Sirach
46:1 UJesu indodana kaNave wayenesibindi ezimpini, futhi wayengumlandeli we
uMose ngeziprofetho, owathi ngokwegama lakhe waba mkhulu ngenxa yeNkosi
ukusindisa abakhethiweyo bakaNkulunkulu, nokuphindisela ezitheni lokho
wabavukela ukuze abeke u-Israyeli efeni labo.
46:2 Yeka ukuthi inkazimulo enkulu kangakanani, lapho ephakamisa izandla zakhe, futhi welula
inkemba yakhe phezu kwemizi!
46:3 Ngubani phambi kwakhe wama ngakho? ngoba uJehova ngokwakhe waletha izitha zakhe
kuye.
46:4 Ilanga alibuyelanga emuva ngamandla akhe? futhi kwakungelona usuku olulodwa nje
ezimbili?
46:5 Wabiza phezu kweNkosi oPhezukonke, lapho izitha wacindezela phezu kwakhe
nhlangothi zonke; iNkosi enkulu yamuzwa.
46:6 Futhi nge isichotho amandla anamandla, wenza impi ukuba awe ngobudlova
phezu kwezizwe, ekwehleni kweBeti Horoni wababhubhisa
elamelana, ukuze izizwe zazi wonke amandla azo, ngoba
walwa phambi kukaJehova, wamlandela uMninimandla onke.
46:7 Nangesikhathi sikaMose wenza umsebenzi womusa, yena noKalebi indodana
kaJefune, ngokuba bamelana nebandla, baligodla
abantu esonweni, futhi waduduza ababi abakhonondayo.
46:8 Futhi abantu abayizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu ayisithupha ngezinyawo, bona ababili bagcinwa ukuze
bangenise efeni lakhe ezweni elivame ubisi
kanye noju.
46:9 INkosi yamnika uKalebi amandla, futhi wahlala naye kuze kube wakhe
ukuguga: waze wangena ezindaweni eziphakemeyo zezwe, neyakhe
imbewu yalithola libe yifa;
46:10 Ukuze bonke abantwana bakwa-Israyeli babone ukuthi kuhle ukulilandela
Nkosi.
46:11 Ngokuphathelene nabahluleli, yilowo nalowo ngamagama, onhliziyo yakhe ingahambanga
ubufebe, bangasuki eNkosini, makubusiswe ukukhunjulwa kwabo.
46:12 Ake amathambo abo ahlume endaweni yabo, futhi ake igama labo
lokho okwahlonishwa makuqhubeke phezu kwabantwana babo.
46:13 USamuweli, umprofethi weNkosi, othandekayo weNkosi yakhe, wamisa a
umbuso, nezikhulu ezigcotshiweyo phezu kwabantu bakhe.
46:14 Ngomthetho weNkosi wahlulela umhlangano, futhi iNkosi wayenayo
inhlonipho kuJakobe.
46:15 Ngokwethembeka kwakhe watholakala umprofethi weqiniso, futhi ngezwi lakhe waba
eyaziwa ngokwethembeka embonweni.
46:16 Wabiza iNkosi enamandla, lapho izitha zakhe zimcindezela
nxazonke, lapho enikela ngewundlu elincela.
46:17 Futhi iNkosi yaduma ezulwini, futhi ngomsindo omkhulu wenza yakhe
izwi okumele lizwakale.
46:18 Futhi wabhubhisa ababusi baseThire, futhi zonke izikhulu kanye
AmaFilisti.
46:19 Futhi ngaphambi kokulala kwakhe isikhathi eside, wenza izikhalazo phambi kwamehlo eNkosi
futhi ogcotshiweyo wakhe, angizange ngithathe impahla yomuntu ngisho nesicathulo.
njalo kakho owammangalelayo.
46:20 Futhi ngemva kokufa kwakhe waprofetha, futhi wabonisa inkosi ukuphela kwakhe, futhi
waphakamisa izwi lakhe emhlabeni eprofetha, ukuba asule
ububi babantu.