Sirach 9
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, lest she shew in thy regard the malice of a wicked lesson.
1[Non zeles mulierem sinus tui, ne ostendat super te malitiam doctrinæ nequam.
2Give not the power of thy soul to a woman, lest she enter upon thy strength, and thou be confounded.
2Non des mulieri potestatem animæ tuæ, ne ingrediatur in virtutem tuam, et confundaris.
3Look not upon a woman that hath a mind for many: lest thou fall into her snares.
3Ne respicias mulierem multivolam, ne forte incidas in laqueos illius.
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.
4Cum saltatrice ne assiduus sis, nec audias illam, ne forte pereas in efficacia illius.
5Gaze not upon a maiden, lest her beauty be a stumblingblock to thee.
5Virginem ne conspicias, ne forte scandalizeris in decore illius.
6Give not thy soul to harlots in any point: lest thou destroy thyself and thy inheritance.
6Ne des fornicariis animam tuam in ullo, ne perdas te et hæreditatem tuam.
7Look not round about thee in the of the city, nor wander up and down in the streets thereof.
7Noli circumspicere in vicis civitatis, nec oberraveris in plateis illius.
8Turn away thy face from a woman dressed up, and gaze not about upon another’s beauty.
8Averte faciem tuam a muliere compta, et ne circumspicias speciem alienam.
9For many have perished by the beauty of a woman, and hereby lust is enkindled as a fire.
9Propter speciem mulieris multi perierunt: et ex hoc concupiscentia quasi ignis exardescit.
10Every woman that is a harlot, shall be trodden upon as dung in the way.
10Omnis mulier quæ est fornicaria, quasi stercus in via conculcabitur.
11Many by admiring the beauty of another man’s wife, have become reprobate, for her conversation burneth as fire.
11Speciem mulieris alienæ multi admirati, reprobi facti sunt: colloquium enim illius quasi ignis exardescit.
12Sit not at all with another man’s wife, nor repose upon the bed with her:
12Cum aliena muliere ne sedeas omnino, nec accumbas cum ea super cubitum:
13And strive not with her over wine, lest thy heart decline towards her, and by thy blood thou fall into destruction.
13et non alterceris cum illa in vino, ne forte declinet cor tuum in illam, et sanguine tuo labaris in perditionem.]
14Forsake not an old friend, for the new will not be like to him.
14[Ne derelinquas amicum antiquum: novus enim non erit similis illi.
15A new friend is as new wine: it shall grow old, and thou shalt drink it with pleasure.
15Vinum novum amicus novus: veterascet, et cum suavitate bibes illud.
16Envy not the glory and riches of a sinner: for thou knowest not what his ruin shall be.
16Non zeles gloriam et opes peccatoris: non enim scis quæ futura sit illius subversio.
17Be not pleased with the wrong done by the unjust, knowing that even to hell the wicked shall not please.
17Non placeat tibi injuria injustorum, sciens quoniam usque ad inferos non placebit impius.
18Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill, so thou shalt not suspect the fear of death.
18Longe abesto ab homine potestatem habente occidendi, et non suspicaberis timorem mortis.
19And if thou come to him, commit no fault, lest he take away thy life.
19Et si accesseris ad illum, noli aliquid committere, ne forte auferat vitam tuam.
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:
20Communionem mortis scito, quoniam in medio laqueorum ingredieris, et super dolentium arma ambulabis.
21According to thy power beware of thy neighbor, and treat with the wise and prudent.
21Secundum virtutem tuam cave te a proximo tuo, et cum sapientibus et prudentibus tracta.
22Let just men be thy guests, and let thy glory be in the fear of God.
22Viri justi sint tibi convivæ, et in timore Dei sit tibi gloriatio:
23And let the thought of God be in thy mind, and all thy discourse on the commandments of the Highest.
23et in sensu sit tibi cogitatus Dei, et omnis enarratio tua in præceptis Altissimi.
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.
24In manu artificum opera laudabuntur, et princeps populi in sapientia sermonis sui, in sensu vero seniorum verbum.
25A man full of tongue is terrible in his city, and he that is rash in his word shall be hateful.
25Terribilis est in civitate sua homo linguosus: et temerarius in verbo suo odibilis erit.]
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