Christian Community Bible
Sirach
Death
41
1 Death! What a bitter thought for someone who lives happily among his possessions, a prosperous and successful man who is still able to enjoy his food!
2 Your sentence, Death, is welcome to a needy person whose strength is failing, who is old, worn out, and full of worries
3 Do not be afraid of Deaths sentence
4 Whether you live for ten, a hun dred or a thousand years, no one in the nether world is concerned.
5 Abominable people, such are the children of sinners who gather in the houses of the ungodly.
6 The inheritance of sinners will perish
7 An ungodly father will be insulted by his children, for they hold him responsible for their disgrace.
8 Woe to you, wicked peo ple who have forsaken the law of the Most High! 9 At birth you are born to be cursed and you will be cursed at death.
10 All that comes from the earth re turns to the earth, and the ungodly go from curse to ruin.
11 People grieve because their bodies will perish, but even the evil names of sinners will be blotted out.
12 Have regard for your reputation, for it will live on, of greater value than a thousand hoards of gold. 13 Few perhaps are the days of the just mans life but an honored name endures forever.
True and false shame
14 My children, keep my teaching and live in peace. Of what use is hidden wisdom and un seen treasure?
15 It is better for a man to hide his foolishness than to hide his wisdom.
16 Therefore, feel shame according to what I say. It is not always fitting to feel shame, but this is not understood by everyone.
17 Be ashamed of licentiousness be fore your father and mother, and of a lie before a ruler or an important person.
18 Be ashamed of criminal behavior before a judge, and of iniquity before an assembly of people.
19 Feel ashamed of dishonesty before your partner or friend, and of a theft in the place where you live.
20 Be ashamed before the truth of God and his covenant. Be ashamed of keeping the loaves for your self, 21 of being unable to give and to receive, of not re turning a greeting,
22 of staring at a prostitute,
22 of rejecting a compatriot,
23 of depriving someone of what is his,
23 of gazing at another mans wife,
24 of being too familiar with your maid servant keep away from her bed!
25 of insulting words to a friend
25 do not follow up a gift with a reproach!
26 of repeating what you have heard and betraying secrets.
27 On these occasions feel genuine shame and you will be respected by all.
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