Sirach 33

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 No evil wil befal one who fears the Lord, such a one will be rescued even in the ordeal.	1 No evils shall happen to him that feareth the Lord, but in temptation God will keep him, and deliver him from evils.
2 No one who hates the Law is wise, one who is hypocritical about it is like a storm-tossed ship.	2 A wise man hateth not the commandments and justices, and he shall not be dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm.
3 An intelligent person will put faith in the Law, for such a one the Law is as dependable as a prophecy.	3 A man of understanding is faithful to the law of God, and the law is faithful to him.
4 Prepare what you have to say and you will get a hearing, marshal your information before you answer.	4 He that cleareth up a question, shall prepare what to say, and so having prayed he shall be heard, and shall keep discipline, and then he shall answer.
5 The feelings of a fool are like a cart-wheel, a fool's thought revolves like a turning axle.	5 The heart of a fool is as a wheel of a cart: and his thoughts are like a rolling axletree.
6 A rutting stal ion is like a sarcastic friend; he neighs, whoever rides him.	6 A friend that is a mocker, is like a stallion horse: he neigheth under every one that sitteth upon him.
7 Why is one day better than another, though the sun gives the same daylight throughout the year?	7 Why doth one day excel another, and one light another, and one year another year, when all come of the sun?
8 They have been differentiated in the mind of the Lord, who has diversified the seasons and feasts;	8 By the knowledge of the Lord they were distinguished, the sun being made, and keeping his commandment.
9 some he has made more important and has hal owed, others he has made ordinary days.	9 And he ordered the seasons, and holidays of them, and in them they celebrated festivals at an hour.
10 Human beings come from the ground, Adam himself was formed out of earth;	10 Some of them God made high and great days, and some of them he put in the number of ordinary days. And all men are from the ground, and out of the earth, from whence Adam was created.
11 in the fullness of his wisdom the Lord has made distinctions between them, and diversified theirconditions.	11 With much knowledge the Lord hath divided them and diversified their ways.
12 Some of them he has blessed, hal owing and setting them near him; others he has cursed andhumiliated by degrading them from their positions.	12 Some of them hath he blessed, and exalted: and some of them hath he sanctified, and set near himself: and some of them hath he cursed and brought low, end turned them from their station.
13 Like clay in the hands of the potter to mould as it pleases him, so are human beings in the hands oftheir Maker to reward as he judges right.	13 As the potter's clay is in his hand, to fashion and order it:
14 Opposite evil stands good, opposite death, life; so too opposite the devout stands the sinner.	14 All his ways are according to his ordering: so man is in the hand of him that made him, and he will render to him according to his judgment.
15 Contemplate al the works of the Most High, you wil find they go in pairs, by opposites.	15 Good is set against evil, and life against death: so also is the sinner against a just man. And so look upon all the works of the most High. Two and two, and one against another.
16 Although the last to come, I have kept my eyes open like a man picking up what the grape-pickershave left.	16 And I awaked last of all, and as one that gathereth after the grapegatherers.
17 By the blessing of the Lord I have come in first, and like a true grape-picker have fil ed my winepress.	17 In the blessing of God I also have hoped: and as one that gathereth grapes, have I filled the winepress.
18 And note, I have not been working merely for myself, but for al who seek instruction.	18 See that I have not laboured for myself only, but for all that seek discipline.
19 Listen to me, important public figures, presidents of the assembly, give ear!	19 Hear me, ye great men, and all ye people, and hearken with your ears, ye rulers of the church.
20 Neither to son nor wife, brother nor friend, give power over yourself during your own lifetime. And donot give your property to anyone else, in case you regret it and have to ask for it back.	20 Give not to son or wife, brother or friend, power over thee while thou livest; and give not thy estate to another, lest then repent, and thou entreat for the same.
21 As long as you live and there is breath in your body, do not yield power over yourself to anyone;	21 As long as thou livest, and hast breath in thee, let no man change thee.
22 better for your children to come begging to you, than for you to have to go begging to them.	22 For it is better that thy children should ask of thee, than that thou look toward the hands of thy children.
23 In al you do be the master, and leave a reputation unstained.	23 In all thy works keep the pre-eminence.
24 The day your life draws to a close, at the hour of death, then distribute your heritage.	24 Let no stain sully thy glory. In the time when thou shalt end the days of thy life, and in the time of thy decease, distribute thy inheritance.
25 Fodder, the stick and burdens for a donkey, bread, discipline and work for a slave.	25 Fodder, and a wand, and a burden are for an ass: bread, and correction, and work for a slave.
26 Work your slave hard, and you wil have peace of mind, leave his hands idle, and he wil be asking forhis freedom.	26 He worketh under correction, and seeketh to rest: let his hands be idle, and he seeketh liberty.
27 Yoke and harness wil bow the neck, for a bad servant, torments and the rack.	27 The yoke and the thong bend a stiff neck, and continual labours bow a slave.
28 Set him to work, so that he will not be idle; idleness teaches every kind of mischief.	28 Torture and fetters are for a malicious slave: send him to work, that he be not idle:
29 Keep him at his duties, where he should be, if he is disobedient, clap him in irons.	29 For idleness hath taught much evil.
30 But do not be over-exacting with anyone, and do nothing contrary to justice.	30 Set him to work: for so it is fit for him. And if he be not obedient, bring him down with fetters, but be not excessive towards any one: and do no grievous thing without judgment.
31 You have only one slave? Treat him like yourself, since you have acquired him with blood.	31 If thou have a faithful servant, let him be to thee as thy own soul: treat him as a brother: because in the blood of thy soul thou hast gotten him.
32 You have only one slave? Treat him as a brother, since you need him as you need yourself.	32 If thou hurt him unjustly, he will run away:
33 If you ill-treat him and he runs away, which way wil you go to look for him?	33 And if he rise up and depart, thou knowest not whom to ask, and in what way to seek him.