| 33 | Ecclesiasticus | ||
| 1 | No evil will befall the man who fears the Lord, but in trial he will deliver him again and again. | ||
| 2 | A wise man will not hate the law, but he who is hypocritical about it is like a boat in a storm. | ||
| 3 | A man of understanding will trust in the law; for him the law is as dependable as an inquiry by means of Urim. | ||
| 4 | Prepare what to say, and thus you will be heard; bind together your instruction, and make your answer. | ||
| 5 | The heart of a fool is like a cart wheel, and his thoughts like a turning axle. | ||
| 6 | A stallion is like a mocking friend; he neighs under every one who sits on him. | ||
| 7 | Why is any day better than another, when all the daylight in the year is from the sun? | Everyone is different. Sir.33.7-18 | |
| 8 | By the Lord's decision they were distinguished, and he appointed the different seasons and feasts; | ||
| 9 | some of them he exalted and hallowed, and some of them he made ordinary days. | ||
| 10 | All men are from the ground, and Adam was created of the dust. | ||
| 11 | In the fulness of his knowledge the Lord distinguished them and appointed their different ways; | ||
| 12 | some of them he blessed and exalted, and some of them he made holy and brought near to himself; but some of them he cursed and brought low, and he turned them out of their place. | ||
| 13 | As clay in the hand of the potter - for all his ways are as he pleases - so men are in the hand of him who made them, to give them as he decides. | ||
| 14 | Good is the opposite of evil, and life the opposite of death; so the sinner is the opposite of the godly. | ||
| 15 | Look upon all the works of the Most High; they likewise are in pairs, one the opposite of the other. | ||
| 16 | I was the last on watch; I was like one who gleans after the grape-gatherers; by the blessing of the Lord I excelled, and like a grape-gatherer I filled my wine press. | ||
| 17 | Consider that I have not laboured for myself alone, but for all who seek instruction. | ||
| 18 | Hear me, you who are great among the people, and you leaders of the congregation, hearken. | ||
| 19 | To son or wife, to brother or friend, do not give power over yourself, as long as you live; and do not give your property to another, lest you change your mind and must ask for it. | Be independent. Sir.33.19-23 | |
| 20 | While you are still alive and have breath in you, do not let any one take your place. | ||
| 21 | For it is better that your children should ask from you than that you should look to the hand of you sons. | ||
| 22 | Excel in all that you do; bring no stain upon your honour. | ||
| 23 | At the time when you end the days of your life, in the hour of death, distribute your inheritance. | ||
| 24 | Fodder and a stick and burdens for an ass; bread and discipline and work for a servant. | Slaves. Sir.33.24-31 | |
| 25 | Set your slave to work, and you will find rest; leave his hands idle, and he will seek liberty. | ||
| 26 | Yoke and thong will bow the neck, and for a wicked servant there are racks and tortures. | ||
| 27 | Put him to work, that he may not be idle, for idleness teaches much evil. | ||
| 28 | Set him to work, as is fitting for him, and if he does not obey, make his fetters heavy. | ||
| 29 | Do not act immoderately toward anybody, and do nothing without discretion. | ||
| 30 | If you have a servant, let him be as yourself, because you have bought him with blood. | ||
| 31 | If you have a servant, treat him as a brother, for as your own soul you will need him. | ||
| 32 | If you ill-treat him, and he leaves and runs away, | ||
| 33 | which way will you go to seek him? | ||
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