1 fili elemosynam pauperis ne fraudes
et oculos tuos ne transvertas a paupere
2 animam esurientem ne despexeris
et non exasperes pauperem in inopia sua
3 cor inopis ne adflixeris et non protrahas datum angustianti
4 rogationem contribulati ne abicias
et non avertas faciem tuam ab egeno
5 ab inope ne avertas oculos propter iram
et non relinquas quaerentibus tibi retro maledicere
6 maledicentis enim te in amaritudine
exaudietur precatio illius
exaudiet autem eum qui fecit illum
7 congregationi pauperum affabilem te facito
et presbytero humilia animam tuam
et magnato humilia caput tuum
8 declina pauperi aurem tuam
et redde debitum tuum
et responde pacifica in mansuetudine
9 libera eum qui iniuriam patitur de manu superbi
et non acide feras in anima tua
10 in iudicando esto pupillis misericors ut pater
et pro viro matri illorum
11 et eris velut filius Altissimi obaudiens
et miserebitur tui magis quam mater
12 sapientia filiis suis vitam inspiravit
et suscipit exquirentes se
et praeibit in viam iustitiae
13 et qui illam diligit diligit vitam
et qui vigilaverint ad illam
conplectebuntur placorem eius
14 qui tenuerint illam vitam hereditabunt
et quo introibit benedicit Deus
15 qui serviunt ei obsequentes erunt Sancto
et eos qui diligunt illam diligit Deus
16 qui audit illam iudicat gentes
et qui intuetur illam permanebit
confidens
17 si crediderit ei hereditabit illam
et erunt in confirmatione creaturae illorum
18 quoniam in temptatione ambulat cum eo
et in primis eligit eum
19 timorem et metum et adprobationem inducet
super illum
et cruciabit illum in tribulatione doctrinae suae
donec temptet illum in cogitationibus illius
et credat animae illius
20 et firmabit illum
et iterum adducet directum ad illum
21 et denudat absconsa
sua
et thesaurizat super illum scientiam et intellectum
iustitiae
22 si autem oberraverit derelinquet eum
et tradet illum in manus inimici sui
23 fili conserva tempus et devita a malo
24 pro anima tua non confundaris dicere verum
25 est enim confusio adducens peccatum
et est confusio adducens gloriam et gratiam
26 ne accipias faciem adversus faciem tuam
nec adversus animam tuam mendacium
27 non reverearis proximum tuum in casum suum
28 nec retineas verbum in tempus salutis
non abscondas sapientiam tuam in decore eius
29 in lingua enim agnoscitur sapientia
et sensus et scientia et doctrina in verbis veritatis
et firmamentum in operibus iustitiae
30 non contradicas veritati ullo modo
et de mendacio ineruditionis tuae confundere
31 non confundaris confiteri peccata tua
et ne subicias te homini pro peccato
32 noli resistere contra faciem potentis
nec coneris contra ictum fluvii
33 pro iustitia agoniare pro anima
tua
et usque ad mortem certa pro iustitia
et Deus expugnabit pro te inimicos tuos
34 noli citatus esse in lingua tua
et inutilis et remissus in operibus tuis
35 noli esse sicut leo in domo tua
evertens domesticos tuos et opprimens subiectos tibi
36 non sit porrecta manus tua ad accipiendum
et ad reddendum collecta
1 My son, defraud not the poor of his living, and make not the needy eyes to wait long.
2 Make not an hungry soul sorrowful; neither provoke a man in his distress.
3 Add not more trouble to an heart that is vexed; and defer not to give to him that is in need.
4 Reject not the supplication of the afflicted; neither turn away thy face from a poor man.
5 Turn not away thine eye from the needy, and give him none occasion to curse thee:
6 For if he curse thee in the bitterness of his soul, his prayer shall be heard of him that made him.
7 Get thyself the love of the congregation, and bow thy head to a great man.
8 Let it not grieve thee to bow down thine ear to the poor, and give him a friendly answer with meekness.
9 Deliver him that suffereth wrong from the hand of the oppressor; and be not fainthearted when thou sittest in judgment.
10 Be as a father unto the fatherless, and instead of an husband unto their mother: so shalt thou be as the son of the most High, and he shall love thee more than thy mother doth.
11 Wisdom exalteth her children, and layeth hold of them that seek her.
12 He that loveth her loveth life; and they that seek to her early shall be filled with joy.
13 He that holdeth her fast shall inherit glory; and wheresoever she entereth, the Lord will bless.
14 They that serve her shall minister to the Holy One: and them that love her the Lord doth love.
15 Whoso giveth ear unto her shall judge the nations: and he that attendeth unto her shall dwell securely.
16 If a man commit himself unto her, he shall inherit her; and his generation shall hold her in possession.
17 For at the first she will walk with him by crooked ways, and bring fear and dread upon him, and torment him with her discipline, until she may trust his soul, and try him by her laws.
18 Then will she return the straight way unto him, and comfort him, and shew him her secrets.
19 But if he go wrong, she will forsake him, and give him over to his own ruin.
20 Observe the opportunity, and beware of evil; and be not ashamed when it concerneth thy soul.
21 For there is a shame that bringeth sin; and there is a shame which is glory and grace.
22 Accept no person against thy soul, and let not the reverence of any man cause thee to fall.
23 And refrain not to speak, when there is occasion to do good, and hide not thy wisdom in her beauty.
24 For by speech wisdom shall be known: and learning by the word of the tongue.
25 In no wise speak against the truth; but be abashed of the error of thine ignorance.
26 Be not ashamed to confess thy sins; and force not the course of the river.
27 Make not thyself an underling to a foolish man; neither accept the person of the mighty.
28 Strive for the truth unto death, and the Lord shall fight for thee.
29 Be not hasty in thy tongue, and in thy deeds slack and remiss.
30 Be not as a lion in thy house, nor frantick among thy servants.
31 Let not thine hand be stretched out to receive, and shut when thou shouldest repay.