Comparison
Sirach 1
Douay-Rheims, Vulgata Clementina and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587), verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All wisdom is from the Lord God, and hath been always with him, and is before all time. | Omnis sapientia a Domino Deo est: et cum illo fuit semper, et est ante aevum. | ΠΟΛΛΩΝ καὶ μεγάλων ἡμῖν διὰ τοῦ νόμου καὶ τῶν προφητῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν κατʼ αὐτοὺς ἠκολουθηκότων δεδομένων. ὑπὲρ ὧν δέον ἐστὶν ἐπαινεῖν τὸν Ἰσραὴλ παιδείας καὶ σοφίας, καὶ ὡς οὐ μόνον αὐτοὺς τοὺς ἀναγινώσκοντας δέον ἐστὶν ἐπιστήμονας γίνεσθαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς ἐκτὸς δύνασθαι τοὺς φιλομαθοῦντας χρησίμους εἶναι καὶ λέγοντας καὶ γράφοντας· ὁ πάππος μου Ἰησοῦς ἐπὶ πλεῖον ἑαυτὸν δοὺς εἴς τε τὴν τοῦ νόμου καὶ τῶν προφητῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων πατρίων βιβλίων ἀνάγνωσιν, καὶ ἐν τούτοις ἱκανὴν ἕξιν περιποιησάμενος, προήχθη καὶ αὐτὸς συγγράψαι τι τῶν εἰς παιδείαν καὶ σοφίαν ἀνηκόντων, ὅπως οἱ φιλομαθεῖς, καὶ τούτων ἔνοχοι γενόμενοι, πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἐπιπροσθῶσι διὰ τῆς ἐννόμου βιώσεως. Παρακέκλησθε οὖν μετʼ εὐνοίας καὶ προσοχῆς τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν ποιεῖσθαι, καὶ συγγνώμην ἔχειν ἐφʼ οἷς ἂν δοκῶμεν τῶν κατὰ τὴν ἑρμηνείαν πεφιλοπονημένων τισὶ τῶν λέξεων ἀδυναμεῖν· οὐ γὰρ ἰσοδυναμεῖ αὐτὰ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς Ἑβραϊστὶ λεγόμενα, καὶ ὅταν μεταχθῇ εἰς ἑτέραν γλῶσσαν. Οὐ μόνον δὲ ταῦτα, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ νόμος, καὶ αἱ προφητεῖαι, καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν βιβλίων οὐ μικρὰν ἔχει τὴν διαφορὰν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς λεγόμενα. Ἐν γὰρ τῷ ὀγδόῳ καὶ τριακοστῷ ἔτει ἐπὶ τοῦ Εὐεργέτου βασιλέως παραγενηθεὶς εἰς Αἴγυπτον καὶ συγχρονίσας, εὗρον οὐ μικρᾶς παιδείας ἀφόμοιον· ἀναγκαιότατον ἐθέμην αὐτὸς προσενέγκασθαί τινα σπουδὴν καὶ φιλοπονίαν τοῦ μεθερμηνεῦσαι τήνδε τὴν βίβλον· πολλὴν γὰρ ἀγρυπνίαν καὶ ἐπιστήμην προσενεγκάμενος ἐν τῷ διαστήματι τοῦ χρόνου, πρὸς τὸ ἐπὶ πέρας ἄγοντα τὸ βιβλίον ἐκδόσθαι, καὶ τοῖς ἐν τῇ παροικίᾳ βουλομένοις φιλομαθεῖν, προκατασκευαζομένοις τὰ ἤθη ἐν νόμῳ βιοτεύειν. ΠΑΣΑ σοφία παρὰ Κυρίου, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἐστιν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. |
| 2 | Who hath numbered the sand of the sea, and the drops of rain, and the days of the world? Who hath measured the height of heaven, and the breadth of the earth, and the depth of the abyss? | Arenam maris, et pluviae guttas, et dies saeculi, quis dinumeravit? altitudinem caeli, et latitudinem terrae, et profundum abyssi, quis dimensus est? | Ἄμμον θαλασσῶν καὶ σταγόνας ὑετοῦ καὶ ἡμέρας αἰῶνος τίς ἐξαριθμήσει; |
| 3 | Who hath searched out the wisdom of God that goeth before all things? | sapientiam Dei praecedentem omnia, quis investigavit? | Ὕψος οὐρανοῦ καὶ πλάτος γῆς καὶ ἄβυσσον καὶ σοφίαν τίς ἐξιχνιάσει; |
