Wycliffe - Sirach - 27

27:1  Many men han trespassid for nedynesse; and he that sekith to be maad riche, turneth a wei his iye.

27:2  As a stake is fastned in the myddis of a heep of stoonys, so and a man schal be angwischid bi synnes bitwixe the middis of sillyng and biyng.

27:3  Trespas schal be al to-brokun with hym that trespassith.

27:4  If thou holdist not thee diligentli in the drede of the Lord, thin hous schal soone be turned vpsedoun.

27:5  As dust schal dwelle in the hoolis of a riddil, so the angwisch of a man schal dwelle in the thouyt of hym.

27:6  A furneis preueth the vessels of a pottere; and the temptacioun of tribulacioun preueth iust men.

27:7  As cherliche trauel aboute a tree schewith the fruyt therof, so a word of thouyt schewith the herte of man.

27:8  Preise thou not a man bifore a word; for whi this is the temptacioun of men.

27:9  If thou suest riytfulnesse, thou schalt take it; thou schalt clothe it as a long cloth of onour, and thou schalt dwelle with it, and it schal defende thee with outen ende, and in the dai of knowing thou shalt fynde stidfastnesse.

27:10  Volatilis comen togidere to briddis lijk hem silf; and treuthe schal turne ayen to hem that worchen it.

27:11  A lioun settith aspies euere to huntyng; so synnes to hem that worchen wickidnesse.

27:12  An hooly man dwellith in wisdom, as the sunne dwellith stabli; for whi a fool is chaungid as the moone.

27:13  In the myddis of vnwise men kepe thou a word to tyme; but be thou bisi in the myddis of hem that thenken the lawe of God.

27:14  The tellyng of synneris is hateful; and the leiyyng of hem is in the trespassis of synne.

27:15  Speche sweringe myche schal make stondyng up of heeris, for astonying, to the heed; and vnreuerence therof is stoppyng of eeris.

27:16  The schedyng out of blood is in the chidyng of proude men; and the cursyng of hem is greuouse heryng.

27:17  He that schewith opynli the priuytees of a frend, leesith feithfulnesse; and he schal not fynde a frend to his soule.

27:18  Loue thou a neiybore, and be thou ioyned with hym in feith.

27:19  For if thou schewist opynli the priuytees of hym, thou schalt not perfitli sue aftir hym.

27:20  For as a man that leesith his frend, so he that leesith the frenschipe of his neiybore.

27:21  And as a man that latith go a brid fro his hond, so thou that hast forsake thi neiybore, and thou schalt not take hym.

27:22  Thou schalt not sue hym, for he is fer absent; for he ascapid as a capret fro a snare, for the soule of hym is woundid.

27:23  Thou schalt no more mow bynde hym togidere; but of yuel seiyng is acordyng.

27:24  Sotheli to schewe opynli the pryuytees of a frend, is dispeir of a soule vnblessid.

27:25  He that twynclith with the iye, makith wickid thingis;

27:26  and no man schal caste hym awei. In the siyt of thin iyen he schal defoule his mouth, and he schal wondre on thi wordis; but at the laste he schal turne weiwerdli his mouth, and in his wordis he schal yyue sclaundre.

27:27  Y herde mani thingis, and Y made not euene to hym; and the Lord schal hate hym.

27:28  If a man throwith a stoon an hiy, it schal falle on his heed; and the gileful wounde of a gyleful man schal departe woundis.

27:29  And he that diggith a diche, schal falle in to it; and he that settith a stoon to a neiybore, schal offende therynne; and he that settith a snare to a nother man, schal perische ther ynne.

27:30  If a man makith worst councel, it schal be turned on hym; and he schal not knowe fro whennus it schal come to him.

27:31  The scornyng and dispisyng of proude men and veniaunce schal sette a spie to hym, as a lioun doith.

27:32  Thei that deliten in the fal of iust men, schulen perische bi a snare; forsothe sorewe schal waste hem, bifore that thei dien.

27:33  Ire and woodnesse, euer either ben abhomynable; and a synful man schal holde tho.