23. May he grant you a wise heartand abide with you in peace;
24. May his goodness toward Simeon last forever;may he fulfill for him the covenant with PhinehasSo that it may not be abrogated for himor his descendants while the heavens last.
25. My whole being loathes two nations,the third is not even a people:
26. The inhabitants of Seir and Philistia,and the foolish people who dwell in Shechem.
27. Wise instruction, appropriate proverbs,I have written in this book—I, Yeshua Ben Eleazar Ben Sira—as they poured forth from my heart’s understanding.
28. Happy those who meditate upon these things;wise those who take them to heart!
29. If they put them into practice, they can cope with anything,for the fear of the Lord is their lamp.