Sirach
36:1 Yiba nomusa kithi, O Nkosi, Nkulunkulu wabo bonke, futhi sibheke.
36:2 Futhi uthumele ukwesabeka kwakho phezu kwazo zonke izizwe ezingafuni wena.
36:3 Phakamisa isandla sakho phezu kwabezizwe, futhi uvumele babone yakho
amandla.
36:4 Njengoba wangcweliswa kithi phambi kwabo, kanjalo nawe ukhazimuliswe phakathi
phambi kwethu.
36:5 Futhi mawakwazi, njengoba nje sikwazile wena, ukuthi akekho uNkulunkulu ngaphandle
wena kuphela, O Nkulunkulu.
36:6 Yenzani izibonakaliso ezintsha, futhi wenze ezinye izimangaliso: dumisa isandla sakho nesandla sakho
ingalo yokunene, ukuze bashumayele izimangaliso zakho.
36:7 Phakamisa ukufutheka, uthulule ukufutheka;
bhubhisa isitha.
36:8 Sake isikhathi sifushane, khumbula isivumelwano, futhi uvumele bamemezele yakho
imisebenzi emangalisayo.
36:9 Ophunyukayo makaqedwe ukufutheka komlilo; futhi bavumele
bayabhubha abacindezela abantu.
36:10 Shayani amakhanda ababusi bezizwe, abathi:
akekho omunye ngaphandle kwethu.
36:11 Buthani ndawonye zonke izizwe zakwaJakobe, futhi uyoba ifa lazo, njengoba kusukela
isiqalo.
36:12 O Nkosi, hawukela abantu ababizwa ngegama lakho, futhi phezu kwabo
u-Israyeli, omethe izibulo lakho.
36:13 O hawukela iJerusalema, umuzi wakho ongcwele, indawo yakho yokuphumula.
36:14 Gcwalisa iSiyoni ngamazwi akho angakhulumekiyo, nabantu bakho ngenkazimulo yakho.
36:15 Fakaza kulabo owawubaphethe kusukela ekuqaleni.
uvuse abaprofethi ababesegameni lakho.
36:16 Vuza labo abakulindele, futhi ake abaprofethi bakho batholakale bethembekile.
36:17 O Nkosi, yizwa umkhuleko wezinceku zakho, ngokuvumelana nesibusiso sika
u-Aroni phezu kwabantu bakho, ukuze bonke abakhileyo emhlabeni bazi
ukuthi wena uyiNkosi, uNkulunkulu waphakade.
36:18 Isisu sidla ukudla konke, nokho ukudla kungcono kunomunye.
36:19 Njengolwanga lunambitha izinhlobo ezahlukene zenyamazana, injalo inhliziyo yenyama
ukuqonda izinkulumo ezingamanga.
36:20 Inhliziyo ephambene ibangela ukudabuka, kodwa umuntu onolwazi uyakwenza
mbuyiseleni.
36:21 Owesifazane uzothola wonke amadoda, nokho indodakazi eyodwa ingcono kunenye.
36:22 Ubuhle bowesifazane bujabulisa ubuso, futhi indoda ayithandi lutho
kangcono.
36:23 Uma kukhona umusa, ubumnene, nenduduzo, ngolimi lwakhe, khona-ke akukho
umyeni wakhe njengamanye amadoda.
36:24 Ozuza umfazi uqala imfuyo, usizo olunjengaye.
nensika yokuphumula.
36:25 Lapho kungekho uthango, lapho ifa liyachithwa, futhi ongenakho
umfazi uyozulazula ehla enyuka elila.
36:26 Ubani oyothembela isela esimiswe kahle, ngubani ukweqa emzini ngomuzi?
kanjalo [oyakukholwa] umuntu ongenayo indlu, ehlala noma kuphi
ubusuku buyamthatha?