Sirach
45:1 Futhi wakhipha kuye indoda enesihe, owathola umusa emehlweni
emehlweni enyama yonke, uMose, othandekayo kaNkulunkulu nabantu, osikhumbuzo sakhe
ibusisiwe.
45:2 Wamenza wafana nabangcwele abakhazimulayo, wamphakamisa, ukuze
izitha zazimesaba.
45:3 Ngamazwi akhe wenza ukuba izimangaliso ziphele, futhi wamenza inkazimulo
emehlweni amakhosi, futhi wamnika umyalo ngabantu bakhe, futhi
wambonisa ingxenye yenkazimulo yakhe.
45:4 Wangcwelisa kuye ngokwethembeka kwakhe nobumnene, futhi wamkhetha aphume
wonke amadoda.
45:5 Wamenza ukuba ezwe izwi lakhe, futhi wamyisa efwini elimnyama, futhi
wamnika imiyalo phambi kobuso bakhe, umthetho wokuphila kanye
ulwazi, ukuze afundise uJakobe izivumelwano zakhe, no-Israyeli zakhe
izahlulelo.
45:6 Wamphakamisa u-Aroni, indoda engcwele njengaye, yebo, umfowabo, of the
isizwe sakwaLevi.
45:7 Wenza isivumelwano esiphakade naye futhi wamnika ubupristi
phakathi kwabantu; wamhlobisa ngezivunulo ezinhle, wamgqokisa
ngengubo yenkazimulo.
45:8 Wabeka phezu kwakhe inkazimulo ephelele; wamqinisa ngezingubo ezinothileyo;
namabhulukwe, nejazi elide, nengubo yamahlombe.
45:9 Futhi wamzungeza namapomegranati, futhi izinsimbi eziningi zegolide nxazonke
mayelana, ukuthi njengoba ehamba kungahle kube khona umsindo, futhi umsindo wenza lokho
kuzwakala ethempelini, kube yisikhumbuzo kubantwana bakhe
abantu;
45:10 Ngesembatho esingcwele, ngegolide, nosilika obuluhlaza, nokububende, umsebenzi wegolide.
umfekethiso, nesihlangu sesifuba sokwahlulela, ne-Urimi ne
iThumimi;
45:11 Nge okubomvu okusontiwe, umsebenzi wengcweti, nge ayigugu
amatshe aqoshwe njengezimpawu, afakwe ngegolide, umsebenzi womcwecwe;
ngombhalo oqoshiwe wesikhumbuzo ngokwenani lezizwe
yakwa-Israyeli.
45:12 Wabeka umqhele wegolide esigqokweni, lapho kwakuqoshwe khona ubungcwele.
umhlobiso wodumo, umsebenzi obizayo, nokufiswa kwamehlo, okuhle nokuhle
enhle.
45:13 Ngaphambi kwakhe kwakungekho abanjalo, futhi akekho umfokazi owake wababeka
kepha kuphela abantwana bakhe nabantwana babantwana bakhe kuze kube phakade.
45:14 Imihlatshelo yabo iyoqedwa ngokuphelele nsuku zonke kabili njalo.
45:15 UMose wamngcwelisa, futhi wamgcoba ngamafutha angcwele
owamiselwa kuye ngesivumelwano esiphakade, nenzalo yakhe kuze kube nini nanini
njengoba amazulu ehlala, ukuze amkhonze, futhi
enze isikhundla sobupristi, futhi ubusise abantu egameni lakhe.
45:16 Wamkhetha kubo bonke abantu abaphilayo ukuba anikele imihlatshelo eNkosini.
impepho, nephunga elimnandi, kube yisikhumbuzo sokwenza ukubuyisana
abantu bakhe.
45:17 Wamnika imiyalo yakhe negunya ezimisweni ze
izahlulelo, ukuze afundise uJakobe ubufakazi, amtshele u-Israyeli
emithethweni yakhe.
45:18 Abezizwe bamenzela ugobe, bahlambalaza kuye
ehlane, amadoda angasohlangothini lukaDathani no-Abironi, kanye
ibandla likaKora ngokufutheka nolaka.
45:19 Lokhu iNkosi yakubona, futhi kwaba kubi kuye, futhi ekuthukutheleni kwakhe
baqedwa ukuthukuthela; wenza izimangaliso phezu kwabo, wabaqeda
ngelangabi lomlilo.
45:20 Kodwa wamdumisa u-Aroni, futhi wamnika ifa, futhi wahlukanisa
kuye ulibo lwesivuno; ikakhulukazi walungisa isinkwa
ngobuningi:
45:21 Ngoba badla emihlatshelweni yeNkosi, okuyinto wamnika futhi
inzalo yakhe.
45:22 Nokho ezweni labantu wayengenafa, futhi wayengenalo
noma yisiphi isabelo phakathi kwabantu, ngokuba uJehova uyisabelo sakhe
ifa.
45:23 Eyesithathu enkazimulweni nguFinehasi indodana ka-Eleyazare, ngokuba wayeshisekela
ukumesaba uJehova, wema ngesibindi senhliziyo;
abantu babuyiselwa emuva, benza ukubuyisana kuIsrayeli.
45:24 Ngakho kwaba khona isivumelwano sokuthula naye, ukuze abe
inhloko yendlu engcwele neyabantu bayo, nokuthi yona neyakhe
izizukulwane kufanele zibe nesithunzi sobupristi kuze kube phakade:
45:25 Ngokwesivumelwano esenziwa noDavide indodana kaJese, wesizwe sika
uJuda, ukuze ifa lenkosi libe ngelezizukulwane zayo kuphela;
kanjalo ifa lika-Aroni liyakuba ngenzalo yakhe.
45:26 UNkulunkulu makakuphe ukuhlakanipha enhliziyweni yakho ukuba wahlulele abantu bakhe ngokulunga,
ukuze okuhle kwabo kungaqedwa, lodumo lwabo luhlale
kuze kube phakade.