Comparison
Sirach 25
Douay-Rheims, Vulgata Clementina and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587), verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | With three things my spirit is pleased, which are approved before God and men: | In tribus placitum est spiritui meo, quae sunt probata coram Deo et hominibus: | Ἐν τρισὶν ὡραΐσθην, καὶ ἀνέστην ὡραία ἔναντι Κυρίου καὶ ἀνθρώπων· ὁμόνοια ἀδελφῶν, καὶ φιλία τῶν πλησίον, καὶ γυνὴ καὶ ἀνὴρ ἑαυτοῖς συπεριφερόμενοι. |
| 2 | The concord of brethren, and the love of neighbours, and mall and wife that agree well together. | concordia fratrum, et amor proximorum, et vir et mulier bene sibi consentientes. | Τρία δὲ εἴδη ἐμίσησεν ἡ ψυχή μου, καὶ προσώχθισα σφόδρα τῇ ζωῇ αὐτῶν· πτωχὸν ὑπερήφανον, καὶ πλούσιον ψεύστην, γέροντα μοιχὸν ἐλαττούμενον συνέσει. |
| 3 | Three sorts my soul hateth, and I am greatly grieved at their life: | Tres species odivit anima mea, et aggravor valde animae illorum: | Ἐν νεότητι οὐ συναγήοχας, καὶ πῶς ἂν εὕροις ἐν τῷ γήρᾳ σου; |
| 4 | A poor man that is proud: a rich man that is a liar: an old man that is a fool, and doting. | pauperem superbum, divitem mendacem, senem fatuum et insensatum. | Ὡς ὡραῖον πολιαῖς κρίσις, καὶ πρεσβυτέροις ἐπιγνῶναι βουλην; |
| 5 | The things that thou hast not gathered in thy youth, how shalt thou find them in thy old age? | Quae in iuventute tua non congregasti, quomodo in senectute tua invenies? | Ὡς ὡραία γερόντων σοφία, καὶ δεδοξασμένοις διανόημα καὶ βουλή. |
| 6 | O how comely is judgment for a grey head, and for ancients to know counsel! | Quam speciosum canitiei iudicium, et presbyteris cognoscere consilium! | Στέφανος γερόντων πολυπειρία, καὶ τὸ καύχημα αὐτῶν φόβος Κυρίου. |
| 7 | O how comely is wisdom for the aged, and understanding and counsel to men of honour! | Quam speciosa veteranis sapientia, et gloriosus intellectus et consilium! | Ἐννέα ὑπονοήματα ἐμακάρισα ἐν καρδίᾳ, καὶ τὸ δέκατον ἐρῶ ἐπὶ γλώσσης· ἄνθρωπος εὐφραινόμενος ἐπὶ τέκνοις, ζῶν καὶ βλέπων ἐπὶ πτώσει ἐχθρῶν. |
| 8 | Much experience is the crown of old men, and the fear of God is their glory. | Corona senum multa peritia, et gloria illorum timor Dei. | Μακάριος ὁ συνοικῶν γυναικὶ συνετῇ, καὶ ὃς ἐν γλώσσῃ οὐκ ὠλίσθησε, καὶ ὃς οὐκ ἐδούλευσεν ἀναξίῳ αὐτοῦ. |
| 9 | Nine things that are not to be imagined by the heart have I magnified, and the tenth I will utter to men with my tongue. | Novem insuspicabilia cordis magnificavi: et decimum dicam in lingua hominibus: | Μακάριος ὃς εὗρε φρόνησιν, καὶ ὁ διηγούμενος εἰς ὦτα ἀκουόντων. |
| 10 | A man that hath joy of his children: and he that liveth and seeth the fall of his enemies. | homo qui iucundatur in filiis, vivens et videns subversionem inimicorum suorum. | Ὡς μέγας ὁ εὑρὼν σοφίαν, ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἔστιν ὑπὲρ τὸν φοβούμενον τὸν Κύριον. |
| 11 | Blessed is he. that dwelleth with a wise woman, and that hath not slipped with his tongue, and that hath not served such as are unworthy of him. | Beatus qui habitat cum muliere sensata, et qui lingua sua non est lapsus, et qui non servivit indignis se. | Φόβος Κυρίου ὑπὲρ πᾶν ὑπερέβαλεν, ὁ κρατῶν αὐτοῦ τίνι ὁμοιωθήσεται; |
| 12 | Blessed is he that findeth a true friend, and that declareth justice to an ear that heareth. | Beatus qui invenit amicum verum, et qui enarrat iustitiam auri audienti. | — |
| 13 | How great is he that findeth wisdom and knowledge! but there is none above him that feareth the Lord. | Quam magnus qui invenit sapientiam et scientiam! sed non est super timentem Dominum. | Πᾶσαν πληγήν καὶ μὴ πληγὴν καρδίας, καὶ πᾶσαν πονηρίαν καὶ μὴ πονηρίαν γυναικός· |
| 14 | The fear of God hath set itself above all things: | Timor Dei super omnia se superposuit. | πᾶσαν ἐπαγωγήν καὶ μὴ ἐπαγωγὴν μισούντων, καὶ πᾶσαν ἐκδίκησιν καὶ μὴ ἐκδίκησιν ἐχθρῶν. |
| 15 | Blessed is the man, to whom it is given to have the fear of God: he that holdeth it, to whom shall he be likened? | Beatus homo cui donatum est habere timorem Dei: qui tenet illum, cui assimilabitur? | Οὐκ ἔστι κεφαλὴ ὑπὲρ κεφαλὴν ὄφεως, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι θυμὸς ὑπὲρ θυμὸν ἐχθροῦ. |
