³ `And the steward said in himself, What shall I do, because my lord doth take away the stewardship from me? to dig I am not able, to beg I am ashamed: --

⁶ And Haman cometh in, and the king saith to him, `What -- to do with the man in whose honour the king hath delighted?' And Haman saith in his heart, `To whom doth the king delight to do honour more than myself?'

⁵ What do ye at the day appointed? And at the day of Jehovah's festival?

⁴⁶ And they come to Jericho, and as he is going forth from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, a son of Timaeus -- Bartimaeus the blind -- was sitting beside the way begging,

¹⁷ and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?

²⁰ and there was a certain poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, full of sores,

²² `And it came to pass, that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the messengers to the bosom of Abraham -- and the rich man also died, and was buried;

⁴ and he would not for a time, but after these things he said in himself, Even if God I do not fear, and man do not regard,

⁸ the neighbours, therefore, and those seeing him before, that he was blind, said, `Is not this he who is sitting and begging?'

² and a certain man, being lame from the womb of his mother, was being carried, whom they were laying every day at the gate of the temple, called Beautiful, to ask a kindness from those entering into the temple,

⁶ trembling also, and astonished, he said, `Lord, what dost thou wish me to do?' and the Lord `said' unto him, `Arise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what it behoveth thee to do.'

³¹ The prophets have prophesied falsely, And the priests bear rule by their means, And My people have loved `it' so, And what do they at its latter end?

³ And what do ye at a day of inspection? And at desolation? -- from afar it cometh. Near whom do ye flee for help? And where do ye leave your honour?

²¹ Whoso is bringing up his servant delicately, from youth, `At' his latter end also he is continuator.

⁴ The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

¹⁹ The way of the slothful `is' as a hedge of briers, And the path of the upright is raised up.

⁹ He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he `is' to a destroyer.

¹⁵ Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.

⁴ Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.

²⁵ The desire of the slothful slayeth him, For his hands have refused to work.

²⁶ All the day desiring he hath desired, And the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.

³⁰ Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.

³¹ And lo, it hath gone up -- all of it -- thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down.

³² And I see -- I -- I do set my heart, I have seen -- I have received instruction,

³³ A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down.

³⁴ And thy poverty hath come `as' a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!

¹³ The slothful hath said, `A lion `is' in the way, A lion `is' in the broad places.'

¹⁴ The door turneth round on its hinge, And the slothful on his bed.

¹⁵ The slothful hath hid his hand in a dish, He is weary of bringing it back to his mouth.

¹⁶ Wiser `is' the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven `men' returning a reason.

²³ Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,

²⁴ For riches `are' not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.

²⁵ Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.

²⁶ Lambs `are' for thy clothing, And the price of the field `are' he-goats,

²⁷ And a sufficiency of goats' milk `is' for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!

¹¹ for we hear of certain walking among you disorderly, nothing working, but over working,