| 4 | Wisdom hath been created before all things, and the understanding of prudence from everlasting. | Prior omnium creata est sapientia, et intellectus prudentiae ab aevo. | Προτέρα πάντων ἔκτισται σοφία, καὶ σύνεσις φρονήσεως ἐξ αἰῶνος. |
| 5 | The word of God on high is the fountain of wisdom, and her ways are everlasting commandments. | Fons sapientiae verbum Dei in excelsis, et ingressus illius mandata aeterna. | — |
| 6 | To whom hath the root of wisdom been revealed, and who hath known her wise counsels? | Radix sapientiae cui revelata est? et astutias illius quis agnovit? | Ῥίζα σοφίας τίνι ἀπεκαλύφθη; καὶ τὰ πανουργεύματα αὐτῆς τίς ἔγνω; |
| 7 | To whom hath the discipline of wisdom been revealed and made manifest? and who hath understood the multiplicity of her steps? | disciplina sapientiae cui revelata est et manifestata? et multiplicationem ingressus illius quis intellexit? | — |
| 8 | There is one most high Creator Almighty, and a powerful king, and greatly to be feared, who sitteth upon his throne, and is the God of dominion. | Unus est altissimus, Creator omnipotens, et rex potens et metuendus nimis, sedens super thronum illius, et dominans Deus. | Εἷς ἐστι σοφὸς φοβερὸς σφόδρα καθήμενος ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ· |
| 9 | He created her in the Holy Ghost, and saw her, and numbered her, and measured her. | Ipse creavit illam in Spiritu Sancto, et vidit, et dinumeravit, et mensus est: | Κύριος αὐτὸς ἔκτισεν αὐτὴν, καὶ εἶδε καὶ ἐξηρίθμησεν αὐτὴν, καὶ ἐξέχεεν αὐτὴν ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ. |
| 10 | And he poured her out upon all his works, and upon all flesh according to his gift, and hath given her to them that love him. | et effudit illam super omnia opera sua, et super omnem carnem, secundum datum suum, et praebuit illam diligentibus se. | Μετὰ πάσης σαρκὸς κατὰ τὴν δόσιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐχορήγησεν αὐτὴν τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν αὐτόν· |
| 11 | The fear of the Lord is honour, and glory, and gladness, and a crown of joy. | Timor Domini gloria, et gloriatio, et laetitia, et corona exsultationis. | Φόβος Κυρίου δόξα καὶ καύχημα καὶ εὐφροσύνη καὶ στέφανος ἀγαλλιάματος. |
| 12 | The fear of the Lord shall delight the heart, and shall give joy, and gladness, and length of days. | Timor Domini delectabit cor, et dabit laetitiam, et gaudium, et longitudinem dierum. | Φόβος Κυρίου τέρψει καρδίαν, καὶ δώσει εὐφροσύνην καὶ χαρὰν καὶ μακροημέρευσιν. |
| 13 | With him that feareth the Lord, it shall go well in the latter end, and in the day of his death he shall be blessed. | Timenti Dominum bene erit in extremis, et in die defunctionis suae benedicetur. | Τῷ φοβουμένῳ τὸν Κύριον εὖ ἔσται ἐπʼ ἐσχάτων, καὶ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ τελευτῆς αὐτοῦ εὑρήσει χάριν. |
