Iesu Filii Sirach 48
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
King James Version with Apocrypha
1[Et surrexit Elias propheta quasi ignis, et verbum ipsius quasi facula ardebat.
1Then stood up Elias the prophet as fire, and his word burned like a lamp.
2Qui induxit in illos famem: et irritantes illum invidia sua pauci facti sunt: non enim poterant sustinere præcepta Domini.
2He brought a sore famine upon them, and by his zeal he diminished their number.
3Verbo Domini continuit cælum, et dejecit de cælo ignem ter.
3By the word of the Lord he shut up the heaven, and also three times brought down fire.
4Sic amplificatus est Elias in mirabilibus suis. Et quis potest similiter sic gloriari tibi?
4O Elias, how wast thou honoured in thy wondrous deeds! and who may glory like unto thee!
5qui sustulisti mortuum ab inferis de sorte mortis, in verbo Domini Dei:
5Who didst raise up a dead man from death, and his soul from the place of the dead, by the word of the most High:
6qui dejecisti reges ad pernicem, et confregisti facile potentiam ipsorum, et gloriosos de lecto suo:
6Who broughtest kings to destruction, and honorable men from their bed:
7qui audis in Sina judicium, et in Horeb judicia defensionis:
7Who heardest the rebuke of the Lord in Sinai, and in Horeb the judgment of vengeance:
8qui ungis reges ad pœnitentiam, et prophetas facis successores post te:
8Who annointedst kings to take revenge, and prophets to succeed after him:
9qui receptus es in turbine ignis, in curru equorum igneorum:
9Who was taken up in a whirlwind of fire, and in a chariot of fiery horses:
10qui scriptus es in judiciis temporum, lenire iracundiam Domini, conciliare cor patris ad filium, et restituere tribus Jacob.
10Who wast ordained for reproofs in their times, to pacify the wrath of the Lord’s judgment, before it brake forth into fury, and to turn the heart of the father unto the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.
11Beati sunt qui te viderunt, et in amicitia tua decorati sunt.
11Blessed are they that saw thee, and slept in love; for we shall surely live.
12Nam nos vita vivimus tantum: post mortem autem non erit tale nomen nostrum.]
12Elias it was, who was covered with a whirlwind: and Eliseus was filled with his spirit: whilst he lived, he was not moved with the presence of any prince, neither could any bring him into subjection.
13[Elias quidem in turbine tectus est, et in Eliseo completus est spiritus ejus: in diebus suis non pertimuit principem, et potentia nemo vicit illum:
13No word could overcome him; and after his death his body prophesied.
14nec superavit illum verbum aliquod, et mortuum prophetavit corpus ejus.
14He did wonders in his life, and at his death were his works marvellous.
15In vita sua fecit monstra, et in morte mirabilia operatus est.]
15For all this the people repented not, neither departed they from their sins, till they were spoiled and carried out of their land, and were scattered through all the earth: yet there remained a small people, and a ruler in the house of David:
16[In omnibus istis non pœnituit populus, et non recesserunt a peccatis suis, usque dum ejecti sunt de terra sua, et dispersi sunt in omnem terram:
16Of whom some did that which was pleasing to God, and some multiplied sins.
17et relicta est gens perpauca, et princeps in domo David.
17Ezekias fortified his city, and brought in water into the midst thereof: he digged the hard rock with iron, and made wells for waters.
18Quidam ipsorum fecerunt quod placeret Deo: alii autem multa commiserunt peccata.
18In his time Sennacherib came up, and sent Rabsaces, and lifted up his hand against Sion, and boasted proudly.
19Ezechias munivit civitatem suam, et induxit in medium ipsius aquam: et fodit ferro rupem, et ædificavit ad aquam puteum.
19Then trembled their hearts and hands, and they were in pain, as women in travail.
20In diebus ipsius ascendit Sennacherib, et misit Rabsacen, et sustulit manum suam contra illos: et extulit manum suam in Sion, et superbus factus est potentia sua.
20But they called upon the Lord which is merciful, and stretched out their hands toward him: and immediately the Holy One heard them out of heaven, and delivered them by the ministry of Esay.
21Tunc mota sunt corda et manus ipsorum: et doluerunt quasi parturientes mulieres.
21He smote the host of the Assyrians, and his angel destroyed them.
22Et invocaverunt Dominum misericordem, et expandentes manus suas extulerunt ad cælum: et Sanctus, Dominus Deus, audivit cito vocem ipsorum.
22For Ezekias had done the thing that pleased the Lord, and was strong in the ways of David his father, as Esay the prophet, who was great and faithful in his vision, had commanded him.
23Non est commemoratus peccatorum illorum, neque dedit illos inimicis suis: sed purgavit eos in manu Isaiæ sancti prophetæ.
23In his time the sun went backward, and he lengthened the king’s life.
24Dejecit castra Assyriorum, et contrivit illos angelus Domini:
24He saw by an excellent spirit what should come to pass at the last, and he comforted them that mourned in Sion.
25nam fecit Ezechias quod placuit Deo, et fortiter ivit in via David patris sui, quam mandavit illi Isaias, propheta magnus, et fidelis in conspectu Dei.
25He shewed what should come to pass for ever, and secret things or ever they came.
26In diebus ipsius retro rediit sol, et addidit regi vitam.
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27Spiritu magno vidit ultima, et consolatus est lugentes in Sion usque in sempiternum.
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28Ostendit futura, et abscondita antequam evenirent.]
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