Sirach 42

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 The fol owing things you should not be ashamed of, and do not sin from fear of what others think:	1 You should not repeat a claim heard from the revealing of a hidden word. And then, truly, you will be without shame, and you will find favor in the sight of all men. You should not accept the reputation of someone, so that you would sin, nor should you be confounded in any of the following things:
2 of the Law of the Most High or of the covenant, of a verdict that acquits the godless,	2 in the law of the Most High and his covenant, or by giving a judgment to justify the impious;
3 of keeping accounts with a travelling companion, of settling property on your friends,	3 in a word among companions and fellow travelers, or by distributing the inheritance of friends;
4 of being accurate over scales and weights, of making small and large profits,	4 in the fairness of scales and weights, or in acquiring much or little;
5 of gaining from commercial transactions, of disciplining your children strictly, of lashing a wicked slavetill you draw blood.	5 by the corruption of buying and negotiating, or in the ample discipline of children, or in causing the side of a wicked servant to bleed.
6 With an interfering wife, it is as wel to use your seal, and where there are many hands, lock things up.	6 A seal is good over a wicked wife.
7 Whatever stores you issue, do it by number and weight, spendings and takings, put everything inwriting.	7 Where there are many hands, seal and deliver all things by number and weight; and truly, give and receive everything in writing.
8 Do not be ashamed to correct a stupid person or a fool, or an old dotard who bickers with youngpeople. Then you wil show yourself real y educated and win the approval of everyone.	8 You should not have shame in correcting the senseless, the foolish, and those youths who would judge their elders. And so shall you be well-instructed in all things and well-approved in the sight of all the living.
9 Unknown to her, a daughter keeps her father awake, the worry she gives him drives away his sleep: inher youth, in case she never marries, married, in case she should be disliked,	9 The vigilance of a father for his daughter is hidden, and his concern for her takes away his sleep. For perhaps, in her adolescence, she might be brought into adulthood. Or when she lives with her husband, she might become hateful.
10 as a virgin, in case she should be defiled and found with child in her father's house, having a husband,in case she goes astray, married, in case she should be sterile!	10 In her virginity, she might be defiled, and then she may be found to be pregnant in her father’s house. Or perhaps, when she lives with her husband, she might stray, or at least become barren.
11 Your daughter is headstrong? Keep a sharp look-out that she does not make you the laughing-stock ofyour enemies, the talk of the town, the object of common gossip, and put you to public shame.	11 Keep a close watch over a self-indulgent daughter. Otherwise, at some time, she might bring you into disgrace before your enemies, and into disrepute in the city, and into reproach among the people, and so she may confound you before the multitude of the people.
12 Do not stare at any man for his good looks, do not sit down with women;	12 She should not choose to gaze upon the beauty of every man, and she should not choose to spend her time in the midst of married women.
13 for moth comes out of clothes, and woman's spite out of woman.	13 For a moth goes forth from garments, and iniquity over a man goes forth from a woman.
14 Better a man's spite than a woman's kindness: women give rise to shame and reproach.	14 Yet iniquity over a man is better for her than if a married woman, seeking to benefit her, instead leads her into confusion and disgrace.
15 Next, I shal remind you of the works of the Lord, and tel of what I have seen. By the words of the Lordhis works come into being and all creation obeys his wil .	15 And now, I will remember the works of the Lord, and I will announce what I have seen. The words of the Lord are in his works.
16 The shining sun looks down on al things, and the work of the Lord is full of his glory.	16 The sun illuminates and considers all things, and its work shows the fullness of the glory of the Lord.
17 The Lord has not granted the Holy Ones the power to tell of all his marvels which the Almighty Lordhas solidly constructed for the universe to stand firm in his glory.	17 Has not the Lord caused the holy ones to describe all his miracles, which the all-powerful Lord has firmly established in his glory?
18 He has fathomed both the abyss and the human heart and seen into their devious ways; for the MostHigh knows all there is to know and sees the signs of the times.	18 He has examined the abyss and the hearts of men. And he has considered their astuteness.
19 He declares what is past and what wil be, and reveals the trend of hidden things.	19 For the Lord comprehends all knowledge, and he has gazed upon the signs of the times: announcing the things of the past, as well as the things of the future, and revealing the traces of hidden things.
20 Not a thought escapes him, not a single word is hidden from him.	20 No thought passes by him unnoticed, and no word can conceal itself from him.
21 He has embellished the magnificent works of his wisdom, he is from everlasting to everlasting, nothingcan be added to him, nothing taken away, he needs no one's advice.	21 He has adorned the magnificent works of his wisdom. He is before eternity and even unto eternity. And nothing can be added,
22 How lovely, all his works, how dazzling to the eye!	22 and nothing can be taken away. And he has no need of any counselor.
23 They all live and last for ever, and, whatever the circumstances, al obey.	23 O how desirable are all his works! And all that we consider is but a spark.
24 Al things go in pairs, by opposites, he has not made anything imperfect:	24 All these works exist, and they remain in the present age, and they all obey him in every purpose.
25 one thing complements the excel ence of another. Who could ever grow tired of gazing at his glory?	25 All things are two-fold, one facing another, and he has not made anything to be lacking.
	26 He has confirmed each thing as good. And who would tire of beholding his glory?