Sirach 21

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¹ My son, if you have sinned, do so no more, and for your past sins pray to be forgiven.	¹ My child, have you sinned? Do so no more, and ask forgiveness for your previous faults.
² Flee from sin as from a serpent. that will bite you if you go near it; Its teeth are lion's teeth, destroying the souls of men.	² Flee from sin as from a snake, if you approach it, it wil bite you; its teeth are lion's teeth, they takehuman life away.
³ Every offense is a two-edged sword; when it cuts, there can be no healing.	³ Al law-breaking is like a two-edged sword, the wounds it inflicts are beyond cure.
⁴ Violence and arrogance wipe out wealth; so too a proud man's home is destroyed.	⁴ Terror and violence make havoc of riches, similarly, desolation overtakes the houses of the proud.
⁵ Prayer from a poor man's lips is heard at once, and justice is quickly granted him.	⁵ A plea from the mouth of the poor goes straight to the ear of God, whose judgement comes withoutdelay.
⁶ He who hates correction walks the sinner's path, but he who fears the LORD repents in his heart.	⁶ Whoever resents reproof walks in the sinner's footsteps; whoever fears the Lord is repentant of heart.
⁷ Widely known is the boastful speaker but the wise man knows his own faults.	⁷ The glib speaker is known far and wide, but the wary detects every slip.
⁸ He who builds his house with another's money is collecting stones for his funeral mound.	⁸ To build your house with other people's money is like collecting stones for your own tomb.
⁹ A band of criminals is like a bundle of tow; they will end in a flaming fire.	⁹ A meeting of the lawless is like a heap of tow: they wil end in a blazing fire.
¹⁰ The path of sinners is smooth stones that end in the depths of the nether world.	¹⁰ The sinner's road is smoothly paved, but it ends at the pit of Sheol.
¹¹ He who keeps the law controls his impulses; he who is perfect in fear of the LORD has wisdom.	¹¹ Whoever keeps the Law wil master his instincts; the fear of the Lord is made perfect in wisdom.
¹² He can never be taught who is not shrewd, but one form of shrewdness is thoroughly bitter.	¹² No one who lacks aptitude can be taught, but certain aptitudes give rise to bitterness.
¹³ A wise man's knowledge wells up in a flood, and his counsel, like a living spring;	¹³ The sage's knowledge is as rich as the abyss and his advice is like a living spring.
¹⁴ A fool's mind is like a broken jar-- no knowledge at all can it hold.	¹⁴ The heart of a fool is like a broken jar, it will not hold any knowledge.
¹⁵ When an intelligent man hears words of wisdom, he approves them and adds to them; The wanton hears them with scorn and casts them behind his back.	¹⁵ If the educated hears a wise saying, he praises it and caps it with another; if a debauchee hears it, hedoes not like it and tosses it behind his back.
¹⁶ A fool's chatter is like a load on a journey, but there is charm to be found upon the lips of the wise.	¹⁶ The talk of a fool is like a load on a journey, but it is a pleasure to listen to the intelligent.
¹⁷ The views of a prudent man are sought in an assembly, and his words are considered with care.	¹⁷ The utterance of the shrewd wil be eagerly awaited in the assembly, what he says wil be givenserious consideration.
¹⁸ Like a house in ruins is wisdom to a fool; the stupid man knows it only as inscrutable words.	¹⁸ The wisdom of a fool is like the wreckage of a house, the knowledge of a dolt is incoherent talk.
¹⁹ Like fetters on the legs is learning to a fool, like a manacle on his right hand.	¹⁹ To the senseless fel ow instruction is like fetters on the feet, like manacles on the right hand.
²⁰ A fool raises his voice in laughter, but the prudent man at the most smiles gently.	²⁰ A fool laughs at the top of his voice, but the intel igent quietly smiles.
²¹ Like a chain of gold is learning to a wise man, like a bracelet on his right arm.	²¹ To the shrewd instruction is like a golden ornament, like a bracelet on the right arm.
²² The fool steps boldly into a house, while the well-bred man remains outside;	²² The step of a fool goes straight into a house, but a person of much experience makes a respectfulapproach;
²³ A boor peeps through the doorway of a house, but a cultured man keeps his glance cast down.	²³ the stupid peeps inside through the door, a well-bred person waits outside.
²⁴ It is rude for one to listen at a door; a cultured man would be overwhelmed by the disgrace of it.	²⁴ Listening at doors is a sign of bad upbringing, the perceptive would be ashamed to do so.
²⁵ The lips of the impious talk of what is not their concern, but the words of the prudent are carefully weighed.	²⁵ The lips of gossips repeat the words of others, the words of the wise are careful y weighed.
²⁶ Fools' thoughts are in their mouths, wise men's words are in their hearts.	²⁶ The heart of fools is in their mouth, but the mouth of the wise is in their heart.
²⁷ When a godless man curses his adversary he really curses himself.	²⁷ When the godless curses Satan, he is cursing himself.
²⁸ A slanderer besmirches himself, and is hated by his neighbors.	²⁸ The scandal-monger sul ies himself and earns the hatred of the neighbourhood.

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