Comparison
Sirach 11
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The wisdom of the humble shall exalt his head, and shall make him sit in the midst of great men. | Sapientia humiliati exaltabit caput illius, et in medio magnatorum consedere illum faciet. |
| 2 | Praise not a man for his beauty, neither despise a man for his look. | Non laudes virum in specie sua, neque spernas hominem in visu suo. |
| 3 | The bee is small among flying things, but her fruit hath the chiefest sweetness. | Brevis in volatilibus est apis, et initium dulcoris habet fructus illius. |
| 4 | Glory not in apparel at any time, and be not exalted in the day of thy honour: for the works of the Highest only are wonderful, and his works are glorious, and secret, and hidden. | In vestitu ne glorieris umquam, nec in die honoris tui extollaris: quoniam mirabilia opera Altissimi solius, et gloriosa, et absconsa, et invisa opera illius. |
| 5 | Many tyrants have sat on the throne, and he whom no man would think on, hath worn the crown. | Multi tyranni sederunt in throno: et insuspicabilis portavit diadema. |
| 6 | Many mighty men have been greatly brought down, and the glorious have been delivered into the hand of others. | Multi potentes oppressi sunt valide, et gloriosi traditi sunt in manus alterorum. |
| 7 | Before thou inquire, blame no man: and when thou hast inquired, reprove justly. | Priusquam interroges, ne vituperes quemquam: et cum interrogaveris, corripe iuste. |
| 8 | Before thou hear, answer not a word: and interrupt not others in the midst of their discourse. | Priusquam audias, ne respondeas verbum: et in medio sermonum ne adiicias loqui. |
| 9 | Strive not in a matter which doth not concern thee, and sit not in judgment with sinners. | De ea re quae te non molestat, ne certeris: et in iudicio peccantium ne consistas. |
| 10 | My son, meddle not with many matters: and if thou be rich, thou shalt not be free from sin: for if thou pursue after thou shalt not overtake: and if thou run before thou shalt not escape. | Fili, ne in multis sint actus tui: et si dives fueris, non eris immunis a delicto. Si enim secutus fueris, non apprehendes: et non effugies, si praecucurreris. |
| 11 | There is an ungodly man that laboureth, and maketh haste, and is in sorrow, and is so much the more in want. | Est homo laborans et festinans, et dolens: impius, et tanto magis non abundabit. |
| 12 | Again, there is an inactive man that wanteth help, is very weak in ability, and full of poverty: | Est homo marcidus egens recuperatione, plus deficiens virtute, et abundans paupertate: |
| 13 | Yet the eye of God hath looked upon him for good, and hath lifted him up from his low estate, and hath exalted his head: and many have wondered at him, and have glorified God. | et oculus Dei respexit illum in bono, et erexit eum ab humilitate ipsius, et exaltavit caput eius: et mirati sunt in illo multi, et honoraverunt Deum. |
| 14 | Good things and evil, life and death, poverty and riches, are from God. | Bona et mala, vita et mors, paupertas et honestas, a Deo sunt: |
| 15 | Wisdom and discipline, and the knowledge of the law are with God. Love and the ways of good things are with him. | sapientia, et disciplina, et scientia legis, apud Deum: dilectio, et viae bonorum, apud ipsum. |
| 16 | Error and darkness are created with sinners: and they that glory in evil things, grow old in evil. | Error et tenebrae peccatoribus concreata sunt: qui autem exsultant in malis consenescunt in malo. |
| 17 | The gift of God abideth with the just, and his advancement shall have success for ever. | Datio Dei permanet iustis, et profectus illius successus habebit in aeternum. |
| 18 | There is one that is enriched by living sparingly, and this is the portion of his reward. | Est qui locupletatur parce agendo, et haec est pars mercedis illius. |
| 19 | In that he saith: I have found me rest, and now I will eat of my goods alone: | In eo quod dicit: Inveni requiem mihi, et nunc manducabo de bonis meis solus: |
| 20 | And he knoweth not what time shall pass, and that death approacheth, and that he must leave all to others, and shall die. | et nescit quod tempus praeteriet, et mors appropinquet, et relinquat omnia aliis, et morietur. |
| 21 | Be steadfast in thy covenant, and be conversant therein, and grow old in the work of thy commandments. | Sta in testamento tuo, et in illo colloquere, et in opere mandatorum tuorum veterasce. |
| 22 | Abide not in the works of sinners. But trust in God, and stay in thy place. | Ne manseris in operibus peccatorum: confide autem in Deo, et mane in loco tuo. |
| 23 | For it is easy in the eyes of God on a sudden to make the poor man rich. | Facile est enim in oculis Dei subito honestare pauperem. |
| 24 | The blessing of God maketh haste to reward the just, and in a swift hour his blessing beareth fruit. | Benedictio Dei in mercedem iusti festinat, et in hora veloci processus illius fructificat. |
| 25 | Say not: What need I, and what good shall I have by this? | Ne dicas: Quid est mihi opus? et quae erunt mihi ex hoc bona? |
| 26 | Say not: I am sufficient for myself: and what shall I be made worse by this? | Ne dicas: Sufficiens mihi sum: et quid ex hoc pessimabor? |
| 27 | In the day of good things be not unmindful of evils: and in the day of evils be not unmindful of good things: | In die bonorum ne immemor sis malorum, et in die malorum ne immemor sis bonorum: |
| 28 | For it is easy before God in the day of death to reward every one according to his ways. | quoniam facile est coram Deo in die obitus retribuere unicuique secundum vias suas. |
| 29 | The affliction of an hour maketh one forget great delights, and in the end of a man is the disclosing of his works. | Malitia horae oblivionem facit luxuriae magnae, et in fine hominis denudatio operum illius. |
| 30 | Praise not any man before death, for a man is known by his children. | Ante mortem ne laudes hominem quemquam: quoniam in filiis suis agnoscitur vir. |
| 31 | Bring not every man into thy house: for many are the snares of the deceitful. | Non omnem hominem inducas in domum tuam: multae enim sunt insidiae dolosi. |
| 32 | For as corrupted bowels send forth stinking breath, and as the partridge is brought into the cage, and as the roe into the snare: so also is the heart of the proud, and as a spy that looketh on the fall of his neighbour. | Sicut enim eructant praecordia foetentium, et sicut perdix inducitur in caveam, et ut caprea in laqueum: sic et cor superborum, et sicut prospector videns casum proximi sui. |
| 33 | For he lieth in wait and turneth good into evil, and on the elect he will lay a blot. | Bona enim in mala convertens insidiatur, et in electis imponet maculam. |
| 34 | Of one spark cometh a great fire, and of one deceitful man much blood: and a sinful man lieth in wait for blood. | A scintilla una augetur ignis, et ab uno doloso augetur sanguis: homo vero peccator sanguini insidiatur. |
| 35 | Take heed to thyself of a mischievous man, for he worketh evils: lest he bring upon thee reproach for ever. | Attende tibi a pestifero, fabricat enim mala, ne inducat super te subsannationem in perpetuum. |
| 36 | Receive a stranger in, and he shall overthrow thee with a whirlwind, and shall turn thee out of thy own. | Admitte ad te alienigenam: et subvertet te in turbine, et abalienabit te a tuis propriis. |
