Sirach
29:1 Onomusa uyoboleka umakhelwane wakhe; futhi yena lokho
uqinisa isandla sakhe ugcina imiyalo.
29:2 Boleka umakhelwane wakho ngesikhathi sokuswela kwakhe, futhi ukhokhele umakhelwane wakho
futhi ngesikhathi esifaneleyo.
29:3 Gcina izwi lakho, futhi usebenzele ngokwethembeka kuye, futhi uyohlala uthole
into edingekayo kuwe.
29:4 Abaningi, lapho into ibolekiwe kubo, bathi itholakele, futhi wazibeka
enkingeni eyabasiza.
29:5 Aze amukele, uyokwanga isandla somuntu; kanye neyakhe
imali yomakhelwane uyakukhuluma ngokuzithoba;
izokwandisa isikhathi, futhi ibuyisele amazwi osizi, futhi ikhononde
isikhathi.
29:6 Uma enqoba, ngeke neze athole ingxenye, futhi uyobala sengathi
ubeyitholile; uma kungenjalo, umphucile imali yakhe, useyitholile
uzitholele isitha ngaphandle kwesizathu; uyamkhokhela ngeziqalekiso neziqalekiso
izinsimbi; futhi ngenxa yodumo uyomnika ihlazo.
29:7 Ngakho-ke abaningi benqabile ukuboleka abanye abantu okubi, besaba
ukuqolwa.
29:8 Nokho, ukubekezela kumuntu ompofu, futhi ungalibali ukuveza
umusa wakhe.
29:9 Siza abampofu ngenxa yomthetho, futhi ungamxoshi ngoba
ngobumpofu bakhe.
29:10 Ulahlekelwe imali yakho ngenxa umfowenu nomngane wakho, futhi ungavumeli ukugqwala ngaphansi
itshe elizolahleka.
29:11 Beka ingcebo yakho ngokuvumelana nemiyalo yoPhezukonke, futhi
kuyakuletha inzuzo enkulu kunegolide.
29:12 Vala izipho zomusa ezinqolobaneni zakho, futhi kuyokukhulula kuzo zonke
usizi.
29:13 Kuyokulwela ngokumelene nezitha zakho kangcono kunamaqhawe
isihlangu nomkhonto onamandla.
29:14 Umuntu oqotho uyisibambiso kumakhelwane wakhe, kodwa oyisiwula uyakwenza
mshiye.
29:15 Ungakhohlwa ubungane isiqiniseko sakho, ngoba unikele ukuphila kwakhe ngenxa
wena.
29:16 Isoni siyakuchitha ifa elihle lesibambiso saso.
29:17 Futhi lowo ongabongiyo uzomshiya [engozini] ukuthi
wamkhulula.
29:18 Ukwethembeka kuye kwadiliza abaningi bempahla enhle, futhi yabanyakazisa njengegagasi lomoya.
ulwandle; abantu abanamandla uluxoshile ezindlini zabo, baze bafika
yazulazula phakathi kwezizwe ezingaziwayo.
29:19 Umuntu omubi oweqa imiyalo yeNkosi uyowela phakathi
isibambiso: nalowo owenza futhi alandele okwenziwa abanye abantu
ngoba inzuzo izawela emacala.
29:20 Siza umakhelwane wakho ngokwamandla akho, futhi uqaphele ukuthi wena ngokwakho
ningaweleli kukho.
29:21 Into eyinhloko ekuphileni amanzi, nesinkwa, futhi izingubo, futhi indlu
ukumboza ihlazo.
29:22 Ingcono ukuphila komuntu ompofu endlini encane kunentokozo
endlini yenye indoda.
29:23 Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kuncane noma kukhulu, bambelela kuwe, ukuze ungezwa
ihlazo lendlu yakho.
29:24 Ngoba kuyimpilo edabukisayo ukuya endlini ngendlu, ngoba lapho ukhona
umfokazi, awulokothi uvule umlomo wakho.
29:25 Uyozijabulisa, futhi idili, futhi ungabongi, ngaphezu kwalokho wena
ukuzwa amazwi ababayo:
29:26 Woza, wena sihambi, futhi ulungiselele itafula, futhi ungiphakele onakho
ngomumo.
29:27 Nikela, wena wezizwe, kumuntu ohloniphekile; umfowethu uyeza
ngingenisile, futhi ngiyayidinga indlu yami.
29:28 Lezi zinto zinzima kumuntu onengqondo; ukuthuthukiswa kwe
indlu, nokuhlambalaza obolekisayo.