Sirach 22
King James Version with ApocryphaTranslation
King James Version with Apocrypha
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1A slothful man is compared to a filthy stone, and every one will hiss him out to his disgrace.
1[In lapide luteo lapidatus est piger: et omnes loquentur super aspernationem illius.
2A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill: every man that takes it up will shake his hand.
2De stercore boum lapidatus est piger: et omnis qui tetigerit eum excutiet manus.]
3An evilnurtured man is the dishonour of his father that begat him: and a foolish daughter is born to his loss.
3[Confusio patris est de filio indisciplinato: filia autem in deminoratione fiet.
4A wise daughter shall bring an inheritance to her husband: but she that liveth dishonestly is her father’s heaviness.
4Filia prudens hæreditas viro suo: nam quæ confundit, in contumeliam fit genitoris.
5She that is bold dishonoureth both her father and her husband, but they both shall despise her.
5Patrem et virum confundit audax, et ab impiis non minorabitur: ab utrisque autem inhonorabitur.
6A tale out of season is as musick in mourning: but stripes and correction of wisdom are never out of time.
6Musica in luctu importuna narratio: flagella et doctrina in omni tempore sapientia.]
7Whoso teacheth a fool is as one that glueth a potsherd together, and as he that waketh one from a sound sleep.
7[Qui docet fatuum, quasi qui conglutinat testam.
8He that telleth a tale to a fool speaketh to one in a slumber: when he hath told his tale, he will say, What is the matter?
8Qui narrat verbum non audienti, quasi qui excitat dormientem de gravi somno.
9If children live honestly, and have wherewithal, they shall cover the baseness of their parents.
9Cum dormiente loquitur qui enarrat stulto sapientiam: et in fine narrationis dicit: Quis est hic?
10But children, being haughty, through disdain and want of nurture do stain the nobility of their kindred.
10Supra mortuum plora, defecit enim lux ejus: et supra fatuum plora, defecit enim sensus.
11Weep for the dead, for he hath lost the light: and weep for the fool, for he wanteth understanding: make little weeping for the dead, for he is at rest: but the life of the fool is worse than death.
11Modicum plora super mortuum, quoniam requievit:
12Seven days do men mourn for him that is dead; but for a fool and an ungodly man all the days of his life.
12nequissimi enim nequissima vita super mortem fatui.
13Talk not much with a fool, and go not to him that hath no understanding: beware of him, lest thou have trouble, and thou shalt never be defiled with his fooleries: depart from him, and thou shalt find rest, and never be disquieted with madness.
13Luctus mortui septem dies: fatui autem et impii omnes dies vitæ illorum.
14What is heavier than lead? and what is the name thereof, but a fool?
14Cum stulto ne multum loquaris, et cum insensato ne abieris.
15Sand, and salt, and a mass of iron, is easier to bear, than a man without understanding.
15Serva te ab illo, ut non molestiam habeas, et non coinquinaberis peccato illius.
16As timber girt and bound together in a building cannot be loosed with shaking: so the heart that is stablished by advised counsel shall fear at no time.
16Deflecte ab illo, et invenies requiem, et non acediaberis in stultitia illius.
17A heart settled upon a thought of understanding is as a fair plaistering on the wall of a gallery.
17Super plumbum quid gravabitur? et quod illi aliud nomen quam fatuus?
18Pales set on an high place will never stand against the wind: so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool cannot stand against any fear.
18Arenam, et salem, et massam ferri facilius est ferre quam hominem imprudentem, et fatuum, et impium.]
19He that pricketh the eye will make tears to fall: and he that pricketh the heart maketh it to shew her knowledge.
19[Loramentum ligneum colligatum in fundamento ædificii non dissolvetur, sic et cor confirmatum in cogitatione consilii.
20Whoso casteth a stone at the birds frayeth them away: and he that upbraideth his friend breaketh friendship.
20Cogitatus sensati in omni tempore metu non depravabitur.
21Though thou drewest a sword at thy friend, yet despair not: for there may be a returning to favour .
21Sicut pali in excelsis, et cæmenta sine impensa posita, contra faciem venti non permanebunt:
22If thou hast opened thy mouth against thy friend, fear not; for there may be a reconciliation: except for upbraiding, or pride, or disclosing of secrets, or a treacherous wound: for for these things every friend will depart.
22sic et cor timidum in cogitatione stulti contra impetum timoris non resistet.
23Be faithful to thy neighbour in his poverty, that thou mayest rejoice in his prosperity: abide stedfast unto him in the time of his trouble, that thou mayest be heir with him in his heritage: for a mean estate is not always to be contemned: nor the rich that is foolish to be had in admiration.
23Sicut cor trepidum in cogitatione fatui omni tempore non metuet, sic et qui in præceptis Dei permanet semper.]
24As the vapour and smoke of a furnace goeth before the fire; so reviling before blood.
24[Pungens oculum deducit lacrimas, et qui pungit cor profert sensum.
25I will not be ashamed to defend a friend; neither will I hide myself from him.
25Mittens lapidem in volatilia, dejiciet illa: sic et qui conviciatur amico, dissolvit amicitiam.
26And if any evil happen unto me by him, every one that heareth it will beware of him.
26Ad amicum etsi produxeris gladium, non desperes: est enim regressus. Ad amicum
27Who shall set a watch before my mouth, and a seal of wisdom upon my lips, that I fall not suddenly by them, and that my tongue destroy me not?
27si aperueris os triste, non timeas: est enim concordatio: excepto convitio, et improperio, et superbia, et mysterii revelatione, et plaga dolosa: in his omnibus effugiet amicus.
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28Fidem posside cum amico in paupertate illius, ut et in bonis illius læteris.
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29In tempore tribulationis illius permane illi fidelis, ut et in hæreditate illius cohæres sis.
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30Ante ignem camini vapor et fumus ignis inaltatur: sic et ante sanguinem maledicta, et contumeliæ, et minæ.
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31Amicum salutare non confundar, a facie illius non me abscondam: et si mala mihi evenerint per illum, sustinebo.
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32Omnis qui audiet cavebit se ab eo.]
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33[Quis dabit ori meo custodiam, et super labia mea signaculum certum, ut non cadam ab ipsis, et lingua mea perdat me?]
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