If you be made the master [of a feast,] lift not yourself up, but be among them as one of the rest; take diligent care for them, and so sit down.
LXX
Sirach 32:1
He that keepeth the law bringeth offerings enough: he that taketh heed to the commandment offereth a peace offering.
Parallel Translations
If thou be made the master of a feast, lift not thyself up, but be among them as one of the rest; take diligent care for them, and so sit down.
Have they made you ruler of a feast? Don’t be lifted up. Be among them as one of them. Take care of them first, and then sit down.