Sirach 16:1 Ungafisi inqwaba yabantwana abangenanzuzo, futhi ungajabuli ngabo amadodana angamesabi uNkulunkulu. 16:2 Nakuba anda, ungathokozi ngabo, ngaphandle kokumesaba uJehova ube nabo. 16:3 Ungathembeli ekuphileni kwabo, futhi ungabheki ubuningi babo lokho okulungile kungcono kunenkulungwane; futhi kungcono ukufa ngaphandle abantwana, kunokuba babe nabangamesabi uNkulunkulu. 16:4 Ngoba ngomuntu ohlakaniphileyo umuzi uyogcwaliswa, kodwa izihlobo zababi ziyakuchithwa masinyane. 16:5 Izinto eziningi ezinjalo ngizibonile ngamehlo ami, futhi indlebe yami wezwa izinto ezinkulu kunalezi. 16:6 Ebandleni lababi kuyakuvuthwa umlilo; futhi ku ulaka lwesizwe esihlubukayo luyavutha. 16:7 Akazange axolise maqondana imidondoshiya endala, owawa emandleni ngobuwula babo. 16:8 Futhi akazange ayigodle indawo lapho uLoti sojourned, kodwa wanengwa ngabo ukuzidla kwabo. 16:9 Akabahawukelanga abantu abalahlwayo, ababethathwe ezenzweni zabo izono: 16:10 Noma amadoda ayizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu ayisithupha, ababebuthene ndawonye ubulukhuni bezinhliziyo zabo. 16:11 Futhi uma kukhona umuntu onentamo lukhuni phakathi kwabantu, kuyamangaza uma yena phunyuka ungajeziswa, ngokuba umusa nolaka kukuye; unamandla thethelela, nokuthulula ukucasuka. 16:12 Njengoba umusa wakhe mkhulu, kunjalo futhi ukuqondiswa kwakhe: uyahlulela umuntu ngokwemisebenzi yakhe 16:13 Isoni ngeke aphunyuke nempango yaso, futhi ukubekezela kweNkosi uNkulunkulu akayikukhungatheka. 16:14 Yenzani indlela yawo wonke umsebenzi womusa, ngoba wonke umuntu uyothola ngokuvumelana imisebenzi yakhe. 16:15 INkosi yamenza lukhuni uFaro, ukuze angamazi, ukuthi owakhe imisebenzi yamandla ingase yaziwe emhlabeni. 16:16 Umusa wakhe ubonakala kuzo zonke izidalwa; usehlukanise ukukhanya kwakhe kusukela ebumnyameni nge-adaman. 16:17 Ungasho ukuthi: "Ngizozifihla eNkosini; kusuka phezulu? Ngeke ngikhunjulwe phakathi kwabantu abaningi kangaka: ngoba yini umphefumulo wami phakathi kwenani elingapheli lezidalwa? 16:18 Bheka, izulu, nezulu lamazulu, notwa, nomhlaba. futhi konke okukuyo kuyakunyakaziswa lapho ehambela. 16:19 Izintaba nezisekelo zomhlaba ziyonyakaziswa bethuthumela, lapho iNkosi ibabhekile. 16:20 Akukho inhliziyo ongacabanga ngalezi zinto ngokufanele: futhi ngubani okwaziyo ucabange izindlela zakhe? 16:21 Kuyisiphepho esingenakubonwa muntu, ngoba ingxenye enkulu yemisebenzi yakhe kucashile. 16:22 Ngubani ongamemezela izenzo zobulungisa bakhe? ngubani ongazibekezelela na? okwe isivumelwano sakhe sikude, nokuvivinywa kwazo zonke izinto ekugcineni. 16:23 Lowo ongenangqondo uyocabanga izinto eziyize, futhi oyisiwula umuntu owonayo ucabanga ubuwula. 16:24 ndodana, ngilalele, futhi ufunde ulwazi, futhi uqaphele amazwi ami ngamazwi akho inhliziyo. 16:25 Ngiyobonisa imfundiso ngesisindo, futhi ngimemezele ulwazi lwakhe kahle. 16:26 Imisebenzi yeNkosi yenziwa ekwahluleleni kusukela ekuqaleni: futhi kusukela ngesikhathi ezenza ngazo wabeka izicubu zazo. 16:27 Wahlobisa imisebenzi yakhe kuze kube phakade, futhi esandleni sakhe kukhona inhloko yazo ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane: azikhandleki, azikhathali, aziyeki imisebenzi yabo. 16:28 Akekho kubo ovimbela omunye, futhi ngeke neze bangalaleli izwi lakhe. 16:29 Ngemva kwalokhu, iNkosi yabuka umhlaba, futhi wawugcwalisa ngezakhe izibusiso. 16:30 Wasibekela ubuso bayo ngazo zonke izinhlobo zezinto eziphilayo; futhi bazabuyela kulo futhi.