Sirach 39 — WBMSE
39Verse 1and they give their soul, and they ask together [or together seeking] in the law of the Highest. A wise man shall seek out the wisdom of all (the) eld [or old] men; and he shall give attention in (or to the) prophets.Verse 2He shall keep the telling(s) of (the) named men; and he shall enter (al)together into the hard sentences [or the slynesses] of parables.Verse 3He shall seek out the privy things of proverbs; and he shall be conver-sant in the hid things of parables.Verse 4He shall minister in the midst of great men; and he shall appear in the sight of the chief judge. He shall pass into the land of alien folks; for he shall assay goods, and evils in all things.Verse 5He shall give his heart to wake early to the Lord that made him; and he shall beseech in the sight of the Highest. He shall open his mouth in prayer; and he shall beseech for his trespasses.Verse 6For if the great Lord will (or desire to), he shall fill him with the spirit of understanding. And he shall send the words of his wisdom, as rains; and in prayer he shall acknowl-edge to the Lord.Verse 7And he, that is, the Lord, shall (ad)dress (or direct) his counsel, and teaching; and shall counsel in his hid things.Verse 8He shall make open the wisdom of his teaching; and he shall have glory in the law of the testament of the Lord.Verse 9Many men shall praise his wisdom; and it shall not be done away till into the world. His mind shall not go away [or The memory of him shall not go away]; and his name shall be sought from generation into generation.Verse 10Folks shall tell out his wisdom; and the church shall tell [out] his praising.Verse 11If his name dwelleth, he shall leave more than a thousand; and if he resteth, it shall profit to him.Verse 12Yet I shall take counsel to tell out, for I am [full]-filled as with madness; and mine inner spirit saith in voice,Verse 13Ye fruits of God, hear me, and make ye fruit, as roses planted on (or by) the rivers of waters.Verse 14Have ye odour of sweetness, as the Lebanon hath. Bring forth flowers, as a lily; give ye odour, and make ye boughs into grace. And praise ye together a song; and bless ye the Lord in his works.Verse 15Give ye great honour to his name, and acknowledge ye to him in the voice of your lips, in songs of lips, and in harps; and thus ye shall say in acknowledging,Verse 16All the works of the Lord be full good.Verse 17Forsooth water as an heap of stones stood at his word; and as receptacles of waters in the word of his mouth.Verse 18For why peaceableness is made in his commandment; and no default [or less(en)ing] is in the health of him, that is, in (the) saving made by him.Verse 19The works of each [or all] flesh be before him; and nothing is hid from his eyes.Verse 20He beholdeth from the world till into the world; and nothing is won-derful [or is marvellous] in his sight.Verse 21It is not to say, What is this thing, either, What is that thing? for why all things shall be sought in their time.Verse 22The blessing of him shall flow as a flood;Verse 23and as the great flood filled greatly the earth, so his ire [or wrath] shall inherit in folks, that sought not him.Verse 24As he turned waters into dryness-es [or into drought], and the earth was dried, and his ways were (ad)dressed (or directed) to the ways of them; so offensions (or stumbling blocks) in his ire [or in (his) wrath]be (ad) dressed (or directed) to sinners.Verse 25Good things were made at the beginning to (or for) good men; so good things and evil be made to (or for) worst men.Verse 26The beginning of needful [or necessary] thing(s) to the life of men, (be) water, fire, and iron, and salt, and milk, and bread of clean [or tried] flour of wheat, and honey, and a cluster of grape(s), and oil, and cloth(es)[or clothing].Verse 27All these things shall turn to holy men into goods; so and to unfaithful [or unpious] men and to sinners into evils.Verse 28Spirits be that be made [or formed] to (or for) vengeance; and in their madness they confirmed their torments. And in the time of ending they shall shed [or pour] out virtue; and they shall confound (or confuse) the strong vengeance of him that made them.Verse 29Fire, hail, hunger, and death; all these things be made [or be formed] to (or for) vengeance;Verse 30the teeth of beasts, and scorpions, and serpents, and a sword punishing wicked men into destroying.Verse 31In the commandments of him, those [or they] shall eat, and those [or they] shall be made ready on the earth in need; and in their times those [or they] shall not (over)-pass one word.Verse 32Therefore from the beginning I was confirmed (or certain); and I counselled, and thought, and left (it all) written (down).Verse 33All the works of the Lord be good; and each work shall serve in his (or its) hour.Verse 34It is not to say, This is worse than that; for why all things shall be (ap)proved in their time.Verse 35And now in all the heart and mouth praise ye together, and bless ye the name of the Lord.