en_cepher - Sir 14 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ BLESSED is the man that has not slipped with his mouth, and is not pricked with the multitude of sins.

² Blessed is he whose conscience has not condemned him, and who is not fallen from his hope in Yahuah.

³ Riches are not comely for him who is ungenerous: and what should an envious man do with money?

⁴ He that gathers by defrauding his own soul gathers for others, that shall spend his goods riotously.

⁵ He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good? he shall not take pleasure in his goods.

⁶ There is none worse than he that envies himself; and this is a recompence of his wickedness.

⁷ And if he does good, he does it unwillingly; and at the last he will declare his wickedness.

⁸ The envious man has a wicked eye; he turns away his face, and despises men.

⁹ A covetous man's eye is not satisfied with his portion; and the iniquity of the wicked dries up his soul.

¹⁰ A wicked eye envies his bread, and he is ungenerous at his table.

¹¹ My son, according to your ability do good to yourself, and give Yahuah his due offering.

¹² Remember that death will not be long in coming, and that the covenant of She'ol is not showed unto you.

¹³ Do good unto your friend before you die, and according to your ability stretch out your hand and give to him.

¹⁴ Defraud not yourself of the good day, and let not the part of a good desire overpass you.

¹⁵ Shall you not leave your travails unto another? and your labors to be divided by lot?

¹⁶ Give, and take, and sanctify your soul; for there is no seeking of dainties in She'ol.

¹⁷ All flesh waxes old as a garment: for the covenant from the beginning is, You shall die the death.

¹⁸ As of the green leaves on a thick tree, some fall, and some grow; so is the generation of flesh and blood, one comes to an end, and another is born.

¹⁹ Every work rots and consumes away, and the worker thereof shall go withal.

²⁰ Blessed is the man that meditates good things in wisdom, and that reasons of holy things by his understanding.

²¹ He that considers her ways in his heart shall also have understanding in her secrets.

²² Go after her as one that traces, and lie in wait in her ways.

²³ He that pries in at her windows shall also hearken at her doors.

²⁴ He that lodges near her house shall also fasten a pin in her walls.

²⁵ He shall pitch his tent nigh unto her, and shall lodge in a lodging where good things are.

²⁶ He shall set his children under her shelter, and shall lodge under her branches.

²⁷ By her he shall be covered from heat, and in her glory shall he dwell.