THE WISDOM OF JESUS THE SON OF SIRACH OR ECCLESIASTICUS (continued 2)

Without lying shall the law be accomplished; and wisdom is perfection to a faithful mouth.

A well-instructed man knoweth many things; and he that hath much experience will declare understanding.

He that hath no experience knoweth few things: but he that hath wandered shall increase his skill.

In my wandering I have seen many things; and more than my words is my understanding.

Ofttimes was I in danger even unto death; and I was preserved because of these things.

The spirit of those that fear the Lord shall live; for their hope is upon him that saveth them.

Whoso feareth the Lord shall not be afraid, and shall not play the coward; for he is his hope.

Blessed is the soul of him that feareth the Lord: to whom doth he give heed? and who is his stay?

The eyes of the Lord are upon them that love him, a mighty protection and strong stay, a cover from the hot blast, and a cover from the noonday, a guard from stumbling, and a succour from falling.

He raiseth up the soul, and enlighteneth the eyes: he giveth healing, life, and blessing.

He that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, his offering is made in mockery; and the mockeries of wicked men are not well-pleasing.

The Most High hath no pleasure in the offerings of the ungodly; neither is he pacified for sins by the multitude of sacrifices.

As one that killeth the son before his father’s eyes is he that bringeth a sacrifice from the goods of the poor.

The bread of the needy is the life of the poor: he that depriveth him thereof is a man of blood.

As one that slayeth his neighbour is he that taketh away his living; and as a shedder of blood is he that depriveth a hireling of his hire.

One building, and another pulling down, what profit have they had but toil?

One praying, and another cursing, whose voice will the Lord listen to?

He that washeth himself after touching a dead body, and toucheth it again, what profit hath he in his washing?

Even so a man fasting for his sins, and going again, and doing the same; who will listen to his prayer? and what profit hath he in his humiliation?

37 Every friend will say, I also am his friend: but there is a friend, which is only a friend in name.

Is there not a grief in it even unto death, when a companion and friend is turned to enmity?

O wicked imagination, whence camest thou rolling in to cover the dry land with deceitfulness?

There is a companion, which rejoiceth in the gladness of a friend, but in time of affliction will be against him.

There is a companion, which for the belly’s sake laboureth with his friend, in the face of battle will take up the buckler.

Forget not a friend in thy soul; and be not unmindful of him in thy riches.

Every counsellor extolleth counsel; but there is that counselleth for himself.

Let thy soul beware of a counsellor, and know thou before what is his interest (for he will take counsel for himself); lest he cast the lot upon thee,

And say unto thee, Thy way is good: and he will stand over against thee, to see what shall befall thee.

Take not counsel with one that looketh askance at thee; and hide thy counsel from such as are jealous of thee.

Take not counsel with a woman about her rival; neither with a coward about war; nor with a merchant about exchange; nor with a buyer about selling; nor with an envious man about thankfulness; nor with an unmerciful man about kindliness; nor with a sluggard about any kind of work; nor with a hireling in thy house about finishing his work; nor with an idle servant about much business: give not heed to these in any matter of counsel.

But rather be continually with a godly man, whom thou shalt have known to be a keeper of the commandments, who in his soul is as thine own soul, and who will grieve with thee, if thou shalt miscarry.

And make the counsel of thy heart to stand; for there is none more faithful unto thee than it.

For a man’s soul is sometime wont to bring him tidings, more than seven watchmen that sit on high on a watch-tower.

And above all this intreat the Most High, that he may direct thy way in truth.

Let reason be the beginning of every work, and let counsel go before every action.

As a token of the changing of the heart, four manner of things do rise up, good and evil, life and death; and that which ruleth over them continually is the tongue.

There is one that is shrewd and the instructor of many, and yet is unprofitable to his own soul.

There is one that is subtil in words, and is hated; he shall be destitute of all food:

For grace was not given him from the Lord; because he is deprived of all wisdom.

