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Chapter 29
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:1 | He that doith merci, leeneth to his neiybore; and he that is ful myyti in hond, kepith the comaundementis. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:2 | Leene thou to thi neiybore in the tyme of his nede; and eft yelde thou to a neiybore in his tyme. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:3 | Conferme thou a word, and do thou feithfuli with hym; and in al tyme thou schalt fynde that, that is nedeful to thee. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:4 | Many men gessiden borewyng as fyndyng, and yauen disese to tho men that helpiden hem. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:5 | Til thei taken, thei kissen the hondis of the yyuer; and in biheestis thei maken meke her vois. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:6 | And in the time of yelding he schal axe tyme, and he schal speke wordis of anoie, and of grutchingis, and he schal calenge falsli the tyme. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:7 | Forsothe if he mai yelde, he schal be aduersarie; of a schilling vnnethis he schal yelde the half, and he schal rekyn that as fyndyng. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:8 | Ellis he schal defraude him in his monei, and the leenere schal haue him an enemy with outen cause. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:9 | And he schal yelde to hym, that is, to the leenere, wrongis and cursyngis; and for onour and benefice he schal yelde to hym dispisyng. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:10 | Many men lenten not `to pore neiyboris, not for cause of wickidnesse, but thei dredden to be defraudid with outen cause. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:11 | Netheles on a meke man in soule be thou strongere; and for almes drawe thou not hym. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:12 | For the comaundement of God take thou a pore man; and for his nedynesse leeue thou not hym voide. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:13 | Leese thou monei for a brother and frend, and hide thou not it vndur a stoon, in to perdicioun. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:14 | Putte thi tresour in the comaundementis of the hiyeste; and it schal profite to thee more than gold `schal profite. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:15 | Close thou almes in the bosum of a pore man; and this almes schal preye for thee `to be delyuered of God fro al yuel. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:16 | The almes of a man is as a bagge with hym; and it schal kepe the grace of man as the appil of the iye. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:17 | And aftirward it schal rise ayen, and schal yelde to hem a yelding, to ech man in to the heed of hem. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:18 | Aboue a scheld of the myyti man, and aboue a spere it schal fiyte ayens thin enemye. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:19 | A good man makith feith to his neiybore; and he that leesith, schal leeue schame to hym. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:22 | A synnere arretteth to hym silf the goode wordis of the borowe; and the vnkynde man in wit forsakith a man delyuerynge hym. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:23 | A man biheetith for his neiybore; and whanne `the neiybore hath lost reuerence, the borew schal be forsakun of hym. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:24 | Worst biheest hath lost many louynge men, and hath moued hem as the wawis of the see. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:25 | It goynge in cumpas made myyti men to passe ouer; and thei wandriden aboute among alien folkis. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:26 | A synnere brekynge the comaundement of the Lord schal falle in to a wickid biheest; and he that enforsith to do many thingis, schal falle in to dom. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:28 | The bigynnyng of lijf of a man is watir, and breed, and clothing, and hous hilynge filthe. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:29 | Betere is the lijflode of a pore man vndur the hilyng of sparris, than schynynge feestis in pilgrymage with outen hous. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:30 | The leeste thing pleese thee for a greet thing; and thou schalt not here the schenschipe of pilgrymage. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:31 | It is wickid lijf to seke herbore fro hous in to hous; and where he schal be herborid, he schal not do tristili, nethir he schal opene the mouth. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:32 | He schal be herborid, and he schal feede, and yyue drinke to vnkynde men; and yit he schal here bittir thingis. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:33 | Passe, thou that art herborid, and araye a table; and yyue thou meetis to othere men, tho thingis that thou hast in the hond. | |
Sira | Wycliffe | 29:34 | Go thou out fro the face of the onour of my frendis, for the frendschipe, ethir affinyte, of myn hous; bi herboryng thou art maad a brother to me. | |