Sirach 19:1 Umuntu oyisisebenzi ukuthi A ophiwe ukudakwa ngeke acebe: futhi yena odelela izinto ezincane uyowa kancane kancane. 19:2 Iwayini kanye nabesifazane kuyokwenza ukuba amadoda ahlakaniphe, futhi lowo enamathela izifebe uyoba amanyala. 19:3 Izinundu nezimpethu kuyakuba kuye ifa, futhi indoda enesibindi kuyoba kususwa. 19:4 Oshesha ukutusa unengqondo; nalowo owonayo uzokona emphefumulweni wakhe. 19:5 Lowo othanda okubi uyolahlwa, kodwa lowo umelana nezinjabulo ubeka ukuphila kwakhe umqhele. 19:6 Lowo ongabusa ulimi lwakhe uyophila ngaphandle kokuxabana; futhi yena lokho kuzonda ukukhuluma-ke kuzonda ububi. 19:7 Ungakhulumi omunye lokho okutsheliwe kuwe, futhi wena ukuhamba akukaze kube kubi kakhulu. 19:8 Noma ngabe kumngane noma isitha, ungakhulumi ngempilo yabanye abantu; futhi uma ungakwazi ngaphandle kwecala, ungazembuli. 19:9 Ngoba ukuzwile futhi wagcina wena, futhi lapho kufika isikhathi uyokuzonda. 19:10 Uma uzwile izwi, malife nawe; futhi ube nesibindi, kuyakuba njalo angakuqhumisi. 19:11 Isiphukuphuku sibhibha ngezwi, njengowesifazane ebelethayo. 19:12 Njengomcibisholo onamathela ethangeni lomuntu, linjalo izwi phakathi kwesiwula. isisu. 19:13 Yala umngane, mhlawumbe akenzanga, futhi uma ekwenzile yona, ukuthi angabe esayenza. 19:14 Mkhuze umngane wakho, mhlawumbe akashongo; akaphindi akhulume. 19:15 Yala umngane, ngoba kaningi kuyinhlamba, futhi ningakholwa yibo bonke indaba. 19:16 Kukhona oshelelayo ekukhulumeni kwakhe, kodwa hhayi enhliziyweni yakhe; futhi ngubani ongakhubeki ngolimi lwakhe na? 19:17 Yala umakhelwane wakho ngaphambi kokumsongela; futhi engathukutheli, nika indawo yomthetho woPhezukonke. 19:18 Ukumesaba uJehova kuyisinyathelo sokuqala sokwamukelwa [kuye,] futhi ukuhlakanipha kuzuza uthando lwakhe. 19:19 Ulwazi lwemiyalo yeNkosi imfundiso yokuphila. futhi labo abenza okumthokozisayo bayothola isithelo sikaJehova umuthi wokungafi. 19:20 Ukumesaba uJehova kungukuhlakanipha konke; futhi kukho konke ukuhlakanipha kungukusebenza lomthetho, kanye nolwazi lobuninimandla onke. 19:21 Uma inceku ithi enkosini yayo, Angiyikwenza njengoba kuthandeka kuwe; noma ekwenza ngasemuva, uyamcasula omondlayo. 19:22 Ulwazi ngobubi akukhona ukuhlakanipha, noma ngasiphi isikhathi the iseluleko sezoni ukuhlakanipha. 19:23 Kukhona ububi, futhi okufanayo isinengiso; futhi kukhona isiwula abafuna ukuhlakanipha. 19:24 Lowo onokuqonda okuncane futhi owesaba uNkulunkulu, ungcono kunoyedwa onokuhlakanipha okuningi, oweqa umthetho woPhezukonke. 19:25 Kukhona ubuqili obukhulu, futhi okufanayo akulungile; futhi kukhona eyodwa ophambukayo ukuze aveze ukwahlulela; futhi kukhona indoda ehlakaniphile leyo ulungisisa ekwahluleleni. 19:26 Kukhona umuntu omubi olengisa ikhanda lakhe edabukile; kodwa ngaphakathi yena ugcwele inkohliso, 19:27 Elahlisa ubuso bakhe, futhi sengathi akezwanga: lapho ekhona akwaziwa, uyakukwenza okubi ungakazi. 19:28 Futhi uma ngenxa yokuswela amandla avinjwe ukuba angoni, nokho lapho efumana ithuba uyakwenza okubi. 19:29 Umuntu angase aziwe ngokubukeka kwakhe, futhi lowo onengqondo nge yakhe ubuso, lapho uhlangana naye. 19:30 Isembatho somuntu, kanye nokuhleka ngokweqile, futhi ukuhambahamba, kuveza lokho ayikho.