Sirach 22

1The sluggard is pelted with a dirty stone, and all men will speak of his disgrace.

2The sluggard is pelted with the dung of oxen: and every one that toucheth him will shake his hands.

3A son ill taught is the confusion of the father: and a foolish daughter shall be to his loss.

4A wise daughter shall bring an inheritance to her husband: but she that confoundeth, becometh a disgrace to her father.

5She that is bold shameth both her father and husband, and will not be inferior to the ungodly: and shall be disgraced by them both.

6A tale out of time is like music in mourning: but the stripes and instruction of wisdom are never out of time.

7He that teacheth a fool, is like one that glueth a potsherd together.

8He that telleth a word to him that heareth not, is like one that waketh a man out of a deep sleep.

9He speaketh with one that is asleep, who uttereth wisdom to a fool: and in the end of the discourse he saith: Who is this?

10Weep for the dead, for his light hath failed: and weep for the fool, for his understanding faileth.

11Weep but a little for the dead, for he is at rest.

12For the wicked life of a wicked fool is worse than death.

13The mourning for the dead is seven days: but for a fool and an ungodly man all the days of their life.

14Talk not much with a fool and go not with him that hath no sense.

15Keep thyself from him, that thou mayst not have trouble, and thou shalt not be defiled with his sin.

16Turn away from him, and thou shalt find rest, and shalt not be wearied out with his folly.

17What is heavier than lead? and what other name hath he but fool?

18Sand and salt, and a mass of iron is easier to bear, than a man without sense, that is both foolish and wicked.

19A frame of wood bound together in the foundation of a building, shall not be loosed: so neither shall the heart that is established by advised counsel.

20The thought of him that is wise at all times, shall not be depraved by fear.

21As pales set in high places, and plasterings made without cost, will not stand against the face of the wind:

22So also a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool shall not resist against the violence of fear.

23As a fearful heart in the thought of a fool at all times will not fear, so neither shall he that continueth always in the commandments of God.

24He that pricketh the eye, bringeth out tears: and he that pricketh the heart, bringeth forth resentment.

25He that flingeth a stone at birds, shall drive them away: so he that upbraideth his friend, breaketh friendship.

26Although thou hast drawn a sword at a friend, despair not: for there may be a returning. To a friend,

27If thou hast opened a sad mouth, fear not, for there may be a reconciliation: except upbraiding, and reproach, and pride, and disclosing of secrets, or a treacherous wound: for in all these cases a friend will flee away.

28Keep fidelity with a friend in his poverty, that in his prosperity also thou mayst rejoice.

29In the time of his trouble continue faithful to him, that thou mayst also be heir with him in his inheritance.

30As the vapour of a chimney, and the smoke of the fire goeth up before the fire: so also injurious words, and reproaches, and threats, before blood.

31I will not be ashamed to salute a friend, neither will I hide myself from his face: and if any evil happen to me by him, I will bear it.

32But every one that shall hear it, will beware of him.

33Who will set a guard before my mouth, and a sure seal upon my lips, that I fall not by them, and that my tongue destroy me not?

1In lapide luteo lapidatus est piger : et omnes loquentur super aspernationem illius.

2De stercore boum lapidatus est piger : et omnis qui tetigerit eum excutiet manus.

3Confusio patris est de filio indisciplinato : filia autem in deminoratione fiet.

4Filia prudens hæreditas viro suo : nam quæ confundit, in contumeliam fit genitoris.

5Patrem et virum confundit audax, et ab impiis non minorabitur : ab utrisque autem inhonorabitur.

6Musica in luctu importuna narratio : flagella et doctrina in omni tempore sapientia.

7Qui docet fatuum, quasi qui conglutinat testam.

8Qui narrat verbum non audienti, quasi qui excitat dormientem de gravi somno.

9Cum dormiente loquitur qui enarrat stulto sapientiam : et in fine narrationis dicit : Quis est hic?

10Supra mortuum plora, defecit enim lux ejus : et supra fatuum plora, defecit enim sensus.

