Sirach 43
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1The firmament on high is his beauty, the beauty of heaven with its glorious shew.
1ΓΑΥΡΙΑΜΑ ὕψους στερέωμα καθαριότητος, εἶδος οὐρανοῦ ἐν ὁράματι δόξης.
2The sun when he appeareth shewing forth at his rising, an admirable instrument, the work of the most High.
2ἥλιος ἐν ὀπτασίᾳ διαγγέλων ἐν ἐξόδῳ, σκεῦος θαυμαστόν, ἔργον Ὑψίστου.
3At noon he burneth the earth, and who can abide his burning heat? As one keeping a furnace in the works of heat:
3ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἀναξηραίνει χώραν, καὶ ἐναντίον καύματος αὐτοῦ τίς ὑποστήσεται;
4The sun three times as much, burneth the mountains, breathing out fiery vapours, and shining with his beams, he blindeth the eyes.
4κάμινον φυσῶν ἐν ἔργοις καύματος, τριπλασίως ἥλιος ἐκκαίων ὄρη· ἀτμίδας πυρώδεις ἐκφυσῶν καὶ ἐκλάμπων ἀκτῖνας ἀμαυροῖ ὀφθαλμούς.
5Great is the Lord that made him, and at his words he hath hastened his course.
5μέγας Κύριος ὁ ποιήσας αὐτόν, καὶ ἐν λόγοις αὐτοῦ κατέσπευσε πορείαν.
6And the moon in all in her season, is for a declaration of times and a sign of the world.
6Καὶ ἡ σελήνη ἐν πᾶσιν εἰς καιρὸν αὐτῆς, ἀνάδειξιν χρόνων καὶ σημεῖον αἰῶνος.
7From the moon is the sign of the festival day, a light that decreaseth in her perfection.
7ἀπὸ σελήνης σημεῖον ἑορτῆς, φωστὴρ μειούμενος ἐπὶ συντελείας.
8The month is called after her name, increasing wonderfully in her perfection.
8μὴν κατὰ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆς ἐστιν, αὐξανομένη θαυμαστῶς ἐν ἀλλοιώσει, σκεῦος παρεμβολῶν ἐν ὕψει, ἐν στερεώματι οὐρανοῦ ἐκλάμπων.
9Being an instrument of the armies on high, shining gloriously in the Armament of heaven.
9κάλλος οὐρανοῦ, δόξα ἄστρων, κόσμος φωτίζων ἐν ὑψίστοις Κυρίου·
10The glory of the stars is the beauty of heaven; the Lord enlighteneth the world on high.
10ἐν λόγοις ἁγίου στήσονται κατὰ κρίμα καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐκλυθῶσιν ἐν φυλακαῖς αὐτῶν.
11By the words of the holy one they shall stand in judgment, and shall never fail in their watches.
11ἰδὲ τόξον καὶ εὐλόγησον τὸν ποιήσαντα αὐτό, σφόδρα ὡραῖον ἐν τῷ αὐγάσματι αὐτοῦ·
12Look upon the rainbow, and bless him that made it: it is very beautiful in its brightness.
12ἐγύρωσεν οὐρανὸν ἐν κυκλώσει δόξης, χεῖρες Ὑψίστου ἐτάνυσαν αὐτό.
13It encompasseth the heaven about with the circle of its glory, the hands of the most High have displayed it.
13Προστάγματι αὐτοῦ κατέσπευσε χιόνα καὶ ταχύνει ἀστραπὰς κρίματος αὐτοῦ.
14By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, and sendeth forth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.
14διὰ τοῦτο ἠνεῴχθησαν θησαυροί, καὶ ἐξέπτησαν νεφέλαι ὡς πετεινά·
15Through this are the treasures opened, and the clouds fly out like birds.
15ἐν μεγαλείῳ αὐτοῦ ἴσχυσε νεφέλας, καὶ διεθρύβησαν λίθοι χαλάζης·
16By his greatness he hath fixed the clouds, and the hailstones are broken.
16καὶ ἐν ὀπτασίαις αὐτοῦ σαλευθήσεται ὄρη, ἐν θελήματι πνεύσεται νότος.
17At his sight shall the mountains be shaken, and at his will the south wind shall blow.
17φωνὴ βροντῆς αὐτοῦ ὠδίνησε γῆν καὶ καταιγὶς Βορέου καὶ συστροφὴ πνεύματος.
18The noise of his thunder shall strike the earth, so doth the northern storm, and the whirlwind:
18ὡς πετεινὰ καθιπτάμενα πάσσει χιόνα, καὶ ὡς ἀκρὶς καταλύουσα ἡ κατάβασς αὐτῆς· κάλλος λευκότητος αὐτῆς ἐκθαυμάσει ὀφθαλμός, καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ ὑετοῦ αὐτῆς ἐκστήσεται καρδία.