There is one that is wise to his own soul; and the fruits of his understanding are trustworthy in the mouth.

A wise man will instruct his own people; and the fruits of his understanding are trustworthy.

A wise man shall be filled with blessing; and all they that see him shall call him happy.

The life of man is numbered by days; and the days of Israel are innumerable.

The wise man shall inherit confidence among his people, and his name shall live for ever.

My son, prove thy soul in thy life, and see what is evil for it, and give not that unto it.

For all things are not profitable for all men, neither hath every soul pleasure in every thing.

Be not insatiable in any luxury, and be not greedy on the things that thou eatest.

For in multitude of meats there shall be disease, and surfeiting shall come nigh unto colic.

Because of surfeiting have many perished; but he that taketh heed shall prolong his life.

38 Honour a physician according to thy need of him with the honours due unto him: for verily the Lord hath created him.

For from the Most High cometh healing; and from the king he shall receive a gift.

The skill of the physician shall lift up his head; and in the sight of great men he shall be admired.

The Lord created medicines out of the earth; and a prudent man will have no disgust at them.

Was not water made sweet with wood, that the virtue thereof might be known?

And he gave men skill, that they might be glorified in his marvellous works.

With them doth he heal a man, and taketh away his pain.

With these will the apothecary make a confection; and his works shall not be brought to an end; and from him is peace upon the face of the earth.

My son, in thy sickness be not negligent; but pray unto the Lord, and he shall heal thee.

Put away wrong doing, and order thine hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all manner of sin.

Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour; and make fat thine offering, as one that is not.

Then give place to the physician, for verily the Lord hath created him; and let him not go from thee, for thou hast need of him.

There is a time when in their very hands is the issue for good.

For they also shall beseech the Lord, that he may prosper them in giving relief and in healing for the maintenance of life.

He that sinneth before his Maker, let him fall into the hands of the physician.

My son, let thy tears fall over the dead, and as one that suffereth grievously begin lamentation; and wind up his body according to his due, and neglect not his burial.

Make bitter weeping, and make passionate wailing, and let thy mourning be according to his desert, for one day or two, lest thou be evil spoken of; and so be comforted for thy sorrow.

For of sorrow cometh death, and sorrow of heart will bow down the strength.

In calamity sorrow also remaineth; and the poor man’s life is grievous to the heart.

Give not thy heart unto sorrow: put it away, remembering the last end:

Forget it not, for there is no returning again: him thou shalt not profit, and thou wilt hurt thyself.

Remember the sentence upon him; for so also shall thine be; yesterday for me, and to-day for thee.

When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest; and be comforted for him, when his spirit departeth from him.

The wisdom of the scribe cometh by opportunity of leisure; and he that hath little business shall become wise.

How shall he become wise that holdeth the plough, that glorieth in the shaft of the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose discourse is of the stock of bulls?

He will set his heart upon turning his furrows; and his wakefulness is to give his heifers their fodder.

So is every artificer and workmaster, that passeth his time by night as by day; they that cut gravings of signets, and his diligence is to make great variety; he will set his heart to preserve likeness in his portraiture, and will be wakeful to finish his work.

So is the smith sitting by the anvil, and considering the unwrought iron: the vapour of the fire will waste his flesh; and in the heat of the furnace will he wrestle with his work: the noise of the hammer will be ever in his ear, and his eyes are upon the pattern of the vessel; he will set his heart upon perfecting his works, and he will be wakeful to adorn them perfectly.

So is the potter sitting at his work, and turning the wheel about with his feet, who is always anxiously set at his work, and all his handywork is by number;

He will fashion the clay with his arm, and will bend his strength in front of his feet; he will apply his heart to finish the glazing; and he will be wakeful to make clean the furnace.

All these put their trust in their hands; and each becometh wise in his own work.

Without these shall not a city be inhabited, and men shall not sojourn nor walk up and down therein.

