Глава 19

Avoid illicit pleasures. Don't be chatty. Don't believe every word. Value piety. Beware of deceit. Sir.19:1 A worker prone to drunkenness will not become rich, and he who values ​​little things will gradually decline. Sir.19:2 Wine and women will corrupt the wise, and he who associates with harlots will become even more insolent; Sir.19:3 Rottenness and worms will inherit it, and the insolent soul will be destroyed. Sir.19:4 He who trusts quickly is frivolous, and he who sins sins against his own soul. Sir.19:5 He who gives in his heart to pleasures will be condemned, but he who resists lusts will crown his life. Sir.19:6 He who bridles the tongue will live in peace, and he who hates talkativeness will reduce evil. Sir.19:7 Never repeat a word, and you will lose nothing. 7. Do not be unnecessarily long-winded (cf. Sir. 20:5–8). Sir.19:8 Do not tell it to friend or foe, and if it is not a sin for you, do not reveal it; Sir.19:9 For he will listen to you, and will beware of you, and in time will hate you. Sir.19:10 You have heard the word, let it die with you: do not be afraid, it will not destroy you. 8–10. Do not be talkative about what is entrusted to you. Sir.19:11 A fool suffers from a word the same torment as a woman in labor suffers from a baby. Sir.19:12 Like an arrow pierced in the thigh, so is a word in the heart of a fool. 11–12. Just as it is difficult for a woman in labor to give birth to a child, so it is difficult for a fool to quickly and clearly express his thoughts. Just as an arrow stuck in the thigh worries a fool, so does a fool worry about a thought that cannot find an appropriate expression for itself. Sir.19:13 Ask your friend, perhaps he did not do this; and if he did, then let him not do it forward. 13. Explained in verses 14–18. Don't believe every word. Before condemning a person, even in your soul, you should carefully check what this person is accused of; who has not sinned with his tongue out of idleness or frivolity - not from the heart? - Before threatening your neighbor for his, perhaps, imaginary crime, give room to the law of the Most High - the innocence of the accused will be discovered, and he will avoid punishment that he does not deserve. Sir.19:14 Ask your friend, maybe he didn’t say that; and if he said it, then let him not repeat it. Sir.19:15 Ask a friend, for slander often occurs. Sir.19:16 Do not believe every word. Sir.19:17 Some people sin in word, but not from the heart; and who has not sinned with his tongue? Sir.19:18 Question your neighbor before threatening him, and give place to the law of the Most High. All wisdom is the fear of the Lord, and in all wisdom is the fulfillment of the law. Sir.19:19 And the knowledge of evil is not wisdom. And there is no reason where the council of sinners is. 19. Adjacent to the second half of the 18th century. Sir.19:20 There is wickedness, and it is an abomination; and there is a fool who is poor in wisdom. Sir.19:21 Better is one who is poor in knowledge and fears God, than one who is rich in knowledge and breaks the law. Sir.19:22 There is a refined cunning, but it is lawless, and there is a transformative judgment to pronounce judgment. 22. How lawless is an exquisite cunning that ensnares in its imaginary simplicity; He is so lawless and perverts justice in order to obtain the sentence he needs. Sir.19:23 There is an evil one who walks bent over and despondent, but inside he is full of deceit. Sir.19:24 He lowers his face and pretends to be deaf, but he will precede you where you don’t think. Sir.19:25 And if lack of strength prevents him from harming you, then he will do you harm when he finds an opportunity. Sir.19:26 A man is recognized by his appearance, and by the expression of his face upon meeting he is known to be intelligent. Sir.19:27 A person's clothing and grinning teeth and gait show his character. Sir.19:28 There is reproof, but at the wrong time, and it happens that someone is silent - and he is prudent.