Iesu Filii Sirach 10
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
King James Version with Apocrypha
1[Judex sapiens judicabit populum suum, et principatus sensati stabilis erit.
1A wise judge will instruct his people; and the government of a prudent man is well ordered.
2Secundum judicem populi, sic et ministri ejus: et qualis rector est civitatis, tales et inhabitantes in ea.
2As the judge of the people is himself, so are his officers; and what manner of man the ruler of the city is, such are all they that dwell therein.
3Rex insipiens perdet populum suum: et civitates inhabitabuntur per sensum potentium.
3An unwise king destroyeth his people; but through the prudence of them which are in authority the city shall be inhabited.
4In manu Dei potestas terræ: et utilem rectorem suscitabit in tempus super illam.
4The power of the earth is in the hand of the Lord, and in due time he will set over it one that is profitable.
5In manu Dei prosperitas hominis, et super faciem scribæ imponet honorem suum.]
5In the hand of God is the prosperity of man: and upon the person of the scribe shall he lay his honour.
6[Omnis injuriæ proximi ne memineris, et nihil agas in operibus injuriæ.
6Bear not hatred to thy neighbour for every wrong; and do nothing at all by injurious practices.
7Odibilis coram Deo est et hominibus superbia, et execrabilis omnis iniquitas gentium.
7Pride is hateful before God and man: and by both doth one commit iniquity.
8Regnum a gente in gentem transfertur propter injustitias, et injurias, et contumelias, et diversos dolos.
8Because of unrighteous dealings, injuries, and riches got by deceit, the kingdom is translated from one people to another.
9Avaro autem nihil est scelestius. Quid superbit terra et cinis?
9Why is earth and ashes proud? There is not a more wicked thing than a covetous man: for such an one setteth his own soul to sale; because while he liveth he casteth away his bowels.
10Nihil est iniquius quam amare pecuniam: hic enim et animam suam venalem habet, quoniam in vita sua projecit intima sua.
10The physician cutteth off a long disease; and he that is to day a king to morrow shall die.
11Omnis potentatus brevis vita; languor prolixior gravat medicum.
11For when a man is dead, he shall inherit creeping things, beasts, and worms.
12Brevem languorem præcidit medicus: sic et rex hodie est, et cras morietur.
12The beginning of pride is when one departeth from God, and his heart is turned away from his Maker.
13Cum enim morietur homo, hæreditabit serpentes, et bestias, et vermes.
13For pride is the beginning of sin, and he that hath it shall pour out abomination: and therefore the Lord brought upon them strange calamities, and overthrew them utterly.
14Initium superbiæ hominis apostatare a Deo:
14The Lord hath cast down the thrones of proud princes, and set up the meek in their stead.
15quoniam ab eo qui fecit illum recessit cor ejus, quoniam initium omnis peccati est superbia. Qui tenuerit illam adimplebitur maledictis, et subvertet eum in finem.
15The Lord hath plucked up the roots of the proud nations, and planted the lowly in their place.
16Propterea exhonoravit Dominus conventus malorum, et destruxit eos usque in finem.
16The Lord overthrew countries of the heathen, and destroyed them to the foundations of the earth.
17Sedes ducum superborum destruxit Deus, et sedere fecit mites pro eis.
17He took some of them away, and destroyed them, and hath made their memorial to cease from the earth.
18Radices gentium superbarum arefecit Deus, et plantavit humiles ex ipsis gentibus.
18Pride was not made for men, nor furious anger for them that are born of a woman.
19Terras gentium evertit Dominus, et perdidit eas usque ad fundamentum.
19They that fear the Lord are a sure seed, and they that love him an honourable plant: they that regard not the law are a dishonourable seed; they that transgress the commandments are a deceivable seed.
20Arefecit ex ipsis, et disperdidit eos, et cessare fecit memoriam eorum a terra.
20Among brethren he that is chief is honorable; so are they that fear the Lord in his eyes.
21Memoria superborum perdidit Deus, et reliquit memoriam humilium sensu.
21The fear of the Lord goeth before the obtaining of authority: but roughness and pride is the losing thereof.
22Non est creata hominibus superbia, neque iracundia nationi mulierum.]
22Whether he be rich, noble, or poor, their glory is the fear of the Lord.
23[Semen hominum honorabitur hoc, quod timet Deum: semen autem hoc exhonorabitur, quod præterit mandata Domini.
23It is not meet to despise the poor man that hath understanding; neither is it convenient to magnify a sinful man.
24In medio fratrum rector illorum in honore: et qui timent Dominum erunt in oculis illius.
24Great men, and judges, and potentates, shall be honoured; yet is there none of them greater than he that feareth the Lord.
25Gloria divitum, honoratorum, et pauperum, timor Dei est.
25Unto the servant that is wise shall they that are free do service: and he that hath knowledge will not grudge when he is reformed.
26Noli despicere hominem justum pauperem, et noli magnificare virum peccatorem divitem.
26Be not overwise in doing thy business; and boast not thyself in the time of thy distress.
27Magnus, et judex, et potens est in honore: et non est major illo qui timet Deum.
27Better is he that laboureth, and aboundeth in all things, than he that boasteth himself, and wanteth bread.
28Servo sensato liberi servient: et vir prudens et disciplinatus non murmurabit correptus, et inscius non honorabitur.
28My son, glorify thy soul in meekness, and give it honour according to the dignity thereof.
29Noli extollere te in faciendo opere tuo, et noli cunctari in tempore angustiæ.
29Who will justify him that sinneth against his own soul? and who will honour him that dishonoureth his own life?
30Melior est qui operatur et abundat in omnibus, quam qui gloriatur et eget pane.
30The poor man is honoured for his skill, and the rich man is honoured for his riches.
31Fili, in mansuetudine serva animam tuam, et da illi honorem secundum meritum suum.
31He that is honoured in poverty, how much more in riches? and he that is dishonourable in riches, how much more in poverty?
32Peccantem in animam suam quis justificabit? et quis honorificabit exhonorantem animam suam?
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33Pauper gloriatur per disciplinam et timorem suum: et est homo qui honorificatur propter substantiam suam.
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34Qui autem gloriatur in paupertate, quanto magis in substantia ! et qui gloriatur in substantia, paupertatem vereatur.]
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