Wycliffe - Wisdom - 6

6:1  Wisdom is beter than strengthis, and a prudent man doith more than a strong man.

6:2  Therfor, ye kyngis, here, and vndurstonde; and ye iugis of the coostis of erthe, lerne.

6:3  Ye that holden togidere multitudis, and plesen you in the cumpenyes of naciouns, yyue eeris;

6:4  forwhi power is youun of the Lord to you, and vertu is youun of the hiyeste, that schal axe youre werkis, and schal serche thouytis.

6:5  For whanne ye weren mynystris of his rewme, ye demeden not riytfuli, nether ye kepten the lawe of riytfulnesse, nether ye yeden bi the wille of God.

6:6  Hidousli and soone he schal appere to you; forwhi hardeste doom schal be maad in hem, that ben souereyns.

6:7  Forsothe merci is grauntid to a litil man; but miyti men schulen suffre turmentis miytili.

6:8  For the Lord, which is lord of alle thingis, schal not withdrawe the persoone of ony man, nether he schal drede the greetnesse of ony man; for he made the litil man and the greet man, and charge is to hym euenli of alle men.

6:9  But strongere turment neiyeth to strongere men.

6:10  Therfor, ye kyngis, these my wordis ben to you, that ye lerne wisdom, and that ye falle not doun.

6:11  For thei that kepen riytfulnesse, schulen be deemed riytfuli; and thei, that lernen iust thingis, schulen fynde, what thei schulen answere.

6:12  Therfor coueite ye my wordis, and loue ye tho; and ye schulen haue techyng.

6:13  Wisdom is cleer, and that schal neuer fade; and it is seyn liytli of hem that louen it, and it is foundun of hem that seken it.

6:14  It bifore ocupieth hem that coueyten it, that it schewe it silf the formere to hem.

6:15  He that wakith bi liyt to it, schal not trauele; forsothe he schal fynde it sittynge nyy hise yatis.

6:16  Therfor to thenke on wisdom is parfit wit, and he that wakith for it, schal soone be sikir.

6:17  For whi it goith aboute, and sekith men worthi to it; and in her weies it schal schewe it silf gladli to hem, and in al puruyaunce it schal meete hem.

6:18  For whi the bigynnyng of wisdom is the verieste coueytise of lernyng.

6:19  Therfor the bisynesse of lernyng is loue; and loue is the kepyng of lawis therof. Sotheli the kepyng of lawis is perfeccioun of vncorrupcioun;

6:20  forsothe vncorrupcioun makith to be next to God.

6:21  Therfor the coueitise of wisdom schal brynge to euerlastynge rewme.

6:22  Therfor if ye, kyngis of the puple, deliten in seetis, and in kyngis yerdis, `ether regaltees, loue ye wisdom, that ye regne with outen ende.

6:23  Alle ye, that ben souereyns to puplis, loue the liyt of wisdom.

6:24  Sotheli what is wisdom, and hou it is maad, Y schal telle; and Y schal not hide fro you the sacramentis of God; but fro the bigynnyng of birthe Y schal seke, and Y schal sette in to the liyt the kunnyng therof, and Y schal not passe treuthe.

6:25  And Y schal not haue weye with enuye wexynge rotun; for siche a man schal not be parcener of wisdom.

6:26  Forsothe the multitude of wise men is the helthe of the world; and a wijs kyng is the stablischyng of the puple.

6:27  Therfor take ye techyng bi my wordis, and it schal profite to you.