Sirach 33
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1THere shal no euil come vnto him that feareth the Lord: but when he is in tentation, he wil deliuer him againe. 2A wise man hateth not the Law: but he that is an hypocrite therein, is as a shippe in a storme. 3A man of vnderstanding walketh faithfully in the Law, and the Law is faithful vnto him. 4As the question is made, prepare the answer, and so shalt thou be heard: be sure of the matter, and so answer. 5The heart of the foolish is like a cartewhele: and his thoghts are like a rolling axeltre. 6As a wilde horse neieth vnder euerie one that sitteth vpon him, so is a scorneful friend. 7Why doeth one day excell another, seing that the light of the daies of the yere come of the sunne? 8The knowledge of the Lord hathe parted them a sondre, and he hathe by them disposed the times and solemne feastes. 9Some of them hathe he chosen and sanctified, & some of them hathe he put among the daies to nomber. 10And all men are of the grounde, and Adam was created out of the earth: but the Lord hathe deuided them by great knowledge, and made their waies diuers. 11Some of them hathe he blessed and exalted, and some of them hathe he sanctified, and appropriate to him self: but some of them hathe he cursed, and broght them lowe, and put them out of their estate. 12As the claye is in the potters hand, to order it at his pleasure, so are men also in the hand of their creator, so that he may rewarde them as liketh him best. 13Against euil is good, and against death is life: so is the godlie against the sinner, and the vngodlie against the faithful. 14So in all the workes of the moste High thou maist se that there are euer two, one against another. 15¶I am awaked vp last of all, as one that gathereth after them in the vintage. In the blessing of the Lord I am increased, and haue filled my wine presse, like a grape gatherer. 16Beholde, how I haue not labored onely for my self, but for all them that seke knowledge. 17Heare me, ô ye great men of the people, & hearken with your eares, ye rulers of the congregacion. 18Giue not thy sonne and wife, thy brother and friend, power ouer thee while thou liuest, and giue not away thy substance to another, lest it repent thee, and thou intraat for the same againe. 19As long as thou liuest, and hast breth, giue not thy self ouer to anie persone. 20For better it is that thy children shulde pray vnto thee, then that thou shuldest loke vp to the hands of thy children. 21In all thy workes be excellent, that thine honour be neuer stained. 22At the time when thou shalt end thy dayes, and finish thy life, distribute thine inheritance. 23¶The fodder, the whippe and the burden belong vnto the asse: and meat, correction and worke vnto thy seruant. 24If thou set thy seruant to labour, thou shalt finde rest: but if thou let him go idle, he shal seke libertie. 25The yoke & the whippe bow downe the hard necke: so tame thine euil seruant with the whippes and correction. 26Send him to labour, that he go not idle: for idlenes bringeth muche euil. 27Set him to worke, for that belongeth vnto him: if he be not obedient, put on more heauie fetters. 28But be not excessiue towarde anie, and without discrecion do nothing. 29If thou haue a faithful seruant, let him be vnto thee as thine owne soule: for in blood hast thou goten him. If thou haue a seruant, intreat him as thy brother: for thou hast nede of him, as of thy self. If thou intreat him euil, and he runne away, wilt thou seke him?
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