The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach — Ecclesiasticus

capitolul 38


Capitole:


versetul 1

Honor a physician according to your need with the honors due to him, for truly the Lord has created him.


versetul 2

For healing comes from the Most High, and he shall receive a gift from the king.


versetul 3

The skill of the physician will lift up his head. He will be admired in the sight of great men.


versetul 4

The Lord created medicines out of the earth. A prudent man will not despise them.


versetul 5

Wasn’t water made sweet with wood, that its power might be known?


versetul 6

He gave men skill that he might be glorified in his marvelous works.


versetul 7

With them he heals and takes away pain.


versetul 8

With these, the pharmacist makes a mixture. God’s works won’t be brought to an end. From him, peace is upon the face of the earth.


versetul 9

My son, in your sickness don’t be negligent, but pray to the Lord, and he will heal you.


versetul 10

Put away wrong doing, and direct your hands in righteousness. Cleanse your heart from all sin.


versetul 11

Give a sweet savor and a memorial of fine flour, and pour oil on your offering, according to your means.


versetul 12

Then give place to the physician, for truly the Lord has created him. Don’t let him leave you, for you need him.


versetul 13

There is a time when in recovery is in their hands.


versetul 14

For they also shall ask the Lord to prosper them in diagnosis and in healing for the maintenance of life.


versetul 15

He who sins before his Maker, let him fall into the hands of the physician.


versetul 16

My son, let your tears fall over the dead, and as one who suffers grievously, begin lamentation. Wind up his body with due honor. Don’t neglect his burial.


versetul 17

Make bitter weeping and make passionate wailing. Let your mourning be according to his merit, for one day or two, lest you be spoken evil of; and so be comforted for your sorrow.


versetul 18

For from sorrow comes death. Sorrow of heart saps one’s strength.


versetul 19

In calamity, sorrow also remains. A poor man’s life is grievous to the heart.


versetul 20

Don’t give your heart to sorrow. Put it away, remembering the end.


versetul 21

Don’t forget it, for there is no returning again. You do him no good, and you would harm yourself.


versetul 22

Remember his end, for so also will yours be: yesterday for me, and today for you.


versetul 23

When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest. Be comforted for him when his spirit departs from him.


versetul 24

The wisdom of the scribe comes by the opportunity of leisure. He who has little business can become wise.


versetul 25

How could he become wise who holds the plow, who glories in the shaft of the goad, who drives oxen and is occupied in their labors, and who mostly talks about bulls?


versetul 26

He will set his heart upon turning his furrows. His lack of sleep is to give his heifers their fodder.


versetul 27

So is every craftsman and master artisan who passes his time by night as by day, those who cut engravings of signets. His diligence is to make great variety. He sets his heart to preserve likeness in his portraiture, and is careful to finish his work.


versetul 28

So too is the smith sitting by the anvil and considering the unwrought iron. The smoke of the fire will waste his flesh. He toils in the heat of the furnace. The noise of the hammer deafens his ear. His eyes are upon the pattern of the object. He will set his heart upon perfecting his works. He will be careful to adorn them perfectly.


versetul 29

So is the potter sitting at his work and turning the wheel around with his feet, who is always anxiously set at his work. He produces his handiwork in quantity.


versetul 30

He will fashion the clay with his arm and will bend its strength in front of his feet. He will apply his heart to finish the glazing. He will be careful to clean the kiln.


versetul 31

All these put their trust in their hands. Each becomes skillful in his own work.


versetul 32

Without these no city would be inhabited. Men wouldn’t reside as foreigners or walk up and down there.


versetul 33

They won’t be sought for in the council of the people. They won’t mount on high in the assembly. They won’t sit on the seat of the judge. They won’t understand the covenant of judgment. Neither will they declare instruction and judgment. They won’t be found where parables are.


versetul 34

But they will maintain the fabric of the age. Their prayer is in the handiwork of their craft.

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