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Sirach 7

1Do no evil, so no evil will overtake you.
1Do no evil, so shall no harm come unto thee.
2Depart from wrong, and it will turn away from you.
2Depart from the unjust, and iniquity shall turn away from thee.
3My son, don’t sow upon the furrows of unrighteousness, and you won’t reap them sevenfold.
3My son, sow not upon the furrows of unrighteousness, and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold.
4Don’t seek preeminence from the Lord, nor the seat of honor from the king.
4Seek not of the Lord preeminence, neither of the king the seat of honour.
5Don’t justify yourself in the presence of the Lord, and don’t display your wisdom before the king.
5justify not thyself before the Lord; and boast not of thy wisdom before the king.
6Don’t seek to be a judge, lest you not be able to take away iniquities, lest perhaps you fear the person of a mighty man, and lay a stumbling block in the way of your uprightness.
6Seek not to be judge, being not able to take away iniquity; lest at any time thou fear the person of the mighty, an stumblingblock in the way of thy uprightness.
7Don’t sin against the multitude of the city. Don’t disgrace yourself in the crowd.
7Offend not against the multitude of a city, and then thou shalt not cast thyself down among the people.
8Don’t commit a sin twice, for even in one you will not be unpunished.
8Bind not one sin upon another; for in one thou shalt not be unpunished.
9Don’t say, “He will look upon the multitude of my gifts. When I make an offering to the Most High God, he will accept it.”
9Say not, God will look upon the multitude of my oblations, and when I offer to the most high God, he will accept it.
10Don’t be faint-hearted in your prayer. Don’t neglect to give alms.
10Be not fainthearted when thou makest thy prayer, and neglect not to give alms.
11Don’t laugh a man to scorn when he is in the bitterness of his soul, for there is one who humbles and exalts.
11Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one which humbleth and exalteth.
12Don’t devise a lie against your brother, or do the same to a friend.
12Devise not a lie against thy brother; neither do the like to thy friend.
13Refuse to utter a lie, for that habit results in no good.
13Use not to make any manner of lie: for the custom thereof is not good.
14Don’t babble in the assembly of elders. Don’t repeat your words in your prayer.
14Use not many words in a multitude of elders, and make not much babbling when thou prayest.
15Don’t hate hard labor or farm work, which the Most High has created.
15Hate not laborious work, neither husbandry, which the most High hath ordained.
16Don’t number yourself among the multitude of sinners. Remember that wrath will not wait.
16Number not thyself among the multitude of sinners, but remember that wrath will not tarry long.
17Humble your soul greatly, for the punishment of the ungodly man is fire and the worm.
17Humble thyself greatly: for the vengeance of the ungodly is fire and worms.
18Don’t exchange a friend for something, neither a true brother for the gold of Ophir.
18Change not a friend for any good by no means; neither a faithful brother for the gold of Ophir.
19Don’t deprive yourself of a wise and good wife, for her grace is worth more than gold.
19Forego not a wise and good woman: for her grace is above gold.
20Don’t abuse a servant who works faithfully, or a hireling who gives you his life.
20Whereas thy servant worketh truly, entreat him not evil, nor the hireling that bestoweth himself wholly for thee.
21Let your soul love a wise servant. Don’t defraud him of liberty.
21Let thy soul love a good servant, and defraud him not of liberty.
22Do you have cattle? Look after them. If they are profitable to you, let them stay by you.
22Hast thou cattle? have an eye to them: and if they be for thy profit, keep them with thee.
23Do you have children? Correct them, and make them obedient from their youth.
23Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow down their neck from their youth.
24Do you have daughters? Take care of their bodies, and don’t be overly indulgent toward them.
24Hast thou daughters? have a care of their body, and shew not thyself cheerful toward them.
25Give your daughter in marriage, and you will have accomplished a great matter. Give her to a man of understanding.
25Marry thy daughter, and so shalt thou have performed a weighty matter: but give her to a man of understanding.
26Do you have a wife who pleases you? Don’t cast her out. But don’t trust yourself to one who is hateful.
26Hast thou a wife after thy mind? forsake her not: but give not thyself over to a light woman.
27Honor your father with your whole heart, and don’t forget the birth pangs of your mother.
27Honour thy father with thy whole heart, and forget not the sorrows of thy mother.
28Remember that you were born of them. What will you repay them for the things that they have done for you?
28Remember that thou wast begotten of them; and how canst thou recompense them the things that they have done for thee?
29Fear the Lord with all your soul; and revere his priests.
29Fear the Lord with all thy soul, and reverence his priests.
30With all your strength love him who made you. Don’t forsake his ministers.
30Love him that made thee with all thy strength, and forsake not his ministers.
31Fear the Lord and honor the priest. Give him his portion, even as it is commanded you: the first fruits, the trespass offering, the gift of the shoulders, the sacrifice of sanctification, and the first fruits of holy things.
31Fear the Lord, and honor the priest; and give him his portion, as it is commanded thee; the firstfruits, and the trespass offering, and the gift of the shoulders, and the sacrifice of sanctification, and the firstfruits of the holy things.
32Also stretch out your hand to the poor man, that your blessing may be complete.
32And stretch thine hand unto the poor, that thy blessing may be perfected.
33A gift has grace in the sight of every living man. Don’t withhold grace for a dead man.
33A gift hath grace in the sight of every man living; and for the dead detain it not.
34Don’t avoid those who weep, and mourn with those who mourn.
34Fail not to be with them that weep, and mourn with them that mourn.
35Don’t be slow to visit a sick man, for by such things you will gain love.
35Be not slow to visit the sick: for that shall make thee to be beloved.
36In all your words, remember eternity, and you will never sin.
36Whatsoever thou takest in hand, remember the end, and thou shalt never do amiss.