Sirach 49
King James Version with ApocryphaTranslation
King James Version with Apocrypha
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1The remembrance of Josias is like the composition of the perfume that is made by the art of the apothecary: it is sweet as honey in all mouths, and as musick at a banquet of wine.
1[Memoria Josiæ in compositionem odoris facta opus pigmentarii.
2He behaved himself uprightly in the conversion of the people, and took away the abominations of iniquity.
2In omni ore quasi mel indulcabitur ejus memoria, et ut musica in convivio vini.
3He directed his heart unto the Lord, and in the time of the ungodly he established the worship of God.
3Ipse est directus divinitus in pœnitentiam gentis, et tulit abominationes impietatis.
4All, except David and Ezekias and Josias, were defective: for they forsook the law of the most High, even the kings of Juda failed.
4Et gubernavit ad Dominum cor ipsius, et in diebus peccatorum corroboravit pietatem.]
5Therefore he gave their power unto others, and their glory to a strange nation.
5[Præter David et Ezechiam et Josiam, omnes peccatum commiserunt:
6They burnt the chosen city of the sanctuary, and made the streets desolate, according to the prophecy of Jeremias.
6nam reliquerunt legem Altissimi reges Juda, et contempserunt timorem Dei.
7For they entreated him evil, who nevertheless was a prophet, sanctified in his mother’s womb, that he might root out, and afflict, and destroy; and that he might build up also, and plant.
7Dederunt enim regnum suum aliis, et gloriam suam alienigenæ genti.
8It was Ezekiel who saw the glorious vision, which was shewed him upon the chariot of the cherubims.
8Incenderunt electam sanctitatis civitatem, et desertas fecerunt vias ipsius in manu Jeremiæ.
9For he made mention of the enemies under the figure of the rain, and directed them that went right.
9Nam male tractaverunt illum qui a ventre matris consecratus est propheta, evertere, et eruere, et perdere, et iterum ædificare, et renovare:
10And of the twelve prophets let the memorial be blessed, and let their bones flourish again out of their place: for they comforted Jacob, and delivered them by assured hope.
10Ezechiel, qui vidit conspectum gloriæ quam ostendit illi in curru cherubim.
11How shall we magnify Zorobabel? even he was as a signet on the right hand:
11Nam commemoratus est inimicorum in imbre, benefacere illis qui ostenderunt rectas vias.
12So was Jesus the son of Josedec: who in their time builded the house, and set up an holy temple to the Lord, which was prepared for everlasting glory.
12Et duodecim prophetarum ossa pullulent de loco suo: nam corroboraverunt Jacob, et redemerunt se in fide virtutis.]
13And among the elect was Neemias, whose renown is great, who raised up for us the walls that were fallen, and set up the gates and the bars, and raised up our ruins again.
13[Quomodo amplificemus Zorobabel? nam et ipse quasi signum in dextera manu:
14But upon the earth was no man created like Enoch; for he was taken from the earth.
14sic et Jesum filium Josedec, qui in diebus suis ædificaverunt domum, et exaltaverunt templum sanctum Domino, paratum in gloriam sempiternam.
15Neither was there a young man born like Joseph, a governor of his brethren, a stay of the people, whose bones were regarded of the Lord.
15Et Nehemias in memoriam multi temporis, qui erexit nobis muros eversos, et stare fecit portas et seras, qui erexit domos nostras.]
16Sem and Seth were in great honour among men, and so was Adam above every living thing in creation.
16[Nemo natus est in terra qualis Henoch, nam et ipse receptus est a terra:
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17neque ut Joseph, qui natus est homo princeps fratrum, firmamentum gentis, rector fratrum, stabilimentum populi:
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18et ossa ipsius visitata sunt, et post mortem prophetaverunt.
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19Seth et Sem apud homines gloriam adepti sunt, et super omnem animam in origine Adam.]
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