| 16 | The fear of God is the beginning of his love: and the beginning of faith is to be fast joined unto it. | Timor Dei initium dilectionis eius: fidei autem initium agglutinandum est ei. | Συνοικῆσαι λέοντι καὶ δράκοντι εὐδοκήσω, ἢ ἐνοικῆσαι μετὰ γυναικὸς πονηρᾶς. |
| 17 | The sadness of the heart is every plague: and the wickedness of a woman is all evil. | Omnis plaga tristitia cordis est, et omnis malitia nequitia mulieris. | Πονηρία γυναικὸς ἀλλοιοῖ τὴν ὅρασιν αὐτῆς, καὶ σκοτοῖ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῆς ὡς σάκκον. |
| 18 | And a man will choose any plague, but the plague of the heart: | Et omnem plagam, et non plagam videbit cordis: | Ἀναμέσον τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ ἀναπεσεῖται ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς, καὶ ἀκούσας ἀνεστέναξε πικρά. |
| 19 | And ally wickedness, but the wickedness of a woman: | et omnem nequitiam, et non nequitiam mulieris: | Μικρὰ πᾶσα κακία πρὸς κακίαν γυναικός· κλῆρος ἁμαρτωλοῦ ἐπιπέσοι αὐτῇ. |
| 20 | And any affliction, but the affliction from them that hate him: | et omnem obductum, et non obductum odientium: | Ἀνάβασις ἀμμώδης ἐν ποσὶ πρεσβυτέρου· οὕτως γυνὴ γλωσσώδης ἀνδρὶ ἡσύχῳ. |
| 21 | And ally revenge, but the revenge of enemies. | et omnem vindictam, et non vindictam inimicorum. | Μὴ προσπέσῃς ἐπὶ κάλλος γυναικὸς, καὶ γυναῖκα μὴ ἐπιποθήσῃς. |
| 22 | There is no head worse than the head of a serpent: | Non est caput nequius super caput colubri, | Ὀργὴ καὶ ἀναίδεια καὶ αἰσχύνη μεγάλη, γυνὴ ἐὰν ἐπιχορηγῇ τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς. |
| 23 | And there is no anger above the anger of a woman. It will be more agreeable to abide with a lion and a dragon, than to dwell with a wicked woman. | et non est ira super iram mulieris. Commorari leoni et draconi placebit, quam habitare cum muliere nequam. | Καρδία ταπεινὴ καὶ πρόσωπον σκυθρωπὸν καὶ πληγὴ καρδίας γυνὴ πονηρά· χεῖρες παρειμέναι καὶ γόνατα παραλελυμένα, ἥτις οὐ μακαριεῖ τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς. |
| 24 | The wickedness of a woman changeth her face: and she darkeneth her countenance as a bear: and sheweth it like sackcloth. In the midst of her neighbours, | Nequitia mulieris immutat faciem eius: et obcaecat vultum suum tamquam ursus, et quasi saccum ostendit. In medio proximorum eius | Ἀπὸ γυναικὸς ἀρχὴ ἁμαρτίας, καὶ διʼ αὐτὴν ἀποθνήσκομεν πάντες. |
| 25 | Her husband groaned, and hearing he sighed a little. | ingemuit vir eius, et audiens suspiravit modicum. | Μὴ δῷς ὕδατι διέξοδον, μηδὲ γυναικὶ πωνηρᾷ ἐξουσίαν. |
| 26 | All malice is shore to the malice of a woman, let the lot of sinners fall upon her. | Brevis omnis malitia super malitiam mulieris: sors peccatorum cadat super illam. | Εἰ μὴ πορεύεται κατὰ χεῖρά σου, ἀπὸ τῶν σαρκῶν σου ἀπότεμε αὐτήν. |
| 27 | As the climbing of a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of tongue to a quiet man. | Sicut ascensus arenosus in pedibus veterani, sic mulier linguata homini quieto. | — |
| 28 | Look not upon a woman’s beauty, and desire not a woman for beauty. | Ne respicias in mulieris speciem, et non concupiscas mulierem in specie. | — |
| 29 | A woman’s anger, and impudence, and confusion is great. | Mulieris ira, et irreverentia, et confusio magna. | — |
| 30 | A woman, if she have superiority, is contrary to her husband. | Mulier si primatum habeat, contraria est viro suo. | — |
| 31 | A wicked woman abateth the courage, and maketh a heavy countenance, and a wounded heart. | Cor humile, et facies tristis, et plaga cordis, mulier nequam. | — |
| 32 | Feeble hands, and disjointed knees, a woman that doth not make her husband happy. | Manus debiles et genua dissoluta, mulier quae non beatificat virum suum. | — |
| 33 | From the woman came the beginning of sin, and by her we all die. | A muliere initium factum est peccati, et per illam omnes morimur. | — |
| 34 | Give no issue to thy water, no, not a little: nor to a wicked woman liberty to gad abroad. | Non des aquae tuae exitum, nec modicum: nec mulieri nequam veniam prodeundi. | — |
| 35 | If she walk not at thy hand, she will confound thee in the sight of thy enemies. | Si non ambulaverit ad manum tuam, confundet te in conspectu inimicorum. | — |
| 36 | Cut her off from thy flesh, lest she always abuse thee. | A carnibus tuis abscinde illam, ne semper te abutatur. | — |
