Sirach 22:1 Indoda evilaphayo ifaniswa netshe elingcolile, futhi yilowo nalowo uyoba ikhwelo amkhiphele ehlazweni lakhe. 22:2 Indoda evilaphayo ifaniswa nokungcola komquba: wonke umuntu ukuthi uyaluthatha uyamxhawula. 22:3 Umuntu okhuliswe okubi uyihlazo likayise owamzalayo; indodakazi [eyisiwula] izalelwe ukulahlekelwa kwayo. 22:4 Indodakazi ehlakaniphile uyoletha ifa indoda yakhe, kodwa yena Ukuphila ngokukhohlisa kungumthwalo kayise. 22:5 Onesibindi udelela uyise nomyeni wakhe, kodwa bona bobabili bayakuyidelela. 22:6 Indaba engapheli isikhathi injengomculo wokulila, kepha imivimbo nemivimbo ukulungiswa kokuhlakanipha akuphuthi isikhathi. 22:7 Ofundisa isiwula unjengalowo ohlanganisa udengezi lowo ovusa omunye ebuthongweni obukhulu. 22:8 Oshumayeza isiwula ukhuluma nomuntu ebuthongweni; eseyikhulumile indaba yakhe, uyakuthi: 'Kuyini na? 22:9 Uma abantwana baphile ngokwethembeka, futhi babe nakho, bayohlala amboze ubuwula babazali babo. 22:10 Kodwa izingane, ngokuzidla, ngokusebenzisa indelelo nokuswela ukondla bangcolise izikhulu zezihlobo zabo. 22:11 Khalela abafileyo, ngoba ulahlekelwe ukukhanya, futhi ukhale ngesiwula. ngoba uswele ukuqedisisa; ungalileli abafileyo, ngoba yena iphumule, kepha ukuphila kwesiwula kubi kunokufa. 22:12 Izinsuku eziyisikhombisa amadoda alilela ofileyo; kodwa ngenxa yesiwula kanye umuntu ongamesabi uNkulunkulu zonke izinsuku zokuhamba kwakhe. 22:13 Ungakhulumi kakhulu nesiwula, futhi ungangeni kongenangqondo. mqaphele, funa ube nenkathazo, futhi ungangcoliswa naphakade neziwula zakhe: suka kuye, uyakufumana ukuphumula, nanini phazanyiswa ukuhlanya. 22:14 Yini esindayo kunomthofu? Lingubani igama lawo, isiwula na? 22:15 Sand, nosawoti, nenqwaba yensimbi, kulula ukuthwala, kunomuntu ngaphandle kokuqonda. 22:16 Njengoba ibhande lezingodo futhi eboshwe ndawonye esakhiweni ayikwazi ukuthukululwa nge ukuthuthumela: kanjalo inhliziyo eqiniswa ngokululekwa iyakwesaba nganoma yisiphi isikhathi. 22:17 Inhliziyo ehlezi phezu komcabango wokuqonda injengokunameka okuhle odongeni lwegalari. 22:18 Amapulangwe abekwe endaweni ephakemeyo awasoze ame ngokumelene nomoya: ngakho a inhliziyo eyesabekayo emcabangweni wesiwula ayinakumelana nanoma iyiphi ukwesaba. 22:19 Ohlaba iso uyokwenza izinyembezi ziwele, futhi lowo ohlabayo inhliziyo iyakwenza ukuveza ukwazi kwayo. 22:20 Ophonsa itshe ezinyonini uyazihlakaza, futhi lowo uthethisa umngane wakhe uchitha ubungane. 22:21 Noma uhoshela umngane wakho inkemba, kodwa ungapheli ithemba kungase kube ukubuya [ekwenzeni umusa.] 22:22 Uma uvule umlomo wakho ngokumelene umngane wakho, ungesabi; ngoba lapho kungaba ukubuyisana: ngaphandle kokusola, noma ukuzidla, noma ukudalula lezimfihlo, noma inxeba elikhohlisayo: ngenxa yalezi zinto wonke umngane izohamba. 22:23 Thembeka kumakhelwane wakho ebumpofu bakhe, ukuze ujabule hlala uqinile kuye ngesikhathi sokuhlupheka kwakhe, lokho ungadla ifa kanye naye efeni lakhe, ngokuba ifa alikho njalo kufanele idelelwe: noma isicebi esiyisiwula ukuba sibe phakathi ukutuswa. 22:24 Njengenkungu nentuthu yesithando idlula phambi komlilo; ngokuthuka kangaka ngaphambi kwegazi. 22:25 Ngeke ngibe namahloni ukuvikela umngane; futhi ngeke ngizifihle evela kuye. 22:26 Futhi uma noma yikuphi okubi kwenzeka kimi ngaye, wonke umuntu ozwayo uyokwenza mqaphele. 22:27 Oyobeka umlindo phambi komlomo wami, futhi uphawu lokuhlakanipha phezu kwami izindebe zami, ukuze ngingasheshi ngiwe kuzo, nolimi lwami lungichithe akunjalo?