en_wbms - Sir 21 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ Son, thou hast done sin? [or Son, hast thou sinned?] add thou not again; but beseech thou for the former sins, that those [or they] be forgiven to thee.

² As from the face of a serpent flee thou sins; and if thou nighest to them, those [or they] shall take thee. The teeth of a lion be as the teeth thereof, that slay the souls of men.

³ All wickedness is as a sharp sword on either side; health is not to the wound thereof.

⁴ Chidings and wrongs shall destroy chattel [or substance]; and an house that is over-rich, shall be destroyed by pride; so the chattel [or the substance] of a proud man shall be drawn up by the root.

⁵ The prayer of a poor man shall come from the mouth unto the ears of God; and doom shall come to him hastily.

⁶ He that hateth reproving [or chastising], is in a step of the sinner; and he that dreadeth God, shall be turned [or converted] to his heart.

⁷ A mighty man with an hardy tongue is known afar; and a witting man knoweth how to keep himself [or to slide] from that man.

⁸ He that buildeth his house with other men’s costs, is as he that gathereth his stones in winter.

⁹ Sheaves, or stubble [or flax tops], gathered together is the synagogue of sinners; and the ending of them is the flame of fire.

¹⁰ The way of sinners is set alto-gether [or planted] with stones; and in the end of them be hells[2] [or hell], and darknesses, and pains.

¹¹ He that keepeth rightfulness, shall hold the wit thereof. The perfection of God’s dread is wisdom and wit.

¹² He shall not be taught, which is not wise in good. Forsooth unwisdom is, which is plenteous [or aboundeth] in evil; and wit is not [or there is not wit], where is bitterness.

¹³ The knowing of a wise man shall be plenteous [or abound] as flowing water; and the counsel of him dwelleth as a well of life.

¹⁴ The heart of a fool is as a broken vessel; and it shall not hold any wisdom.

¹⁵ Whatever wise word a knowing man heareth, he shall praise it, and lay to. A lecherous man heard, and it shall displease him; and he shall cast [or throw] it away behind his back.

¹⁶ The telling of a fool is as a burden in the way; for why grace shall be found in the lips of a wise man.

¹⁷ The mouth of a prudent man is sought in the church; and men shall think his words in their hearts.

¹⁸ As an house destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool; and the knowing of an unwise man is words that may not be told out [or untellable].

¹⁹ Stocks in the feet is teaching [or doctrine] to a fool; and as bonds of hands on the right hand.

²⁰ A fool enhanceth his voice in laughing; but a wise man shall laugh scarcely still.

²¹ Teaching is a golden ornament to a prudent man; and as an ornament of the arm [or an arm-circle] in the right arm.

²² The foot of a fool is light into the house of a neighbour; and a wise man shall be ashamed of the person of a mighty man.

²³ A fool beholdeth from the win-dow into the house; but a learned man shall stand withoutforth.

²⁴ It is folly of a man to hearken by the door; and a prudent man shall be grieved by despising [or with strife].

²⁵ The lips of unprudent men shall tell fond things [or follies]; but the words of prudent men shall be weighed in a balance.

²⁶ The heart of fools is in their mouth; and the mouth of wise men is in their heart.

²⁷ When a wicked man curseth the devil, he curseth his own soul.

²⁸ A privy backbiter shall defoul his soul, and in all things he shall be hated, and he that dwelleth, shall be hated; a still man and wise shall be honoured.