Sirach 33
aligned by seat — same row, same verse, whatever each bible numbers it
| v | Wycliffe |
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| 1 | Iuelis schulen not come to hym that dredith God; but God schal kepe hym in temptacioun, and schal delyuere fro yuelis. |
| 2 | A wijs man hatith not the comaundementis, and riytfulnessis; and he schal not be hurtlid doun, as in the tempest of a schip. |
| 3 | A wijs man bileeueth to the lawe of God, and the lawe is feithful to hym. |
| 4 | He that makith opene axyng, schal make redi a word; and so he schal preie, and schal be herd, and he schal kepe techyng, and thanne he schal answere. |
| 5 | The entraylis of a fool ben as a wheel of a carte, and his thouytis as an extre able to turne aboute. |
| 6 | An hors a staloun, so and a frend a scornere, neiyeth vndur ech sittynge aboue. |
| 7 | Whi a dai ouercometh a dai, and eft the liyt ouercometh liyt, and a yeer ouercometh a yeer, the sunne ouercometh the sunne? |
| 8 | Tho ben departid of the kunnyng of the Lord, bi the sunne maad, and kepynge the comaundement of God. |
| 9 | And it schal chaunge tymes and the feeste daies of hem, and in tho tymes the Jewis halewiden hali daies at an our. |
| 10 | God enhaunside and magnyfiede of tho hali daies; and of tho he settide in to the noumbre of daies; and God made alle men of sad erthe, and of neische erthe, whereof Adam was formed. |
| 11 | In the multitude of kunnyng of the Lord he departide hem, and chaungide the weies of hem. |
| 12 | Of hem God blesside, and enhaunside; and of hem he halewide, and chees to hym silf; of hem he curside, and made lowe, and turnyde hem fro the departyng of hem. |
| 13 | As cley of a pottere is in the hond of hym, |
| 14 | to make and dispose, that alle the weies therof ben aftir the ordynaunce of hym; so a man is in the hond of hym that made hym; and he schal yelde to hym bi his dom. |
| 15 | Ayens yuel is good, and ayens lijf is deth; so and a synnere is ayens a iust man. And so biholde thou in to alle the werkis of the hiyeste; twey thingis ayens tweyne, and o thing ayens oon. |
| 16 | And Y the laste wakide, and as he that gaderith draf of grapis, aftir the gadereris of grapis. |
| 17 | And Y hopide in the blessyng of God; and as he that gaderith grapis, Y fillide the pressour. |
| 18 | Biholde ye, for Y trauelide not to me aloone, but to alle that seken kunnyng. |
| 19 | Grete men, and alle puplis, here ye me; and ye gouernouris of the chirche, perseyue with eeris. |
| 20 | Yyue thou not power ouer thee in thi lijf to a sone, and to a womman, to a brothir, and to a freend; and yyue thou not thi possessioun to another man, lest perauenture it repente thee, and thou biseche for tho. |
| 21 | While thou art alyue, and brethist yit, ech man schal not chaunge thee. |
| 22 | For it is betere, that thi sones preye thee, than that thou biholde in to the hondis of thi sones. |
| 23 | In alle thi werkis be thou souereyn; |
| 24 | yyue thou not a wem in to thi glorie. In the day of endyng of daies of thi lijf, and in tyme of thi goyng out departe thin erytage. |
| 25 | Metis, and a yerde, and birthun to an asse; breed, and chastisyng, and werk to a seruaunt. |
| 26 | He worchith in chastisyng, and sekith to haue reste; slake thou hondis to hym, and he sekith fredom. |
| 27 | A yok and bridil bowen doun an hard necke; and bisi worchingis bowen doun a seruaunt. |
| 28 | Turment and stockis to an yuel willid seruaunt; sende thou hym in to worchyng, lest he be ydel; |
| 29 | for whi idilnesse hath tauyte miche malice. |
| 30 | Ordeyne thou hym in werk, for so it bicometh hym; that if he obeieth not, bowe thou doun hym in stockis, and make thou not hym large ouer ony man, but with out dom do thou no thing greuouse. |
| 31 | If a feithful seruaunt is to thee, be he as thi soule to thee; trete thou him so as a brother, for thou hast bouyt hym in the blood of lijf. |
| 32 | If thou hurtist hym vniustli, he schal be turned in to fleyng awei; |
| 33 | and if he enhaunsynge goith awei, thou noost whom thou schalt seke, and in what weie thou schalt seke hym. |