Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 31:16

φάγε ὡς ἄνθρωπος τὰ παρακείμενά σοι καὶ μὴ διαμασῶ, μὴ μισηθῇς.
King James Version (KJV)

Eat, as it becometh a man, those things which are set before thee; and devour not, lest thou be hated.

Modern English

Eat what is set before you as befits a person of good manners, and do not gobble it down, or you will be despised.

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