Comparison
Sirach 24
Douay-Rheims and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587), verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wisdom shall praise her own self, and shall be honoured in God, and shall glory in the midst of her people, | Ἡ σοφία αἰνέσει ψυχὴν αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐν μέσῳ λαοῦ αὐτῆς καυχήσεται. |
| 2 | And shall open her mouth in the churches of the most High, and shall glorify herself in the sight of his power, | Ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ ὑψίστου στόμα αὐτῆς ἀνοίξει, καὶ ἔναντι δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ καυχήσεται. |
| 3 | And in the midst of her own people she shall be exalted, and shall be admired in the holy assembly. | Ἐγὼ ἀπὸ στόματος ὑψίστου ἐξῆλθον, καὶ ὡς ὁμίχλη κατεκάλυψα γῆν. |
| 4 | And in the multitude of the elect she shall have praise, and among the blessed she shall be blessed, saying: | Ἐγὼ ἐν ὑψηλοῖς κατεσκήνωσα, καὶ ὁ θρόνος μου ἐν στύλῳ νεφέλης. |
| 5 | I came out of the mouth of the most High, the firstborn before all creatures: | Γῦρον οὐρανοῦ ἐκύκλωσα μόνη, καὶ ἐν βάθει ἀβύσσων περιεπάτησα. |
| 6 | I made that in the heavens there should rise light that never faileth, and as a cloud I covered all the earth: | Ἐν κύμασι θαλάσσης καὶ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ, καὶ ἐν παντὶ λαῷ καὶ ἔθνει ἐκτησάμην. |
| 7 | I dwelt in the highest places, and my throne is in a pillar of a cloud. | Μετὰ τούτων πάντων ἀνάπαυσιν ἐζήτησα, καὶ ἐν κληρονομίᾳ τίνος αὐλισθήσομαι. |
| 8 | I alone have compassed the circuit of heaven, and have penetrated into the bottom of the deep, and have walked in the waves of the sea, | Τότε ἐνετείλατό μοι ὁ κτίστης ἁπάντων, καὶ ὁ κτίσας με κατέπαυσε τὴν σκηνήν μου, καὶ εἶπεν, ἐν Ἰακὼβ κατασκήνωσον, καὶ ἐν Ἰσραὴλ κατακληρονομήθητι. |
| 9 | And have stood in all the earth: and in every people, | Πρὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς ἔκτισέ με, καὶ ἕως αἰῶνος οὐ μὴ ἐκλίπω. |
| 10 | And in every nation I have had the chief rule: | Ἐν σκηνῇ ἁγίᾳ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ἐλειτούργησα, καὶ οὕτως ἐν Σιὼν ἐστηρίχθην. |
| 11 | And by my power I have trodden under my feet the hearts of all the high and low: and in all these I sought rest, and I shall abide in the inheritance of the Lord. | Ἐν πόλει ἠγαπημένῃ ὁμοίως με κατέπαυσε, καὶ ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἡ ἐξουσία μου. |
| 12 | Then the creator of all things commanded, and said to me: and he that made me, rested in my tabernacle, | Καὶ ἐῤῥίζωσα ἐν λαῷ δεδοξασμένῳ, ἐν μερίδι Κυρίου κληρονομίας αὐτοῦ. |
| 13 | And he said to me: Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thy inheritance in Israel, and take root in my elect. | Ὡς κέδρος ἀνυψώθην ἐν Λιβάνῳ, καὶ ὡς κυπάρισσος ἐν ὄρεσιν Ἀερμών. |
| 14 | From the beginning, and before the world, was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be, and in the holy dwelling place I have ministered before him. | Ὡς φοῖνιξ ἀνυψώθην ἐν αἰγιαλοῖς, καὶ ὡς φυτὰ ῥόδου ἐν Ἱεριχῶ· ὡς ἐλαία εὐπρεπὴς ἐν πεδίῳ, καὶ ἀνυψώθην ὡς πλάτανος. |
| 15 | And so was I established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested, and my power was in Jerusalem. | Ὡς κιννάμωμον καὶ ἀσπάλαθος ἀρωμάτων δέδωκα ὀσμὴν, καὶ ὡς σμύρνα ἐκλεκτὴ διέδωκα εὐωδίαν· ὡς χαλβάνη καὶ ὄνυξ καὶ στακτὴ, καὶ ὡς λιβάνου ἀτμὶς ἐν σκηνῇ. |
| 16 | And I took root in an honourable people, and in the portion of my God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of saints. | Ἐγὼ ὡς τερέμινθος ἐξέτεινα κλάδους μου, καὶ οἱ κλάδοι μου κλάδοι δόξης καὶ χάριτος. |
| 17 | I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree on mount Sion. | Ἐγὼ ὡς ἄμπελος βλαστήσασα χάριν, καὶ τὰ ἄνθη μου καρπὸς δόξης καὶ πλούτου. |
| 18 | I was exalted like a palm tree in Cades, and as a rose plant in Jericho: | — |
| 19 | As a fair olive tree in the plains, and as a plane tree by the water in the streets, was I exalted. | Προσέλθετε πρὸς μὲ οἱ ἐπιθυμοῦντές μου, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν γεννημάτων μου ἐμπλήσθητε. |
