Comparison
Sirach 2
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Son, when thou comest to the service of God, stand in justice and in fear, and prepare thy soul for temptation. | Fili, accedens ad servitutem Dei sta in iustitia et timore, et praepara animam tuam ad tentationem. |
| 2 | Humble thy heart, and endure: incline thy ear, and receive the words of understanding: and make not haste in the time of clouds. | Deprime cor tuum, et sustine: inclina aurem tuam, et suscipe verba intellectus: et ne festines in tempore obductionis. |
| 3 | Wait on God with patience: join thyself to God, and endure, that thy life may be increased in the latter end. | Sustine sustentationes Dei: coniungere Deo, et sustine, ut crescat in novissimo vita tua. |
| 4 | Take all that shall be brought upon thee: and in thy sorrow endure, and in thy humiliation keep patience. | Omne quod tibi applicitum fuerit accipe: et in dolore sustine, et in humilitate tua patientiam habe: |
| 5 | For gold and silver are tried in the fire, but acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation. | quoniam in igne probatur aurum et argentum, homines vero receptibiles in camino humiliationis. |
| 6 | Believe God, and he will recover thee: and direct thy way, and trust in him. Keep his fear, and grow old therein. | Crede Deo, et recuperabit te: et dirige viam tuam, et spera in illum: serva timorem illius, et in illo veterasce. |
| 7 | Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy: and go not aside from him, lest ye fall. | Metuentes Dominum, sustinete misericordiam eius: et non deflectatis ab illo, ne cadatis. |
| 8 | Ye that fear the Lord, believe him: and your reward shall not be made void. | Qui timetis Dominum, credite illi, et non evacuabitur merces vestra. |
| 9 | Ye that fear the Lord, hope in him: and mercy shall come to you for your delight. | Qui timetis Dominum, sperate in illum, et in oblectationem veniet vobis misericordia. |
| 10 | Ye that fear the Lord, love him, and your hearts shall be enlightened. | Qui timetis Dominum, diligite illum, et illuminabuntur corda vestra. |
| 11 | My children behold the generations of men: and know ye that no one hath hoped in the Lord, and hath been confounded. | Respicite, filii, nationes hominum: et scitote quia nullus speravit in Domino et confusus est. |
| 12 | For who hath continued in his commandment, and hath been forsaken? or who hath called upon him, and he despised him? | Quis enim permansit in mandatis eius, et derelictus est? aut quis invocavit eum, et despexit illum? |
| 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. | Quoniam pius et misericors est Deus, et remittet in die tribulationis peccata, et protector est omnibus exquirentibus se in veritate. |
| 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. | Vae duplici corde, et labiis scelestis, et manibus malefacientibus, et peccatori terram ingredienti duabus viis! |
| 15 | Woe to them that are fainthearted, who believe not God: and therefore they shall not be protected by him. | Vae dissolutis corde, qui non credunt Deo, et ideo non protegentur ab eo! |
| 16 | Woe to them that have lost patience, and that have forsaken the right ways, and have gone aside into crooked ways. | Vae his qui perdiderunt sustinentiam, et qui dereliquerunt vias rectas, et diverterunt in vias pravas! |
| 17 | And what will they do, when the Lord shall begin to examine? | Et quid facient cum inspicere coeperit Dominus? |
| 18 | They that fear the Lord, will not be incredulous to his word: and they that love him, will keep his way. | Qui timent Dominum non erunt incredibiles verbo illius: et qui diligunt illum conservabunt viam illius. |
| 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. | Qui timent Dominum inquirent quae beneplacita sunt ei, et qui diligunt eum replebuntur lege ipsius. |
| 20 | They that fear the Lord, will prepare their hearts, and in his sight will sanctify their souls. | Qui timent Dominum praeparabunt corda sua, et in conspectu illius sanctificabunt animas suas. |
| 21 | They that fear the Lord, keep his Commandments, and will have patience even until his visitation, | Qui timent Dominum custodiunt mandata illius, et patientiam habebunt usque ad inspectionem illius, |
| 22 | Saying: If we do not penance, we shall fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men. | dicentes: Si poenitentiam non egerimus, incidemus in manus Domini, et non in manus hominum. |
| 23 | For according to his greatness, so also is his mercy with him. | Secundum enim magnitudinem ipsius, sic et misericordia illius cum ipso est. |
