Kniha Sirachovcova

1 (CPDV) My spirit is pleased with three things; these are approved in the sight of God and men:
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2 (CPDV) the harmony of brothers, and the love of neighbors, and a husband and wife agreeing well together.
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3 (CPDV) My soul hates three kinds of things; and I am greatly distressed over their souls:
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4 (CPDV) an arrogant pauper, a wealthy liar, a foolish and senseless elder.
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5 (CPDV) The things that you have not obtained in your youth, how will you find them in your old age?
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6 (CPDV) How beautiful it is for a grey head to have judgment, and for elders to know counsel!
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7 (CPDV) How beautiful it is for those who are aged to have wisdom, and for those who are honored to have understanding and counsel!
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8 (CPDV) Great experience is the crown of the aged, and the fear of God is their glory.
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9 (CPDV) I have magnified nine things, overlooked by the heart; and a tenth, I will declare to men with my tongue:
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10 (CPDV) a man who finds joy in his children, and one who lives to see the undoing of his enemies.
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11 (CPDV) Blessed is he who lives with a wise wife, and he who has not slipped with his tongue, and he who has not served those unworthy of himself.
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12 (CPDV) Blessed is he who finds a true friend, and he who describes justice to an attentive ear.
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13 (CPDV) How great is he who finds wisdom and knowledge! But there is no one above him who fears the Lord.
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14 (CPDV) The fear of God has set itself above all things.
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15 (CPDV) Blessed is the man to whom it has been given to have the fear of God. He who holds to it, to whom can he be compared?
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16 (CPDV) The fear of God is the beginning of his love; and the beginning of faith has been joined closely to the same.
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17 (CPDV) The sadness of the heart is every wound. And the wickedness of a wife is every malice.
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18 (CPDV) And a man will choose any wound, but the wound of the heart,
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19 (CPDV) and any wickedness, but the wickedness of a wife,
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20 (CPDV) and any obstacle, but the obstacle of those who hate him,
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21 (CPDV) and any vindication, but the vindication of his enemies.
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22 (CPDV) There is no head worse than the head of a serpent,
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23 (CPDV) and there is no anger above the anger of a wife. It would be more agreeable to abide with a lion or a dragon, than to live with a wicked wife.
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24 (CPDV) A wicked wife changes her face. And she darkens her countenance 385 like a bear. And she displays it like sackcloth. In the midst of her neighbors,
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25 (CPDV) her husband groans, and hearing of this, he sighs a little.
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26 (CPDV) All malice is brief compared to the malice of a wife. Let the fate of sinners fall upon her!
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27 (CPDV) As climbing over sand is to the feet of the aged, so is a talkative wife to a quiet man.
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28 (CPDV) You should not favor a woman’s beauty, and you should not desire a wife for her beauty.
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29 (CPDV) The anger and disrespect and shame from a wife can be great.
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30 (CPDV) The wife, if she has primacy, is set against her husband.
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31 (CPDV) A wicked wife debases the heart, and saddens the face, and wounds the heart.
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32 (CPDV) A wife who does not make her husband happy enfeebles the hands and weakens the knees.
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33 (CPDV) The beginning of sin came from a woman; and through her, we all die.
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34 (CPDV) You should not provide an exit to your water, not even a little; nor should you give permission for a wicked wife to exceed the limit.
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35 (CPDV) If she will not walk at your hand, she will confound you in the sight of your enemies.
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36 (CPDV) Tear her away from your body, lest she abuse you continually.
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