They shall not be sought for in the council of the people, and in the assembly they shall not mount on high; they shall not sit on the seat of the judge, and they shall not understand the covenant of judgement: neither shall they declare instruction and judgement; and where parables are they shall not be found.

But they will maintain the fabric of the world; and in the handywork of their craft is their prayer.

39 Not so he that hath applied his soul, and meditateth in the law of the Most High; he will seek out the wisdom of all the ancients, and will be occupied in prophecies.

He will keep the discourse of the men of renown, and will enter in amidst the subtilties of parables.

He will seek out the hidden meaning of proverbs, and be conversant in the dark sayings of parables.

He will serve among great men, and appear before him that ruleth; he will travel through the land of strange nations; for he hath tried good things and evil among men.

He will apply his heart to resort early to the Lord that made him, and will make supplication before the Most High, and will open his mouth in prayer, and will make supplication for his sins.

If the great Lord will, he shall be filled with the spirit of understanding: he shall pour forth the words of his wisdom, and in prayer give thanks unto the Lord.

He shall direct his counsel and knowledge, and in his secrets shall he meditate.

He shall shew forth the instruction which he hath been taught, and shall glory in the law of the covenant of the Lord.

Many shall commend his understanding; and so long as the world endureth, it shall not be blotted out: his memorial shall not depart, and his name shall live from generation to generation.

Nations shall declare his wisdom, and the congregation shall tell out his praise.

If he continue, he shall leave a greater name than a thousand: and if he die, he addeth thereto.

Yet more will I utter, which I have thought upon; and I am filled as the moon at the full.

Hearken unto me, ye holy children, and bud forth as a rose growing by a brook of water:

And give ye a sweet savour as frankincense, and put forth flowers as a lily, spread abroad a sweet smell, and sing a song of praise; bless ye the Lord for all his works.

Magnify his name, and give utterance to his praise with the songs of your lips, and with harps; and thus shall ye say when ye utter his praise:

All the works of the Lord are exceeding good, and every command shall be accomplished in his season.

None can say, What is this? wherefore is that? for in his season they shall all be sought out. At his word the waters stood as a heap, and the receptacles of waters at the word of his mouth.

At his command is all his good pleasure done; and there is none that shall hinder his salvation.

The works of all flesh are before him; and it is not possible to be hid from his eyes.

He beholdeth from everlasting to everlasting; and there is nothing wonderful before him.

None can say, What is this? wherefore is that? For all things are created for their uses.

His blessing covered the dry land as a river, and saturated it as a flood.

As he hath turned the waters into saltness; so shall the heathen inherit his wrath.

His ways are plain unto the holy; so are they stumblingblocks unto the wicked.

Good things are created from the beginning for the good; so are evil things for sinners.

The chief of all things necessary for the life of man are water, and fire, and iron, and salt, and flour of wheat, and honey, and milk, the blood of the grape, and oil, and clothing.

All these things are for good to the godly; so to the sinners they shall be turned into evil.

There be winds that are created for vengeance, and in their fury lay on their scourges heavily; in the time of consummation they pour out their strength, and shall appease the wrath of him that made them.

Fire, and hail, and famine, and death, all these are created for vengeance;

Teeth of wild beasts, and scorpions and adders, and a sword punishing the ungodly unto destruction.

They shall rejoice in his commandment, and shall be made ready upon earth, when need is; and in their seasons they shall not transgress his word.

Therefore from the beginning I was resolved, and I thought this, and left it in writing;

All the works of the Lord are good: and he will supply every need in its season.

And none can say, This is worse than that; for they shall all be well approved in their season.

And now with all your heart and mouth sing ye praises, and bless the name of the Lord.

40 Great travail is created for every man, and a heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam, from the day of their coming forth from their mother’s womb, until the day for their burial in the mother of all things.

