Comparison
Sirach 14
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blessed is the man that hath not slipped by a word out of his mouth, and is not pricked with the remorse of sin. | Beatus vir qui non est lapsus verbo ex ore suo, et non est stimulatus in tristitia delicti. |
| 2 | Happy is he that hath had no sadness of his mind, and who is not fallen from his hope. | Felix qui non habuit animi sui tristitiam, et non excidit a spe sua. |
| 3 | Riches are not comely for a covetous man and a niggard, and what should an envious man do with gold? | Viro cupido et tenaci sine ratione est substantia: et homini livido ad quid aurum? |
| 4 | He that gathereth together by wronging his own soul, gathereth for others, and another will squander away his goods in rioting. | Qui acervat ex animo suo iniuste, aliis congregat, et in bonis illius alius luxuriabitur. |
| 5 | He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good? and he shall not take pleasure in his goods. | Qui sibi nequam est, cui alii bonus erit? et non iucundabitur in bonis suis. |
| 6 | There is none worse than he that envieth himself, and this is the reward of his wickedness: | Qui sibi invidet, nihil est illo nequius: et haec redditio est malitiae illius. |
| 7 | And if he do good, he doth it ignorantly, and unwillingly: and at the last he discovereth his wickedness. | Et si bene fecerit, ignoranter et non volens facit: et in novissimo manifestat malitiam suam. |
| 8 | The eye of the envious is wicked: and he turneth away his face, and despiseth his own soul. | Nequam est oculus lividi: et avertens faciem suam, et despiciens animam suam. |
| 9 | The eye of the covetous man is insatiable in his portion of iniquity: he will not be satisfied till he consume his own soul, drying it up. | Insatiabilis oculus cupidi in parte iniquitatis: non satiabitur donec consumat arefaciens animam suam. |
| 10 | An evil eye is towards evil things: and he shall not have his fill of bread, but shall be needy and pensive at his own table. | Oculus malus ad mala, et non saturabitur pane, sed indigens et in tristitia erit super mensam suam. |
| 11 | My son, if thou have any thing, do good to thyself, and offer to God worthy offerings. | Fili, si habes, benefac tecum, et Deo dignas oblationes offer. |
| 12 | Remember that death is not slow, and that the covenant of hell hath been shewn to thee: for the covenant of this world shall surely die. | Memor esto quoniam mors non tardat, et testamentum inferorum, quia demonstratum est tibi: testamentum enim huius mundi morte morietur. |
| 13 | Do good to thy friend before thou die, and according to thy ability, stretching out thy hand give to the poor. | Ante mortem benefac amico tuo, et secundum vires tuas exporrigens da pauperi. |
| 14 | Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good gift overpass thee. | Non defrauderis a die bono, et particula boni doni non te praetereat. |
| 15 | Shalt thou not leave to others to divide by lot thy sorrows and labours? | Nonne aliis relinques dolores et labores tuos in divisione sortis? |
| 16 | Give and take, and justify thy soul. | Da et accipe, et iustifica animam tuam. |
| 17 | Before thy death work justice: for in hell there is no finding food. | Ante obitum tuum operare iustitiam, quoniam non est apud inferos invenire cibum. |
| 18 | All flesh shall fade as grass, and as the leaf that springeth out on a green tree. | Omnis caro sicut foenum veterascet, et sicut folium fructificans in arbore viridi. |
| 19 | Some grow, and some fall off: so is the generation of flesh and blood, one cometh to an end, and another is born. | Alia generantur, et alia deiiciuntur: sic generatio carnis et sanguinis, alia finitur, et alia nascitur. |
| 20 | Every work that is corruptible shall fail in the end: and the worker thereof shall go with it. | Omne opus corruptibile in fine deficiet, et qui illud operatur ibit cum illo. |
| 21 | And every excellent work shall be justified: and the worker thereof shall be honoured therein. | Et omne opus electum iustificabitur, et qui operatur illud honorabitur in illo. |
| 22 | Blessed is the man that shall continue in wisdom, and that shall meditate in his justice, and in his mind shall think of the all seeing eye of God. | Beatus vir qui in sapientia morabitur, et qui in iustitia sua meditabitur, et in sensu cogitabit circumspectionem Dei: |
| 23 | He that considereth her ways in his heart, and hath understanding in her secrets, who goeth after her as one that traceth, and stayeth in her ways: | qui excogitat vias illius in corde suo, et in absconditis suis intelligens, vadens post illam quasi investigator, et in viis illius consistens: |
| 24 | He who looketh in at her windows, and hearkeneth at her door: | qui respicit per fenestras illius, et in ianuis illius audiens: |
| 25 | He that lodgeth near her house, and fastening a pin in her walls shall set up his tent nigh unto her, where good things shall rest in his lodging for ever. | qui requiescit iuxta domum illius, et in parietibus illius figens palum, statuet casulam suam ad manus illius, et requiescent in casula illius bona per aevum. |
| 26 | He shall set his children under her shelter, and shall lodge under her branches: | Statuet filios suos sub tegmine illius, et sub ramis eius morabitur. |
| 27 | He shall be protected under her covering from the heat, and shall rest in her glory. | Protegetur sub tegmine illius a fervore, et in gloria eius requiescet. |
