Sirach 14

NEW JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Blessed is anyone who has not sinned in speech and who needs feel no remorse for sins.	1 Blessed is the man that hath not slipped with his mouth, and is not pricked with the multitude of sins.
2 Blessed is anyone whose conscience brings no reproach and who has never given up hope.	2 Blessed is he whose conscience hath not condemned him, and who is not fallen from his hope in the Lord.
3 Wealth is not the right thing for the niggardly, and what use are possessions to the covetous?	3 Riches are not comely for a niggard: and what should an envious man do with money?
4 Whoever hoards by stinting himself is hoarding for others, and others wil live sumptuously on hisriches.	4 He that gathereth by defrauding his own soul gathereth for others, that shall spend his goods riotously.
5 If someone is mean to himself, whom does he benefit? he does not even enjoy what is his own.	5 He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good? he shall not take pleasure in his goods.
6 No one is meaner than the person who is mean to himself, this is how his wickedness repays him.	6 There is none worse than he that envieth himself; and this is a recompence of his wickedness.
7 If he does any good, he does it unintentional y, and in the end he himself reveals his wickedness.	7 And if he doeth good, he doeth it unwillingly; and at the last he will declare his wickedness.
8 Wicked the person who has an envious eye, averting his face, and careless of others' lives.	8 The envious man hath a wicked eye; he turneth away his face, and despiseth men.
9 The eye of the grasping is not content with what he has, greed shrivels up the soul.	9 A covetous man's eye is not satisfied with his portion; and the iniquity of the wicked drieth up his soul.
10 The miser is grudging of bread, there is famine at his table.	10 A wicked eye envieth [his] bread, and he is a niggard at his table.
11 My child, treat yourself as wel as you can afford, and bring worthy offerings to the Lord.	11 My son, according to thy ability do good to thyself, and give the Lord his due offering.
12 Remember that death wil not delay, and that you have never seen Sheol's contract.	12 Remember that death will not be long in coming, and that the covenant of the grave is not shewed unto thee.
13 Be kind to your friend before you die, treat him as generously as you can afford.	13 Do good unto thy friend before thou die, and according to thy ability stretch out thy hand and give to him.
14 Do not refuse yourself the good things of today, do not let your share of what is lawfully desired passyou by.	14 Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good desire overpass thee.
15 Wil you not have to leave your fortune to another, and the fruit of your labour to be divided by lot?	15 Shalt thou not leave thy travails unto another? and thy labours to be divided by lot?
16 Give and receive, enjoy yourself -- there are no pleasures to be found in Sheol.	16 Give, and take, and sanctify thy soul; for there is no seeking of dainties in the grave.
17 Like clothes, every body wil wear out, the age -- old law is, 'Everyone must die.'	17 All flesh waxeth old as a garment: for the covenant from the beginning is, Thou shalt die the death.
18 Like foliage growing on a bushy tree, some leaves fal ing, others growing, so are the generations offlesh and blood: one dies, another is born.	18 As of the green leaves on a thick tree, some fall, and some grow; so is the generation of flesh and blood, one cometh to an end, and another is born.
19 Every achievement rots away and perishes, and with it goes its author.	19 Every work rotteth and consumeth away, and the worker thereof shall go withal.
20 Blessed is anyone who meditates on wisdom, and reasons with intelligence,	20 Blessed is the man that doth meditate good things in wisdom, and that reasoneth of holy things by his understanding. ing.
21 who studies her ways in his heart, and ponders her secrets.	21 He that considereth her ways in his heart shall also have understanding in her secrets.
22 He pursues her like a hunter, and lies in wait by her path;	22 Go after her as one that traceth, and lie in wait in her ways.
23 he peeps in at her windows, and listens at her doors;	23 He that prieth in at her windows shall also hearken at her doors.
24 he lodges close to her house, and fixes his peg in her wal s;	24 He that doth lodge near her house shall also fasten a pin in her walls.
25 he pitches his tent at her side, and lodges in an excel ent lodging;	25 He shall pitch his tent nigh unto her, and shall lodge in a lodging where good things are.
26 he sets his children in her shade, and camps beneath her branches;	26 He shall set his children under her shelter, and shall lodge under her branches.
27 he is sheltered by her from the heat, and in her glory he makes his home.	27 By her he shall be covered from heat, and in her glory shall he dwell.