Sirach
49:1 Inkumbulo kaJosiya ifana nokwakheka kwamakha ukuthi
eyenziwe ngobuciko bomkhandi weziqholo: imnandi njengoju emilonyeni yonke;
nanjengomculo edilini lewayini.
49:2 Waziphatha ngobuqotho ekuguqulweni kwabantu, futhi wathatha
susa izinengiso zobubi.
49:3 Waqondisa inhliziyo yakhe eNkosini, futhi ngesikhathi bengenanhlonipho yena
wamisa ukukhulekela uNkulunkulu.
49:4 Bonke, ngaphandle kukaDavide, noHezekiya, noJosiya, babenesici
ashiya umthetho woPhezukonke, amakhosi akwaJuda ahluleka.
49:5 Ngakho wanika amandla abo kwabanye, futhi inkazimulo yabo kwaba ongaziwa
isizwe.
49:6 Bashisa umuzi okhethiweyo wendlu engcwele, futhi benza izitaladi
njengencithakalo, ngokwesiprofetho sikaJeremiya.
49:7 Ngoba bamncenga okubi, ngubani nokho wayengumprofethi, ongcwelisiwe
esiswini sikanina ukuze asiphule, ahluphe, achithe;
futhi ukuze akhe futhi, futhi atshale.
49:8 KwakunguHezekeli owabona umbono okhazimulayo, owaboniswa kuye phezu
inqola yamakherubi.
49:9 Ngoba wakhuluma izitha ngaphansi sibalo imvula, futhi
wabaqondisa ukuthi bahambe kahle.
49:10 Futhi kubaprofethi abayishumi nambili makubusiswe isikhumbuzo, futhi ake yabo
amathambo abuye ahlume endaweni yawo, ngokuba bamduduza uJakobe
wabakhulula ngethemba eliqinisekisiwe.
49:11 Sizomkhulisa kanjani uZorobhabheli? naye wayenjengendandatho ngakwesokunene
isandla:
49:12 Wayenjalo noJesu indodana kaJosadeki, owakha indlu ngesikhathi sabo.
wamisa ithempeli elingcwele leNkosi, elalungiselelwa
inkazimulo yaphakade.
49:13 Futhi phakathi abakhethiweyo kwakukhona Neemias, ogama udumo olukhulu, owavusa
kithi izindonga ezaziwile, zamisa amasango nemigoqo;
futhi wavusa amanxiwa ethu futhi.
49:14 Kodwa emhlabeni kwakungekho muntu owadalwa njengo-Enoke; ngoba wathathwa
Umhlaba.
49:15 Futhi kwakungekho nsizwa owazalwa njengoJosefa, umbusi wakhe
bazalwane, isisekelo sabantu, amathambo abo ayebhekwa nguJehova.
49:16 USem noSeti babehlonishwa kakhulu phakathi kwabantu, futhi u-Adamu wayenjalo ngaphezu kwabo bonke
into ephilayo endalweni.