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.