Wycliffe - Sirach - 3

3:1  The sones of wisdom ben the chirche of iust men, and the nacioun of hem is obedience and loue.

3:2  Dereworthe sones, here ye the doom of the fadir; and do ye so, that ye be saaf.

3:3  For whi God onouride the fadir in sones, and he sekith, and hath maad stidfast the doom of the modir in to sones.

3:4  He that loueth God, schal preie for synnes, and he schal absteyne hym silf fro tho, and he schal be herd in the preier of daies.

3:5  And as he that tresourith, so and he that onourith his modir.

3:6  He that onourith his fadir, schal be maad myrie in sones, and he schal be herd in the dai of his preier.

3:7  He that onourith his fadir, schal lyue bi lengere lijf; and he that obeieth to the fader, schal refreische the modir.

3:8  He that dredith the Lord, onourith fadir and modir; and he schal serue in werk, and word,

3:9  and al pacience to hem that gendriden hym as to lordis.

3:10  Onoure thi fadir, that the blessyng of God come to thee; and his blessing dwellith in the laste.

3:11  The blessyng of the fadir makith stidfast the housis of sones; but the cursyng of the modir drawith out the foundementis.

3:12  Haue thou not glorie in the dispisyng of thi fadir; for it is not glorie to thee, but confusioun.

3:13  For whi the glorie of a man is of the onour of his fadir; and the schenschip of the sone is a fadir with out onour.

3:14  Sone, resseyue the elde of thi fadir, and make thou not hym sori in his lijf;

3:15  and if he failith in wit, yyue thou foryyuenesse, and dispise thou not hym in thi vertu; for whi the almes of the fadir schal not be foryetyng.

3:16  For whi good schal be restorid to thee for the synne of the modir,

3:17  and bildyng schal be maad to thee in riytfulnesse; and it schal remembre of thee in dai of tribulacioun, and thi synnes schulen be releessid, as iys in clerenesse of the sunne.

3:18  He is of ful yuel fame, that forsakith the fadir; and he that wraththith the modir, is cursid of God.

3:19  Sone, performe thi werkis in myldenesse, and thou schalt be loued ouer the glorie of men.

3:20  In as myche as thou art greet, make thee meke in alle thingis, and thou schalt fynde grace bifore God; for whi the power of God aloon is greet,

3:21  and he is onourid of meke men.

3:22  Seke thou not hiyere thingis than thou, and enquere thou not strongere thingis than thou; but euere thenke thou tho thingis, whiche God comaundide to thee; and be thou not curiouse in ful many werkis of hym.

3:23  For it is not nedeful to thee to se with thin iyen tho thingis, that ben hid.

3:24  In superflu thingis nyle thou seke manyfold; and be thou not curiouse in many werkis of hym;

3:25  for whi ful many thingis aboue the wit of men ben schewid to thee.

3:26  For the suspecioun of many men hath disseyued hem, and withhelde her wittis in vanytee.

3:27  And hard herte schal haue yuel in the laste tyme; and he that loueth perel, schal perische ther ynne.

3:28  An herte that entrith bi tweie weies, schal not haue prosperitees, ether reste; and a man of schrewid herte schal be sclaundrid in tho.

3:29  A wickid herte schal be greuyd in sorewis; and a synnere schal `hepe to do synne.

3:30  Helthe schal not be to the synagoge of proude men; for whi the thicke wode of synne schal be drawun out bi the roote in hem, and it schal not be vndurstondun.

3:31  The herte of a wise man is vndurstondun in wisdom, and a good eere schal here wisdom with al coueitise.

3:32  A wijs herte and able to vndurstonde schal absteyne it silf fro synnes, and schal haue prosperitees in the werkis of riytfulnesse.

3:33  Watir quenchith fier brennynge, and almes ayenstondith synnes.

3:34  And God, the biholdere of hym that yeldith grace, hath mynde aftirward; and he schal fynde stidefastnesse in the tyme of his fal.