Sirach 30
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| 1 | He that loueth his sone, yyueth bisili betingis to hym, that he be glad in hise laste thing, and that the sone touche not the doris of neiyboris. |
| 2 | He that techith his sone, schal be preisid in hym; and schal haue glorie in hym in the myddis of menyals. |
| 3 | He that techith his sone, sendith the enemye in to enuye; and in the myddis of frendis he schal haue glorie in that sone. |
| 4 | The fadir of hym is deed, and he is as not deed; for he hath left aftir hym a sone lijk hym. |
| 5 | He siy in his lijf, and was glad in hym; and in his deth he was not sori, nether was aschamed bifore enemyes. |
| 6 | For he lefte a defendere of the hous ayens enemyes; and yeldynge grace to frendis. |
| 7 | For the soulis of sones he schal bynde togidere hise woundis; and hise entrails schulen be disturblid on ech vois. |
| 8 | An hors vntemyd, `ether vnchastisid, schal ascape hard, and a sone vnchastisid schal ascape heedi. |
| 9 | Flatere thou the sone, and he schal make thee dredinge; pleie thou with hym, and he schal make thee sory. |
| 10 | Leiye thou not with hym, lest thou haue sorewe togidere, and at the laste thi teeth schulen be astonyed. |
| 11 | Yyue thou not power to hym in yongthe, and dispise thou not hise thouytis. |
| 12 | Boowe thou his necke in yongthe, and bete thou hise sidis, while he is a yong child; lest perauenture he wexe hard, and bileue not to thee, and he schal be sorewe of soule to thee. |
| 13 | Teche thi sone, and worche in hym; lest thou offende in to the filthe of hym. |
| 14 | Betere is a pore man hool, and strong in myytis, than a riche man feble, and betun with malice. |
| 15 | The helthe of soule is in the hoolynesse of riytfulnesse, and it is betere than ony gold and siluer; and a strong bodi is betere than ful myche catel. |
| 16 | No catel is aboue the catel of helthe of bodi; and no likyng is aboue the ioie of herte. |
| 17 | Betere is deth than bittir lijf, and euerlastinge reste is betere than siknesse dwellynge contynueli. |
| 18 | Goodis hid in a closid mouth ben as settyngis forth of metis set aboute a sepulcre. |
| 19 | What schal sacrifice profite to an idol? for whi it schal not ete, nether schal smelle. |
| 20 | So he that is dryuun awei fro the Lord, and berith the medis of wickidnesse, |
| 21 | seynge with iyen and weilynge inwardli, as a geldynge biclippynge a virgyn, and siyyynge. |
| 22 | Yyue thou not sorewe to thi soule, and turmente not thi silf in thi counsel. |
| 23 | Mirthe of herte, this is the lijf of man, and is tresour of hoolynesse with outen failyng; and ful out ioiyng of a man is long lijf. |
| 24 | Haue thou mercy on thi soule, and plese thou God; and holde togidere and gadere togidere thin herte in the hoolynesse of hym, and putte fer awei sorewe fro thee. |
| 25 | For whi sorewe hath slayn many men; and noon heelthe is ther ynne. |
| 26 | Enuye and wrathfulnesse schulen make lesse daies; and thouytys schulen brynge eldnesse bifore the tyme. |
| 27 | A schynynge herte is good in metis; for whi meetis therof ben maad diligentli. |
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