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Sirach, глава 2 неканонич.

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Chapter 2
2:1My son, if thou come to serve the Lord, prepare thy soul for temptation.
2:2Set thy heart aright, and constantly endure, and make not haste in time of trouble.
2:3Cleave unto him, and depart not away, that thou mayest be increased at thy last end.
2:4Whatsoever is brought upon thee take cheerfully, and be patient when thou art changed to a low estate.
2:5For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.
2:6Believe in him, and he will help thee; order thy way aright, and trust in him.
2:7Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy; and go not aside, lest ye fall.
2:8Ye that fear the Lord, believe him; and your reward shall not fail.
2:9Ye that fear the Lord, hope for good, and for everlasting joy and mercy.
2:10Look at the generations of old, and see; did ever any trust in the Lord, and was confounded? or did any abide in his fear, and was forsaken? or whom did he ever despise, that called upon him?
2:11For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy, longsuffering, and very pitiful, and forgiveth sins, and saveth in time of affliction.
2:12Woe be to fearful hearts, and faint hands, and the sinner that goeth two ways!
2:13Woe unto him that is fainthearted! for he believeth not; therefore shall he not be defended.
2:14Woe unto you that have lost patience! and what will ye do when the Lord shall visit you?
2:15They that fear the Lord will not disobey his Word; and they that love him will keep his ways.
2:16They that fear the Lord will seek that which is well, pleasing unto him; and they that love him shall be filled with the law.
2:17They that fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, and humble their souls in his sight,
2:18Saying, We will fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men: for as his majesty is, so is his mercy.