The expectation of things to come, and the day of death, trouble their thoughts, and cause fear of heart;

From him that sitteth on a throne of glory, even unto him that is humbled in earth and ashes;

From him that weareth purple and a crown, even unto him that is clothed with a hempen frock.

There is wrath, and jealousy, and trouble, and disquiet, and fear of death, and anger, and strife; and in the time of rest upon his bed his night sleep doth change his knowledge.

A little or nothing is his resting, and afterward in his sleep, as in a day of keeping watch, he is troubled in the vision of his heart, as one that hath escaped from the front of battle.

In the very time of his deliverance he awaketh, and marvelleth that the fear is nought.

It is thus with all flesh, from man to beast, and upon sinners sevenfold more.

Death, and bloodshed, and strife, and sword, calamities, famine, tribulation, and the scourge;

All these things were created for the wicked, and because of them came the flood.

All things that are of the earth turn to the earth again: and all things that are of the waters return into the sea.

All bribery and injustice shall be blotted out; and good faith shall stand for ever.

The goods of the unjust shall be dried up like a river, and like a great thunder in rain shall go off in noise.

In opening his hands a man shall be made glad: so shall transgressors utterly fail.

The children of the ungodly shall not put forth many branches; and are as unclean roots upon a sheer rock.

The sedge that groweth upon every water and bank of a river shall be plucked up before all grass.

Bounty is as a garden of blessings, and almsgiving endureth for ever.

The life of one that laboureth, and is contented, shall be made sweet; and he that findeth a treasure is above both.

Children and the building of a city establish a man’s name; and a blameless wife is counted above both.

Wine and music rejoice the heart; and the love of wisdom is above both.

The pipe and the psaltery make pleasant melody; and a pleasant tongue is above both.

Thine eye shall desire grace and beauty; and above both the green blade of corn.

A friend and a companion never meet amiss; and a wife with her husband is above both.

Brethren and succour are for a time of affliction; and almsgiving is a deliverer above both.

Gold and silver will make the foot stand sure; and counsel is esteemed above them both.

Riches and strength will lift up the heart; and the fear of the Lord is above both; there is nothing wanting in the fear of the Lord, and there is no need to seek help therein.

The fear of the Lord is as a garden of blessing, and covereth a man above all glory.

My son, lead not a beggar’s life; better it is to die than to beg.

A man that looketh unto the table of another, his life is not to be counted for a life; he will pollute his soul with another man’s meats: but a man wise and well-instructed will beware thereof.

In the mouth of the shameless begging will be sweet; and in his belly a fire shall be kindled.

41 O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that is at peace in his possessions, unto the man that hath nothing to distract him, and hath prosperity in all things, and that still hath strength to receive meat!

O death, acceptable is thy sentence unto a man that is needy, and that faileth in strength, that is in extreme old age, and is distracted about all things, and is perverse, and hath lost patience!

Fear not the sentence of death; remember them that have been before thee, and that come after: this is the sentence from the Lord over all flesh.

And why dost thou refuse, when it is the good pleasure of the Most High? Whether it be ten, or a hundred, or a thousand years, there is no inquisition of life in the grave.

The children of sinners are abominable children, and they frequent the dwellings of the ungodly.

The inheritance of sinners’ children shall perish, and with their posterity shall be a perpetual reproach.

Children will complain of an ungodly father, because they shall be reproached for his sake.

Woe unto you, ungodly men, which have forsaken the law of the Most High God!

If ye be born, ye shall be born to a curse; if ye die, a curse shall be your portion.

All things that are of the earth shall go back to the earth: so the ungodly shall go from a curse unto perdition.

The mourning of men is about their bodies: but the name of sinners being evil shall be blotted out.

Have regard to thy name; for it continueth with thee longer than a thousand great treasures of gold.

A good life hath its number of days; and a good name continueth for ever.

