Wycliffe - Sirach - 15

15:1  He that dredith God, schal do goode werkis; and he that holdith riytfulnesse, schal take it.

15:2  And it as a modir onourid schal meete hym, and as a womman fro virgynyte it schal take hym.

15:3  It shal feede hym with the breed of lijf, and of vndurstonding; and it schal yyue drynke to hym with watir of heelful wisdom; it schal be maad stidfast in hym, and he schal not be bowid.

15:4  And it schal holde hym, and he schal not be schent; and it schal enhaunse hym at his neiyboris.

15:5  And in the myddis of the chirche he schal opene his mouth; and God schal fille hym with the spirit of wisdom, and of vndurstonding, and schal clothe hym with the stoole of glorie.

15:6  God schal tresore on hym myrthe, and ful out ioiyng; and schal enherite hym with euerlastynge name.

15:7  Fonned men schulen not take that wisdom, and witti men schulen meete it. Fonned men schulen not se it; for whi it goith awey fer fro pride, and gile.

15:8  Men leesyngmongeris schulen not be myndful therof, and sothefast men ben foundun ther ynne; and schulen haue prosperite `til to the biholding of God.

15:9  Preisyng is not fair in the mouth of a synnere, for he is not sent of the Lord.

15:10  For whi wisdom yede forth fro God; forsothe heriyng schal stonde nyy the wisdom of God, and it schal be plenteuouse in a feithful mouth, and the Lord schal yyue it to him.

15:11  Seie thou not, It goith awei bi God; for whi do thou not tho thingis, whiche God hatith.

15:12  Seie thou not, He made me for to erre; for whi wickid men ben not nedeful to hym.

15:13  The Lord hatith al cursidnesse of errour, and it schal not be amyable to hem, that dreden hym.

15:14  At the bigynnyng God made man, and lefte him in the hond of his councel.

15:15  He addide hise comaundementis, and lawis;

15:16  if thou wolt kepe the comaundementis, tho schulen kepe thee, and kepe plesaunt feith with outen ende.

15:17  He hath set to thee watir and fier; dresse thin hond to that, that thou wolt.

15:18  Bifor man is lijf and deth, good and yuel; that, that plesith hym, schal be youun to hym.

15:19  For whi the wisdom of God is myche, and he is strong in power, and seeth alle men without ceessing.

15:20  The iyen of the Lord ben to hem, that dreden hym; and he knowith al the trauel of man.

15:21  He comaundide not to ony man to do wickidli; and he yaf not to ony man space to do synne.

15:22  For he coueytith not the multitude of sones vnfeithful and vnprofitable.