en_RV1895 - Sir 33 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ [1]There shall no evil happen unto him that feareth the Lord; But [2]in temptation once and again will he deliver him.

² A wise man will not hate the law; [3]But he that is a hypocrite therein is as a ship in a storm.

³ A man of understanding will put his trust in the law; And the law is faithful unto him, as when one asketh [4]at the oracle.

⁴ Prepare thy speech, and so shalt thou be heard; Bind up instruction, and make thine answer.

⁵ [5]The heart of a fool is as a cartwheel; And his thoughts like a rolling axle-tree.

⁶ A stallion horse is as a mocking friend; He neigheth under every one that sitteth upon him.

⁷ [6]Why doth one day excel another, When all the light of every day in the year is of the sun?

⁸ [7]By the knowledge of the Lord they were distinguished; And [8]he varied seasons and feasts:

⁹ Some of them he exalted and [9]hallowed, And some of them hath he made ordinary days.

¹⁰ And [10]all men are from the ground, And [11]Adam was created of earth.

¹¹ In the abundance of his knowledge the Lord [12]distinguished them, And made their ways various:

¹² Some of them he blessed and exalted, And some of them he hallowed and [13]brought nigh to himself: Some of them he cursed and brought low, And overthrew them from their place.

¹³ [14]As the clay of the potter in his hand, All his ways are according to his good pleasure; So men are in the hand of him that made them, To render unto them according to his judgement.

¹⁴ [15]Good is set over against evil, And life over against death: So is [16]the sinner over against the godly.

¹⁵ And thus look upon all the works of the Most High; [17]Two and two, one against another.

¹⁶ And I awaked up last, [18]As one that gleaneth after the grapegatherers: By the blessing of the Lord I got before them, And filled [19]my winepress as one that gathereth grapes.

¹⁷ [20]Consider that I laboured not for myself alone, But for all them that seek instruction.

¹⁸ Hear me, ye great men of the people, And hearken with your ears, ye rulers of the congregation.

¹⁹ [21]TO son and wife, to brother and friend, Give not power over thee while thou livest; And give not thy goods to another, Lest thou repent and make supplication for them again.

²⁰ Whilst thou yet livest, and breath is in thee, Give not thyself over to anybody.

²¹ For better it is that thy children should supplicate thee, Than that thou shouldest look to the hand of thy sons.

²² In all thy works keep the upper hand; Bring not a stain on thine honour.

²³ [22]In the day that thou endest the days of thy life, And in the time of death, distribute thine inheritance.

²⁴ [23]FODDER, a stick, and burdens, for an ass; Bread, and discipline, and work, for a servant.

²⁵ Set thy servant to work, and thou shalt find rest: Leave his hands idle, and he will seek liberty.

²⁶ Yoke and thong will bow the neck: And [24]for an evil servant there are racks and tortures.

²⁷ Send him to labour, that he be not idle; [25]For idleness teacheth much mischief.

²⁸ Set him to work, as is fit for him; And [26]if he obey not, make his fetters heavy.

²⁹ And [27]be not excessive toward any; And without judgement do nothing.

³⁰ [28]If thou hast a servant, let him be as thyself, Because thou hast bought him with blood.

³¹ [29]If thou hast a servant, treat him as thyself; [30]For as thine own soul wilt thou have need of him: If thou treat him ill, and he depart and run away, Which way wilt thou go to seek him?