Sirach 42
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Repeat not the word which thou hast heard, and disclose not the thing that is secret; so shalt thou be truly without confusion, and shall find favour before all men: be not ashamed of any of these things, and accept no person to sin thereby:
1[Non duplices sermonem auditus de revelatione sermonis absconditi: et eris vere sine confusione, et invenies gratiam in conspectu omnium hominum. Ne pro his omnibus confundaris, et ne accipias personam ut delinquas:
2Of the law of the most High, and of his covenant, and of judgment to justify the ungodly:
2de lege Altissimi, et testamento, et de judicio justificare impium,
3Of the affair of companions and travellers, and of the gift of the inheritance of friends:
3de verbo sociorum et viatorum, et de datione hæreditatis amicorum,
4Of exactness of balance and weights, of getting much or little:
4de æqualitate stateræ et ponderum, de acquisitione multorum et paucorum,
5Of the corruption of buying, and of merchants, and of much correction of children, and to make the side of a wicked slave to bleed.
5de corruptione emptionis et negotiatorum, et de multa disciplina filiorum, et servo pessimo latus sanguinare.
6Sure keeping is good over a wicked wife.
6Super mulierem nequam bonum est signum.
7Where there are many hands, shut up, and deliver all things in number, and weight: and put all in writing that thou givest out or receivest in.
7Ubi manus multæ sunt, claude: et quodcumque trades, numera et appende: datum vero et acceptum omne describe.
8Be not ashamed to inform the unwise and foolish, and the aged, that are judged I by young men: and thou shalt be well instructed in all things, and well approved in the sight of all men living.
8De disciplina insensati et fatui, et de senioribus qui judicantur ab adolescentibus: et eris eruditus in omnibus, et probabilis in conspectu omnium vivorum.]
9The father waketh for the daughter when no man knoweth, and the care for her taketh away his sleep, when she is young, lest she pass away the flower of her age, and when she is married, lest she should be hateful:
9[Filia patris abscondita est vigilia, et sollicitudo ejus aufert somnum: ne forte in adolescentia sua adulta efficiatur, et cum viro commorata odibilis fiat:
10In her virginity, lest she should be corrupted, and be found with child in her father’s house: and having a husband, lest she should misbehave herself, or at the least become barren.
10nequando polluatur in virginitate sua, et in paternis suis gravida inveniatur: ne forte cum viro commorata transgrediatur, aut certe sterilis efficiatur.
11Keep a sure watch over a shameless daughter: lest at any time she make thee become a laughingstock to thy enemies, and a byword in the city, and a reproach among the people, and she make thee ashamed before all the multitude.
11Super filiam luxuriosam confirma custodiam, nequando faciat te in opprobrium venire inimicis, a detractione in civitate, et objectione plebis, et confundat te in multitudine populi.
12Behold not everybody’s beauty: and tarry not among women.
12Omni homini noli intendere in specie, et in medio mulierum noli commorari:
13For from garments cometh a moth, and from a woman the iniquity of a man.
13de vestimentis enim procedit tinea, et a muliere iniquitas viri.
14For better is the iniquity of a man, than a woman doing a good turn, and a woman bringing shame and reproach.
14Melior est enim iniquitas viri quam mulier benefaciens, et mulier confundens in opprobrium.]
15I will now remember the works of the Lord, and I will declare the things I have seen. By the words of the Lord are his works.
15[Memor ero igitur operum Domini, et quæ vidi annuntiabo. In sermonibus Domini opera ejus.
16The sun giving light hath looked upon all things, and full of the glory of the Lord is his work.
16Sol illuminans per omnia respexit, et gloria Domini plenum est opus ejus.
17Hath not the Lord made the saints to declare all his wonderful works, which the Lord Almighty hath firmly settled to be established for his glory?
17Nonne Dominus fecit sanctos enarrare omnia mirabilia sua, quæ confirmavit Dominus omnipotens stabiliri in gloria sua?
18He hath searched out the deep, and the heart of men: and considered their crafty devices.
18Abyssum et cor hominum investigavit, et in astutia eorum excogitavit.
19For the Lord knoweth all knowledge, and hath beheld the signs of the world, he declareth the things that are past, and the things that are to come, and revealeth the traces of hidden things.
19Cognovit enim Dominus omnem scientiam, et inspexit in signum ævi, annuntians quæ præterierunt et quæ superventura sunt, revelans vestigia occultorum.
20No thought escapeth him, and no word can hide itself from him.
20Non præterit illum omnis cogitatus, et non abscondit se ab eo ullus sermo.
21He hath beautified the glorious works of his wisdom: and he Is from eternity to eternity, and to him nothing may be added,
21Magnalia sapientiæ suæ decoravit, qui est ante sæculum et usque in sæculum: neque adjectum est,
22Nor can he be diminished, and he hath no need of any counsellor.
22neque minuitur, et non eget alicujus consilio.
23O how desirable are all his works, and what we can know is but as a spark!
23Quam desiderabilia omnia opera ejus ! et tamquam scintilla quæ est considerare !
24All these things live, and remain for ever, and for every use all things obey him.
24Omnia hæc vivunt, et manent in sæculum, et in omni necessitate omnia obaudiunt ei.
25All things are double, one against another, and he hath made nothing defective.
25Omnia duplicia, unum contra unum, et non fecit quidquam deesse.
26He hath established the good things of every one. And who shall be filled with beholding his glory?
26Uniuscujusque confirmavit bona: et quis satiabitur videns gloriam ejus?]
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