Sirach 14

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Blessed is the man that hath not slipped by a word out of his mouth, and is not pricked with the remorse of sin.	1 Blessed is anyone who has not sinned in speech and who needs feel no remorse for sins.
2 Happy is he that hath had no sadness of his mind, and who is not fallen from his hope.	2 Blessed is anyone whose conscience brings no reproach and who has never given up hope.
3 Riches are not comely for a covetous man and a niggard, and what should an envious man do with gold?	3 Wealth is not the right thing for the niggardly, and what use are possessions to the covetous?
4 He that gathereth together by wronging his own soul, gathereth for others, and another will squander away his goods in rioting.	4 Whoever hoards by stinting himself is hoarding for others, and others wil live sumptuously on hisriches.
5 He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good? and he shall not take pleasure in his goods.	5 If someone is mean to himself, whom does he benefit? he does not even enjoy what is his own.
6 There is none worse than he that envieth himself, and this is the reward of his wickedness:	6 No one is meaner than the person who is mean to himself, this is how his wickedness repays him.
7 And if he do good, he doth it ignorantly, and unwillingly: and at the last he discovereth his wickedness.	7 If he does any good, he does it unintentional y, and in the end he himself reveals his wickedness.
8 The eye of the envious is wicked: and he turneth away his face, and despiseth his own soul.	8 Wicked the person who has an envious eye, averting his face, and careless of others' lives.
9 The eye of the covetous man is insatiable in his portion of iniquity: he will not be satisfied till he consume his own soul, drying it up.	9 The eye of the grasping is not content with what he has, greed shrivels up the soul.
10 An evil eye is towards evil things: and he shall not have his fill of bread, but shall be needy and pensive at his own table.	10 The miser is grudging of bread, there is famine at his table.
11 My son, if thou have any thing, do good to thyself, and offer to God worthy offerings.	11 My child, treat yourself as wel as you can afford, and bring worthy offerings to the Lord.
12 Remember that death is not slow, and that the covenant of hell hath been shewn to thee: for the covenant of this world shall surely die.	12 Remember that death wil not delay, and that you have never seen Sheol's contract.
13 Do good to thy friend before thou die, and according to thy ability, stretching out thy hand give to the poor.	13 Be kind to your friend before you die, treat him as generously as you can afford.
14 Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good gift overpass thee.	14 Do not refuse yourself the good things of today, do not let your share of what is lawfully desired passyou by.
15 Shalt thou not leave to others to divide by lot thy sorrows and labours?	15 Wil you not have to leave your fortune to another, and the fruit of your labour to be divided by lot?
16 Give and take, and justify thy soul.	16 Give and receive, enjoy yourself -- there are no pleasures to be found in Sheol.
17 Before thy death work justice: for in hell there is no finding food.	17 Like clothes, every body wil wear out, the age -- old law is, 'Everyone must die.'
18 All flesh shall fade as grass, and as the leaf that springeth out on a green tree.	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.
19 Some grow, and some fall off: 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.
20 Every work that is corruptible shall fail in the end: and the worker thereof shall go with it.	20 Blessed is anyone who meditates on wisdom, and reasons with intelligence,
21 And every excellent work shall be justified: and the worker thereof shall be honoured therein.	21 who studies her ways in his heart, and ponders her secrets.
22 Blessed is the man that shall continue in wisdom, and that shall meditate in his justice, and in his mind shall think of the all seeing eye of God.	22 He pursues her like a hunter, and lies in wait by her path;
23 He that considereth her ways in his heart, and hath understanding in her secrets, who goeth after her as one that traceth, and stayeth in her ways:	23 he peeps in at her windows, and listens at her doors;
24 He who looketh in at her windows, and hearkeneth at her door:	24 he lodges close to her house, and fixes his peg in her wal s;
25 He that lodgeth near her house, and fastening a pin in her walls shall set up his tent nigh unto her, where good things shall rest in his lodging for ever.	25 he pitches his tent at her side, and lodges in an excel ent lodging;
26 He shall set his children under her shelter, and shall lodge under her branches:	26 he sets his children in her shade, and camps beneath her branches;
27 He shall be protected under her covering from the heat, and shall rest in her glory.	27 he is sheltered by her from the heat, and in her glory he makes his home.