Sirach 46
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Valiant in war was Jesus the son of Nave, who was successor of Moses among the prophets, who was great according to his name,
1[Fortis in bello Jesus Nave, successor Moysi in prophetis, qui fuit magnus secundum nomen suum,
2Very great for the saving the elect of God, to overthrow the enemies that rose up against them, that he might get the inheritance for Israel.
2maximus in salutem electorum Dei, expugnare insurgentes hostes, ut consequeretur hæreditatem Israël.
3How great glory did he gain when he lifted up his hands, and stretched out swords against the cities?
3Quam gloriam adeptus est in tollendo manus suas, et jactando contra civitates rhomphæas !
4Who before him hath so resisted? for the Lord himself brought the enemies.
4Quis ante illum sic restitit? nam hostes ipse Dominus perduxit.
5Was not the sun stopped in his anger, and one day made as two?
5An non in iracundia ejus impeditus est sol, et una dies facta est quasi duo?
6He called upon the most high Sovereign when the enemies assaulted him on every side, and the great and holy God heard him by hailstones of exceeding great force.
6Invocavit Altissimum potentem, in oppugnando inimicos undique: et audivit illum magnus et sanctus Deus, in saxis grandinis virtutis valde fortis.
7He made a violent assault against the nation of his enemies, and in the descent he destroyed the adversaries.
7Impetum fecit contra gentem hostilem, et in descensu perdidit contrarios:
8That the nations might know his power, that it is not easy to fight against God. And he followed the mighty one:
8ut cognoscant gentes potentiam ejus, quia contra Deum pugnare non est facile. Et secutus est a tergo potentis:
9And in the days of Moses he did a work of mercy, he and Caleb the son of Jephone, in standing against the enemy, and withholding the people from sins, and appeasing the wicked murmuring.
9et in diebus Moysi misericordiam fecit, ipse, et Caleb filius Jephone, stare contra hostem, et prohibere gentem a peccatis, et perfringere murmur malitiæ.
10And they two being appointed, were delivered out of the danger from among the number of six hundred thousand men on foot, to bring them into their inheritance, into the land that floweth with milk and honey.
10Et ipsi duo constituti a periculo liberati sunt a numero sexcentorum millium peditum, inducere illos in hæreditatem, in terram quæ manat lac et mel.
11And the Lord gave strength also to Caleb, and his strength continued even to his old age, so that he went up to the high places of the land, and his seed obtained it for an inheritance:
11Et dedit Dominus ipsi Caleb fortitudinem, et usque in senectutem permansit illi virtus, ut ascenderet in excelsum terræ locum, et semen ipsius obtinuit hæreditatem,
12That all the children of Israel might see, that it is good to obey the holy God.
12ut viderent omnes filii Israël quia bonum est obsequi sancto Deo.]
13Then all the judges, every one by name, whose heart was not corrupted: who turned not away from the Lord,
13[Et judices singuli suo nomine, quorum non est corruptum cor, qui non aversi sunt a Domino,
14That their memory might be blessed, and their bones spring up out of their place,
14ut sit memoria illorum in benedictione, et ossa eorum pullulent de loco suo:
15And their name continue for ever, the glory of the holy men remaining unto their children.
15et nomen eorum permaneat in æternum, permanens ad filios illorum, sanctorum virorum gloria.]
16Samuel the prophet of the Lord, the beloved of the Lord his God, established a new government, and anointed princes over his people.
16[Dilectus a Domino Deo suo Samuel, propheta Domini, renovavit imperium, et unxit principes in gente sua.
17By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation, and the God of Jacob beheld, and by his fidelity he was proved a prophet.
17In lege Domini congregationem judicavit, et vidit Deus Jacob: et in fide sua probatus est propheta,
18And he was known to be faithful in his words, because he saw the God of light:
18et cognitus est in verbis suis fidelis, quia vidit Deum lucis.
19And called upon the name of the Lord Almighty, in fighting against the enemies who beset him on every side, when he offered a lamb without blemish.
19Et invocavit Dominum omnipotentem, in oppugnando hostes circumstantes undique, in oblatione agni inviolati.
20And the Lord thundered from heaven, and with a great noise made his voice to be heard.
20Et intonuit de cælo Dominus, et in sonitu magno auditam fecit vocem suam:
21And he crushed the princes of the Tyrians, and all the lords of the Philistines:
21et contrivit principes Tyriorum, et omnes duces Philisthiim:
22And before the time of the end of his life in the world, he protested before the Lord, and his anointed: money, or any thing else, even to a shoe, he had not taken of any man, and no mall did accuse him.
22et ante tempus finis vitæ suæ et sæculi, testimonium præbuit in conspectu Domini et christi: pecunias et usque ad calceamenta ab omni carne non accepit, et non accusavit illum homo.
23And after this he slept, and he made known to the king, and shewed him the end of his life, and he lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy to blot out the wickedness of the nation.
23Et post hoc dormivit: et notum fecit regi, et ostendit illi finem vitæ suæ: et exaltavit vocem suam de terra in prophetia, delere impietatem gentis.]
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