Wycliffe - Sirach - 24

24:1  Wisdom schal preise his soule, and he schal be onourid in God; and he schal haue glorie in the myddis of his puple.

24:2  And he schal opene his mouth in the chirchis of the hiyeste; and he schal haue glorie in the siyt of his vertu.

24:3  And he schal be enhaunsid in the myddis of his puple; and he schal wondre in hooli plentee.

24:4  And in the multitude of chosun men he schal haue preisyng; and among blessid men he schal be blessid,

24:5  and seie, I, the firste gendrid bifore ech creature, cam forth fro the mouth of the hiyeste.

24:6  I made in heuenes, that liyt neuere failynge roos vp, and as a cloude Y hilide al erthe.

24:7  Y dwellide in hiyeste thingis, and my trone in a piler of cloude.

24:8  Y aloone yede aboute the cumpas of heuene, and Y perside the depthe of the see; and Y yede in the wawis of the see,

24:9  and Y stood in al the lond.

24:10  And Y hadde the firste dignite in ech puple, and in ech folk;

24:11  and Y trad bi vertu on the neckis of alle excelent men and meke; and in alle these men Y souyte reste, and Y schal dwelle in the eritage of the Lord.

24:12  Thanne the creatour of alle comaundide, and seide to me; and he that formyde me, restide in my tabernacle; and he seide to me,

24:13  Dwelle thou in Jacob, and take thou eritage in Israel, and sende thou rootis in my chosun men.

24:14  Y was gendrid of the bigynnyng and bifore worldis, and Y schal not faile `til to the world to comynge; and Y mynystride in an hooli dwellyng bifore hym.

24:15  And so Y was maad stidfast in Syon, and in lijk maner Y restide in a citee halewid, and my power was in Jerusalem.

24:16  And Y rootid in a puple onourid; and the eritage therof in to the partis of my God, and my witholding in the plentee of seyntis.

24:17  Y was enhaunsid as a cedre in Liban, and as a cipresse tree in the hil of Syon.

24:18  Y was enhaunsid as a palm tree in Cades, and as the plauntyng of roose in Jeryco.

24:19  As a fair olyue tree in feeldis; and Y was enhaunsid as a plane tree bisidis watir in stretis.

24:20  As canel and bawme yyuynge greet smelle, Y yaf odour; as chosun myrre Y yaf the swetnesse of odour.

24:21  And as storax, and galban, and vngula, and gumme, and as Liban not kit doun, Y made hoot my dwellyng place; and myn odour as bawme not meddlid.

24:22  Y as a terebynte stretchide forth my boowis; and my boowis ben boowis of onour, and of glorie.

24:23  Y as a vyne made fruyt the swetnesse of odour; and my flouris ben the fruytis of onour, and of oneste.

24:24  I am a modir of fair loue, and of drede, and of knowyng, and of hooli hope.

24:25  In me is al grace of weie, and of treuthe; in me is al hope of lijf and of vertu.

24:26  Alle ye that coueiten me, passe to me; and be ye fillid of my generaciouns.

24:27  For whi my spirit is swete aboue hony; and myn eritage is aboue hony, and hony comb.

24:28  My mynde is in the generacioun of worldis.

24:29  Thei that eten me, schulen hungre yit; and thei that drynken me, schulen thirste yit.

24:30  He that herith me, shal not be schent; and thei that worchen in me, schulen not do synne; and thei that declaren me,

24:31  schulen haue euere lastynge lijf.

24:32  Alle these thingis is the book of lijf, and the testament of the hiyeste, and the knowyng of treuthe.

24:33  Moises comaundide a lawe in the comaundementis of riytfulnessis, and eritage to the hous of Jacob, and biheestis to Israel.

24:34  He settide to Dauid, his child, to reise of hym a kyng moost strong, and sittynge with outen ende in the trone of onour.

24:35  Which kyng fillith wisdom, as Phison schedith out watir; and as Tigris in the daies of newe thingis.

24:36  Which, as Eufrates, fillith wit; which multiplieth, as Jordan in the tyme of heruest.

24:37  Which sendith techyng as liyt; and is niy alle men, as Gion in the dai of vendage.

24:38  Which makith perfitli first to knowe that wisdom; and a feblere man schal not enserche it.

24:39  For whi the thouyt therof schal be plenteuouse of the see; and his counsel in the greet occian.

24:40  Y wisdom schedde out floodis;

24:41  Y as a weie of ful greet watir of the flood. Y as the flood Dorix, and as a watir cundit Y yede out of paradis.

24:42  Y seide, I schal watir my gardyn of plauntyngis; and Y schal greetli fille the fruyt of my child beryng.

24:43  And lo! a plenteuouse weie of watir is maad to me; and my flood neiyede to the see.

24:44  For Y liytne techyng as the cheer morewtid to alle men; and Y schal telle out it `til to fer.

24:45  Y schal perse alle the lowere partis of erthe, and Y schal biholde alle that slepen; and Y schal liytne alle that hopen in the Lord.

24:46  Yit Y schal schede out teching as profesie, and Y schal leeue it to hem that seken wisdom; and Y schal not faile in to the generaciouns of hem, til in to the hooli world.

24:47  Se ye, that Y trauelide not to me aloone, but to alle that seken out treuthe.