Sirach 37
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| 1 | Ech frend schal seie, And Y haue couplid frenschip; but that is a frend, a frend bi name aloone. Whether sorewe is not til to deth? |
| 2 | Forsothe a felowe of table and a frend schulen be turned to enemyte. |
| 3 | A! the worste presumpcioun, wherof art thou maad to hile drie malice, and the gilefulnesse therof? |
| 4 | A felowe of table schal be myrie with a frend in delityngis, and in the dai of tribulacioun he schal be aduersarie. |
| 5 | A felowe of table schal haue sorewe with a frend, for cause of the wombe; and he schal take scheeld ayens an enemye. |
| 6 | Foryete thou not thi frend in thi soule, and be thou not vnmyndeful of hym in thi werkis. |
| 6a | 37:7 Nyle thou take councel with the fadir of thi wijf; and hide thou councel fro hem that han enuye to thee. |
| 7 | 37:8 Ech councelour schewith councel, but ther is a councelour to hym silf. |
| 8 | 37:9 Kepe thi soule fro an yuel counselour; firste wite thou, what is his nede, and what he schal thenke in his soule; |
| 8a | 37:10 lest perauenture he sende a stake in to the erthe, and seie to thee, |
| 9 | 37:11 Thi weie is good, and he stonde ayenward, to se what schal bifalle to thee. |
| 10 | 37:12 With an vnreligiouse man trete thou of holynesse, and with an vniust man of riytfulnesse, and with a womman of these thingis whiche sche hatith. With a ferdful man trete thou of batel, with a marchaunt, of cariyng ouer of marchaundies to chepyng; with a biere, of sillyng, with an enuyouse man, of graces to be don; |
| 11 | 37:13 with an vnpitouse man, of pytee, with an vnonest man, of oneste, with a werk man of the feeld, of ech werk; |
| 11a | 37:14 with a werk man hirid bi the yeer, of the endyng of the yeer, with a slowe seruaunt, of myche worchyng. Yyue thou not tent to these men in al councel, |
| 12 | 37:15 but be thou bisi with an hooli man, whom euere thou knowist kepynge Goddis drede, |
| 12a | 37:16 whos soule is aftir thi soule. Who euer doutith in derknessis, schal not haue sorewe with thee. |
| 13 | 37:17 And stablische thou the herte of good councel with thee; for whi another thing is not more than it to thee. |
| 14 | 37:18 The soule of an hooli man tellith out treuthis sum tyme; more than seuene biholderis sittynge an hiy for to biholde. |
| 15 | 37:19 And in alle these thingis biseche thou the hiyeste, that he dresse thi weie in treuthe. |
| 16 | 37:20 Bifore alle werkis a sothefast word go bifore thee; and a stidfast councel go bifore ech dede. |
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| 18 | 37:21 A wickid word schal chaunge the herte, of which herte foure partis comen forth; good and yuel, lijf and deth; and a bisi tunge is lord of tho. |
| 19 | 37:22 A wijs man hath tauyt many men, and he is swete to his soule. |
| 20 | 37:23 He that spekith `bi soffym, is hateful; he schal be defraudid in ech thing. |
| 21 | 37:24 For whi grace is not youun of the Lord to hym, for he is defraudid of al wisdom. |
| 22 | 37:25 A wijs man is wijs to his soule, and the fruytis of his wit ben worthi to be preisid. |
| 23 | 37:26 A wijs man techith his puple, and the fruytis of his wit ben feithful. |
| 24 | 37:27 A wijs man schal be fillid with blessyngis, and thei that seen hym schulen preise hym. |
| 25 | 37:28 The lijf of a man is in the noumbre of daies; but the daies of Israel ben vnnoumbrable. |
| 26 | 37:29 A wijs man in the puple schal enherite onour, and his name schal be lyuynge with outen ende. |
| 27 | 37:30 Sone, asaie thi soule in thi lijf; and if it is wickid, yyue thou not power to it; |
| 28 | 37:31 for whi not alle thingis speden to alle men, and not ech kynde plesith ech soule. |
| 29 | 37:32 Nyle thou be gredi in ech etyng, and schede thou not out thee on ech mete. |
| 30 | 37:33 For in many metis schal be sikenesse, and gredynesse schal neiye `til to colrye. |
| 31 | 37:34 Many men dieden for glotenye; but he that is abstinent, schal encreesse lijf. |