Sirach 41
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| 1 | A! deth, thi mynde is ful bittir to an vniust man, and hauynge pees in hise richessis; |
| 1a | 41:2 to a restful man, and whose weies ben dressid in alle thingis, and yit myyti to take mete. |
| 2 | 41:3 A! deth, thi doom is good to a nedi man, and which is maad lesse in strengthis, |
| 2a | 41:4 and failith for age, and to whom is care of alle thingis, and vnbileueful, that leesith wisdom. |
| 3 | 41:5 Nyle thou drede the doom of deth; haue thou mynde what thingis weren byfore thee, and what thingis schulen come on thee; this dom is of the Lord to ech man. |
| 4 | 41:6 And tho thingis that schulen come on thee in the good plesaunce of the hiyeste; whethir ten yeer, ether an hundrid, ether a thousynde. |
| 4a | 41:7 For whi noon accusyng of lijf is in helle. |
| 5 | 41:8 The sones of abhomynaciouns ben the sones of synneris; and thei that dwellen bisidis the housis of wickid men. |
| 6 | 41:9 The eritage of the sones of synneris schal perische; and the contynuaunce of schenschipe with the seed of hem. |
| 7 | 41:10 Sones playnen of a wickid fadir; for thei ben in schenschip for hym. |
| 8 | 41:11 Wo to you, ye wickid men, that han forsake the lawe of the hiyeste. |
| 9 | 41:12 And if ye be borun, ye schulen be borun in cursidnesse; and if ye ben deed, youre part schal be in cursidnesse. |
| 10 | 41:13 Alle thingis that ben of the erthe, schulen turne in to the erthe; so wickid men schulen turne fro cursyng in to perdicioun. |
| 11 | 41:14 The morenyng of men is in the bodi of hem; but the name of wickid men schal be doon awei. |
| 12 | 41:15 Haue thou bisynesse of a good name; for whi this schal dwelle more with thee, than a thousynde tresouris grete and preciouse. |
| 13 | 41:16 The noumbre of daies is the terme of good lijf; but a good name schal dwelle with outen ende. |
| 14 | 41:17 Sones, kepe ye techyng in pees; for whi wisdom hid, and tresour vnseyn, what profit is in euer either? |
| 15 | 41:18 Betere is a man that hidith his foli, than a man that hidith his wisdom. |
| 15a | 41:19 Netheles turne ye ayen in these thingis that comen forth of my mouth. |
| 16 | 41:20 For it is not good to kepe alle vnreuerence, and not alle thingis plesen alle men in feith. |
| 17 | 41:21 Be ye aschamed of fornycacioun, bifor fadir, and bifor modir; and of a leesyng, bifore a iustice, and bifore a myyti man; |
| 18 | 41:22 and of trespas, bifor a prince, and bifore a iuge; and of wickidnesse, bifore a synagoge, and a puple; and of vnriytwisnesse, |
| 19 | 41:23 bifore a felow, and a frend; |
| 20 | 41:24 and of thefte, in the place where ynne thou dwellist; of the treuthe and testament of God; of sittyng at the mete in looues, and of the blemyschyng of yifte, and takyng; |
| 21 | 41:25 of stilnesse, bifore hem that greeten; of the biholdyng of a letcherouse womman, and of the turnyng a wey of the cheer of a cosyn. |
| 22 | 41:26 Turne thou not awey the face fro thi neiybore; and be thou war of takyng a wei a part, and not restorynge. |
| 23 | 41:27 Biholde thou not the womman of an othere man; and enserche thou not her hand maide, nether stonde thou at hir bed. |
| 24 | 41:28 Be thou war of frendis, of the wordis of vpbreidyng; and whanne thou hast youe, vpbreide thou not. |