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Sirach 11
- 1 The wisdom of a man maad meke schal enhaunse his heed; and schal make hym to sitte in the middis of grete men.
- 2 Preise thou not a man in his fairnesse; nether dispise thou a man in his siyt.
- 3 A bee is litil among briddis; and his fruyt hath the bigynnyng of swetnesse.
- 4 Haue thou neuere glorie in clothing, and be thou not enhaunsid in the dai of thin onour; for whi the werkis of the hiyeste aloon ben wondurful, and hise werkis ben gloriouse, and hid, and vnseyn.
- 5 Many tyrauntis han sete in trone; and a man of whom was no supposyng bar the diademe.
- 6 Many myyty men ben oppressid strongli; and gloriouse men ben youun in to the hondis of othere men.
- 7 Bifore that thou axe, blame thou not ony man; and whanne thou hast axid, blame thou iustli.
- 8 Bifor that thou here, answere thou not a word; and in the myddis of eldere men adde thou not to speke.
- 9 Stryue thou not, of that thing that disesith not thee; and stonde thou not in the dom of synnes.
- 10 Sone, thi dedis be not in many thingis; and if thou art riche, thou schalt not be with out part of gilt. For if thou suest, thou schalt not take; and thou schalt not ascape, if thou rennist bifore.
- 11 Ther is a man trauelynge, and hastynge, and sorewynge, and vnpitouse; and bi so myche more he schal not haue plentee.
- 12 Ther is a man fade, nedi of rekyueryng, failynge more in vertu, and plenteuouse in pouert;
- 13 and the iye of God bihelde hym in good, and reiside hym fro his lownesse, and enhaunsid his heed; and many men wondriden in him, and onouriden God.
- 14 Goodis and yuels, lijf and deth, pouert and oneste, ben of God.
- 15 Wisdom, and lernyng, and kunnyng of the lawe ben anentis the Lord; loue and the weies of goode men ben at him.
- 16 Errour and derknessis ben maad togidere to synneris; forsothe thei that maken ful out ioye in yuel, wexen eld togidere in to yuels.
- 17 The yifte of God dwellith to iust men; and encreessyngis of hym schulen haue prosperitees without ende.
- 18 A man is that is maad riche in doynge scarsli, and this is the part of his mede,
- 19 in that that he seith, Y haue founden reste to me, and now Y aloone schal ete of my goodis.
- 20 And he noot that tyme passith hym, and deth neiyeth, and he schal leeue alle thingis to othere men, and schal die.
- 21 Stonde thou in thi testament, and speke thou togidere in it; and wexe thou eld in the werk of thin heestis.
- 22 Dwelle thou not in the werkis of synneris; but triste thou in God, and dwelle in thi place.
- 23 For it is esy in the iyen of God, sudeynli to make onest a pore man.
- 24 The blessing of God haastith in to the meede of a iust man; and the going forth of hym makith fruyt in swift onour.
- 25 Seie thou not, What is nede to me? and what goodis schulen be me her aftir?
- 26 Seie thou not, Y am sufficient, and what schal Y be maad worse heraftir?
- 27 In the dai of goodis be thou not vnmyndeful of yuels, and in the dai of yuels be thou not vnmyndeful of goodis;
- 28 for it is esi bifor God to yelde in the dai of deth to ech man aftir hise weies.
- 29 The malice of oon our makith foryeting of moost letcherie; and in the ende of a man is makyng nakid of hise werkis.
- 30 Preise thou not ony man bifore his deth; for whi a man is knowun in hise sones.
- 31 Brynge thou not ech man in to thin hous; for whi many tresouns ben of a gileful man.
- 32 For whi as the entrailis of stynkynge thingis breken out, and as a partrich is led in to a trap, ether net, and as a capret is led in to a snare, so and the herte of proude men; and as a biholdere seynge the fal of his neiybore.
- 33 For he turneth goodis in to yuels, and settith tresouns, and puttith a wem on chosun men.
- 34 Fier is encreessid of a sparcle, and blood is encreessid of a gileful man; for whi a synful man settith tresoun to blood.
- 35 Take heede to thee fro a gileful man, for he makith yuels; lest perauenture he bringe yn on thee scornyng with outen ende.
- 36 Resseyue thou an alien to thee, and he schal distrie thee in whirlwynd, and he schal make thee alien fro thin owne weies.
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