Sirach 17:1 INkosi yadala umuntu emhlabeni, futhi wambuyisela kuwo futhi. 17:2 Wabanika izinsuku ezimbalwa, futhi isikhathi esifushane, futhi amandla phezu izinto lapho. 17:3 Yena endued kubo ngamandla ngokwabo, futhi wabenza ngokuvumelana isithombe sakhe, 17:4 Futhi wabeka ukwesaba abantu phezu kwayo yonke inyama, futhi wamnika ukubusa phezu kwakhe izilwane nezinyoni. 17:5 Bathola ukusetshenziswa imisebenzi emihlanu yeNkosi, futhi in the endaweni yesithupha wabanikeza ukuqonda, nasenkulumweni yesikhombisa. umhumushi wemicabango yalo. 17:6 Wabanika iseluleko, nolimi, namehlo, nezindlebe, nenhliziyo. qonda. 17:7 Futhi wagcwalisa kubo ngolwazi ukuqonda, futhi wabonisa kubo okuhle nokubi. 17:8 Wabeka iso lakhe ezinhliziyweni zabo, ukuze abonise kubo ubukhulu wemisebenzi yakhe. 17:9 Wabanika inkazimulo ngezenzo zakhe ezimangalisayo kuze kube phakade, ukuze bakwazi memezelani imisebenzi yakhe ngokuqonda. 17:10 Futhi abakhethiweyo bayodumisa igama lakhe elingcwele. 17:11 Ngaphandle kwalokhu wabanika ulwazi, futhi umthetho wokuphila kube yifa. 17:12 Wenza isivumelwano esiphakade nabo, futhi wababonisa eyakhe izahlulelo. 17:13 Amehlo abo abona ubukhulu benkazimulo yakhe, nezindlebe zabo wezwa yakhe izwi elikhazimulayo. 17:14 Wathi kubo, Xwayani kukho konke ukungalungi; wanikela ngakho konke umyalo womuntu ngomakhelwane wakhe. 17:15 Izindlela zabo ziphambi kwakhe njalo, futhi ngeke kufihlwe emehlweni akhe. 17:16 Wonke umuntu kusukela ebusheni bakhe uzinikele ebubini; futhi abakwazanga ukukwenza izinhliziyo zenyama ngamatshe. 17:17 Ngoba ekuhlukaniseni izizwe zomhlaba wonke wamisa umbusi phezu kwabo bonke abantu; kepha u-Israyeli uyisabelo sikaJehova; 17:18 Lowo, njengoba izibulo lakhe, uyamondla ngesiyalo, futhi ukumnika ukukhanya kothando lwakhe akumshiyi. 17:19 Ngakho yonke imisebenzi yabo injengelanga phambi kwakhe, futhi amehlo akhe njalo ezindleleni zabo. 17:20 Akukho nesisodwa sezenzo zabo ezingalungile efihlekile kuye, kodwa zonke izono zabo phambi kweNkosi 17:21 Kodwa iNkosi inomusa futhi iwazi umsebenzi wayo, futhi akashiyanga futhi akabashiyanga, kodwa wabayekela. 17:22 Izipho zomuntu zinjengendandatho kuye, futhi uyogcina okuhle izenzo zomuntu njengenhlamvu yeso, unike amadodana akhe ukuphenduka namadodakazi. 17:23 Ngemva kwalokho uyosukuma futhi abavuze, futhi anikeze imbuyiselo yabo emakhanda abo. 17:24 Kodwa kulabo abaphendukayo, wabanikeza ukubuya, futhi wabaduduza labo lokho kwehluleka ukubekezela. 17:25 Buyela eNkosini, futhi ushiye izono zakho, wenze umkhuleko wakho phambi kwakhe ubuso, futhi ukhube kancane. 17:26 Buyela emuva koPhezukonke, futhi ufulathele ububi, ngoba yena uyakwenza akukhiphe ebumnyameni akuyise ekukhanyeni kwempilo, akuzonde okunengwayo ngamandla. 17:27 Ngubani oyodumisa oPhezukonke ethuneni, esikhundleni salabo abaphilayo futhi ubonge? 17:28 Ukubonga kubhubha kwabafileyo, njengoba kungasekho abaphilayo nabaqotho ngenhliziyo bayakudumisa uJehova. 17:29 Yeka umusa omkhulu weNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu, futhi ububele bakhe kwabaphendukela kuye ngobungcwele. 17:30 Ngoba zonke izinto ngeke kube kumuntu, ngoba iNdodana yomuntu ayiyena ongafi. 17:31 Yini elikhanyayo ngaphezu kwelanga? nokho ukukhanya kwawo kuyafiphala; kanye nenyama negazi liyocabanga ububi. 17:32 Ubona amandla okuphakama kwezulu; futhi bonke abantu basemhlabeni kanye nomlotha.