| 14 | The love of God is honourable wisdom. | Dilectio Dei honorabilis sapientia: | Αρχὴ σοφίας φοβεῖσθαι τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ μετὰ πιστῶν ἐν μήτρᾳ συνεκτίσθη αὐτοῖς. |
| 15 | Ana they to whom she shall shew herself love her by the sight, and by the knowledge of her great works. | quibus autem apparuerit in visu diligunt eam in visione, et in agnitione magnalium suorum. | Καὶ μετὰ ἀνθρώπων θεμέλιον αἰῶνος ἐνόσσευσε, καὶ μετὰ τοῦ σπέρματος αὐτῶν ἐμπιστευθήσεται. |
| 16 | The fear of the Lord Is the beginning of wisdom, and was created with the faithful in the womb, it walketh with chosen women, and is known with the just and faithful. | Initium sapientiae timor Domini: et cum fidelibus in vulva concreatus est: cum electis feminis graditur, et cum iustis et fidelibus agnoscitur. | Πλησμονὴ σοφίας φοβεῖσθαι τὸν Κύριον, καὶ μεθύσκει αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῆς. |
| 17 | The fear of the Lord is the religiousness of knowledge. | Timor Domini scientiae religiositas: | Πάντα τὸν οἶκον αὐτῆς ἐμπλήσει ἐπιθυμημάτων, καὶ τὰ ἀποδοχεῖα ἀπὸ τῶν γεννημάτων αὐτῆς. |
| 18 | Religiousness shall keep and justify the heart, it shall give joy and gladness. | religiositas custodiet et iustificabit cor; iucunditatem atque gaudium dabit. | Στέφανος σοφίας φόβος Κυρίου, ἀναθάλλων εἰρήνην καὶ ὑγίειαν ἰάσεως· |
| 19 | It shall go well with him that feareth the Lord, and in the days of his end he shall be blessed. | Timenti Dominum bene erit, et in diebus consummationis illius benedicetur. | ἐπιστήμην καὶ γνῶσιν συνέσεως ἐξώμβρησε, καὶ δόξαν κρατούντων αὐτῆς ἀνύψωσε. |
| 20 | To fear God is the fulness of wisdom, and fulness is from the fruits thereof. | Plenitudo sapientiae est timere Deum, et plenitudo a fructibus illius. | Ῥίζα σοφίας φοβεῖσθαι τὸν Κύριον, καὶ οἱ κλάδοι αὐτῆς μακροημέρευσις. |
| 21 | She shall fill all her house with her increase, and the storehouses with her treasures. | Omnem domum illius implebit a generationibus, et receptacula a thesauris illius. | — |
| 22 | The fear of the Lord is a crown of wisdom, filling up peace and the fruit of salvation: | Corona sapientiae timor Domini, replens pacem et salutis fructum: | Οὐ δυνήσεται θυμὸς ἄδικος δικαιωθῆναι· ἡ γὰρ ῥοπὴ τοῦ θυμοῦ αὐτοῦ πτῶσις αὐτῷ. |
| 23 | And it hath seen, and numbered her: but both are the gifts of God. | et vidit, et dinumeravit eam: utraque autem sunt dona Dei. | Ἕως καιροῦ ἀνθέξεται μακρόθυμος, καὶ ὕστερον αὐτῷ ἀναδώσει εὐφροσύνη. |
| 24 | Wisdom shall distribute knowledge, and understanding of prudence: and exalteth the glory of them that hold her. | Scientiam et intellectum prudentiae sapientia compartietur, et gloriam tenentium se exaltat. | Ἕως καιροῦ κρύψει τοὺς λόγους αὐτοῦ, καὶ χείλη πιστῶν ἐκδιηγήσεται σύνεσιν αὐτοῦ. |
| 25 | The root of wisdom is to fear the Lord: and the branches thereof are longlived. | Radix sapientiae est timere Dominum, et rami illius longaevi. | Ἐν θησαυροῖς σοφίας παραβολὴ ἐπιστήμης, βδέλυγμα δὲ ἁμαρτωλῷ θεοσέβεια. |
