Sirach 17
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| v | Wycliffe |
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| 1 | God formede man of erthe; and aftir his ymage he made man. |
| 2 | And eft he turnede man in to that ymage; and aftir hym silf he clothide hym with vertu. |
| 3 | He yaf to hym the noumbre of daies, and tyme; and he yaf to him power of tho thingis that ben on erthe. |
| 4 | He settide the drede of man on al fleisch, and he was lord of beestis and fliynge briddis. |
| 5 | He formyde of man an help lijk hym; he yaf to hem councel, and tunge, and iyen, and eeris, and herte to thenke out; and he fillide hem with techyng of vndurstondyng. |
| 6 | He made to hem the kunnyng of spirit, he fillide the herte of hem with wit; and he schewide to hem yuels and goodis. |
| 7 | He settide the iye of hem on the hertes of hem, to schewe to hem the grete thingis of hise werkis, |
| 8 | that thei preise togidere the name of halewyng; and to haue glorie in hise meruels, that thei telle out the grete thingis of hise werkis. |
| 9 | He addide to hem techyng; and he enheritide hem with the lawe of lijf. |
| 10 | He ordeynyde an euerlastynge testament with hem; and he schewide to hem hise riytfulnesse, and domes. |
| 11 | And the iye of hem siy the grete thingis of his onour, and the eeris of hem herden the onour of vois; and he seide to hem, Take heede to you fro al wickid thing. |
| 12 | And he comaundide to hem, to ech man of his neiybore. |
| 13 | The weies of hem ben euere bifore hym; tho ben not hid fro hise iyen. |
| 14 | On ech folk he made souereyn a gouernour; |
| 15 | and Israel was maad the opyn part of God. |
| 16 | And alle the werkis of hem ben as the sunne in the siyt of God; and hise iyen biholden with out ceessyng in the weies of hem. |
| 17 | Testamentis weren not hid fro the wickidnesse of hem; and alle the wickydnessis of hem weren in the siyt of God. |
| 18 | The almes of a man is as a bagge with hym, and it schal kepe the grace of a man as the appil of the iye; |
| 19 | and afterward man schal rise ayen, and it schal yelde to hem a yelding, to ech man in to the heed of hem; and schal turne in to the lower partis of erthe. |
| 20 | Forsothe it yaf to men repentinge the weie of riytfulnesse, and confermede men failynge to suffre, and ordeynede to hem the part of treuthe. |
| 21 | Turne thou to the Lord, and forsake thi synnes; |
| 22 | preye thou bifore the face of the Lord, and make thou lesse hirtingis. |
| 23 | Turne thou ayen to the Lord, and turne thou awei fro thin vnriytfulnesse, and hate thou greetli cursyng. |
| 24 | And knowe thou the riytfulnessis, and domes of God; and stonde thou in the part of good purpos, and of preier of the hiyeste God. |
| 25 | Go thou in to the partis of the hooli world, with men lyuynge, and yyuynge knouleching to God. |
| 26 | Dwelle thou not in the errour of wickid men. Knouleche thou bifore deth; knouleching perischith fro a deed man, as no thing. |
| 27 | Lyuynge thou schalt knouleche, lyuynge and hool thou schalt knowleche, and schalt herie God; and thou schalt haue glorie in the merciful doyngis of hym. |
| 28 | The merci of God is ful greet, and his help to hem that conuerten to hym. |
| 29 | For whi not alle thingis moun be in men; for whi the sone of man is not vndeedli, and malices plesiden in to vanyte. |
| 30 | What is clerere than the sunne? and this schal faile; ethir what is worse than that, that fleisch and blood thouyte out? and of this he schal be repreued. |
| 31 | He biholdith the vertu of hiynesse of heuene; and alle men ben erthe and aische. |
| 32 | — |