Sirach 32:2-4

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

² when you have fulfilled all your duties, take your place,
so that you may be merry along with them
and receive a garland for your excellent leadership.

³Speak, you who are older, for it is your right,
but with accurate knowledge, and do not interrupt the music.
⁴Where there is entertainment, do not pour out talk;
do not display your cleverness at the wrong time.

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