| 26 | In the treasures of wisdom is understanding, and religiousness of knowledge: but to sinners wisdom is an abomination. | In thesauris sapientiae intellectus et scientiae religiositas: execratio autem peccatoribus sapientia. | Ἐπεθύμησας σοφίαν, διατήρησον ἐντολὰς, καὶ Κύριος χορηγήσει σοι αὐτήν. |
| 27 | The fear of the Lord driveth out sin: | Timor Domini expellit peccatum: | Σοφία γὰρ καὶ παιδεία φόβος Κυρίου, καὶ ἡ εὐδοκία αὐτοῦ πίστις καὶ πρᾳότης. |
| 28 | For he that is without fear, cannot be justified: for the wrath of his high spirits is his ruin. | nam qui sine timore est non poterit iustificari: iracundia enim animositatis illius subversio illius est. | Μὴ ἀπειθήσῃς φόβῳ Κυρίου, καὶ μὴ προσέλθῃς αὐτῷ ἐν καρδίᾳ δισσῇ. |
| 29 | A patient man shall bear for a time, and afterwards joy shall be restored to him. | Usque in tempus sustinebit patiens, et postea redditio iucunditatis. | Μὴ ὑποκριθῇς ἐν στόμασιν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ἐν τοῖς χείλεσί σου πρόσεχε. |
| 30 | A good understanding will hide his words for a time, and the lips of many shall declare his wisdom. | Bonus sensus usque in tempus abscondet verba illius, et labia multorum enarrabunt sensum illius. | Μὴ ἐξύψου σεαυτὸν, ἵνα μὴ πέσῃς, καὶ ἐπαγάγῃς τῇ ψυχῇ σου ἀτιμίαν· καὶ ἀποκαλύψει Κύριος τὰ κρυπτά σου, καὶ ἐν μέσῳ συναγωγῆς καταβελεῖ σε· ὅτι οὐ προσῆλθες φόβῳ Κυρίου, καὶ ἡ καρδία σου πλήρης δόλου. |
| 31 | In the treasures of wisdom is the signification of discipline: | In thesauris sapientiae significatio disciplinae: | — |
| 32 | But the worship of God is an abomination to a sinner. | execratio autem peccatori cultura Dei. | — |
| 33 | Son, if thou desire wisdom, keep justice, and God will give her to thee. | Fili, concupiscens sapientiam, conserva iustitiam, et Deus praebebit illam tibi. | — |
| 34 | For the fear of the Lord is wisdom and discipline: and that which is agreeable to him, | Sapientia enim et disciplina timor Domini: et quod beneplacitum est illi, | — |
| 35 | Is faith, and meekness: and he will fill up his treasures. | fides et mansuetudo, et adimplebit thesauros illius. | — |
| 36 | Be not incredulous to the fear of the Lord: and come not to him with a double heart. | Ne sis incredibilis timori Domini, et ne accesseris ad illum duplici corde. | — |
| 37 | Be not a hypocrite in the sight of men, and let not thy lips be a stumblingblock to thee. | Ne fueris hypocrita in conspectu hominum, et non scandalizeris in labiis tuis. | — |
| 38 | Watch over them, lest thou fall, and bring dishonour upon thy soul, | Attende in illis, ne forte cadas, et adducas animae tuae inhonorationem: | — |
| 39 | And God discover thy secrets, and cast thee down in the midst of the congregation. | et revelet Deus absconsa tua, et in medio synagogae elidat te: | — |
| 40 | Because thou camest to the Lord wickedly, and thy heart is full of guile and deceit. | quoniam accessisti maligne ad Dominum, et cor tuum plenum est dolo et fallacia. | — |
