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.