Wycliffe - Sirach - 38

38:1  Onoure thou a leche, for nede; for whi the hiyeste hath maad hym.

38:2  For whi al medicyn is of God; and he schal take of the kyng a yifte.

38:3  The kunnyng of a leche schal enhaunse his heed; and he schal be preisid in the siyt of grete men.

38:4  The hiyeste hath maad of the erthe medicyn; and a prudent man schal not wlate it.

38:5  Whether bittir watir was not maad swete of a tre?

38:6  The vertu of tho thingis cam bi experience to the knowing of men; and the hiyeste yaf kunnyng to men, for to be onourid in his merueils.

38:7  A man heelynge in these thingis schal aswage sorewe, and an oynement makere schal make pymentis of swetnesse, and schal make anoyntyngis of heelthe; and hise werkis schulen not be endid.

38:8  For whi the pees of God is on the face of erthe.

38:9  Mi sone, dispise not thi silf in thi sikenesse; but preie thou the Lord, and he schal heele thee.

38:10  Turne thou awei fro synne, and dresse thin hondis, and clense thin herte fro al synne.

38:11  Yyue thou swetnesse, and the mynde of cleene flour of wheete, and make thou fat offryng; and yyue thou place to a leche.

38:12  For the Lord made hym, and departe he not fro thee; for hise werkis ben nedeful to thee.

38:13  For whi tyme is, whanne thou schalt falle in to the hondis of hem.

38:14  Forsothe thei schulen biseche the Lord, that he dresse the werk of hem, and helthe for her lyuyng.

38:15  He that trespassith in the siyt of hym, that made hym, schal falle in to the hondis of the leche.

38:16  Sone, brynge thou forth teeris on a deed man, and thou as suffrynge hard thingis bigynne to wepe; and bi doom hile thou the bodi of hym, and dispise thou not his biriyng.

38:17  But for bacbityng bere thou bittirli the morenyng of hym o dai; and be thou coumfortid for sorewe.

38:18  And make thou morenyng aftir his merit o dai, ether tweyne, for bacbityng.

38:19  For whi deth hastith of sorewe, and hilith vertu; and the sorewe of herte bowith the heed.

38:20  Sorewe dwellith in ledyng awei; and the catel of a nedi man is aftir his herte.

38:21  Yyue thou not thin herte in sorewe, but put it awei fro thee; and haue thou mynde on the laste thingis, and nyle thou foryete.

38:22  For whi no turning is, and thou schalt no thing profite to this deed man; and thou schalt harme worste thi silf.

38:23  Be thou myndeful of mi dom; for also thin schal be thus, to me yistirdai, and to thee to dai.

38:24  In the reste of a deed man make thou hys mynde to haue reste; and coumforte thou hym in the goyng out of his spirit.

38:25  Write thou wisdom in the tyme of voidenesse; and he that is made lesse in dede, schal perseyue wisdom; for he schal be fillid of wisdom.

38:26  He that holdith the plow, and he that hath glorie in a gohode, dryueth oxis with a pricke, and he lyueth in the werkis of tho; and his tellyng is in the sones of bolis.

38:27  He schal yyue his herte to turne forewis; and his wakyng schal be aboute the fatnesse of kien.

38:28  So ech carpenter, and principal werk man, that passith the niyt as the dai; that graueth ymagis grauun, and the bisynesse of hym dyuersith the peynture; he schal yyue his herte to the licnesse of peynture, and bi his wakyng he perfourmeth the werk.

38:29  So a smyth sittynge bisidis the anefelt, and biholdynge the werk of yrun, the heete of fier brenneth hise fleischis; and he stryueth in the heete of the furneis.

38:30  The vois of a hamer makith newe his eere; and his iye is ayens the licnesse of a vessel.

38:31  He schal yyue his herte in to the perfourmyng of werkis; and bi his wakyng he schal ourne vnperfeccioun.

38:32  So a potter sittynge at his werk, turnynge a wheel with hise feet, which is put euere in bisynesse for his werk; and al his worchyng is vnnoumbrable.

38:33  In his arm he schal fourme clei; and bifore hise feet he schal bowe his vertu.

38:34  He schal yyue his herte to ende perfitli sum thing; and bi his wakyng he schal clense the furneis.

38:35  Alle these men hopiden in her hondis; and ech man is wijs in his craft.

38:36  A citee is not bildid with outen alle these men.

38:37  And thei schulen not dwelle, nether go; and thei schulen not skippe ouer in to the chirche.

38:38  Thei schulen not sitte on the seete of a iuge; and thei schulen not vndirstonde the testament of doom, nether thei schulen make opyn techyng and doom; and thei schulen not be foundun in parablis.

38:39  But thei schulen conferme the creature of the world, and her preyer is in the worching of craft; and thei yyuen her soule, and thei axen togidere in the lawe of the hiyeste.