Comparison
Sirach 26
Douay-Rheims and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587), verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Happy is the husband of a good wife: for the number of his years is double. | Γυναικὸς ἀγαθῆς μακάριος ὁ ἀνὴρ, καὶ ἀριθμὸς τῶν ἡμερῶν αὐτοῦ διπλάσιος. |
| 2 | A virtuous woman rejoiceth her husband: and shall fulfill the years of his life in peace. | Γυνὴ ἀνδρεία εὐφραίνει τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς, καὶ τὰ ἔτη αὐτοῦ πληρώσει ἐν εἰρήνῃ. |
| 3 | A good wife is a good portion, she shall be given in the portion of them that fear God, to a man for his good deeds. | Γυνὴ ἀγαθὴ μερὶς ἀγαθὴ, ἐν μερίδι φοβουμένων Κύριον δοθήσεται. |
| 4 | Rich or poor, if his heart is good, his countenance shall be cheerful at all times. | Πλουσίου δὲ καὶ πτωχοῦ καρδία ἀγαθὴ, ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ πρόσωπον ἱλαρόν. |
| 5 | Of three things my heart hath been afraid, and at the fourth my face hath trembled: | Ἀπὸ τριῶν εὐλαβήθη ἡ καρδία μου, καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ τετάρτῳ προσώπῳ ἐδεήθην· διαβολὴν πόλεως, καὶ ἐκκλησίαν ὄχλου, καὶ καταψευσμὸν ὑπὲρ θάνατον, πάντα μοχθηρά. |
| 6 | The accusation of a city, and the gathering together of the people: | Ἄλγος καρδίας καὶ πένθος γυνὴ ἀντίζηλος ἐπὶ γυναικὶ, καὶ μάστιξ γλώσσης πᾶσιν ἐπικοινωνοῦσα. |
| 7 | And a false calumny, all are more grievous than death. | Βοοζύγιον σαλευόμενον γυνὴ πονηρὰ, ὁ κρατῶν αὐτῆς ὡς ὁ δρασσόμενος σκορπίου. |
| 8 | A jealous woman is the grief and mourning of the heart. | Ὀργὴ μεγάλη γυνὴ μέθυσος, καὶ ἀσχημοσύνην αὐτῆς οὐ συγκαλύψει. |
| 9 | With a jealous woman is a scourge of the tongue which communicateth with all. | Πορνεία γυναικὸς ἐν μετεωρισμοῖς ὀφθαλμῶν, καὶ ἐν τοῖς βλεφάροις αὐτῆς γνωσθήσεται. |
| 10 | As a yoke of oxen that is moved to and fro, so also is a wicked woman: he that hath hold of her, is as he that taketh hold of a scorpion. | Ἐπὶ θυγατρὶ ἀδιατρέπτῳ στερέωσον φυλακὴν, ἵνα μὴ εὑροῦσα ἄνεσιν ἑαυτῇ χρήσηται. |
| 11 | A drunken woman is a great wrath: and her reproach and shame shall not be hid. | Ὀπίσω ἀναιδοῦς ὀφθαλμοῦ φύλαξαι, καὶ μὴ θαυμάσῃς ἐὰν εἰς σὲ πλημμελήσῃ· |
| 12 | The fornication of a woman shall be known by the haughtiness of her eyes, and by her eyelids. | Ὡς διψῶν ὁδοιπόρος τὸ στόμα ἀνοίγει, καὶ ἀπὸ παντὸς ὕδατος τοῦ σύνεγγυς πίεται, κατέναντι παντὸς πασσάλου καθήσεται, καὶ ἔναντι βέλους ἀνοίξει φαρέτραν. |
| 13 | On a daughter that turneth not away herself, set a strict watch: lest finding an opportunity she abuse herself. | Χάρις γυναικὸς τέρψει τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς, καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ πιανεῖ ἡ ἐπιστήμη αὐτῆς. |
| 14 | Take heed of the impudence of her eyes, and wonder not if she slight thee. | Δόσις Κυρίου γυνὴ σιγηρὰ, καὶ οὐκ ἐστιν ἀντάλλαγμα πεπαιδευμένης ψυχῆς. |
| 15 | She will open her mouth as a thirsty traveller to the fountain, and will drink of every water near her, and will sit down by every hedge, and open her quiver against every arrow, until she fail. | Χάρις ἐπὶ χάριτι γυνὴ αἰσχυντηρὰ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι σταθμὸς πᾶς ἄξιος ἐγκρατοῦς ψυχῆς. |
| 16 | The grace of a diligent woman shall delight her husband, and shall fat his bones. | Ἥλιος ἀνατέλλων ἐν ὑψίστοις Κυρίου, καὶ κάλλος ἀγαθῆς γυναικὸς ἐν κόσμῳ οἰκίας αὐτοῦ. |
| 17 | Her discipline is the gift of God. | Λύχνος ἐκλάμπων ἐπὶ λυχνίας ἁγίας, καὶ κάλλος προσώπου ἐπὶ ἡλικίᾳ στασίμῃ. |
| 18 | Such is a wise and silent woman, and there is nothing so much worth as a well instructed soul. | Στύλοι χρύσεοι ἐπὶ βάσεως ἀργυρᾶς, καὶ πόδες ὡραῖοι ἐπὶ στέρνοις εὐσταθοῦς. |
| 19 | A holy and shamefaced woman is grace upon grace. | — |
| 20 | And no price is worthy of a continent soul. | — |
| 21 | As the sun when it riseth to the world in the high places of God, so is the beauty of a good wife for the ornament of her house. | — |
| 22 | As the lamp shining upon the holy candlestick, so is the beauty of the face in a ripe age. | — |
| 23 | As golden pillars upon bases of silver, so are the firm feet upon the soles of a steady woman. | — |
| 24 | As everlasting foundations upon a solid rock, so the commandments of God In the heart of a holy woman. | — |
| 25 | At two things my heart is grieved, and the third bringeth anger upon me: | — |
| 26 | A man of was fainting through poverty: and a man of sense despised: | — |
| 27 | And he that passeth over from justice to sin, God hath prepared such an one for the sword. | — |
| 28 | Two sorts of callings have appeared to me hard and dangerous: a merchant is hardly free from negligence: and a huckster shall not be justified from the sins of the lips. | Επὶ δυσὶ λελύπηται ἡ καρδία μου, καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ τρίτῳ θυμός μοι ἐπῆλθεν· ἀνὴρ πολεμιστὴς ὑστερῶν διʼ ἔνδειαν, καὶ ἄνδρες συνετοὶ ἐὰν σκυβαλισθῶσιν· ἐπανάγων ἀπὸ δικαιοσύνης ἐπὶ ἁμαρτίαν, ὁ Κύριος ἑτοιμάσει εἰς ῥομφαίαν αὐτόν. |
