Wine is very life to humans
if taken in moderation.
What is life to one who is without wine?
It has been created to make people happy.
Wine drunk at the proper time and in moderation
is rejoicing of heart and gladness of soul.

[ἔφισον ζωῆς οἶνος ἀνθρώποις,
ἐὰν πίνῃς αὐτὸν ἐν μέτρῳ αὐτοῦ.
τίς ζωὴ ἐλασσουμένῳ οἴνῳ;
καὶ αὐτὸς ἔκτισται εἰς εὐφροσύνην ἀνθρώποις.
ἀγαλλίαμα καρδίας καὶ εὐφροσύνη ψυχῆς
οἶνος πινόμενος ἐν καιρῷ αὐτάρκης·]

The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Book 22b. Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 31:27ff (Sir 31:27–28) [tr. NRSV (2021 ed.)]
    (Source)

More on the history and acceptance of this Apocryphal book here and here.

(Source (Greek)). Other translations:

Wine is as good as life to a man, if it be drunk moderately: what life is then to a man that is without wine? for it was made to make men glad.
Wine measurably drunk and in season bringeth gladness of the heart, and cheerfulness of the mind.
[tr. KJV (1611)]

Wine taken with sobriety is equal life to men: if thou drink it moderately, thou shalt be sober.
What is his life, who is diminished with wine?
What taketh away life? death.
Wine was created from the beginning to make men joyful, and not to make them drunk.
Wine drunken with moderation is the joy of the soul and the heart.
Sober drinking is health to soul and body.
[tr. DRA (1899); 31:32–37]

Wine is life for man
if drunk in moderation.
What is life worth without wine?
It was created to make men happy.
Drunk at the right time and in the right amount,
wine makes for a glad heart and a cheerful mind.
[tr. JB (1966)]

Wine gives life
if drunk in moderation.
What is life worth without wine?
It came into being to make people happy.
Drunk at the right time and in the right amount,
wine makes for a glad heart and a cheerful mind.
[tr. NJB (1985)]

Wine can put new life into you if you drink it in moderation. What would life be like without it? Wine was created to make us happy. If you drink it in moderation and at the right time, it can lift your spirits and make you cheerful.
[tr. GNT (1992 ed.)]

If taken in moderation,
wine makes people’s lives better.
What’s life to those who
don’t have wine?
It was created from the beginning
to bring merriment.
The right amount of wine
consumed at the right time
makes for a joyful heart
and a light spirit.
[tr. CEB (2011)]


 
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