| 20 | I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon. and aromatical balm: I yielded a sweet odour like the best myrrh: | Τὸ γὰρ μνημόσυνόν μου ὑπὲρ μέλι γλυκύ, καὶ ἡ κληρονομία μου ὑπὲρ μέλιτος κηροῦ. |
| 21 | And I perfumed my dwelling as storax, and galbanum, and onyx, and aloes, and as the frankincense not cut, and my odour is as the purest balm. | Οἱ ἐσθίοντές με ἔτι πεινάσουσι, καὶ οἱ πίνοντές με ἔτι διψήσουσιν. |
| 22 | I have stretched out my branches as the turpentine tree, and my branches are of honour and grace. | Ὁ ὑπακούων μου οὐκ αἰσχυνθήσεται, καὶ οἱ ἐργαζόμενοι ἐν ἐμοὶ οὐχ ἁμαρτήσουσι. |
| 23 | As the vine I have brought forth a pleasant odour: and my flowers are the fruit of honour and riches. | Ταῦτα πάντα βίβλος διαθήκης Θεοῦ ὑψίστου, νόμον ὃν ἐνετείλατο Μωυσῆς, κληρονομίαν συναγωγαῖς Ἰακώβ. |
| 24 | I am the mother of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope. | — |
| 25 | In me is all grace of the way and of the truth, in me is all hope of life and of virtue. | Ὁ πιμπλῶν ὡς Φεισὼν σοφίαν, καὶ ὡς Τίγρις ἐν ἡμέραις νέων· |
| 26 | Come over to me, all ye that desire me, and be filled with my fruits. | ὁ ἀναπληρῶν ὡς Εὐφράτης σύνεσιν, καὶ ὡς Ἰορδάνης ἐν ἡμέραις θερισμοῦ· |
| 27 | For my spirit is sweet above honey, and my inheritance above honey and the honeycomb. | ὁ ἐκφαίνων ὡς φῶς παιδείαν, ὡς Γηὼν ἐν ἡμέραις τρυγητοῦ. |
| 28 | My memory is unto everlasting generations. | Οὐ συνετέλεσεν ὁ πρῶτος γνῶναι αὐτὴν, καὶ οὕτως ὁ ἔσχατος οὐκ ἐξιχνίασεν αὐτήν· |
| 29 | They that eat me, shall yet hunger: and they that drink me, shall yet thirst. | Ἀπὸ γὰρ θαλάσσης ἐπληθύνθη διανόημα αὐτῆς, καὶ ἡ βουλὴ αὐτῆς ἀπὸ ἀβύσσου μεγάλης. |
| 30 | He that hearkeneth to me, shall not be confounded: and they that work by me, shall not sin. | Κᾀγὼ ὡς διώρυξ ἀπὸ ποταμοῦ, καὶ ὡς ὑδραγωγὸς ἐξῆλθον εἰς παράδεισον. |
| 31 | They that explain me shall have life everlasting. | Εἶπα, ποτιῶ μου τὸν κῆπον, καὶ μεθύσω μου τὴν πρασιάν· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγένετό μοι ἡ διώρυξ εἰς ποταμὸν, καὶ ὁ ποταμός μου ἐγένετο εἰς θάλασσαν. |
| 32 | All these things are the book of life, and the covenant of the most High, and the knowledge of truth. | Ἔτι παιδείαν ὡς ὄρθρον φωτιῶ, καὶ ἐκφανῶ αὐτὰ ἕως εἰς μακράν. |
| 33 | Moses commanded a law in the precepts of justices, and an inheritance to the house of Jacob, and the promises to Israel. | Ἔτι διδασκαλίαν ὡς προφητείαν ἐκχεῶ, καὶ καταλείψω αὐτὴν εἰς γενεὰς αἰώνων. |
| 34 | He appointed to David his servant to raise up of him a most mighty king, and sitting on the throne of glory for ever. | Ἴδετε ὅτι οὐκ ἐμοὶ μόνῳ ἐκοπίασα, ἀλλὰ πᾶσι τοῖς ἐκζητοῦσιν αὐτήν. |
| 35 | Who filleth up wisdom as the Phison, and as the Tigris in the days of the new fruits. | — |
| 36 | Who maketh understanding to abound as the Euphrates, who multiplieth it as the Jordan in the time of harvest. | — |
| 37 | Who sendeth knowledge as the light, and riseth up as Gehon in the time of the vintage. | — |
| 38 | Who first hath perfect knowledge of her, and a weaker shall not search her out. | — |
| 39 | For her thoughts are more vast than the sea, and her counsels more deep than the great ocean. | — |
| 40 | I, wisdom, have poured out rivers. | — |
| 41 | I, like a brook out of a river of a mighty water; I, like a channel of a river. and like an aqueduct, came out of paradise. | — |
| 42 | I said: I will water my garden of plants, and I will water abundantly the fruits of my meadow. | — |
| 43 | And behold my brook became a great river, and my river came near to a sea: | — |
| 44 | For I make doctrine to shine forth to all as the morning light, and I will declare it afar off. | — |
| 45 | I will penetrate to all the lower parts of the earth, and will behold all that sleep, and will enlighten all that hope in the Lord. | — |
| 46 | I will yet pour out doctrine as prophecy, and will leave it to them that seek wisdom, and will not cease to instruct their offspring even to the holy age. | — |
| 47 | See ye that I have not laboured for myself only, but for all that seek out the truth. | — |
