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Sirach 31
- 1 Wakyng of oneste schal make fleischis to faile; and thouyt therof schal take awei sleep.
- 2 Thouyt of bifore knowyng turneth awey wit; and greuouse siknesse makith sobre the soule.
- 3 A ryche man trauelide in the gaderyng of catel; and in his reste he schal be fillyd with hise goodis.
- 4 A pore man trauelide in decreessyng of lijflode; and in the ende he is maad nedi.
- 5 He that loueth gold, schal not be iustified; and he that sueth wastyng, schal be fillid therof.
- 6 Many men ben youun in to the fallyngis of gold; and the perdicioun of hem was maad in the feirnesse therof.
- 7 A tre of offencioun is the gold of hem that maken sacrifice; wo to hem that suen it, and ech vnprudent man schal perische ther ynne.
- 8 Blissid is a riche man, which is foundun with out wem; and that yede not aftir gold, nether hopide in money, and tresouris.
- 9 Who is this, and we schulen preyse hym? for he dide merueils in his lijf.
- 10 Which is preued ther ynne, and is foundun perfit, and euerlastynge glorye schal be to hym? which myyte trespasse, and trespasside not, and do yuels, and dide not.
- 11 Therfor hise goodis ben stablischid in the Lord; and al the chirche of seyntis schal telle out hise almesdedis.
- 12 Thou hast sete at a greet boord; opene thou not firste thi cheke on it.
- 13 Seie thou not, whether tho ben many thingis, that ben on it.
- 14 Haue thou mynde, that an yuel iye is weiward.
- 15 What thing worse, than an iye is maad? therfor of al his face he schal wepe, whanne he seeth.
- 16 Stretche thou not forth first thin hond; and thou defoulid bi enuye, be aschamed.
- 17 Be thou not oppressid of wyn in a feeste.
- 18 Vnderstonde of thi silf the thingis, that ben of thi neiybore.
- 19 Vse thou as a discreet and temperat man these thingis that ben set forth to thee; and be thou not hatid, whanne thou etist myche.
- 20 Ceesse thou first bicause of lernyng, ethir nurture; and nyle thou be outrageouse, lest perauenture thou offende.
- 21 And if thou hast sete in the myddis of many men, stretche not forth thin hond sunnere than thei; and axe thou not firste for to drynke.
- 22 A litil wyn is ful sufficient to a lerned man; and in slepynge thou schalt not trauele for that wyn, and thou schalt not feele trauel.
- 23 Wakyng, and colre, ether bittir moisture, and gnawyng to an vndiscreet `either vntemperat man.
- 24 But the sleep of heelthe is in a scars man; he schal slepe `til to the morewtid, and his soule schal delite with hym.
- 25 And if thou art constreyned in etyng myche, ryse thou fro the myddis, and brake thou; and it schal refreische thee, and thou schalt not brynge sikenesse to thi bodi.
- 26 Sone, here thou me, and dispise thou not me; and at the laste thou schalt fynde my wordis.
- 27 In alle thi werkis be thou swift; and al sikenesse schal not come to thee.
- 28 The lippis of many men schulen blesse a schynynge man in looues; and the witnessyng of his treuthe is feithful.
- 29 The citee schal grutche in the worste breed; and the witnessyng of wickidnesse therof is soth.
- 30 Nyle thou excite hem that ben diligent in wyn; for whi wyn hath distried many men.
- 31 Fier preueth hard irun; so wyn drunkun in drunkenesse schal repreue the hertis of proude men.
- 32 Euene lijf to men is wyn drunkun in sobrenesse; if thou drynkist it mesurably, thou schalt be sobre.
- 33 What is the lijf which is maad lesse bi wyn?
- 34 What defraudith lijf? deth.
- 35 Wyn was maad in gladnesse, not in drunkenesse, at the bigynnyng.
- 36 Wyn drunkun mesurabli is ful out ioiyng of soule and of bodi.
- 37 Sobre drynk is helthe of soule and of bodi.
- 38 Wyn drunkun myche makith avoiding, and ire, and many fallyngis.
- 39 Wyn drunkun myche is bitternesse of soule.
- 40 Strengthe of drunkenesse and hirting of an vnprudent man makith vertu lesse, and makynge woundis.
- 41 In the feeste of wyn repreue thou not a neiybore; and dispise thou not hym in his mirthe.
- 42 Seye thou not wordis of schenschipe to hym; and oppresse thou not hym in axynge.
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