Sirach 29

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¹ He shows mercy who lends to his neighbor, for he keeps the commandments by strengthening him.	¹ He that shows mercy will lend to his neighbor, and he that strengthens him with his hand keeps the commandments.
² Lend to your neighbor in his time of need, and receive it again from your neighbor in his time.	² Lend to your neighbor in the time of his need; and in turn, repay your neighbor promptly.
³ Keep your word, and act faithfully with him, and then you will find whatever you need in every time.	³ Confirm your word and keep faith with him, and on every occasion you will find what you need.
⁴ Many have treated a loan like found money, and they offered trouble to those who helped them.	⁴ Many persons regard a loan as a windfall, and cause trouble to those who help them.
⁵ Until they receive, they kiss the hands of the giver, and they humble their voice in promises.	⁵ A man will kiss another's hands until he gets a loan, and will lower his voice in speaking of his neighbor's money; but at the time for repayment he will delay, and will pay in words of unconcern, and will find fault with 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 If the lender exert pressure, he will hardly get back half, and will regard that as a windfall. If he does not, the borrower has robbed him of his money, and he has needlessly made him his enemy; he will repay him with curses and reproaches, and instead of glory will repay him with dishonor.
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 Because of such wickedness, therefore, many have refused to lend; they have been afraid of being defrauded needlessly.
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 a man in humble circumstances, and do not make him wait for your alms.
⁹ And he will repay him with accusations and curses, and he will repay him with contempt, instead of with honor and kindness.	⁹ Help a poor man for the commandment's sake, and because of his need do not send him away empty.
¹⁰ Many have refused to lend, not because of wickedness, but because they were afraid to be defrauded without cause.	¹⁰ Lose your silver for the sake of a brother or a friend, and do not let it rust under a stone and be lost.
¹¹ Yet truly, be more steadfast toward the humble, and you should not delay in acts of mercy toward them.	¹¹ Lay up your treasure according to the commandments of the Most High, and it will profit you more than gold.
¹² Assist the poor because of the commandment. And you should not send him away empty because of his dire need.	¹² Store up almsgiving in your treasury, and it will rescue you from all affliction;
¹³ Lose your money to your brother and your friend. For you should not hide it under a stone to be lost.	¹³ more than a mighty shield and more than a heavy spear, it will fight on your behalf against your 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 will be surety for his neighbor, but a man who has lost his sense of shame will fail 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 all the kindness of your surety, for he has given his life for you.
¹⁶ Better than the shield or the lance of a powerful man,	¹⁶ A sinner will overthrow the prosperity of his surety,
¹⁷ it will fight for you against your enemy.	¹⁷ and one who does not feel grateful will abandon his rescuer.
¹⁸ A good man offers credit for the sake of his neighbor. But one who abandons him to himself will perish in shame.	¹⁸ Being surety has ruined many men who were prosperous, and has shaken them like a wave of the sea; it has driven men of power into exile, and they have wandered among foreign nations.
¹⁹ You should not forget the kindness of your benefactor. For he has offered his life on your behalf.	¹⁹ The sinner who has fallen into suretyship and pursues gain will fall into lawsuits.
²⁰ The sinner and the unclean flee from such promises.	²⁰ Assist your neighbor according to your ability, but take heed to yourself lest you fall.
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 essentials for life are water and bread and clothing and a house to cover one's nakedness.
²² A man offers credit to his neighbor. But when he will have lost respect, he will abandon him.	²² Better is the life of a poor man under the shelter of his roof than sumptuous food in another man's house.
²³ A wicked promise has destroyed many who had good intentions, and has tossed them like a wave on the ocean.	²³ Be content with little or much.
²⁴ It has caused powerful men to travel around, and they have wandered amid foreign nations.	²⁴ It is a miserable life to go from house to house, and where you are a stranger you may 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 will play the host and provide drink without being thanked, and besides this you will hear bitter words:
²⁶ Help your neighbor to recover according to your ability, but attend to yourself, lest you also fall.	²⁶ "Come here, stranger, prepare the table, and if you have anything at hand, let me have it to eat."
²⁷ The primary need in a man’s life is water and bread, and clothing, and a house to protect modesty.	²⁷ "Give place, stranger, to an honored person; my brother has come to stay with me; I need my house."
²⁸ A pauper’s food under a roof of boards is better than a splendid feast on a sojourn away from home.	²⁸ These things are hard to bear for a man who has feeling: scolding about lodging and the reproach of the moneylender.
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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