42 Of these things be not ashamed, and accept no man’s person to sin thereby:

Of the law of the Most High, and his covenant; and of judgement to do justice to the ungodly;

Of reckoning with a partner and with travellers; and of a gift from the heritage of friends;

Of exactness of balance and weights; and of getting much or little;

Of indifferent selling of merchants; and of much correction of children; and of making the side of an evil servant to bleed.

Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is; and where many hands are, shut thou close.

Whatsoever thou handest over, let it be by number and weight; and in giving and receiving let all be in writing.

Be not ashamed to instruct the unwise and foolish, and one of extreme old age that contendeth with those that are young; and so shalt thou be well instructed indeed, and approved in the sight of every man living.

A daughter is a secret cause of wakefulness to a father; and the care for her putteth away sleep;

Look not upon every body in regard of beauty, and sit not in the midst of women;

For from garments cometh a moth, and from a woman a woman’s wickedness.

Better is the wickedness of a man than a pleasant-dealing woman, and a woman which putteth thee to shameful reproach.

I will make mention now of the works of the Lord, and will declare the things that I have seen: in the words of the Lord are his works.

The sun that giveth light looketh upon all things; and the work of the Lord is full of his glory.

The Lord hath not given power to the saints to declare all his marvellous works; which the Almighty Lord firmly settled, that whatsoever is might be established in his glory.

He searcheth out the deep, and the heart, and he hath understanding of their cunning devices; for the Most High knoweth all knowledge, and he looketh into the signs of the world,

Declaring the things that are past, and the things that shall be, and revealing the traces of hidden things.

No thought escapeth him; there is not a word hid from him.

The mighty works of his wisdom he hath ordered, who is from everlasting to everlasting; nothing hath been added unto them, nor diminished from them; and he hath no need of any counsellor.

How desirable are all his works! one may behold this even unto a spark.

All these things live and remain for ever in all manner of uses, and they are all obedient.

All things are double one against another: and he hath made nothing imperfect.

One thing establisheth the good things of another: and who shall be filled with beholding his glory.

43 The pride of the height is the firmament in its clearness, the appearance of heaven, in the spectacle of its glory.

The sun when he appeareth, bringing tidings as he goeth forth, is a marvellous instrument, the work of the Most High:

At his noon he drieth up the country, and who shall stand against his burning heat?

A man blowing a furnace is in works of heat, but the sun three times more, burning up the mountains: breathing out fiery vapours, and sending forth bright beams, he dimmeth the eyes.

Great is the Lord that made him; and at his word he hasteneth his course.

The moon also is in all things for her season, for a declaration of times, and a sign of the world.

From the moon is the sign of the feast day; a light that waneth when she is come to the full.

The month is called after her name, increasing wonderfully in her changing; an instrument of the hosts on high, shining forth in the firmament of heaven;

The beauty of heaven, the glory of the stars, an ornament giving light in the highest places of the Lord.

At the word of the Holy One they will stand in due order, and they will not faint in their watches.

Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it; exceeding beautiful in the brightness thereof.

It compasseth the heaven round about with a circle of glory; the hands of the Most High have stretched it.

By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, and sendeth swiftly the lightnings of his judgement.

By reason thereof the treasure-houses are opened; and clouds fly forth as fowls.

By his mighty power he maketh strong the clouds, and the hailstones are broken small:

And at his appearing the mountains will be shaken, and at his will the south wind will blow.

The voice of his thunder maketh the earth to travail; so doth the northern storm and the whirlwind: as birds flying down he sprinkleth the snow; and as the lightning of the locust is the falling down thereof:

The eye will marvel at the beauty of its whiteness, and the heart will be astonished at the raining of it.

The hoar frost also he poureth on the earth as salt; and when it is congealed, it is as points of thorns.

The cold north wind shall blow, and the ice shall be congealed on the water: it shall lodge upon every gathering together of water, and the water shall put on as it were a breastplate.

It shall devour the mountains, and burn up the wilderness, and consume the green herb as fire.

A mist coming speedily is the healing of all things; a dew coming after heat shall bring cheerfulness.

