Sirach 27
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Through poverty many have sinned: and he that seeketh to be enriched, turneth away his eye.
1[Propter inopiam multi deliquerunt: et qui quærit locupletari avertit oculum suum.
2As a stake sticketh fast in the midst of the joining of stones, so also in the midst of selling and buying, sin shall stick fast.
2Sicut in medio compaginis lapidum palus figitur, sic et inter medium venditionis et emptionis angustiabitur peccatum:
3Sin shall be destroyed with the sinner.
3conteretur cum delinquente delictum.
4Unless thou hold thyself diligently in the fear of the Lord, thy house shall quickly be overthrown.
4Si non in timore Domini tenueris te instanter, cito subvertetur domus tua.]
5As when one sifteth with a sieve, the dust will remain: so will the perplexity of a man in his thoughts.
5[Sicut in percussura cribri remanebit pulvis, sic aporia hominis in cogitatu illius.
6The furnace trieth the potter’s vessels, and the trial of affliction just men.
6Vasa figuli probat fornax, et homines justos tentatio tribulationis.
7Be the dressing of a tree sheweth the fruit thereof, so a word out of the thought of the heart of man.
7Sicut rusticatio de ligno ostendit fructum illius, sic verbum ex cogitatu cordis hominis.
8Praise not a man before he speaketh, for this is the trial of men.
8Ante sermonem non laudes virum: hæc enim tentatio est hominum.
9If thou followest justice, thou shalt obtain her: and shalt put her on as a long robe of honour, and thou shalt dwell with her: and she shall protect thee for ever, and in the day of acknowledgment thou shalt find a strong foundation.
9Si sequaris justitiam, apprehendes illam, et indues quasi poderem honoris: et inhabitabis cum ea, et proteget te in sempiternum, et in die agnitionis invenies firmamentum.
10Birds resort unto their like: so truth will return to them that practise her.
10Volatilia ad sibi similia conveniunt: et veritas ad eos qui operantur illam revertetur.
11The lion always lieth in wait for prey: so do sins for them that work iniquities.
11Leo venationi insidiatur semper: sic peccata operantibus iniquitates.
12A holy man continueth in wisdom as the sun: but a fool is changed as the moon.
12Homo sanctus in sapientia manet sicut sol: nam stultus sicut luna mutatur.
13In the midst of the unwise keep in the word till its time: but be continually among men that think.
13In medio insensatorum serva verbum tempori: in medio autem cogitantium assiduus esto.
14The discourse of sinners is hateful, and their laughter is at the pleasures of sin.
14Narratio peccantium odiosa, et risus illorum in deliciis peccati.
15The speech that sweareth much shall make the hair of the head stand upright: and its irreverence shall make one stop his ears.
15Loquela multum jurans horripilationem capiti statuet, et irreverentia ipsius obturatio aurium.
16Is the quarrels of the proud is the shedding of blood: and their cursing is a grievous hearing.
16Effusio sanguinis in rixa superborum, et maledictio illorum auditus gravis.
17He that discloseth the secret of a friend loseth his credit, and shall never find a friend to his mind.
17Qui denudat arcana amici fidem perdit, et non inveniet amicum ad animum suum.
18Love thy neighbour, and be joined to him with fidelity.
18Dilige proximum, et conjungere fide cum illo.
19But if thou discover his secrets, follow no more after him.
19Quod si denudaveris absconsa illius, non persequeris post eum.
20For as a man that destroyeth his friend, so also is he that destroyeth the friendship of his neighbour.
20Sicut enim homo qui perdit amicum suum, sic et qui perdit amicitiam proximi sui.
21And as one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and thou shalt not get him again.
21Et sicut qui dimittit avem de manu sua, sic dereliquisti proximum tuum, et non eum capies.
22Follow after him no more, for he is gone afar off, he is fled, as a roe escaped out of the snare: because his soul is wounded.
22Non illum sequaris, quoniam longe abest: effugit enim quasi caprea de laqueo, quoniam vulnerata est anima ejus:
23Thou canst no more bind him up. And of a curse there is reconciliation:
23ultra eum non poteris colligare. Et maledicti est concordatio:
24But to disclose the secrets of a friend, leaveth no hope to an unhappy soul.
24denudare autem amici mysteria, desperatio est animæ infelicis.]
25He that winketh with the eye forgeth wicked things, and no man will cast him off:
25[Annuens oculo fabricat iniqua, et nemo eum abjiciet.
26In the sight of thy eyes he will sweeten his mouth, and will admire thy words: but at the last he will writhe his mouth, and on thy words he will lay a stumblingblock.
26In conspectu oculorum tuorum condulcabit os suum, et super sermones tuos admirabitur: novissime autem pervertet os suum, et in verbis tuis dabit scandalum.
27I have hated many things, but not like him, and the Lord will hate him.
27Multa odivi, et non coæquavi ei, et Dominus odiet illum.
28If one cast a stone on high, it will fall upon his own head: and the deceitful stroke will wound the deceitful.
28Qui in altum mittit lapidem, super caput ejus cadet: et plaga dolosa dolosi dividet vulnera.
29He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that setteth a stone for his neighbour, shall stumble upon it: and he that layeth a snare for another, shall perish in it.
29Et qui foveam fodit incidet in eam: et qui statuit lapidem proximo offendet in eo: et qui laqueum alii ponit, peribit in illo.
30A mischievous counsel shall be rolled back upon the author, and he shall not know from whence it cometh to him.
30Facienti nequissimum consilium, super ipsum devolvetur, et non agnoscet unde adveniat illi.
31Mockery and reproach are of the proud, and vengeance as a lion shall lie in wait for him.
31Illusio et improperium superborum, et vindicta sicut leo insidiabitur illi.
32They shall perish in a snare that are delighted with the fall of the just: and sorrow shall consume them before they die.
32Laqueo peribunt qui oblectantur casu justorum, dolor autem consumet illos antequam moriantur.]
33Anger and fury are both of them abominable, and the sinful man shall be subject to them.
33[Ira et furor utraque execrabilia sunt, et vir peccator continens erit illorum.]
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