Sirach 42:1 Ungabi namahloni ngalezi zinto, futhi ungavumeli muntu ukuba one ngalokho: 42:2 Ngomthetho woPhezukonke nesivumelwano sakhe; kanye nokwahlulela ku thethelela abangamesabi uNkulunkulu; 42:3 Ekubalweni nabalingani bakho nabahambi; kumbe wesipho se ifa labangane; 42:4 Neqiniso lesilinganiso nesisindo; noma ukuthola okuningi noma okuncane; 42:5 Futhi ukuthengisa ngokunganaki abathengisi; yokulungiswa okuningi kwezingane; nokwenza uhlangothi lwenceku embi ukuba luphume igazi. 42:6 Ukugcina okuhle, lapho kukhona umfazi omubi; futhi uvale, lapho abaningi izandla kukhona. 42:7 Hambisa zonke izinto ngenani nangesisindo; futhi ukubhale konke lokho uyakhipha, noma uyamukele. 42:8 Ungabi namahloni ukwazisa abangenangqondo neziwula, futhi ngokwedlulele asebekhulile ophikisana nabasha: uyakuba njalo ngeqiniso wafundiswa, wamukelwa yibo bonke abantu abaphilayo. 42:9 Uyise uyiphaphamele indodakazi, kungaziwa muntu; kanye nokunakekelwa ngoba uthatha ubuthongo; lapho esemusha, funa adlule imbali yobudala bakhe; futhi eshadile, funa azondwe. 42:10 Ebuntombini bakhe, funa ungcoliswe futhi wakhulelwa indlu kayise; futhi enendoda, funa enze okubi yena ngokwakhe; nalapho eseshadile, funa abe yinyumba. 42:11 Gcina umlindo oqinile phezu kwendodakazi engenamahloni, funa ikwenze ube a inhlekisa ezitheni zakho, nenhlamba emzini, nesihlamba phakathi kwabantu, ukwenze ube namahloni phambi kwesixuku. 42:12 Bheka hhayi zonke ubuhle umzimba, futhi ungahlali phakathi kwabesifazane. 42:13 Ngoba kusukela engutsheni kuvela inundu, futhi ububi kwabesifazane. 42:14 Kungcono ukuzithoba kowesilisa kunowesifazane onomusa; yisho, okuletha ihlazo nehlazo. 42:15 Manje ngizokhumbula imisebenzi yeNkosi, futhi ngimemezele izinto mina nibonile: Emazwini kaJehova kukhona imisebenzi yakhe. 42:16 Ilanga elinika ukukhanya ubheka zonke izinto kanye nomsebenzi wazo igcwele inkazimulo yeNkosi. 42:17 INkosi akabanikanga amandla abangcwele ukuze bamemezele konke okwakhe imisebenzi emangalisayo, iNkosi uMninimandla onke yazimisa yaqina, ukuthi konke okukhona kuqiniswe kube yinkazimulo yakhe. 42:18 Uhlola utwa, futhi inhliziyo, futhi ubhekisisa ubuqili babo amacebo, ngokuba iNkosi iyakwazi konke okungenzeka kwaziwe, iyakubona izimpawu zomhlaba. 42:19 Umemezela izinto ezidlule, futhi ezizayo, futhi wembula izinyathelo zezinto ezifihliwe. 42:20 Akukho mcabango ophunyuka kuye, futhi akukho zwi lifihlekile kuye. 42:21 Uye wahlobisa imisebenzi emihle kakhulu yokuhlakanipha kwakhe, futhi uvela okuphakade kuze kube phakade: kuye kungenezelwa lutho, futhi kungenezelwe lutho unciphile, akadingi noma yimuphi umeluleki. 42:22 Yeka ukuthi ithandeka kanjani yonke imisebenzi yakhe! futhi ukuze umuntu abone ngisho a inhlansi. 42:23 Zonke lezi zinto ziphila futhi zihlala kuze kube phakade kukho konke ukusetshenziswa, futhi ziyikho konke elalelayo. 42:24 Zonke izinto ziphindwe kabili komunye nomunye, futhi akenzanga lutho engaphelele. 42:25 Into eyodwa iqinisa okuhle noma enye: futhi ngubani oyogcwala sibona inkazimulo yakhe?