Iesu Filii Sirach 27
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1[Propter inopiam multi deliquerunt: et qui quærit locupletari avertit oculum suum.
1Through poverty many have sinned: and he that seeketh to be enriched, turneth away his eye.
2Sicut in medio compaginis lapidum palus figitur, sic et inter medium venditionis et emptionis angustiabitur peccatum:
2As a stake sticketh fast in the midst of the joining of stones, so also in the midst of selling and buying, sin shall stick fast.
3conteretur cum delinquente delictum.
3Sin shall be destroyed with the sinner.
4Si non in timore Domini tenueris te instanter, cito subvertetur domus tua.]
4Unless thou hold thyself diligently in the fear of the Lord, thy house shall quickly be overthrown.
5[Sicut in percussura cribri remanebit pulvis, sic aporia hominis in cogitatu illius.
5As when one sifteth with a sieve, the dust will remain: so will the perplexity of a man in his thoughts.
6Vasa figuli probat fornax, et homines justos tentatio tribulationis.
6The furnace trieth the potter’s vessels, and the trial of affliction just men.
7Sicut rusticatio de ligno ostendit fructum illius, sic verbum ex cogitatu cordis hominis.
7Be the dressing of a tree sheweth the fruit thereof, so a word out of the thought of the heart of man.
8Ante sermonem non laudes virum: hæc enim tentatio est hominum.
8Praise not a man before he speaketh, for this is the trial of men.
9Si sequaris justitiam, apprehendes illam, et indues quasi poderem honoris: et inhabitabis cum ea, et proteget te in sempiternum, et in die agnitionis invenies firmamentum.
9If thou followest justice, thou shalt obtain her: and shalt put her on as a long robe of honour, and thou shalt dwell with her: and she shall protect thee for ever, and in the day of acknowledgment thou shalt find a strong foundation.
10Volatilia ad sibi similia conveniunt: et veritas ad eos qui operantur illam revertetur.
10Birds resort unto their like: so truth will return to them that practise her.
11Leo venationi insidiatur semper: sic peccata operantibus iniquitates.
11The lion always lieth in wait for prey: so do sins for them that work iniquities.
12Homo sanctus in sapientia manet sicut sol: nam stultus sicut luna mutatur.
12A holy man continueth in wisdom as the sun: but a fool is changed as the moon.
13In medio insensatorum serva verbum tempori: in medio autem cogitantium assiduus esto.
13In the midst of the unwise keep in the word till its time: but be continually among men that think.
14Narratio peccantium odiosa, et risus illorum in deliciis peccati.
14The discourse of sinners is hateful, and their laughter is at the pleasures of sin.
15Loquela multum jurans horripilationem capiti statuet, et irreverentia ipsius obturatio aurium.
15The speech that sweareth much shall make the hair of the head stand upright: and its irreverence shall make one stop his ears.
16Effusio sanguinis in rixa superborum, et maledictio illorum auditus gravis.
16Is the quarrels of the proud is the shedding of blood: and their cursing is a grievous hearing.
17Qui denudat arcana amici fidem perdit, et non inveniet amicum ad animum suum.
17He that discloseth the secret of a friend loseth his credit, and shall never find a friend to his mind.
18Dilige proximum, et conjungere fide cum illo.
18Love thy neighbour, and be joined to him with fidelity.
19Quod si denudaveris absconsa illius, non persequeris post eum.
19But if thou discover his secrets, follow no more after him.
20Sicut enim homo qui perdit amicum suum, sic et qui perdit amicitiam proximi sui.
20For as a man that destroyeth his friend, so also is he that destroyeth the friendship of his neighbour.
21Et sicut qui dimittit avem de manu sua, sic dereliquisti proximum tuum, et non eum capies.
21And as one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and thou shalt not get him again.
22Non illum sequaris, quoniam longe abest: effugit enim quasi caprea de laqueo, quoniam vulnerata est anima ejus:
22Follow after him no more, for he is gone afar off, he is fled, as a roe escaped out of the snare: because his soul is wounded.
23ultra eum non poteris colligare. Et maledicti est concordatio:
23Thou canst no more bind him up. And of a curse there is reconciliation:
24denudare autem amici mysteria, desperatio est animæ infelicis.]
24But to disclose the secrets of a friend, leaveth no hope to an unhappy soul.
25[Annuens oculo fabricat iniqua, et nemo eum abjiciet.
25He that winketh with the eye forgeth wicked things, and no man will cast him off:
26In conspectu oculorum tuorum condulcabit os suum, et super sermones tuos admirabitur: novissime autem pervertet os suum, et in verbis tuis dabit scandalum.
26In the sight of thy eyes he will sweeten his mouth, and will admire thy words: but at the last he will writhe his mouth, and on thy words he will lay a stumblingblock.
27Multa odivi, et non coæquavi ei, et Dominus odiet illum.
27I have hated many things, but not like him, and the Lord will hate him.
28Qui in altum mittit lapidem, super caput ejus cadet: et plaga dolosa dolosi dividet vulnera.
28If one cast a stone on high, it will fall upon his own head: and the deceitful stroke will wound the deceitful.
29Et qui foveam fodit incidet in eam: et qui statuit lapidem proximo offendet in eo: et qui laqueum alii ponit, peribit in illo.
29He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that setteth a stone for his neighbour, shall stumble upon it: and he that layeth a snare for another, shall perish in it.
30Facienti nequissimum consilium, super ipsum devolvetur, et non agnoscet unde adveniat illi.
30A mischievous counsel shall be rolled back upon the author, and he shall not know from whence it cometh to him.
31Illusio et improperium superborum, et vindicta sicut leo insidiabitur illi.
31Mockery and reproach are of the proud, and vengeance as a lion shall lie in wait for him.
32Laqueo peribunt qui oblectantur casu justorum, dolor autem consumet illos antequam moriantur.]
32They shall perish in a snare that are delighted with the fall of the just: and sorrow shall consume them before they die.
33[Ira et furor utraque execrabilia sunt, et vir peccator continens erit illorum.]
33Anger and fury are both of them abominable, and the sinful man shall be subject to them.
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