Sirach 9
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, lest she shew in thy regard the malice of a wicked lesson.
1ΜΗ ζήλου γυναῖκα τοῦ κόλπου σου, μηδὲ διδάξῃς ἐπὶ σεαυτὸν παιδείαν πονηράν.
2Give not the power of thy soul to a woman, lest she enter upon thy strength, and thou be confounded.
2μὴ δῷς γυναικὶ τὴν ψυχήν σου ἐπιβῆναι αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τὴν ἰσχύν σου.
3Look not upon a woman that hath a mind for many: lest thou fall into her snares.
3μὴ ὑπάντα γυναικὶ ἑταιριζομένῃ, μήποτε ἐμπέσῃς εἰς τὰς παγίδας αὐτῆς.
4Use not much the company of her that is a dancer, and hearken not to her, lest thou perish by the force of her charms.
4μετὰ ψαλλούσῃς μὴ ἐνδελέχιζε, μήποτε ἁλῷς ἐν τοῖς ἐπιχειρήμασιν αὐτῆς.
5Gaze not upon a maiden, lest her beauty be a stumblingblock to thee.
5παρθένον μὴ καταμάνθανε, μήποτε σκανδαλισθῇς ἐν τοῖς ἐπιτιμίοις αὐτῆς.
6Give not thy soul to harlots in any point: lest thou destroy thyself and thy inheritance.
6μὴ δῷς πόρναις τὴν ψυχήν σου, ἵνα μὴ ἀπολέσῃς τὴν κληρονομίαν σου.
7Look not round about thee in the of the city, nor wander up and down in the streets thereof.
7μὴ περιβλέπου ἐν ρύμαις πόλεως καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἐρήμοις αὐτῆς μὴ πλανῶ.
8Turn away thy face from a woman dressed up, and gaze not about upon another’s beauty.
8ἀπόστρεψον ὀφθαλμὸν ἀπὸ γυναικὸς εὐμόρφου, καὶ μὴ καταμάνθανε κάλλος ἀλλότριον· ἐν κάλλει γυναικὸς πολλοὶ ἐπλανήθησαν, καὶ ἐκ τούτου φιλία ὡς πῦρ ἀνακαίεται.
9For many have perished by the beauty of a woman, and hereby lust is enkindled as a fire.
9μετὰ ὑπάνδρου γυναικὸς μὴ κάθου τὸ σύνολον καὶ μὴ συμβολοκοπήσῃς μετ᾿ αὐτῆς ἐν οἴνῳ, μήποτε ἐκκλίνη ἡ ψυχή σου ἐπ᾿ αὐτὴν καὶ τῷ πνεύματί σου ὀλισθήσῃς εἰς ἀπώλειαν.
10Every woman that is a harlot, shall be trodden upon as dung in the way.
10μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς φίλον ἀρχαῖον, ὁ γὰρ πρόσφατος οὐκ ἔστιν ἔπισος αὐτῷ· οἶνος νέος φίλος νέος· ἐὰν παλαιωθῇ, μετ᾿ εὐφροσύνης πίεσαι αὐτόν.
11Many by admiring the beauty of another man’s wife, have become reprobate, for her conversation burneth as fire.
11μὴ ζηλώσῃς δόξαν ἁμαρτωλοῦ, οὐ γὰρ οἶδας τί ἔσται ἡ καταστροφὴ αὐτοῦ.
12Sit not at all with another man’s wife, nor repose upon the bed with her:
12μὴ εὐδοκήσῃς ἐν εὐδοκίᾳ ἀσεβῶν· μνήσθητι ὅτι ἕως ᾅδου οὐ μὴ δικαιωθῶσι.
13And strive not with her over wine, lest thy heart decline towards her, and by thy blood thou fall into destruction.
13μακρὰν ἄπεχε ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου, ὃς ἔχει ἐξουσίαν τοῦ φονεύειν, καὶ οὐ μὴ ὑποπτεύσῃς φόβον θανάτου· κἂν προσέλθῃς, μὴ πλημμελήσῃς, ἵνα μὴ ἀφέληται τὴν ζωήν σου· ἐπίγνωθι ὅτι ἐν μέσῳ παγίδων διαβαίνεις καὶ ἐπὶ ἐπάλξεων πόλεων περιπατεῖς.
14Forsake not an old friend, for the new will not be like to him.
14κατὰ τὴν ἰσχύν σου στόχασαι τοὺς πλησίον καὶ μετὰ σοφῶν συμβουλεύου.
15A new friend is as new wine: it shall grow old, and thou shalt drink it with pleasure.
15καὶ μετὰ συνετῶν ἔστω ὁ διαλογισμός σου καὶ πᾶσα διήγησίς σου ἐν νόμῳ Ὑψίστου.
16Envy not the glory and riches of a sinner: for thou knowest not what his ruin shall be.
16ἄνδρες δίκαιοι ἔστωσαν σύνδειπνοί σου, καὶ ἐν φόβῳ Κυρίου ἔστω τὸ καύχημά σου.
17Be not pleased with the wrong done by the unjust, knowing that even to hell the wicked shall not please.
17ἐν χειρὶ τεχνιτῶν ἔργον ἐπαινεθήσεται, καὶ ὁ ἡγούμενος λαοῦ σοφὸς ἐν λόγῳ αὐτοῦ.
18Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill, so thou shalt not suspect the fear of death.
18φοβερὸς ἐν πόλει αὐτοῦ ἀνὴρ γλωσσώδης, καὶ ὁ προπετὴς ἐν λόγῳ αὐτοῦ μισηθήσεται.
19And if thou come to him, commit no fault, lest he take away thy life.
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20Know it to be a communication with death: for thou art going in the midst of snares, and walking upon the arms of them that are grieved:
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21According to thy power beware of thy neighbor, and treat with the wise and prudent.
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22Let just men be thy guests, and let thy glory be in the fear of God.
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23And let the thought of God be in thy mind, and all thy discourse on the commandments of the Highest.
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24Works shall be praised for the hand of the artificers, and the prince of the people for the wisdom of his speech, but word of the ancients for the sense.
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25A man full of tongue is terrible in his city, and he that is rash in his word shall be hateful.
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