukonke uyazonda izoni, futhi uyobuyisela impindiselo kubo abangamesabi uNkulunkulu, ubagcine kuze kufike usuku olukhulu lokujeziswa kwabo. 12:7 Nikeza okuhle, futhi ungasizi isoni. 12:8 Umngane akanakwaziwa ngenhlanhla, futhi isitha asinakucasha phakathi ubunzima. 12:9 Ekuphumeleleni komuntu izitha ziyadabuka, kepha ebubini bakhe. ngisho nomngane uzomuka. 12:10 Ungasithembi isitha sakho, ngoba njengokugqwala kwensimbi, bunjalo ububi baso. 12:11 Nakuba ezithoba, futhi ehamba eguqa, nokho qaphela futhi mqaphele, futhi uyoba kuye njengokungathi wesule a ingilazi yokubuka, uzokwazi ukuthi ukugqwala kwayo akubanga khona kanye wesuliwe. 12:12 Ungambeki eduze kwakho, funa, lapho esekuchithile, ame phakathi kwakho. indawo yakho; futhi makangahlali ngakwesokunene sakho, funa afune ukubamba isihlalo sakho, futhi ekugcineni ukhumbule amazwi ami, futhi uhlatshwe ngakho. 12:13 Ngubani ongahawukela umlumbi olunywe yinyoka, sondelani nezilo zasendle? 12:14 Kanjalo oya kusoni, angcoliswe naso ezonweni zaso, uzohawukela? 12:15 Okwesikhashana uzohlala nawe, kepha uma uqala ukuwa, uyakukhubeka ungalibali. 12:16 Isitha sikhuluma kamnandi ngomlomo waso, kodwa enhliziyweni yaso uyacabanga indlela yokukuphonsa emgodini: uyakukhala ngamehlo, kepha uma ekuthola ithuba, ngeke aneliseke ngegazi. 12:17 Uma ukuhlupheka phezu kwakho, uzomthola khona kuqala; futhi nakuba wenza sengathi uyakusiza, kepha uyakukucekela phansi. 12:18 Uzonikina ikhanda lakhe, futhi ihlombe, futhi anyenyeze kakhulu, futhi ukushintsha ubuso bakhe.