Sirach 29

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¹ He shows mercy who lends to his neighbor, for he keeps the commandments by strengthening him.	¹ Making your neighbour a loan is an act of mercy, to lend him a helping hand is to keep thecommandments.
² Lend to your neighbor in his time of need, and receive it again from your neighbor in his time.	² Lend to your neighbour in his time of need, and in your turn repay your neighbour on time.
³ Keep your word, and act faithfully with him, and then you will find whatever you need in every time.	³ Be as good as your word and keep faith with him, and you wil find your needs met every time.
⁴ Many have treated a loan like found money, and they offered trouble to those who helped them.	⁴ Many treat a loan as a windfal , and embarrass those who have come to their rescue.
⁵ Until they receive, they kiss the hands of the giver, and they humble their voice in promises.	⁵ Until he gets something, a man wil kiss his neighbour's hand, and refer diffidently to his wealth; butwhen the loan fal s due, he puts this off, he repays with offhand words, and pleads the inconvenience of the time.
⁶ But at the time of repayment, they will ask for more time, and they will speak annoying and complaining words, and they will make excuses for the time.	⁶ Even if he can be made to pay, his creditor wil recover barely half, and consider even that a windfal .But otherwise he wil be cheated of his money, and undeservedly gain himself an enemy; the man wil pay himback in curses and abuse, and with insults instead of honour.
⁷ Then, if he is able to repay, he will turn away. He will pay barely one half, and he will consider it as if he had found it.	⁷ Many, not out of malice, refuse to lend; they are merely anxious not to be cheated for nothing.
⁸ But if not, then he will defraud him of his money, and he will have him as an enemy without cause.	⁸ Nevertheless, be patient with those who are badly off, do not keep them waiting on your generosity.
⁹ And he will repay him with accusations and curses, and he will repay him with contempt, instead of with honor and kindness.	⁹ In obedience to the commandment, help the poor; do not turn the poor away empty-handed in theirneed.
¹⁰ Many have refused to lend, not because of wickedness, but because they were afraid to be defrauded without cause.	¹⁰ Spend your money on your brother or your friend, do not leave it under a stone to rust away.
¹¹ Yet truly, be more steadfast toward the humble, and you should not delay in acts of mercy toward them.	¹¹ Use your wealth as the Most High has decreed; you will find that more profitable than gold.
¹² Assist the poor because of the commandment. And you should not send him away empty because of his dire need.	¹² Stock your store-rooms with almsgiving; this will save you from al misfortune.
¹³ Lose your money to your brother and your friend. For you should not hide it under a stone to be lost.	¹³ Better than sturdy shield or weighty spear, this will fight for you against the enemy.
¹⁴ Let your treasure be in the precepts of the Most High, and it will benefit you more than gold.	¹⁴ A good man wil go surety for his neighbour; only a shameless wretch would desert him.
¹⁵ Store your alms in the hearts of the poor, and it will obtain help for you against all evil.	¹⁵ Do not forget the favour your guarantor has done you; he has given his life for you.
¹⁶ Better than the shield or the lance of a powerful man,	¹⁶ A sinner is careless of his guarantor's prosperity, the ungrateful forgets his deliverer.
¹⁷ it will fight for you against your enemy.	¹⁷ Going surety has ruined many who were prosperous, tossing them about in a heavy sea.
¹⁸ A good man offers credit for the sake of his neighbor. But one who abandons him to himself will perish in shame.	¹⁸ It has driven the powerful from home to wander among foreign nations.
¹⁹ You should not forget the kindness of your benefactor. For he has offered his life on your behalf.	¹⁹ A wicked man in a hurry to stand guarantor in the hope of profit, is hurrying to be sentenced.
²⁰ The sinner and the unclean flee from such promises.	²⁰ Come to your neighbour's help as far as you can, but take care not to fall into the same plight.
²¹ A sinner attributes to himself the goods of his loan. And an ungrateful mind will abandon the one who has freed him.	²¹ The first thing in life is water, and bread, and clothing, and a house for the sake of privacy.
²² A man offers credit to his neighbor. But when he will have lost respect, he will abandon him.	²² Better the life of the poor under a roof of planks, than lavish fare in somebody else's house.
²³ A wicked promise has destroyed many who had good intentions, and has tossed them like a wave on the ocean.	²³ Whether you have little or much, be content with it, and you wil not hear your household complaining.
²⁴ It has caused powerful men to travel around, and they have wandered amid foreign nations.	²⁴ It is a miserable life, going from house to house; wherever you stay, you dare not open your mouth,
²⁵ A sinner transgressing the commandment of the Lord will fall into a wicked promise. And he who undertakes many things will fall into judgment.	²⁵ you do not belong, you receive no thanks for the drink you pour out and hear embittering words intothe bargain:
²⁶ Help your neighbor to recover according to your ability, but attend to yourself, lest you also fall.	²⁶ 'Come along, stranger, lay the table, what have you got ready? give me something to eat!'
²⁷ The primary need in a man’s life is water and bread, and clothing, and a house to protect modesty.	²⁷ 'Go away, stranger, make room for someone important; my brother is coming to stay, I need thehouse.'
²⁸ A pauper’s food under a roof of boards is better than a splendid feast on a sojourn away from home.	²⁸ It is hard for the reasonable to be begrudged hospitality to be shamed like a debtor.
²⁹ Let yourself be pleased with little instead of much, and you will not hear the reproach of being away from home.
³⁰ It is a wicked life to go from house to house as a guest. For wherever he is a guest, he will not act confidently, nor open his mouth.
³¹ He will entertain, and feed, and give drink to the ungrateful, and beyond this, he will listen to bitter words:
³² “Go, my guest, and set the table, and let others eat from what you have in your hand.”
³³ “Depart from the honored face of my friends. For it has become necessary for my house to host my brother instead.”
³⁴ These things are grievous to a man having understanding: to take advantage of a household, and to reproach a lender.

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