Sirach 34
King James Version with ApocryphaTranslation
King James Version with Apocrypha
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1The hopes of a man void of understanding are vain and false: and dreams lift up fools.
1[Vana spes et mendacium viro insensato: et somnia extollunt imprudentes.
2Whoso regardeth dreams is like him that catcheth at a shadow, and followeth after the wind.
2Quasi qui apprehendit umbram et persequitur ventum, sic et qui attendit ad visa mendacia.
3The vision of dreams is the resemblance of one thing to another, even as the likeness of a face to a face.
3Hoc secundum hoc visio somniorum, ante faciem hominis similitudo hominis.
4Of an unclean thing what can be cleansed? and from that thing which is false what truth can come?
4Ab immundo, quid mundabitur? et a mendace, quid verum dicetur?
5Divinations, and soothsayings, and dreams, are vain: and the heart fancieth, as a woman’s heart in travail.
5Divinatio erroris, et auguria mendacia, et somnia malefacientium, vanitas est:
6If they be not sent from the most High in thy visitation, set not thy heart upon them.
6et sicut parturientis, cor tuum phantasias patitur. Nisi ab Altissimo fuerit emissa visitatio, ne dederis in illis cor tuum:
7For dreams have deceived many, and they have failed that put their trust in them.
7multos enim errare fecerunt somnia, et exciderunt sperantes in illis.
8The law shall be found perfect without lies: and wisdom is perfection to a faithful mouth.
8Sine mendacio consummabitur verbum legis, et sapientia in ore fidelis complanabitur.]
9A man that hath travelled knoweth many things; and he that hath much experience will declare wisdom.
9[Qui non est tentatus quid scit? vir in multis expertus cogitabit multa: et qui multa didicit enarrabit intellectum.
10He that hath no experience knoweth little: but he that hath travelled is full of prudence.
10Qui non est expertus pauca recognoscit: qui autem in multis factus est, multiplicat malitiam.
11When I travelled, I saw many things; and I understand more than I can express.
11Qui tentatus non est qualia scit? qui implanatus est abundabit nequitia.
12I was ofttimes in danger of death: yet I was delivered because of these things.
12Multa vidi errando, et plurimas verborum consuetudines.
13The spirit of those that fear the Lord shall live; for their hope is in him that saveth them.
13Aliquoties usque ad mortem periclitatus sum horum causa, et liberatus sum gratia Dei.]
14Whoso feareth the Lord shall not fear nor be afraid; for he is his hope.
14[Spiritus timentium Deum quæritur, et in respectu illius benedicetur.
15Blessed is the soul of him that feareth the Lord: to whom doth he look? and who is his strength?
15Spes enim illorum in salvantem illos, et oculi Dei in diligentes se.
16For the eyes of the Lord are upon them that love him, he is their mighty protection and strong stay, a defence from heat, and a cover from the sun at noon, a preservation from stumbling, and an help from falling.
16Qui timet Dominum nihil trepidabit: et non pavebit, quoniam ipse est spes ejus.
17He raiseth up the soul, and lighteneth the eyes: he giveth health, life, and blessing.
17Timentis Dominum, beata est anima ejus.
18He that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, his offering is ridiculous; and the gifts of unjust men are not accepted.
18Ad quem respicit, et quis est fortitudo ejus?
19The most High is not pleased with the offerings of the wicked; neither is he pacified for sin by the multitude of sacrifices.
19Oculi Domini super timentes eum: protector potentiæ, firmamentum virtutis, tegimen ardoris, et umbraculum meridiani:
20Whoso bringeth an offering of the goods of the poor doeth as one that killeth the son before his father’s eyes.
20deprecatio offensionis, et adjutorium casus: exaltans animam, et illuminans oculos, dans sanitatem, et vitam, et benedictionem.]
21The bread of the needy is their life: he that defraudeth him thereof is a man of blood.
21[Immolantis ex iniquo oblatio est maculata, et non sunt beneplacitæ subsannationes injustorum.
22He that taketh away his neighbour’s living slayeth him; and he that defraudeth the labourer of his hire is a bloodshedder.
22Dominus solus sustinentibus se in via veritatis et justitiæ.
23When one buildeth, and another pulleth down, what profit have they then but labour?
23Dona iniquorum non probat Altissimus, nec respicit in oblationes iniquorum, nec in multitudine sacrificiorum eorum propitiabitur peccatis.
24When one prayeth, and another curseth, whose voice will the Lord hear?
24Qui offert sacrificium ex substantia pauperum, quasi qui victimat filium in conspectu patris sui.
25He that washeth himself after the touching of a dead body, if he touch it again, what availeth his washing?
25Panis egentium vita pauperum est: qui defraudat illum homo sanguinis est.
26So is it with a man that fasteth for his sins, and goeth again, and doeth the same: who will hear his prayer? or what doth his humbling profit him?
26Qui aufert in sudore panem, quasi qui occidit proximum suum.
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27Qui effundit sanguinem, et qui fraudem facit mercenario, fratres sunt.
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28Unus ædificans, et unus destruens: quid prodest illis, nisi labor?
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29Unus orans, et unus maledicens: cujus vocem exaudiet Deus?
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30Qui baptizatur a mortuo, et iterum tangit eum, quid proficit lavatio illius?
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31Sic homo qui jejunat in peccatis suis, et iterum eadem faciens: quid proficit humiliando se? orationem illius quis exaudiet?]
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