Sirach 24
King James Version with ApocryphaTranslation
King James Version with Apocrypha
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Wisdom shall praise herself, and shall glory in the midst of her people.
1[Sapientia laudabit animam suam, et in Deo honorabitur, et in medio populi sui gloriabitur,
2In the congregation of the most High shall she open her mouth, and triumph before his power.
2et in ecclesiis Altissimi aperiet os suum, et in conspectu virtutis illius gloriabitur,
3I came out of the mouth of the most High, and covered the earth as a cloud.
3et in medio populi sui exaltabitur, et in plenitudine sancta admirabitur,
4I dwelt in high places, and my throne is in a cloudy pillar.
4et in multitudine electorum habebit laudem, et inter benedictos benedicetur, dicens:
5I alone compassed the circuit of heaven, and walked in the bottom of the deep.
5Ego ex ore Altissimi prodivi, primogenita ante omnem creaturam.
6In the waves of the sea and in all the earth, and in every people and nation, I got a possession.
6Ego feci in cælis ut oriretur lumen indeficiens, et sicut nebula texi omnem terram.
7With all these I sought rest: and in whose inheritance shall I abide?
7Ego in altissimis habitavi, et thronus meus in columna nubis.
8So the Creator of all things gave me a commandment, and he that made me caused my tabernacle to rest, and said, Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thine inheritance in Israel.
8Gyrum cæli circuivi sola, et profundum abyssi penetravi: in fluctibus maris ambulavi.
9He created me from the beginning before the world, and I shall never fail.
9Et in omni terra steti: et in omni populo,
10In the holy tabernacle I served before him; and so was I established in Sion.
10et in omni gente primatum habui:
11Likewise in the beloved city he gave me rest, and in Jerusalem was my power.
11et omnium excellentium et humilium corda virtute calcavi. Et in his omnibus requiem quæsivi, et in hæreditate Domini morabor.
12And I took root in an honourable people, even in the portion of the Lord’s inheritance.
12Tunc præcepit, et dixit mihi Creator omnium: et qui creavit me, requievit in tabernaculo meo.
13I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree upon the mountains of Hermon.
13Et dixit mihi: In Jacob inhabita, et in Israël hæreditare, et in electis meis mitte radices.]
14I was exalted like a palm tree in En-gaddi, and as a rose plant in Jericho, as a fair olive tree in a pleasant field, and grew up as a plane tree by the water.
14[Ab initio et ante sæcula creata sum, et usque ad futurum sæculum non desinam: et in habitatione sancta coram ipso ministravi.
15I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon and aspalathus, and I yielded a pleasant odour like the best myrrh, as galbanum, and onyx, and sweet storax, and as the fume of frankincense in the tabernacle.
15Et sic in Sion firmata sum, et in civitate sanctificata similiter requievi, et in Jerusalem potestas mea.
16As the turpentine tree I stretched out my branches, and my branches are the branches of honour and grace.
16Et radicavi in populo honorificato, et in parte Dei mei hæreditas illius, et in plenitudine sanctorum detentio mea.]
17As the vine brought I forth pleasant savour, and my flowers are the fruit of honour and riches.
17[Quasi cedrus exaltata sum in Libano, et quasi cypressus in monte Sion:
18I am the mother of fair love, and fear, and knowledge, and holy hope: I therefore, being eternal, am given to all my children which are named of him.
18quasi palma exaltata sum in Cades, et quasi plantatio rosæ in Jericho:
19Come unto me, all ye that be desirous of me, and fill yourselves with my fruits.
19quasi oliva speciosa in campis, et quasi platanus exaltata sum juxta aquam in plateis.
20For my memorial is sweeter than honey, and mine inheritance than the honeycomb.
20Sicut cinnamomum et balsamum aromatizans odorem dedi; quasi myrrha electa dedi suavitatem odoris:
21They that eat me shall yet be hungry, and they that drink me shall yet be thirsty.
21et quasi storax, et galbanus, et ungula, et gutta, et quasi Libanus non incisus vaporavi habitationem meam, et quasi balsamum non mistum odor meus.
22He that obeyeth me shall never be confounded, and they that work by me shall not do amiss.
22Ego quasi terebinthus extendi ramos meos, et rami mei honoris et gratiæ.
23All these things are the book of the covenant of the most high God, even the law which Moses commanded for an heritage unto the congregations of Jacob.
23Ego quasi vitis fructificavi suavitatem odoris: et flores mei fructus honoris et honestatis.
24Faint not to be strong in the Lord; that he may confirm you, cleave unto him: for the Lord Almighty is God alone, and beside him there is no other Saviour.
24Ego mater pulchræ dilectionis, et timoris, et agnitionis, et sanctæ spei.
25He filleth all things with his wisdom, as Phison and as Tigris in the time of the new fruits.
25In me gratia omnis viæ et veritatis: in me omnis spes vitæ et virtutis.
26He maketh the understanding to abound like Euphrates, and as Jordan in the time of the harvest.
26Transite ad me, omnes qui concupiscitis me, et a generationibus meis implemini:
27He maketh the doctrine of knowledge appear as the light, and as Geon in the time of vintage.
27spiritus enim meus super mel dulcis, et hæreditas mea super mel et favum.
28The first man knew her not perfectly: no more shall the last find her out.
28Memoria mea in generatione sæculorum.
29For her thoughts are more than the sea, and her counsels profounder than the great deep.
29Qui edunt me, adhuc esurient, et qui bibunt me, adhuc sitient.
30I also came out as a brook from a river, and as a conduit into a garden.
30Qui audit me non confundetur, et qui operantur in me non peccabunt:
31I said, I will water my best garden, and will water abundantly my garden bed: and, lo, my brook became a river, and my river became a sea.
31qui elucidant me, vitam æternam habebunt.]
32I will yet make doctrine to shine as the morning, and will send forth her light afar off.
32[Hæc omnia liber vitæ, et testamentum Altissimi, et agnitio veritatis.
33I will yet pour out doctrine as prophecy, and leave it to all ages for ever.
33Legem mandavit Moyses in præceptis justitiarum, et hæreditatem domui Jacob, et Israël promissiones.
34Behold that I have not laboured for myself only, but for all them that seek wisdom.
34Posuit David, puero suo, excitare regem ex ipso fortissimum, et in throno honoris sedentem in sempiternum.
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35Qui implet quasi Phison sapientiam, et sicut Tigris in diebus novorum:
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36qui adimplet quasi Euphrates sensum, qui multiplicat quasi Jordanis in tempore messis:
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37qui mittit disciplinam sicut lucem, et assistens quasi Gehon in die vindemiæ.
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38Qui perficit primus scire ipsam, et infirmior non investigabit eam.
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39A mari enim abundavit cogitatio ejus, et consilium illius ab abysso magna.
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40Ego sapientiam effudi flumina:
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41ego quasi trames aquæ immensæ de fluvio: ego quasi fluvii dioryx, et sicut aquæductus exivi de paradiso.
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42Dixi: Rigabo hortum meum plantationum, et inebriabo prati mei fructum.
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43Et ecce factus est mihi trames abundans, et fluvius meus appropinquavit ad mare:
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44quoniam doctrinam quasi antelucanum illumino omnibus, et enarrabo illam usque ad longinquum.
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45Penetrabo omnes inferiores partes terræ, et inspiciam omnes dormientes, et illuminabo omnes sperantes in Domino.
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46Adhuc doctrinam quasi prophetiam effundam, et relinquam illam quærentibus sapientiam, et non desinam in progenies illorum usque in ævum sanctum.
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47Videte quoniam non soli mihi laboravi, sed omnibus exquirentibus veritatem.]
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