By his counsel he hath stilled the deep, and planted islands therein.

They that sail on the sea tell of the danger thereof; and when we hear it with our ears, we marvel.

Therein be also those strange and wondrous works, variety of all that hath life, the race of sea-monsters.

By reason of him his end hath success, and by his word all things consist.

We may say many things, yet shall we not attain; and the sum of our words is, He is all.

How shall we have strength to glorify him? for he is himself the great one above all his works.

The Lord is terrible and exceeding great; and marvellous is his power.

When ye glorify the Lord, exalt him as much as ye can; for even yet will he exceed: and when ye exalt him, put forth your full strength: be not weary; for ye will never attain.

Who hath seen him, that he may declare him? and who shall magnify him as he is.

Many things are hidden greater than these; for we have seen but a few of his works.

For the Lord made all things; and to the godly gave he wisdom.

44 Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us.

The Lord manifested in them great glory, even his mighty power from the beginning.

Such as did bear rule in their kingdoms, and were men renowned for their power, giving counsel by their understanding, such as have brought tidings in prophecies:

Leaders of the people by their counsels, and by their understanding men of learning for the people; wise were their words in their instruction:

Such as sought out musical tunes, and set forth verses in writing:

Rich men furnished with ability, living peaceably in their habitations:

All these were honoured in their generations, and were a glory in their days.

There be of them, that have left a name behind them, to declare their praises.

And some there be, which have no memorial; who are perished as though they had not been, and are become as though they had not been born; and their children after them.

But these were men of mercy, whose righteous deeds have not been forgotten.

With their seed shall remain continually a good inheritance; their children are within the covenants.

Their seed standeth fast, and their children for their sakes.

Their seed shall remain for ever, and their glory shall not be blotted out.

Their bodies were buried in peace, and their name liveth to all generations.

Peoples will declare their wisdom, and the congregation telleth out their praise.

50 And now bless ye the God of all, which everywhere doeth great things, which exalteth our days from the womb, and dealeth with us according to his mercy.

May he grant us joy fulness of heart, and that peace may be in our days in Israel for the days of eternity:

To intrust his mercy with us; and let him deliver us in his time!

I have written in this book the instruction of understanding and knowledge, I Jesus, the son of Sirach Eleazar, of Jerusalem, who out of his heart poured forth wisdom.

Blessed is he that shall be exercised in these things; and he that layeth them up in his heart shall become wise.

For if he do them, he shall be strong to all things: for the light of the Lord is his guide.

51 When I was yet young, or ever I went abroad, I sought wisdom openly in my prayer.

Before the temple I asked for her, and I will seek her out even to the end.

From her flower as from the ripening grape my heart delighted in her: my foot trod in uprightness, from my youth I tracked her out.

I bowed down mine ear a little, and received her, and found for myself much instruction.

I profited in her: unto him that giveth me wisdom I will give glory.

For I purposed to practise her, and I was zealous for that which is good; and I shall never be put to shame.

My soul hath wrestled in her, and in my doing I was exact: I spread forth my hands to the heaven above, and bewailed my ignorances of her.

I set my soul aright unto her, and in pureness I found her. I gat me a heart joined with her from the beginning: therefore shall I not be forsaken.

My inward part also was troubled to seek her: therefore have I gotten a good possession.

The Lord gave me a tongue for my reward; and I will praise him therewith.

Draw near unto me, ye unlearned, and lodge in the house of instruction.

Say, wherefore are ye lacking in these things, and your souls are very thirsty?

I opened my mouth, and spake, Get her for yourselves without money.

Put your neck under the yoke, and let your soul receive instruction: she is hard at hand to find.

Behold with your eyes, how that I laboured but a little, and found for myself much rest.

Get you instruction with a great sum of silver, and gain much gold by her.

May your soul rejoice in his mercy, and may ye not be put to shame in praising him.

Work your work before the time cometh, and in his time he will give you your reward.

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