Sirach 13
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1He that toucheth pitch, shall be defiled with it: and he that hath fellowship with the proud, shall put on pride.
1[Qui tetigerit picem inquinabitur ab ea: et qui communicaverit superbo induet superbiam.
2He shall take a burden upon him that hath fellowship with one more honourable than himself. And have no fellowship with one that is richer than thyself.
2Pondus super se tollat qui honestiori se communicat, et ditiori te ne socius fueris.
3What agreement shall the earthen pot have with the kettle? for if they knock one against the other, it shall be broken.
3Quid communicabit cacabus ad ollam? quando enim se colliserint, confringetur.
4The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he will fume: but the poor is wronged and must hold his peace.
4Dives injuste egit, et fremet: pauper autem læsus tacebit.
5If thou give, he will make use of thee: and if thou have nothing, he will forsake thee.
5Si largitus fueris, assumet te: et si non habueris, derelinquet te.
6If thou have any thing, he will live with thee, and will make thee bare, and he will not be sorry for thee.
6Si habes, convivet tecum, et evacuabit te: et ipse non dolebit super te.
7If he have need of thee he will deceive thee, and smiling upon thee will put thee in hope; he will speak thee fair, and will say: What wantest thou?
7Si necessarius illi fueris, supplantabit te, et subridens spem dabit, narrans tibi bona, et dicet: Quid opus est tibi?
8And he will shame thee by his meats, till he have drawn thee dry twice or thrice, and at last he will laugh at thee: and afterward when he seeth thee, he will forsake thee, and shake his head at thee.
8Et confundet te in cibis suis, donec te exinaniat bis et ter: et in novissimo deridebit te, et postea videns derelinquet te, et caput suum movebit ad te.
9Humble thyself to God, and wait for his hands.
9Humiliare Deo, et exspecta manus ejus.
10Beware that thou be not deceived Into folly, and be humbled.
10Attende ne seductus in stultitiam humilieris.
11Be not lowly in thy wisdom, lest being humbled thou be deceived into folly.
11Noli esse humilis in sapientia tua, ne humiliatus in stultitiam seducaris.
12If thou be invited by one that is mightier, withdraw thyself: for so he will invite thee the more.
12Advocatus a potentiore, discede: ex hoc enim magis te advocabit.
13Be not troublesome to him, lest thou be put back: and keep not far from him, lest thou be forgotten.
13Ne improbus sis, ne impingaris: et ne longe sis ab eo, ne eas in oblivionem.
14Affect not to speak with him as an equal: and believe not his many words: for by much talk he will sift thee, and smiling will examine thee concerning thy secrets.
14Ne retineas ex æquo loqui cum illo, nec credas multis verbis illius: ex multa enim loquela tentabit te, et subridens interrogabit te de absconditis tuis.
15His cruel mind will lay up thy words: and he will not spare to do thee hurt, and to cast thee into prison.
15Immitis animus illius conservabit verba tua: et non parcet de malitia, et de vinculis.
16Take heed to thyself, and attend diligently to what thou hearest: for thou walkest in danger of thy ruin.
16Cave tibi, et attende diligenter auditui tuo, quoniam cum subversione tua ambulas:
17When thou hearest those things, see as it were in sleep, and thou shalt awake.
17audiens vero illa, quasi in somnis vide, et vigilabis.
18Love God all thy life, and call upon him for thy salvation.
18Omni vita tua dilige Deum, et invoca illum in salute tua.
19Every beast loveth its like: so also every man him that is nearest to himself.
19Omne animal diligit simile sibi, sic et omnis homo proximum sibi.
20All flesh shall consort with the like to itself, and every man shall associate himself to his like.
20Omnis caro ad similem sibi conjungetur, et omnis homo simili sui sociabitur.
21If the wolf shall at any time have fellowship with the lamb, so the sinner with the just.
21Si communicabit lupus agno aliquando, sic peccator justo.
22What fellowship hath a holy man with a dog, or what part hath the rich with the poor?
22Quæ communicatio sancto homini ad canem? aut quæ pars diviti ad pauperem?
23The wild ass is the lion’s prey in the desert: so also the poor are devoured by the rich.
23Venatio leonis onager in eremo: sic et pascua divitum sunt pauperes.
24And as humility is an abomination to the proud: so also the rich man abhorreth the poor.
24Et sicut abominatio est superbo humilitas, sic et execratio divitis pauper.
25When a rich man is shaken, he is kept up by his friends: but when a poor man is fallen down, he is thrust away even by his acquaintance.
25Dives commotus confirmatur ab amicis suis: humilis autem cum ceciderit, expelletur et a notis.
26When a rich man hath been deceived, he hath many helpers: he hath spoken proud things, and they have justified him.
26Diviti decepto multi recuperatores: locutus est superbia, et justificaverunt illum.
27The poor man was deceived, and he is rebuked also: he hath spoken wisely, and could have no place.
27Humilis deceptus est, insuper et arguitur: locutus est sensate, et non est datus ei locus.
28The rich man spoke, and all held their peace, and what he said they extol even to the clouds.
28Dives locutus est, et omnes tacuerunt, et verbum illius usque ad nubes perducent.
29The poor man spoke, and they say: Who is this? and if he stumble, they will overthrow him.
29Pauper locutus est, et dicunt: Quis est hic? et si offenderit, subvertent illum.]
30Riches are good to him that hath no sin in his conscience: and poverty is very wicked in the mouth of the ungodly.
30[Bona est substantia cui non est peccatum in conscientia: et nequissima paupertas in ore impii.
31The heart of a man changeth his countenance, either for good, or for evil.
31Cor hominis immutat faciem illius, sive in bona, sive in mala.
32The token of a good heart, and a good countenance thou shalt hardly find, and with labour.
32Vestigium cordis boni et faciem bonam difficile invenies, et cum labore.]
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