Sirach
20:1 Kukhona ukusola okungabukekiyo;
ulimi, futhi yena uhlakaniphile.
20:2 Kungcono kakhulu ukusola kunokuthukuthela ngasese;
ovuma iphutha lakhe uyakusindiswa ekulimaleni.
20:3 Yeka ukuthi kuhle kangakanani, lapho usolwa, ukuze ubonise ukuphenduka! ngoba uzakuba njalo
ubalekela isono sangamabomu.
20:4 Njengesifiso somthenwa ukuqeda intombi; kanjalo naye lowo
ukhipha isahlulelo ngobudlova.
20:5 Kukhona othulayo, futhi utholakala ehlakaniphile, futhi omunye by
ukukhuluma kakhulu kuyisizondo.
20:6 Omunye ubamba ulimi lwakhe, ngoba akakwazi ukuphendula, futhi abanye
uyazithulela, esazi isikhathi sakhe.
20:7 Umuntu ohlakaniphileyo uyabamba ulimi lwakhe aze abone ithuba, kodwa iphoshophothi
futhi isiwula asiyikunaka isikhathi.
20:8 Osebenzisa amazwi amaningi uyakuba nengeka; nalowo othathayo
igunya lakho liyakuzondwa.
20:9 Kukhona isoni esiphumelela okuhle kokubi; futhi kukhona a
inzuzo ephenduka ukulahlekelwa.
20:10 Kukhona isipho esingeke sakusiza; futhi kukhona isipho esiso
imbuyiselo iphindwe kabili.
20:11 Kukhona ukuthotshiswa ngenxa yenkazimulo; kukhona ophakamisa owakhe
ikhanda elivela endaweni ephansi.
20:12 Kukhona othenga okuningi ngokuncane, futhi abuyisele kasikhombisa.
20:13 Umuntu ohlakaniphileyo ngamazwi akhe umenza athandeke, kodwa umusa weziwula
izothululwa.
20:14 Isipho sesiwula ngeke sikusize ngalutho lapho unakho; noma kunjalo
onomona ngesidingo sakhe; ngokuba ubheke ukwamukela izinto eziningi
ngeyodwa.
20:15 Unika okuncane, futhi usola kakhulu; uvula umlomo wakhe njenge
ummemezeli; namuhla uyaboleka, kusasa uyakubuye ayicele;
enye iwukuzondwa nguNkulunkulu nomuntu.
20:16 Isiwula sithi, Anginabangane, anginakho ukubonga ngakho konke okuhle kwami
izenzo, nabadla isinkwa sami bakhuluma kabi ngami.
20:17 Kukangaki, futhi bangaki uyohlekwa usulu! ngoba yena uyazi
akulungile ukuba nakho; futhi kukodwa kuye njengokungathi unakho
hhayi.
20:18 Ukushelela endaweni egandaywayo kungcono kunokushelela ngolimi;
ukuwa kwababi kuyakufika masinyane.
20:19 Inganekwane engenangqondo iyohlala isemlonyeni wabangahlakaniphile.
20:20 Isigwebo esihlakaniphileyo siyakwaliwa lapho siphuma emlonyeni wesiwula;
ngoba kayikukhuluma ngesikhathi esifaneleyo.
20:21 Kukhona ovinjwa ukona ngokuswela, nalapho ethatha
aphumule, angakhathazeki.
20:22 Kukhona obhubhisa umphefumulo wakhe siqu ngokuhlazeka futhi by
ukukhetha abantu kuyazidiliza.
20:23 Kukhona othembisa ihlazo kumngane wakhe, futhi amenze
isitha sakhe ngeze.
20:24 Amanga yisici esibi kumuntu, kepha asemlonyeni womubi njalo.
abangafundile.
20:25 Isela lingcono kunomuntu ojwayele ukuqamba amanga, kepha bobabili
lizakuba lokubhujiswa kwelifa.
20:26 Isimo somqambimanga siyichilo, nehlazo lakhe limi njalo
yena.
20:27 Umuntu ohlakaniphile uyoziphakamisa ngamazwi akhe, futhi lowo
onengqondo uyakuthokozisa abakhulu.
20:28 Olima umhlabathi wakhe uyokwandisa inqwaba yakhe, futhi noma ubani othanda
abakhulu bayakuthethelelwa ngobubi.
20:29 Izipho nezipho ziphuphuthekisa amehlo ohlakaniphileyo, zivale umlomo wakhe
ukuthi angakwazi ukusola.
20:30 Ukuhlakanipha okufihliweyo, nengcebo eqoqiwe, iyinzuzo bani
bobabili?
20:31 Ungcono ofihla ubuwula bakhe kunomuntu ofihla ukuhlakanipha kwakhe.
20:32 Ukubekezela okudingekayo ekufuneni uJehova kungcono kunalowo
uphila impilo yakhe engenamkhokheli.