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| [1]Simon the sonne of Onias the hye priest, which in his lyfe set vp the house againe, and in his dayes made fast the temple. |
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| [2]The height of the temple also was founded of him, the double building, and the hye walles of the temple. |
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| [3]In his dayes the welles of water flowed out, and were exceeding full as the sea. |
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| [4]He toke care for his people, and deliuered them from destruction: he kept his citie & made it strong, that it shoulde not be besieged. |
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| [5]How honorable was his conuersation among the people, and when he came out of the house couered with the vaile? |
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| [6]He gaue lyght as the morning starre in the middest of the cloudes, and as the moone when it is full: |
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| [7]He shined as the sunne in the temple of God, he is as bright as the raynebowe in the faire cloudes, |
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| [8]And florisheth as the floures and roses in the spring of the yere, and as lylies by the riuers of water, like as the brauches vpon the mount Libanus in the time of summer: |
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| [9]As a fire and incense that is kindled, lyke as an whole ornament of pure gold set with all maner of precious stones, |
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| [10]And as an Oliue tree that is fruiteful, and as a Cypres tree which groweth vp an hye. |
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| [11]When he put on the garment of honour, and was clothed with al beawtie, when he went to the holy aulter, he made the garment of holynes honorable. |
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| [12]When he toke the portions out of the priestes hande, he him selfe stoode by the hearth of the aulter, and his brethren rounde about in order: as the braunches of Cedar tree vpo the mount Libanus, so stoode they rounde about him: |
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| [13]And as the braunches of the Oliue tree, so stoode all the sonnes of Aaron in their glory, and the oblations of the Lorde in their handes before al the congregation of Israel. |
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| [14]And that he might sufficiently perfourme his seruice vpon the aulter, and garnishe the offering of the highest god, |
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| [15]He stretched out his hande, and toke of the drinke offering, and powred in of the wine: so he poured vpon the bottome of the aulter a good smell vnto the highest prince. |
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| [16]Then began the sonnes of Aaron to sing, and to blow with trumpettes, and to make a great noyse, for a remembraunce and prayse vnto the Lorde. |
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| [17]Then al the people together were hasted, and fell downe to the earth vpon their faces to worship the Lorde their God, & to geue thankes to the almightie God. |
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| [18]They long goodly also with their voyces, so that there was a pleasaunt noyse in the great house of the Lorde. |
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| [19]And the people in their prayer besought the Lorde the highest that he would be mercifull, tyll the honour of the Lorde were perfourmed, and they had ended their ministration and seruice. |
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| [20]Then went he downe and stretched out his handes ouer the whole multitude of the people of Israel, that they shoulde geue prayse and thankes out of their lippes vnto the Lorde, and to reioyce in his name. |
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| [21]He began yet once also to pray, that he might openly shewe the thankesgeuing before the highest, |
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| [22][Namely thus] O geue prayse and thankes all ye vnto the Lord our God, which hath euer done noble and great thinges, which hath increased our dayes from our mothers wombe, and dealt with vs according to his mercie, |
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| [23]That he wyll geue vs the ioyfulnes of heart, and peace for our time in Israel: |
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| [24]Which faithfully kepeth his mercie for vs euermore, and alway deliuereth vs in due season. |
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| [25]There be two maner of people that I abhorre from my heart, as for the third whom I hate, it is no people: |
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| [26]They that sit vpon the mountaine of Samaria, the Philistines, and the foolishe people that dwelt in Sichimis. |
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| [27]I Iesus, the sonne of Sirach Eleazarus, of Hierusalem, haue tokened vp these informations and documentes of wysdome and vnderstanding in this booke, and poured out the wysdome of my heart. |
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| [28]Blessed is he that exerciseth him selfe therein: & who so taketh such to heart, shalbe wyse for euer. |
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| [29]If he do these thinges, he shalbe strong in all: for the lyght of the Lorde leadeth him, which geueth wysdome to the godlie: The Lorde be praysed for euermore, so be it, so be it. |
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