Sirach 46
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| v | Wycliffe |
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| 1 | 46:2 The gretteste in to the helthe of chosun men of God, to ouercome enemyes risynge ayens hem, that he schulde gete the erytage of Israel. |
| 2 | 46:3 Which glorie he gat in reysynge his hondis, and in castynge scharpe arowis ayens citees. |
| 3 | 46:4 Who bifore hym ayenstood so? for whi the Lord hym silf smoot the enemyes. |
| 4 | 46:5 Whether the sunne was not lettid in the wrathfulnesse of hym, and o dai was maad as tweyne? |
| 5 | 46:6 He clepide to help the hiyeste God, myyti in ouercomynge enemyes on ech side; and God, greet and hooli, herde hym, in stoonys of hail of ful greet vertu. |
| 5a | 46:7 He made asauyt ayens the folk enemy, and in the comynge doun he loste the aduersaries; |
| 6 | 46:8 that hethene men knowe the myyt of hym, for it is not esy to fiyte ayens the Lord; and he suede myyti men at the bak. |
| 7 | 46:9 And in the daies of Moises he and Caleph, the sone of Jephone, diden merci; to stonde ayens the enemye, and to forbede the folk fro synnes, and to refreyne the grutchyng of malice. |
| 8 | 46:10 And thei tweyne weren stidfast, and weren delyuered fro perel, of the noumbre of sixe hundrid thousynde `foot men, to brynge hem in to the eritage, in to the lond that flowith mylk and hony. |
| 9 | 46:11 And the Lord yaf strengthe to thilke Caleph, and til in to elde vertu dwellide perfitli to hym; that he stiede in to the hiy place of the lond, and his seed gat eritage. |
| 10 | 46:12 And alle the children of Israel sien, that it is good to obeie to hooli God. |
| 11 | 46:13 And alle iugis bi her name, the herte of whiche was not corrupt, weren strong in batel, which weren not turned awei fro the Lord; |
| 11a | 46:14 that the mynde of hem be in blessyng, and her boonys apperen fro her place; |
| 12 | 46:15 and her name dwellith with outen ende, for the glorie of hooli men dwellith at the sones of hem. |
| 13 | 46:16 Samuel, the profete of the Lord, that was louyd of his Lord God, made newe the empire, and anoyntide prynces in his folk. |
| 14 | 46:17 In the lawe of the Lord he demyde the congregacioun, and he siy the Lord of Jacob, and in his feith he was preued a profete. |
| 15 | 46:18 And he was knowun feithful in hise wordis, for he siy the Lord of liyt. |
| 16 | 46:19 And he clepide in to help the Lord almyyti, in ouercomynge enemyes stondynge aboute on ech side, in the offrynge of a man vndefoulid. |
| 17 | 46:20 And the Lord thundride fro heuene, and in greet soun he made his vois herd. |
| 18 | 46:21 And he al to-brak the princes of men of Tyre, and alle the duykis of Filisteis. |
| 19 | 46:22 And bifore the tyme of ende of his lijf, and of the world, he yaf witnessyng in the siyt of the Lord, and of Crist; he took not of ony man richessis, yhe, til to schoon; and no man accuside hym. |
| 20 | 46:23 And after this he slepte, and he made knowun to the kyng, and he schewide to hym the ende of his lijf; and he enhaunside his vois fro the erthe in profesie, to do awei the wickidnesse of the folc. |
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