19And as the birds lighting upon the earth, he scattereth snow, and the falling thereof, is as the coming down of locusts.
19καὶ πάχνην ὡς ἅλα ἐπὶ γῆς χέει, καὶ παγεῖσα γίνεται σκολόπων ἄκρα.
20The eye admireth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the shower thereof.
20ψυχρὸς ἄνεμος Βορέης πνεύσει, καὶ παγήσεται κρύσταλλος ἐφ᾿ ὕδατος· ἐπὶ πᾶσαν συναγωγὴν ὕδατος καταλύσει, καὶ ὡς θώρακα ἐνδύσεται τὸ ὕδωρ.
21He shall pour frost as salt upon the earth: and when it freezeth, it shall become like the tops of thistles.
21καταφάγεται ὄρη καὶ ἔρημον ἐκκαύσει καὶ ἀποσβέσει χλόην ὡς πῦρ.
22The cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed into crystal; upon every gathering together of waters it shall rest, and shall clothe the waters as a breastplate.
22ἴασις πάντων κατὰ σπουδὴν ὁμίχλη, δρόσος ἀπαντῶσα ἀπὸ καύσωνος ἱλαρώσει.
23And it shall devour the mountains, and burn the wilderness, and consume all that is green as with fire.
23Λογισμῷ αὐτοῦ ἐκόπασεν ἄβυσσον, καὶ ἐφύτευσεν ἐν αὐτῇ νήσους.
24A present remedy of all is the speedy coming of a cloud, and a dew that meeteth it, by the heat that cometh, shall overpower it.
24οἱ πλέοντες τὴν θάλασσαν διηγοῦνται τὸν κίνδυνον αὐτῆς, καὶ ἀκοαῖς ὠτίων ἡμῶν θαυμάζομεν.
25At his word the wind is still, and with his thought he appeaseth the deep, and the Lord hath planted islands therein.
25καὶ ἐκεῖ τὰ παράδοξα καὶ θαυμάσια ἔργα, ποικιλία παντὸς ζῴου, κτίσις κητῶν.
26Let them that sail on the sea, tell the dangers thereof: and when we hear with our ears, we shall admire.
26δι᾿ αὐτὸν εὐοδοῖ ἄγγελος αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν λόγῳ αὐτοῦ σύγκειται πάντα.
27There are great and wonderful works: a variety of beasts, and of all living things, and the monstrous creatures of whales.
27Πολλὰ ἐροῦμεν καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐφικώμεθα, καὶ συντέλεια λόγων· τὸ πᾶν ἐστιν αὐτός.
28Through him is established the end of their journey, and by his word all things are regulated.
28δοξάζοντες ποῦ ἰσχύσομεν; αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ μέγας παρὰ πάντα τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ.
29We shall say much, and yet shall want words: but the sum of our words is, He is all.
29φοβερὸς Κύριος καὶ σφόδρα μέγας, καὶ θαυμαστὴ ἡ δυναστεία αὐτοῦ.
30What shall we be able to do to glorify him? for the Almighty himself is above all his works.
30δοξάζοντες Κύριον ὑψώσατε, καθόσον ἂν δύνησθε, ὑπερέξει γὰρ καὶ ἔτι· καὶ ὑψοῦντες αὐτὸν πληθύνατε ἐν ἰσχύϊ· μὴ κοπιᾶτε, οὐ γὰρ μὴ ἐφίκησθε.
31The Lord is terrible, and exceeding great, and his power is admirable.
31τίς ἑώρακεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐκδιηγήσεται; καὶ τίς μεγαλυνεῖ αὐτὸν καθώς ἐστι;
32Glorify the Lord as much as ever you can, for he will yet far exceed, and his magnificence is wonderful.
32πολλὰ ἀπόκρυφά ἐστι μείζονα τούτων, ὀλίγα γὰρ ἑωράκαμεν τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ·
33Blessing the Lord, exalt him as much as you can: for he is above all praise.
33πάντα γὰρ ἐποίησεν ὁ Κύριος, καὶ τοῖς εὐσεβέσιν ἔδωκε σοφίαν.
34When you exalt him put forth all your strength, and be not weary: for you can never go far enough.
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35Who shall see him, and declare him? and who shall magnify him as he is from the beginning?
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36There are many things hidden from us that are greater than these: for we have seen but a few of his works.
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37But the Lord hath made all things, and to the godly he hath given wisdom.
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