Comparison
Sirach 19
Douay-Rheims, Vulgata Clementina and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587), verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A workman that is a drunkard shall not be rich: and he that contemneth small things, shall fall by little and little. | Operarius ebriosus non locupletabitur: et qui spernit modica paulatim decidet. | Ἐργάτης μέθυσος οὐ πλουτισθήσεται, ὁ ἐξουθενῶν τὰ ὀλίγα κατὰ μικρὸν πεσεῖται. |
| 2 | Wine and women make wise men fall off, and shall rebuke the prudent. | Vinum et mulieres apostatare faciunt sapientes, et arguent sensatos. | Οἶνος καὶ γυναῖκες ἀποστήσουσι συνετοὺς, καὶ ὁ κολλώμενος πόρναις τολμηρότερος ἔσται. |
| 3 | And he that joineth himself to harlots, will be wicked. Rottenness and worms shall inherit him, and he shall be lifted up for a greater example, and his soul shall be taken away out of the number. | Et qui se iungit fornicariis erit nequam: putredo et vermes haereditabunt illum: et extolletur in exemplum maius, et tolletur de numero anima eius. | Σήτες καὶ σκώληκες κληρονομήσουσιν αὐτόν, καὶ ψυχὴ τολμηρὰ ἐξαρθήσεται. |
| 4 | He that is hasty to give credit, is light of heart, and shall be lessened: and he that sinneth against his own soul, shall be despised. | Qui credit cito levis corde est, et minorabitur: et qui delinquit in animam suam, insuper habebitur. | Ὁ ταχὺ ἐμπιστεύων, κοῦφος καρδίᾳ, καὶ ὁ ἁμαρτάνων εἰς ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ πλημμελήσει. |
| 5 | He that rejoiceth in iniquity, shall be censured, and he that hateth chastisement, shall have less life: and he that hateth babbling, extinguisheth evil. | Qui gaudet iniquitate, denotabitur: et qui odit correptionem, minuetur vita: et qui odit loquacitatem, extinguit malitiam. | Ὁ εὐφραινόμενος καρδίᾳ καταγνωσθήσεται, |
| 6 | He that sinneth against his own soul, shall repent: and he that is delighted with wickedness, shall be condemned. | Qui peccat in animam suam, poenitebit: et qui iucundatur in malitia, denotabitur. | καὶ ὁ μισῶν λαλιὰν ἐλαττονοῦται κακίᾳ. |
| 7 | Rehearse not again a wicked and harsh word, and thou shalt not fare the worse. | Ne iteres verbum nequam et durum, et non minoraberis. | Μηδέποτε δευτερώσῃς λόγον, καὶ οὐθέν σοι οὐ μὴ ἐλαττονωθῇ. |
| 8 | Tell not thy mind to friend or foe: and if there be a sin with thee, disclose it not. | Amico et inimico noli narrare sensum tuum: et si est tibi delictum, noli denudare: | Ἐν φίλῳ καὶ ἐν ἐχθρῷ μὴ διηγοῦ, καὶ εἰ μή ἐστί σοι ἁμαρτία, μὴ ἀποκάλυπτε. |
| 9 | For he will hearken to thee, and will watch thee, and as it were defending thy sin he will hate thee, and so will he be with thee always. | audiet enim te, et custodiet te, et quasi defendens peccatum, odiet te, et sic aderit tibi semper. | Ἀκήκοε γάρ σου καὶ ἐφυλάξατό σε, καὶ ἐν καιρῷ μισήσει σε. |
| 10 | Hast thou heard a word against thy neighbour? let it die within thee, trusting that it will not burst thee. | Audisti verbum adversus proximum tuum? commoriatur in te, fidens quoniam non te dirumpet. | Ἀκήκοας λόγον; συναποθανέτω σοι, θάρσει, οὐ μή σε ῥήξει. |
| 11 | At the hearing of a word the fool is in travail, as a woman groaning. in the bringing forth a child. | A facie verbi parturit fatuus, tamquam gemitus partus infantis. | Ἀπὸ προσώπου λόγου ὠδινήσει μωρὸς, ὡς ἀπὸ προσώπου βρέφους ἡ τίκτουσα. |
| 12 | As an arrow that sticketh in a man’s thigh: so is a word in the heart of a fool. | Sagitta infixa femori carnis, sic verbum in corde stulti. | Βέλος πεπηγὸς ἐν μηρῷ σαρκὸς, οὕτως λόγος ἐν κοιλίᾳ μωροῦ. |
| 13 | Reprove a friend, lest he may not have understood, and say: I did it not: or if he did it, that he may do it no more. | Corripe amicum, ne forte non intellexerit, et dicat: Non feci: aut, si fecerit, ne iterum addat facere. | Ἔλεγξον φίλον, μήποτε οὐκ ἐποίησε, καὶ εἴ τι ἐποίησε, μήποτε προσθῇ. |
| 14 | Reprove thy neighbour, for it may be he hath not said it: and if he hath said it, that he may not say it again. | Corripe proximum, ne forte non dixerit: et si dixerit, ne forte iteret. | Ἔλεγξον τὸν φίλον, μήποτε οὐκ εἶπε, καὶ εἰ εἴρηκεν, ἵνα μὴ δευτερώσῃ. |
