Comparison
Sirach 17
Douay-Rheims and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587), verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | God created man of the earth, and made him after his own image. | Κύριος ἔκτισεν ἐκ γῆς ἄνθρωπον, καὶ πάλιν ἀπέστρεψεν αὐτὸν εἰς αὐτήν. |
| 2 | And he turned him into it again, and clothed him with strength according to himself. | Ἡμέρας ἀριθμοῦ καὶ καιρὸν ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν τῶν ἐπʼ αὐτῆς. |
| 3 | He gave him the number of his days and time, and gave him power over all things that are upon the earth. | Καθʼ ἑαυτοὺς ἐνέδυσεν αὐτοὺς ἰσχὺν, καὶ κατʼ εἰκόνα αὐτοῦ ἐποίησεν αὐτούς. |
| 4 | He put the fear of him upon all flesh, and he had dominion over beasts and fowls. | Καὶ ἔθηκε τὸν φόβον αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ πάσης σαρκός, καὶ κατακυριεύειν θηρίων καὶ πετεινῶν. |
| 5 | He created of him a helpmate like to himself: he gave them counsel, and a tongue, and eyes, and ears, and a heart to devise: and he filled them with the knowledge of understanding. | — |
| 6 | He created in them the science of the spirit, he filled their heart with wisdom, and shewed them both good and evil. | Διαβούλιον καὶ γλῶσσαν καὶ ὀφθαλμοὺς, ὦτα καὶ καρδίαν ἔδωκε διανοεῖσθαι αὐτοῖς. |
| 7 | He set his eye upon their hearts to shew them the greatness of his works: | Ἐπιστήμην συνέσεως ἐνέπλησεν αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἀγαθὰ καὶ κακὰ ὑπέδειξεν αὐτοῖς. |
| 8 | That they might praise the name which he hath sanctified: and glory in his wondrous acts, that they might declare the glorious things of his works. | Ἔθηκε τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὰς καρδίας αὐτῶν, δεῖξαι αὐτοῖς τὸ μεγαλεῖον τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ· |
| 9 | Moreover he gave them instructions, and the law of life for an inheritance. | — |
| 10 | He made an everlasting covenant with them, and he shewed them his justice and judgments. | καὶ ὄνομα ἁγιασμοῦ αἰνέσουσιν, ἵνα διηγῶνται τὰ μεγαλεῖα τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ. |
| 11 | And their eye saw the majesty of his glory. and their ears heard his glorious voice, and he said to them: Beware of all iniquity. | Προσέθηκεν αὐτοῖς ἐπιστήμην, καὶ νόμον ζωῆς ἐκληροδότησεν αὐτοῖς. |
| 12 | And he gave to every one of them commandment concerning his neighbour. | Διαθήκην αἰῶνος ἔστησε μετʼ αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰ κρίματα αὐτοῦ ὑπέδειξεν αὐτοῖς. |
| 13 | Their ways are always before him, they are not hidden from his eyes. | Μεγαλεῖον δόξης εἶδον οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτῶν, καὶ δόξαν φωνῆς αὐτῶν ἤκουσε τὸ οὖς αὐτῶν. |
| 14 | Over every nation he set a ruler. | Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, προσέχετε ἀπὸ παντὸς ἀδίκου· καὶ ἐνετείλατο αὐτοῖς ἑκάστῳ περὶ τοῦ πλησίον. |
| 15 | And Israel was made the manifest portion of God. | Αἱ ὁδοὶ αὐτῶν ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ διαπαντὸς, οὐ κρυβήσονται ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦ. |
| 16 | And all their works are as the sun in the sight of God: and his eyes are continually upon their ways. | — |
| 17 | Their covenants were not hid by their iniquity, and all their iniquities are in the sight of God. | Ἑκάστῳ ἔθνει κατέστησεν ἡγούμενον, καὶ μερὶς Κυρίου Ἰσραήλ ἐστιν. |
| 18 | The alms of a man is as a signet with him, and shall preserve the grace of a man as the apple of the eye: | — |
| 19 | And afterward he shall rise up, and shall render them their reward, to every one upon their own head, and shall turn them down into the bowels of the earth. | Ἅπαντα τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν ὡς ὁ ἥλιος ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ, καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ἐνδελεχεῖς ἐπὶ τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῶν. |
| 20 | But to the penitent he hath given the way of justice, and he hath strengthened them that were fainting in patience, and hath appointed to them the lot of truth. | Οὐκ ἐκρύβησαν αἱ ἀδικίαι αὐτῶν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ ἁμαρτίαι αὐτῶν ἔναντι Κυρίου. |
| 21 | Turn to the Lord, and forsake thy sins: | — |
| 22 | Make thy prayer before the face of the Lord, and offend less. | Ἐλεημοσύνη ἀνδρὸς ὡς σφραγὶς μετʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ χάριν ἀνθρώπου ὡς κόρην συντηρήσει. |
| 23 | Return to the Lord, and turn away from thy injustice, and greatly hate abomination. | Μετὰ ταῦτα ἐξαναστήσεται καὶ ἀνταποδώσει αὐτοῖς, καὶ τὸ ἀνταπόδομα αὐτῶν εἰς κεφαλὴν αὐτῶν ἀποδώσει. |
| 24 | And know the justices and judgments of God, and stand firm in the lot set before thee, and in prayer to the most high God. | Πλὴν μετανοοῦσιν ἔδωκεν ἐπάνοδον, καὶ παρεκάλεσεν ἐκλείποντας ὑπομονήν. |
| 25 | Go to the side of the holy age, with them that live and give praise to God. | Ἐπίστρεφε ἐπὶ Κύριον καὶ ἀπόλειπε ἁμαρτίας, δεήθητι κατὰ πρόσωπον καὶ σμίκρυνον πρόσκομμα. |
| 26 | Tarry not in the error of the ungodly, give glory before death. Praise perisheth from the dead as nothing. | Ἐπάναγε ἐπὶ ὕψιστον, καὶ ἀπόστρεφε ἀπὸ ἀδικίας, καὶ σφόδρα μίσησον βδέλυγμα. |
| 27 | Give thanks whilst thou art living, whilst thou art alive and in health thou shalt give thanks, and shalt praise God, and shalt glory in his mercies. | Ὑψίστῳ τίς αἰνέσει ἐν ᾅδου; ἀντὶ ζώντων καὶ ζώντων καὶ διδόντων ἀνθομολόγησιν. |
| 28 | How great is the mercy of the Lord, and his forgiveness to them that turn to him! | Ἀπὸ νεκροῦ ὡς μηδὲ ὄντος ἀπόλλυται ἐξομολόγησις· ζῶν καὶ ὑγιὴς αἰνέσει τὸν Κύριον. |
| 29 | For all things cannot be in men, because the son of man is not immortal, and they are delighted with the vanity of evil. | Ὡς μεγάλη ἡ ἐλεημοσύνη τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ ἐξιλασμὸς τοῖς ἐπιστρέφουσιν ἐπʼ αὐτόν· |
| 30 | What is brighter than the sun; yet it shall be eclipsed. Or what is more wicked than that which flesh and blood hath invented? and this shall be reproved. | οὐ γὰρ δύναται πάντα εἶναι ἐν ἀνθρώποις, ὅτι οὐκ ἀθάνατος υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου. |
| 31 | He beholdeth the power of the height of heaven: and all men are earth and ashes. | Τί φωτεινότερον ἡλίου; καὶ τοῦτο ἐκλείπει, καὶ πονηρὸς ἐνθυμηθήσεται σάρκα καὶ αἷμα. |
