Sirach 10
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| 1 | A wijs iuge schal deme his puple; and the prinshed of a witti man schal be stidfast. |
| 2 | Aftir the iuge of the puple, so and hise mynystris; and what maner man is the gouernour of the citee, siche ben also men dwellinge ther ynne. |
| 3 | An vnwijs king schal leese his puple; and citees schulen be enhabitid bi the wit of prudent men. |
| 4 | The power of erthe is in the hond of God, and al the wickidnesse of hethene men is abhomynable; and he schal reise a profitable gouernour at a tyme on it. |
| 5 | The power of man is in the hond of God; and he schal sette his onour on the face of a wijs man in the lawe. |
| 6 | Haue thou not mynde on al the wrong of the neiybore; and do thou no thing in the werkis of wrong. |
| 7 | Pride is hateful bifore God and men; and al the wickidnesse of hethene men is abhomynable. |
| 8 | A rewme is translatid fro a folk in to folk, for vnriytfulnessis, and wrongis, and dispisyngis, and dyuerse gilis. |
| 9 | No thing is cursidere than an auerouse man. What art thou proude, thou erthe and aische? |
| 9a | 10:10 No thing is worse, than for to loue monei; for whi this man hath also his soule set to sale, for in his lijf he hath cast awei hise ynneste thingis. |
| 9b | 10:11 Ech power is schort lijf; lengere siknesse greueth the leche. |
| 10 | 10:12 A leche kittith awei schort siknesse; so and a king is to dai, and to morewe he schal die. |
| 11 | 10:13 Forsothe whanne a man schal die, he schal enherite serpentis, and beestis, and wormes. |
| 12 | 10:14 The bigynnyng of pride of man was to be apostata fro God; |
| 13 | 10:15 for his herte yede awei fro hym that made hym. For whi pride is the bigynnyng of al synne; he that holdith it, schal be fillid with cursyngis, and it schal distrye hym in to the ende. |
| 13a | 10:16 Therfor the Lord hath schent the couentis of yuele men, and hath destried hem til `in to the ende. |
| 14 | 10:17 God destriede the seetis of proude duykis; and made mylde men to sitte for hem. |
| 15 | 10:18 God made drie the rootis of proude folkis; and plauntide meke men of tho folkis. |
| 16 | 10:19 The Lord destriede the londis of folkis; and loste tho `til to the foundement. |
| 17 | 10:20 He made drie the rootis of hem, and loste hem; and made the mynde of hem to ceesse fro the erthe. |
| 17a | 10:21 God loste the mynde of proude men; and lefte the mynde of meke men in wit. |
| 18 | 10:22 Pride was not maad to men; nether wrathfulnesse to the nacioun of wymmen. |
| 19 | 10:23 This seed of men that dredith God, schal be onourid; but this seed schal be disonourid, that passith the comaundementis of the Lord. |
| 20 | 10:24 In the myddis of britheren the gouernour of hem is in onour; and thei that dreden God, schulen be in hise iyen. |
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| 22 | 10:25 The glorie of riche men onourid and of pore men is the drede of God. |
| 23 | 10:26 Nyle thou dispise a iust pore man; and nyle thou magnefie a riche synful man. |
| 24 | 10:27 The iuge is greet, and is miyti in onour; and he is not grettere than that man that dredith God. |
| 25 | 10:28 Fre children seruen a witti seruaunt; and a prudent man and lerned schal not grutche, whanne he is blamed, and an vnkunnynge man schal not be onourid. |
| 26 | 10:29 Nyle thou enhaunse thee in thi werk to be don; and nyle thou be slow in the tyme of angwisch. |
| 27 | 10:30 He is betere that worchith, and hath plente in alle thingis, than he that hath glorie, and nedith breed. |
| 28 | 10:31 Sone, kepe thi soule in myldenesse; and yyue thou onour to it, aftir his merit. |
| 29 | 10:32 Who schal iustifie hym that synneth ayens his soule? and who schal onoure hym that disonourith his soule? |
| 30 | 10:33 A pore man hath glorie bi his lernyng and drede; and ther is a man that is onourid for his catel. |
| 31 | 10:34 Forsothe if a man hath glorie in pouert, hou myche more in catel? and he that hath glorie in catel, drede pouerte. |