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Sirach 2
- 1 Sone, neiyynge to the seruyce of God, stonde thou in riytfulnesse, and drede; and make redi thi soule to temptacioun.
- 2 Bere doun thin herte, and suffre, and bowe doun thin eere, and take the wordis of vndirstonding, and haaste thou not in to the tyme of deeth.
- 3 Suffre thou the susteynyngis of God; be thou ioyned to God, and abide thou, that thi lijf wexe in the last tyme.
- 4 Take thou alle thing that is set to thee, and suffre thou in sorewe, and haue thou pacience in thi lownesse.
- 5 For whi gold and siluer is preued in fier; forsothe men worthi to be resseyued ben preued in the chymeney of lownesse.
- 6 Bileue thou to God, and he schal rekeuere thee; and dresse thou thi weie, and hope thou in to hym. Kepe thou his drede, and wexe thou eld ther ynne.
- 7 Ye that dreden the Lord, abide his merci, and boowe ye not awei fro hym, lest ye falle doun.
- 8 Ye that dreden the Lord, bileue to hym, and youre mede schal not be auoidid.
- 9 Ye that dreden the Lord, hope into hym, and merci schal come to you into delityng.
- 10 Ye that dreden the Lord, loue hym, and youre hertis schulen be liytned.
- 11 Sones, biholde ye the naciouns of men, and wite ye, that no man hopide in the Lord, and was schent;
- 12 noon dwellide in hise heestis, and was forsakun; ether who inwardli clepide hym, and he despiside hym `that clepide?
- 13 For whi God is pitouse, and merciful, and he schal foryyue synnes in the dai of tribulacioun; and he is defendere to alle men, that seken hym in treuthe.
- 14 Woo to the `man with double herte, and with cursid lippis, and misdoynge hondys; and to a synnere entrynge in to the lond bi twei weies.
- 15 Wo to hem that ben dissolute of herte, that bileuen not to God; and therfor thei schulen not be defendid of him.
- 16 Wo to hem that han lost pacience, and that han forsake riytful weies, and han turned awei in to schrewid weies.
- 17 And what schulen thei do, whanne the Lord schal bigynne to biholde?
- 18 Thei that dreden the Lord, schulen not be vnbileueful to his word; and thei that louen hym, schulen kepe his weie.
- 19 Thei that dreden the Lord, schulen enquere tho thingis, that ben wel plesaunt to hym; and thei that louen him, schulen be fillid with his lawe.
- 20 Thei that dreden the Lord, schulen make redi her hertis, and schulen halewe her soulis in his siyt.
- 21 Thei that dreden the Lord, schulen kepe hise comaundementis, and schulen haue pacience til to the biholdyng of hym;
- 22 and schulen seie, If we doon not penaunce, we schulen falle in to the hondis of the Lord, and not in to the hondis of men.
- 23 For bi the greetnesse of hym, so and his merci is with hym.
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