| 15 | Admonish thy friend: for there is often a fault committed. | Corripe amicum, saepe enim fit commissio: | Ἔλεγξον φίλον, πολλάκις γὰρ γίνεται διαβολὴ, καὶ μὴ παντὶ λόγῳ πίστευε. |
| 16 | And believe not every word. There is one, that slippeth with the tongue, but not from his heart. | et non omni verbo credas. Est qui labitur lingua, sed non ex animo: | Ἔστιν ὀλισθαίνων καὶ οὐκ ἀπὸ ψυχῆς· καὶ τίς οὐχ ἡμάρτησεν ἐν τῇ γλώσσῃ αὐτοῦ; |
| 17 | For who is there that hath not offended with his tongue? Admonish thy neighbour before thou threaten him. | quis est enim qui non deliquerit in lingua sua? Corripe proximum antequam commineris, | Ἔλεγξον τὸν πλησίον σου πρινη ἀπειλῆσαι, καὶ δὸς τόπον νόμῳ ὑψίστου. |
| 18 | And give place to the fear of the most High: for the fear of God is all wisdom, and therein is to fear God, and the disposition of the law is in all wisdom. | et da locum timori Altissimi: quia omnis sapientia timor Dei, et in illa timere Deum, et in omni sapientia dispositio legis. | — |
| 19 | But the learning of wickedness is not wisdom: and the device of sinners is not prudence. | Et non est sapientia nequitiae disciplina, et non est cogitatus peccatorum prudentia. | — |
| 20 | There is a subtle wickedness, and the same is detestable: and there is a man that is foolish, wanting in wisdom. | Est nequitia, et in ipsa execratio, et est insipiens qui minuitur sapientia. | Πᾶσα σοφία φόβος Κυρίου, καὶ ἐν πάσῃ σοφίᾳ ποίησις νόμου. |
| 21 | Better is a man that hath less wisdom, and wanteth understanding, with the fear of God, than he that aboundeth in understanding, and transgresseth the law of the most High. | Melior est homo qui minuitur sapientia, et deficiens sensu, in timore, quam qui abundat sensu, et transgreditur legem Altissimi. | — |
| 22 | There is an exquisite subtilty, and the same is unjust. | Est solertia certa, et ipsa iniqua: | Καὶ οὐκ ἔστι σοφία πονηρίας ἐπιστήμη, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν, ὅπου βουλὴ ἁμαρτωλῶν, φρόνησις. |
| 23 | And there is one that uttereth an exact word telling the truth. There is one that humbleth himself wickedly, and his interior is full of deceit: | et est qui emittit verbum certum enarrans veritatem. Est qui nequiter humiliat se, et interiora eius plena sunt dolo: | Ἔστι πονηρία καὶ αὕτη βδέλυγμα, καὶ ἔστιν ἄφρων ἐλαττούμενος σοφίᾳ. |
| 24 | And there is one that submitteth himself exceedingly with a great lowliness: and there is one that casteth down his countenance, and maketh as if he did not see that which is unknown: | et est qui se nimium submittit a multa humilitate: et est qui inclinat faciem suam, et fingit se non videre quod ignoratum est: | Κρείττων ἡττώμενος ἐν συνέσει ἔμφοβος, ἢ περισσεύων ἐν φρονήσει καὶ παραβαίνων νόμον. |
| 25 | And if he be hindered from sinning for want of power, if he shall find opportunity to do evil, he will do it. | et si ab imbecillitate virium vetetur peccare, si invenerit tempus malefaciendi, malefaciet. | Ἔστι πανουργία ἀκριβὴς καὶ αὕτη ἄδικος, καὶ ἔστι διαστρέφων χάριν τοῦ ἐκφᾶναι κρίμα. |
| 26 | A man is known by his look, and a wise man, when thou meetest him, is known by his countenance. | Ex visu cognoscitur vir, et ab occursu faciei cognoscitur sensatus. | Ἔστι πονηρευόμενος συγκεκυφὼς μελανίᾳ, καὶ τὰ ἐντὸς αὐτοῦ πλήρης δόλου. |
| 27 | The attire of the body, and the laughter of the teeth, and the gait of the man, shew what he is. | Amictus corporis, et risus dentium, et ingressus hominis, enuntiant de illo. | Συγκύφων πρόσωπον καὶ ἑτεροκωφῶν, ὅπου οὐκ ἐπεγνώσθη, προφθάσει σε. |
| 28 | There is a lying rebuke in the anger of an injurious man: and there is a judgment that is not allowed to be good: and there is one that holdeth his peace, he is wise. | Est correptio mendax in ira contumeliosi, et est iudicium quod non probatur esse bonum: et est tacens, et ipse est prudens. | Καὶ ἐὰν ὑπὸ ἐλαττώματος ἰσχύος κωλυθῇ ἁμαρτεῖν, ἐὰν εὕρῃ καιρὸν, κακοποιήσει. |
