Sirach 9
King James Version with ApocryphaTranslation
King James Version with Apocrypha
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, and teach her not an evil lesson against thyself.
1[Non zeles mulierem sinus tui, ne ostendat super te malitiam doctrinæ nequam.
2Give not thy soul unto a woman to set her foot upon thy substance.
2Non des mulieri potestatem animæ tuæ, ne ingrediatur in virtutem tuam, et confundaris.
3Meet not with an harlot, lest thou fall into her snares.
3Ne respicias mulierem multivolam, ne forte incidas in laqueos illius.
4Use not much the company of a woman that is a singer, lest thou be taken with her attempts.
4Cum saltatrice ne assiduus sis, nec audias illam, ne forte pereas in efficacia illius.
5Gaze not on a maid, that thou fall not by those things that are precious in her.
5Virginem ne conspicias, ne forte scandalizeris in decore illius.
6Give not thy soul unto harlots, that thou lose not thine inheritance.
6Ne des fornicariis animam tuam in ullo, ne perdas te et hæreditatem tuam.
7Look not round about thee in the streets of the city, neither wander thou in the solitary place thereof.
7Noli circumspicere in vicis civitatis, nec oberraveris in plateis illius.
8Turn away thine eye from a beautiful woman, and look not upon another’s beauty; for many have been deceived by the beauty of a woman; for herewith love is kindled as a fire.
8Averte faciem tuam a muliere compta, et ne circumspicias speciem alienam.
9Sit not at all with another man’s wife, nor sit down with her in thine arms, and spend not thy money with her at the wine; lest thine heart incline unto her, and so through thy desire thou fall into destruction.
9Propter speciem mulieris multi perierunt: et ex hoc concupiscentia quasi ignis exardescit.
10Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him: a new friend is as new wine; when it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure.
10Omnis mulier quæ est fornicaria, quasi stercus in via conculcabitur.
11Envy not the glory of a sinner: for thou knowest not what shall be his end.
11Speciem mulieris alienæ multi admirati, reprobi facti sunt: colloquium enim illius quasi ignis exardescit.
12Delight not in the thing that the ungodly have pleasure in; but remember they shall not go unpunished unto their grave.
12Cum aliena muliere ne sedeas omnino, nec accumbas cum ea super cubitum:
13Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill; so shalt thou not doubt the fear of death: and if thou come unto him, make no fault, lest he take away thy life presently: remember that thou goest in the midst of snares, and that thou walkest upon the battlements of the city.
13et non alterceris cum illa in vino, ne forte declinet cor tuum in illam, et sanguine tuo labaris in perditionem.]
14As near as thou canst, guess at thy neighbour, and consult with the wise.
14[Ne derelinquas amicum antiquum: novus enim non erit similis illi.
15Let thy talk be with the wise, and all thy communication in the law of the most High.
15Vinum novum amicus novus: veterascet, et cum suavitate bibes illud.
16And let just men eat and drink with thee; and let thy glorying be in the fear of the Lord.
16Non zeles gloriam et opes peccatoris: non enim scis quæ futura sit illius subversio.
17For the hand of the artificer the work shall be commended: and the wise ruler of the people for his speech.
17Non placeat tibi injuria injustorum, sciens quoniam usque ad inferos non placebit impius.
18A man of an ill tongue is dangerous in his city; and he that is rash in his talk shall be hated.
18Longe abesto ab homine potestatem habente occidendi, et non suspicaberis timorem mortis.
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19Et si accesseris ad illum, noli aliquid committere, ne forte auferat vitam tuam.
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20Communionem mortis scito, quoniam in medio laqueorum ingredieris, et super dolentium arma ambulabis.
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21Secundum virtutem tuam cave te a proximo tuo, et cum sapientibus et prudentibus tracta.
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22Viri justi sint tibi convivæ, et in timore Dei sit tibi gloriatio:
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23et in sensu sit tibi cogitatus Dei, et omnis enarratio tua in præceptis Altissimi.
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24In manu artificum opera laudabuntur, et princeps populi in sapientia sermonis sui, in sensu vero seniorum verbum.
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25Terribilis est in civitate sua homo linguosus: et temerarius in verbo suo odibilis erit.]
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