Comparison
Sirach 2
Douay-Rheims and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587), verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Son, when thou comest to the service of God, stand in justice and in fear, and prepare thy soul for temptation. | Τεκνὸν εἰ προσέρχῃ δουλεύειν Κυρίῳ Θεῷ, ἑτοίμασον τὴν ψυχήν σου εἰς πειρασμόν. |
| 2 | Humble thy heart, and endure: incline thy ear, and receive the words of understanding: and make not haste in the time of clouds. | Εὔθυνον τὴν καρδίαν σου καὶ καρτέρησον, καὶ μὴ σπεύσῃς ἐν καιρῷ ἐπαγωγῆς. |
| 3 | Wait on God with patience: join thyself to God, and endure, that thy life may be increased in the latter end. | Κολλήθητι αὐτῷ καὶ μὴ ἀποστῇς, ἵνα αὐξηθῇς ἐπʼ ἐσχάτων σου. |
| 4 | Take all that shall be brought upon thee: and in thy sorrow endure, and in thy humiliation keep patience. | Πᾶν ὃ ἐὰν ἐπαχθῇ σοι, δέξαι, καὶ ἐν ἀλλάγμασι ταπεινώσεώς σου μακροθύμησον. |
| 5 | For gold and silver are tried in the fire, but acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation. | Ὅτι ἐν πυρὶ δοκιμάζεται χρυσὸς, καὶ ἄνθρωποι δεκτοὶ ἐν καμίνῳ ταπεινώσεως. |
| 6 | Believe God, and he will recover thee: and direct thy way, and trust in him. Keep his fear, and grow old therein. | Πίστευσον αὐτῷ καὶ ἀντιλήψεταί σου, εὔθυνον τὰς ὁδούς σου καὶ ἔλπισον ἐπʼ αὐτόν. |
| 7 | Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy: and go not aside from him, lest ye fall. | Οἱ φοβούμενοι τὸν Κύριον, ἀναμείνατε τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ, καὶ μὴ ἐκκλίνητε ἵνα μὴ πέσητε. |
| 8 | Ye that fear the Lord, believe him: and your reward shall not be made void. | Οἱ φοβούμενοι Κύριον πιστεύσατε αὐτῷ, καὶ οὐ μὴ πταίσῃ ὁ μισθὸς ὑμῶν. |
| 9 | Ye that fear the Lord, hope in him: and mercy shall come to you for your delight. | Οἱ φοβούμενοι Κύριον ἐλπίσατε εἰς ἀγαθὰ, καὶ εἰς εὐφροσύνην αἰῶνος καὶ ἐλέους. |
| 10 | Ye that fear the Lord, love him, and your hearts shall be enlightened. | Ἐμβλέψατε εἰς ἀρχαίας γενεὰς καὶ ἴδετε, τίς ἐνεπίστευσε Κυρίῳ καὶ κατῃσχύνθη; ἢ τίς ἐνέμεινε τῷ φόβῳ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐγκατελείφθη; ἢ τίς ἐπεκαλέσατο αὐτὸν, καὶ ὑπερεῖδεν αὐτόν; |
| 11 | My children behold the generations of men: and know ye that no one hath hoped in the Lord, and hath been confounded. | Διότι οἰκτίρμων καὶ ἐλεήμων ὁ Κύριος, καὶ ἀφίησιν ἁμαρτίας, καὶ σώζει ἐν καιρῷ θλίψεως. |
| 12 | For who hath continued in his commandment, and hath been forsaken? or who hath called upon him, and he despised him? | Οὐαὶ καρδίαις δειλαῖς, καὶ χερσὶ παρειμέναις, καὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ ἐπιβαίνοντι ἐπὶ δύο τρίβους. |
| 13 | For God is compassionate and merciful, and will forgive sins in the day of tribulation: and he is a protector to all that seek him in truth. | Οὐαὶ καρδίᾳ παρειμένῃ, ὅτι οὐ πιστεύει, διὰ τοῦτο οὐ σκεπασθήσεται. |
| 14 | Woe to them that are of a double heart and to wicked lips, and to the hands that do evil, and to the sinner that goeth on the earth two ways. | Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν τοῖς ἀπολωλεκόσι τὴν ὑπομονὴν, καὶ τί ποιήσετε ὅταν ἐπισκέπτηται ὁ Κύριος; |
| 15 | Woe to them that are fainthearted, who believe not God: and therefore they shall not be protected by him. | Οἱ φοβούμενοι Κύριον οὐκ ἀπειθήσουσι ῥημάτων αὐτοῦ, καὶ οἱ ἀγαπῶντες αὐτὸν συντηπήσουσι τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ. |
| 16 | Woe to them that have lost patience, and that have forsaken the right ways, and have gone aside into crooked ways. | Οἱ φοβούμενοι Κύριον ζητήσουσιν εὐδοκίαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ οἱ ἀγαπῶντες αὐτὸν ἐμπλησθήσονται τοῦ νόμου. |
| 17 | And what will they do, when the Lord shall begin to examine? | Οἱ φοβούμενοι Κύριον ἐτοιμάσουσι καρδίας αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ παπεινώσουσι τὰς ψυχὰς αὐτῶν. |
| 18 | They that fear the Lord, will not be incredulous to his word: and they that love him, will keep his way. | Ἐμπεσούμεθα εἰς χεῖρας Κυρίου, καὶ οὐκ εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπων· ὡς γὰρ ἡ μεγαλωσύνη αὐτοῦ, οὕτως καὶ τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. |
| 19 | They that fear the Lord, will seek after the things that are well pleasing to him: and they that love him, shall be filled with his law. | — |
| 20 | They that fear the Lord, will prepare their hearts, and in his sight will sanctify their souls. | — |
| 21 | They that fear the Lord, keep his Commandments, and will have patience even until his visitation, | — |
| 22 | Saying: If we do not penance, we shall fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men. | — |
| 23 | For according to his greatness, so also is his mercy with him. | — |
