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?