Sirach 7
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| 1 | Nile thou do yuels, and tho schulen not take thee. |
| 2 | Departe thou fro wickidnesse, and yuels schulen faile fro thee. |
| 3 | Sowe thou not yuels in the forewis of vnriytfulnesse, and thou schalt not repe tho in seuene fold. |
| 4 | Nyle thou seke of a man ledyng, nethir of a kyng the chaier of onour. |
| 5 | Iustifie thou not thee bifore God, for he is the knowere of the herte; and nyle thou wilne to be seyn wijs anentis the king. |
| 6 | Nile thou seke to be maad a iuge, no but thou maist breke wickidnessis bi vertu; lest thou drede the face of a myyti man, and sette sclaundre in thi swiftnesse. |
| 7 | Do thou not synne in the multitude of a cytee, nether sende thee in to the puple; |
| 8 | nether bynde thou double synnes, for thou schalt not be giltles in oon. |
| 9 | Nyle thou be a coward in thi soule, to preie; |
| 10 | and dispise thou not to do almes. |
| 10a | 7:11 Seie thou not, God schal biholde in the multitude of my yiftis; and whanne Y schal offre to God alther hiyeste, he schal take my yiftis. |
| 11 | 7:12 Scorne thou not a man in the bitternesse of soule; for whi God is the biholdere, that makith meke, and enhaunsith. |
| 12 | 7:13 Nyle thou loue a leesyng ayens thi brother; nether do thou in lijk maner ayens a frend. |
| 13 | 7:14 Nyle thou wilne to lie ony leesing; for whi the contynuaunce therof is not good. |
| 14 | 7:15 Nyle thou be a ianglere in the multitude of preestis; and reherse thou not a word in thi preier. |
| 15 | 7:16 Haate thou not trauelouse werkis, and erthetilthe maad of the hiyeste. |
| 15a | 7:17 Arette thou not thee in the multitude of vnlernyd men. |
| 16 | 7:18 Haue thou mynde on ire, for it schal not tarie. |
| 17 | 7:19 Make thou meke greetli thi spirit, for whi the veniaunce of the fleisch of an vnpitouse man is fier, and worm. |
| 18 | 7:20 Nyle thou trespasse ayens thi frend dilaiynge monei; nether dispise thou a ful dereworth brother for gold. |
| 19 | 7:21 Nyle thou departe fro a wijs womman, and good, whom thou hast gete in the drede of the Lord; for whi the grace of hir schamefastnesse is aboue gold. |
| 20 | 7:22 Hirte thou not a seruaunt worchynge in treuthe, nether an hirid man yyuynge his lijf. |
| 21 | 7:23 A witti seruaunt be dereworthe to thee as thi soule; defraude thou not hym of fredom, nether forsake thou hym nedi. |
| 22 | 7:24 Beestis ben to thee? take thou heede to tho; and if tho ben profitable, dwelle tho stille at thee. |
| 23 | 7:25 Sones ben to thee? teche thou hem, and bowe thou hem fro her childheed. |
| 24 | 7:26 Douytris ben to thee? kepe thou the bodi of hem, and schewe thou not glad face to hem. |
| 25 | 7:27 Yyue thi douyter to mariage, and thou doist a greet werk; and yyue thou hir to a wijs man. |
| 26 | 7:28 If a womman is to thee aftir thi soule, caste hir not awei; and bitake thou not thee in alle thin herte to an hateful womman. |
| 27 | 7:29 Onoure thi fadir; and foryete thou not the weilyngis of thi modir. |
| 28 | 7:30 Haue thou mynde that thou haddist not be, no but bi hem, and yelde thou to hem as and thei diden to thee. |
| 29 | 7:31 In al thi soule drede thou God, and halewe thou hise preestis. |
| 30 | 7:32 In al thi vertu loue thou him that made thee; and forsake thou not hise mynystris. |
| 30a | 7:33 Onoure thou God of al thi soule; and onoure thou preestis, and clense thee with armes. |
| 30b | 7:34 Yyue thou to hem the part of the firste fruytis, and of purgyng, as also it is comaundid to thee; and of thi negligence purge thou thee with fewe men. |
| 31 | 7:35 Thou schalt offre to the Lord the yyfte of thin armes, and the sacrifice of halewyng, the bigynnyngis of hooli men. |
| 32 | 7:36 And dresse thin hond to a pore man, that thi merci and blessyng be performyd. |
| 33 | 7:37 Grace is youun in the siyt of ech that lyueth; and forbede thou not grace to a deed man. |
| 34 | 7:38 Faile thou not in coumfort to hem that wepen; and go thou with hem that morenen. |
| 35 | 7:39 Be thou not slow to visite a sijk man; for bi these thingis thou schalt be maad stidfast in loue. |
| 36 | 7:40 In alle thi werkis haue thou mynde on thi laste thingis; and thou schalt not do synne withouten ende. |