Wycliffe - Sirach - 30

30:1  He that loueth his sone, yyueth bisili betingis to hym, that he be glad in hise laste thing, and that the sone touche not the doris of neiyboris.

30:2  He that techith his sone, schal be preisid in hym; and schal haue glorie in hym in the myddis of menyals.

30:3  He that techith his sone, sendith the enemye in to enuye; and in the myddis of frendis he schal haue glorie in that sone.

30:4  The fadir of hym is deed, and he is as not deed; for he hath left aftir hym a sone lijk hym.

30:5  He siy in his lijf, and was glad in hym; and in his deth he was not sori, nether was aschamed bifore enemyes.

30:6  For he lefte a defendere of the hous ayens enemyes; and yeldynge grace to frendis.

30:7  For the soulis of sones he schal bynde togidere hise woundis; and hise entrails schulen be disturblid on ech vois.

30:8  An hors vntemyd, `ether vnchastisid, schal ascape hard, and a sone vnchastisid schal ascape heedi.

30:9  Flatere thou the sone, and he schal make thee dredinge; pleie thou with hym, and he schal make thee sory.

30:10  Leiye thou not with hym, lest thou haue sorewe togidere, and at the laste thi teeth schulen be astonyed.

30:11  Yyue thou not power to hym in yongthe, and dispise thou not hise thouytis.

30:12  Boowe thou his necke in yongthe, and bete thou hise sidis, while he is a yong child; lest perauenture he wexe hard, and bileue not to thee, and he schal be sorewe of soule to thee.

30:13  Teche thi sone, and worche in hym; lest thou offende in to the filthe of hym.

30:14  Betere is a pore man hool, and strong in myytis, than a riche man feble, and betun with malice.

30:15  The helthe of soule is in the hoolynesse of riytfulnesse, and it is betere than ony gold and siluer; and a strong bodi is betere than ful myche catel.

30:16  No catel is aboue the catel of helthe of bodi; and no likyng is aboue the ioie of herte.

30:17  Betere is deth than bittir lijf, and euerlastinge reste is betere than siknesse dwellynge contynueli.

30:18  Goodis hid in a closid mouth ben as settyngis forth of metis set aboute a sepulcre.

30:19  What schal sacrifice profite to an idol? for whi it schal not ete, nether schal smelle.

30:20  So he that is dryuun awei fro the Lord, and berith the medis of wickidnesse,

30:21  seynge with iyen and weilynge inwardli, as a geldynge biclippynge a virgyn, and siyyynge.

30:22  Yyue thou not sorewe to thi soule, and turmente not thi silf in thi counsel.

30:23  Mirthe of herte, this is the lijf of man, and is tresour of hoolynesse with outen failyng; and ful out ioiyng of a man is long lijf.

30:24  Haue thou mercy on thi soule, and plese thou God; and holde togidere and gadere togidere thin herte in the hoolynesse of hym, and putte fer awei sorewe fro thee.

30:25  For whi sorewe hath slayn many men; and noon heelthe is ther ynne.

30:26  Enuye and wrathfulnesse schulen make lesse daies; and thouytys schulen brynge eldnesse bifore the tyme.

30:27  A schynynge herte is good in metis; for whi meetis therof ben maad diligentli.