11Modicum plora super mortuum, quoniam requievit :

12nequissimi enim nequissima vita super mortem fatui.

13Luctus mortui septem dies : fatui autem et impii omnes dies vitæ illorum.

14Cum stulto ne multum loquaris, et cum insensato ne abieris.

15Serva te ab illo, ut non molestiam habeas, et non coinquinaberis peccato illius.

16Deflecte ab illo, et invenies requiem, et non acediaberis in stultitia illius.

17Super plumbum quid gravabitur? et quod illi aliud nomen quam fatuus?

18Arenam, et salem, et massam ferri facilius est ferre quam hominem imprudentem, et fatuum, et impium.

19Loramentum ligneum colligatum in fundamento ædificii non dissolvetur, sic et cor confirmatum in cogitatione consilii.

20Cogitatus sensati in omni tempore metu non depravabitur.

21Sicut pali in excelsis, et cæmenta sine impensa posita, contra faciem venti non permanebunt :

22sic et cor timidum in cogitatione stulti contra impetum timoris non resistet.

23Sicut cor trepidum in cogitatione fatui omni tempore non metuet, sic et qui in præceptis Dei permanet semper.

24Pungens oculum deducit lacrimas, et qui pungit cor profert sensum.

25Mittens lapidem in volatilia, dejiciet illa : sic et qui conviciatur amico, dissolvit amicitiam.

26Ad amicum etsi produxeris gladium, non desperes : est enim regressus. Ad amicum

27si aperueris os triste, non timeas : est enim concordatio : excepto convitio, et improperio, et superbia, et mysterii revelatione, et plaga dolosa : in his omnibus effugiet amicus.

28Fidem posside cum amico in paupertate illius, ut et in bonis illius læteris.

29In tempore tribulationis illius permane illi fidelis, ut et in hæreditate illius cohæres sis.

30Ante ignem camini vapor et fumus ignis inaltatur : sic et ante sanguinem maledicta, et contumeliæ, et minæ.

31Amicum salutare non confundar, a facie illius non me abscondam : et si mala mihi evenerint per illum, sustinebo.

32Omnis qui audiet cavebit se ab eo.

33Quis dabit ori meo custodiam, et super labia mea signaculum certum, ut non cadam ab ipsis, et lingua mea perdat me?

1λίθῳ ἠρδαλωμένῳ συνεβλήθη ὀκνηρός καὶ πᾶς ἐκσυριεῖ ἐπὶ τῇ ἀτιμίᾳ αὐτοῦ

2βολβίτῳ κοπρίων συνεβλήθη ὀκνηρός πᾶς ὁ ἀναιρούμενος αὐτὸν ἐκτινάξει χεῖρα

3αἰσχύνη πατρὸς ἐν γεννήσει ἀπαιδεύτου θυγάτηρ δὲ ἐπ' ἐλαττώσει γίνεται

4θυγάτηρ φρονίμη κληρονομήσει ἄνδρα αὐτῆς καὶ ἡ καταισχύνουσα εἰς λύπην γεννήσαντος

5πατέρα καὶ ἄνδρα καταισχύνει ἡ θρασεῖα καὶ ὑπὸ ἀμφοτέρων ἀτιμασθήσεται

6μουσικὰ ἐν πένθει ἄκαιρος διήγησις μάστιγες δὲ καὶ παιδεία ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ σοφίας

7συγκολλῶν ὄστρακον ὁ διδάσκων μωρόν

8ἐξεγείρων καθεύδοντα ἐκ βαθέος ὕπνου

9διηγούμενος νυστάζοντι ὁ διηγούμενος μωρῷ καὶ ἐπὶ συντελείᾳ ἐρεῖ τί ἐστιν

10ἐπὶ νεκρῷ κλαῦσον ἐξέλιπεν γὰρ φῶς καὶ ἐπὶ μωρῷ κλαῦσον ἐξέλιπεν γὰρ σύνεσιν

11ἥδιον κλαῦσον ἐπὶ νεκρῷ ὅτι ἀνεπαύσατο

12τοῦ δὲ μωροῦ ὑπὲρ θάνατον ἡ ζωὴ πονηρά

13πένθος νεκροῦ ἑπτὰ ἡμέραι μωροῦ δὲ καὶ ἀσεβοῦς πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ

14μετὰ ἄφρονος μὴ πληθύνῃς λόγον καὶ πρὸς ἀσύνετον μὴ πορεύου

15φύλαξαι ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ἵνα μὴ κόπον ἔχῃς καὶ οὐ μὴ μολυνθῇς ἐν τῷ ἐντιναγμῷ αὐτοῦ

16ἔκκλινον ἀπ' αὐτοῦ καὶ εὑρήσεις ἀνάπαυσιν καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀκηδιάσῃς ἐν τῇ ἀπονοίᾳ αὐτοῦ

17ὑπὲρ μόλιβον τί βαρυνθήσεται καὶ τί αὐτῷ ὄνομα ἀλλ' ἢ μωρός

18ἄμμον καὶ ἅλα καὶ βῶλον σιδήρου εὔκοπον ὑπενεγκεῖν ἢ ἄνθρωπον ἀσύνετον

19ἱμάντωσις ξυλίνη ἐνδεδεμένη εἰς οἰκοδομὴν ἐν συσσεισμῷ οὐ διαλυθήσεται οὕτως καρδία ἐστηριγμένη ἐπὶ διανοήματος βουλῆς

20ἐν καιρῷ οὐ δειλιάσει καρδία ἡδρασμένη ἐπὶ διανοίας συνέσεως ὡς κόσμος ψαμμωτὸς τοίχου ξυστοῦ

21χάρακες ἐπὶ μετεώρου κείμενοι κατέναντι ἀνέμου οὐ μὴ ὑπομείνωσιν

22οὕτως καρδία δειλὴ ἐπὶ διανοήματος μωροῦ κατέναντι παντὸς φόβου οὐ μὴ ὑπομείνῃ

24ὁ νύσσων ὀφθαλμὸν κατάξει δάκρυα καὶ νύσσων καρδίαν ἐκφαίνει αἴσθησιν

25βάλλων λίθον ἐπὶ πετεινὰ ἀποσοβεῖ αὐτά καὶ ὁ ὀνειδίζων φίλον διαλύσει φιλίαν

26ἐπὶ φίλον ἐὰν σπάσῃς ῥομφαίαν μὴ ἀφελπίσῃς ἔστιν γὰρ ἐπάνοδος

27ἐπὶ φίλον ἐὰν ἀνοίξῃς στόμα μὴ εὐλαβηθῇς ἔστιν γὰρ διαλλαγή πλὴν ὀνειδισμοῦ καὶ ὑπερηφανίας καὶ μυστηρίου ἀποκαλύψεως καὶ πληγῆς δολίας ἐν τούτοις ἀποφεύξεται πᾶς φίλος

28πίστιν κτῆσαι ἐν πτωχείᾳ μετὰ τοῦ πλησίον ἵνα ἐν τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς αὐτοῦ ὁμοῦ πλησθῇς

29ἐν καιρῷ θλίψεως διάμενε αὐτῷ ἵνα ἐν τῇ κληρονομίᾳ αὐτοῦ συγκληρονομήσῃς

30πρὸ πυρὸς ἀτμὶς καμίνου καὶ καπνός οὕτως πρὸ αἱμάτων λοιδορίαι

31φίλον σκεπάσαι οὐκ αἰσχυνθήσομαι καὶ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ κρυβῶ καὶ εἰ κακά μοι συμβήσεται δι' αὐτόν

32πᾶς ὁ ἀκούων φυλάξεται ἀπ' αὐτοῦ

33τίς δώσει ἐπὶ στόμα μου φυλακὴν καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν χειλέων μου σφραγῖδα πανοῦργον ἵνα μὴ πέσω ἀπ' αὐτῆς καὶ ἡ γλῶσσά μου ἀπολέσῃ με