Sirach
14:1 Ubusisiwe umuntu ongasheleli ngomlomo wakhe, futhi engekho
bahlatshwe ngobuningi bezono.
14:2 Ubusisiwe lowo unembeza wakhe ungamlahli, nongekho
ewile ethembeni lakhe eNkosini.
14:3 Ingcebo ayimfanele umuntu ovilaphayo, futhi yini okufanele yenziwe ngumuntu onomona
ngemali?
14:4 Lowo obutha ngokukhwabanisa umphefumulo wakhe siqu ubuthela abanye, ukuthi
uzachitha impahla yakhe ngokubi.
14:5 Lowo omubi kuye ngokwakhe, uyoba muhle kubani? kayikuthatha
injabulo ngempahla yakhe.
14:6 Akekho omubi ukwedlula lowo onomhawu; futhi lokhu a
imbuyiselo yobubi bakhe.
14:7 Futhi uma enza okuhle, ukwenza ngokungafuni; futhi ekugcineni uyokwenza
memezela ububi bakhe.
14:8 Umuntu onomona uneso elibi; efulathela ubuso bakhe, futhi
udelela abantu.
14:9 Iso lomuntu ohahayo alisuthi ngesabelo sakhe; nobubi
komubi uyawomisa umphefumulo wakhe.
14:10 Iso elibi lihalela ukudla kwaso, nompofu etafuleni lakhe.
14:11 Ndodana yami, ngokwamandla akho wenze okuhle kuwe, futhi unike iNkosi
umnikelo wakhe ofanele.
14:12 Khumbula ukuthi ukufa ngeke kube isikhathi eside ekufikeni, nokuthi isivumelwano se
ithuna alikhonjiswa kuwe.
14:13 Yenza okuhle kumngane wakho ngaphambi kokuba ufe, futhi ngokwamandla akho
yelula isandla sakho umnike.
14:14 Ungazikhohlisi ngosuku oluhle, futhi ungavumeli ingxenye enhle
isifiso sikudlule.
14:15 Ngeke yini ushiye imihelo yakho komunye? lemisebenzi yakho ibe njalo
ihlukaniswe ngenkatho?
14:16 Nika, uthathe, futhi ungcwelise umphefumulo wakho; ngoba akukho ukufunwa
izibiliboco ethuneni.
14:17 Yonke inyama iguga njengengubo, ngenxa yesivumelwano kusukela ekuqaleni
ukuthi, Uzakufa ukufa.
14:18 Njengamahlamvu aluhlaza esihlahleni esiminyene, abanye bayawa, abanye bakhule; kunjalo
isizukulwane senyama negazi, esinye siphela, esinye siyaphela
wazalwa.
14:19 Yonke imisebenzi iyabola futhi iphele, futhi izisebenzi zayo zizohamba
kanye.
14:20 Ubusisiwe umuntu ozindla ngezinto ezinhle ngokuhlakanipha, futhi lokho
uzindla ngezinto ezingcwele ngokuqonda kwakhe. ing.
14:21 Lowo oqaphela izindlela zakhe enhliziyweni yakhe uyoba nokuqonda
ezimfihlweni zakhe.
14:22 Mlandele njengomqaphi, futhi umqamekele ezindleleni zakhe.
14:23 Lowo ohlola emafasiteleni ayo, futhi uyolalela eminyango yalo.
14:24 Lowo olala eduze kwendlu yakhe futhi uyofaka isikhonkwane ezindongeni zakhe.
14:25 Uyakumisa itende lakhe eduze kwakhe, futhi uyolala endaweni yokulala
lapho kukhona izinto ezinhle.
14:26 Uyobeka abantwana bakhe ngaphansi kwesikhoselo sakhe, futhi uyolala ngaphansi kwakhe
amagatsha.
14:27 Ngayo uyosibekela ukushisa, futhi enkazimulweni yakhe uyohlala.