Sirach 33:25–31
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Latin
25Set your slave to work, and you will find rest;
leave his hands idle, and he will seek liberty.
26Yoke and thong will bow the neck,
and for a wicked servant there are racks and tortures.
27Put him to work, that he may not be idle,
for idleness teaches much evil.
28Set him to work, as is fitting for him,
and if he does not obey, make his fetters heavy.
29Do not act immoderately toward anybody,
and do nothing without discretion.
30If you have a servant, let him be as yourself,
because you have bought him with blood.
31If you have a servant, treat him as a brother,
for as your own soul you will need him.
If you ill-treat him, and he leaves and runs away,
which way will you go to seek him?
Copyright 1952, 1946, 1971, 1957, 1977 Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America.