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.