Sirach 25

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¹ There are three things my soul delights in, and which are delightful to God and to all people: concordbetween brothers, friendship between neighbours, and a wife and husband who live happily together.	¹ My soul takes pleasure in three things, and they are beautiful in the sight of the Lord and of men; agreement between brothers, friendship between neighbors, and a wife and a husband who live in harmony.
² There are three sorts of people my soul hates, and whose existence I consider an outrage: the poorswol en with pride, the rich who is a liar and an adulterous old man who has no sense.	² My soul hates three kinds of men, and I am greatly offended at their life: a beggar who is proud, a rich man who is a liar, and an adulterous old man who lacks good sense.
³ If you have gathered nothing in your youth, how can you discover anything in your old age?	³ You have gathered nothing in your youth; how then can you find anything in your old age?
⁴ How fine a thing: sound judgement with grey hairs, and for greybeards to know how to advise!	⁴ What an attractive thing is judgment in gray-haired men, and for the aged to possess good counsel!
⁵ How fine a thing: wisdom in the aged, and considered advice coming from people of distinction!	⁵ How attractive is wisdom in the aged, and understanding and counsel in honorable men!
⁶ The crown of the aged is ripe experience, their glory, the fear of the Lord.	⁶ Rich experience is the crown of the aged, and their boast is the fear of the Lord.
⁷ There are nine things I can think of which strike me as happy, and a tenth which is now on my tongue:the man who can be proud of his children, he who lives to see the downfal of his enemies;	⁷ With nine thoughts I have gladdened my heart, and a tenth I shall tell with my tongue: a man rejoicing in his children; a man who lives to see the downfall of his foes;
⁸ happy is he who keeps house with a sensible wife; he who does not toil with ox and donkey; he whohas never sinned with his tongue; he who does not serve a man less worthy than himself;	⁸ happy is he who lives with an intelligent wife, and he who has not made a slip with his tongue, and he who has not served a man inferior to himself;
⁹ happy is he who has acquired good sense and can find attentive ears for what he has to say;	⁹ happy is he who has gained good sense, and he who speaks to attentive listeners.
¹⁰ how great is he who has acquired wisdom; but unsurpassed is one who fears the Lord.	¹⁰ How great is he who has gained wisdom! But there is no one superior to him who fears the Lord.
¹¹ The fear of the Lord surpasses everything; what can compare with someone who has mastered that?	¹¹ The fear of the Lord surpasses everything; to whom shall be likened the one who holds it fast?
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¹³ Any wound rather than a wound of the heart! Any spite rather than the spite of woman!	¹³ Any wound, but not a wound of the heart! Any wickedness, but not the wickedness of a wife!
¹⁴ Any evil rather than an evil caused by an enemy! Any vengeance rather than the vengeance of a foe!	¹⁴ Any attack, but not an attack from those who hate! And any vengeance, but not the vengeance of enemies!
¹⁵ There is no poison worse than the poison of a snake, there is no fury worse than the fury of an enemy.	¹⁵ There is no venom worse than a snake's venom, and no wrath worse than an enemy's wrath.
¹⁶ I would sooner keep house with a lion or a dragon than keep house with a spiteful wife.	¹⁶ I would rather dwell with a lion and a dragon than dwell with an evil wife.
¹⁷ A woman's spite changes her appearance and makes her face as grim as a bear's.	¹⁷ The wickedness of a wife changes her appearance, and darkens her face like that of a bear.
¹⁸ When her husband goes out to dinner with his neighbours, he cannot help heaving bitter sighs.	¹⁸ Her husband takes his meals among the neighbors, and he cannot help sighing bitterly.
¹⁹ No spite can approach the spite of a woman, may a sinner's lot be hers!	¹⁹ Any iniquity is insignificant compared to a wife's iniquity; may a sinner's lot befall her!
²⁰ Like the climbing of a sandhill for elderly feet, such is a garrulous wife for a quiet husband.	²⁰ A sandy ascent for the feet of the aged-- such is a garrulous wife for a quiet husband.
²¹ Do not be taken in by a woman's beauty, never lose your head over a woman.	²¹ Do not be ensnared by a woman's beauty, and do not desire a woman for her possessions.
²² Bad temper, insolence and shame hold sway where the wife supports the husband.	²² There is wrath and impudence and great disgrace when a wife supports her husband.
²³ Low spirits, gloomy face, stricken heart: such is a spiteful wife. Slack hands and sagging knees: suchis the wife who does not make her husband happy.	²³ A dejected mind, a gloomy face, and a wounded heart are caused by an evil wife. Drooping hands and weak knees are caused by the wife who does not make her husband happy.
²⁴ Sin began with a woman, and thanks to her we must al die.	²⁴ From a woman sin had its beginning, and because of her we all die.
²⁵ Do not let water find a leak, nor a spiteful woman give free rein to her tongue.	²⁵ Allow no outlet to water, and no boldness of speech in an evil wife.
²⁶ If she wil not do as you tel her, get rid of her.	²⁶ If she does not go as you direct, separate her from yourself.

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