Wycliffe - Sirach - 7

7:1  Nile thou do yuels, and tho schulen not take thee.

7:2  Departe thou fro wickidnesse, and yuels schulen faile fro thee.

7:3  Sowe thou not yuels in the forewis of vnriytfulnesse, and thou schalt not repe tho in seuene fold.

7:4  Nyle thou seke of a man ledyng, nethir of a kyng the chaier of onour.

7:5  Iustifie thou not thee bifore God, for he is the knowere of the herte; and nyle thou wilne to be seyn wijs anentis the king.

7:6  Nile thou seke to be maad a iuge, no but thou maist breke wickidnessis bi vertu; lest thou drede the face of a myyti man, and sette sclaundre in thi swiftnesse.

7:7  Do thou not synne in the multitude of a cytee, nether sende thee in to the puple;

7:8  nether bynde thou double synnes, for thou schalt not be giltles in oon.

7:9  Nyle thou be a coward in thi soule, to preie;

7:10  and dispise thou not to do almes.

7:11  Seie thou not, God schal biholde in the multitude of my yiftis; and whanne Y schal offre to God alther hiyeste, he schal take my yiftis.

7:12  Scorne thou not a man in the bitternesse of soule; for whi God is the biholdere, that makith meke, and enhaunsith.

7:13  Nyle thou loue a leesyng ayens thi brother; nether do thou in lijk maner ayens a frend.

7:14  Nyle thou wilne to lie ony leesing; for whi the contynuaunce therof is not good.

7:15  Nyle thou be a ianglere in the multitude of preestis; and reherse thou not a word in thi preier.

7:16  Haate thou not trauelouse werkis, and erthetilthe maad of the hiyeste.

7:17  Arette thou not thee in the multitude of vnlernyd men.

7:18  Haue thou mynde on ire, for it schal not tarie.

7:19  Make thou meke greetli thi spirit, for whi the veniaunce of the fleisch of an vnpitouse man is fier, and worm.

7:20  Nyle thou trespasse ayens thi frend dilaiynge monei; nether dispise thou a ful dereworth brother for gold.

7:21  Nyle thou departe fro a wijs womman, and good, whom thou hast gete in the drede of the Lord; for whi the grace of hir schamefastnesse is aboue gold.

7:22  Hirte thou not a seruaunt worchynge in treuthe, nether an hirid man yyuynge his lijf.

7:23  A witti seruaunt be dereworthe to thee as thi soule; defraude thou not hym of fredom, nether forsake thou hym nedi.

7:24  Beestis ben to thee? take thou heede to tho; and if tho ben profitable, dwelle tho stille at thee.

7:25  Sones ben to thee? teche thou hem, and bowe thou hem fro her childheed.

7:26  Douytris ben to thee? kepe thou the bodi of hem, and schewe thou not glad face to hem.

7:27  Yyue thi douyter to mariage, and thou doist a greet werk; and yyue thou hir to a wijs man.

7:28  If a womman is to thee aftir thi soule, caste hir not awei; and bitake thou not thee in alle thin herte to an hateful womman.

7:29  Onoure thi fadir; and foryete thou not the weilyngis of thi modir.

7:30  Haue thou mynde that thou haddist not be, no but bi hem, and yelde thou to hem as and thei diden to thee.

7:31  In al thi soule drede thou God, and halewe thou hise preestis.

7:32  In al thi vertu loue thou him that made thee; and forsake thou not hise mynystris.

7:33  Onoure thou God of al thi soule; and onoure thou preestis, and clense thee with armes.

7:34  Yyue thou to hem the part of the firste fruytis, and of purgyng, as also it is comaundid to thee; and of thi negligence purge thou thee with fewe men.

7:35  Thou schalt offre to the Lord the yyfte of thin armes, and the sacrifice of halewyng, the bigynnyngis of hooli men.

7:36  And dresse thin hond to a pore man, that thi merci and blessyng be performyd.

7:37  Grace is youun in the siyt of ech that lyueth; and forbede thou not grace to a deed man.

7:38  Faile thou not in coumfort to hem that wepen; and go thou with hem that morenen.

7:39  Be thou not slow to visite a sijk man; for bi these thingis thou schalt be maad stidfast in loue.

7:40  In alle thi werkis haue thou mynde on thi laste thingis; and thou schalt not do synne withouten ende.