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?