Sirach 2
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| v | Wycliffe1395 |
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| 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 | 2:10 Ye that dreden the Lord, loue hym, and youre hertis schulen be liytned. |
| 10 | 2:11 Sones, biholde ye the naciouns of men, and wite ye, that no man hopide in the Lord, and was schent; |
| 10a | 2:12 noon dwellide in hise heestis, and was forsakun; ether who inwardli clepide hym, and he despiside hym `that clepide? |
| 11 | 2:13 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. |
| 12 | 2:14 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. |
| 13 | 2:15 Wo to hem that ben dissolute of herte, that bileuen not to God; and therfor thei schulen not be defendid of him. |
| 14 | 2:16 Wo to hem that han lost pacience, and that han forsake riytful weies, and han turned awei in to schrewid weies. |
| 14a | 2:17 And what schulen thei do, whanne the Lord schal bigynne to biholde? |
| 15 | 2:18 Thei that dreden the Lord, schulen not be vnbileueful to his word; and thei that louen hym, schulen kepe his weie. |
| 16 | 2:19 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. |
| 17 | 2:21 Thei that dreden the Lord, schulen kepe hise comaundementis, and schulen haue pacience til to the biholdyng of hym; |
| 18 | 2:22 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. |
| 18a | 2:23 For bi the greetnesse of hym, so and his merci is with hym. |
| 18b | 3:1 The sones of wisdom ben the chirche of iust men, and the nacioun of hem is obedience and loue. |