Comparison
Sirach 27
Douay-Rheims, Vulgata Clementina and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587), verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Through poverty many have sinned: and he that seeketh to be enriched, turneth away his eye. | Propter inopiam multi deliquerunt: et qui quaerit locupletari avertit oculum suum. | Χαρὶν ἀδιαφόρου πολλοὶ ἥμαρτον, καὶ ὁ ζητῶν πληθύναι ἀποστρέψει ὀφθαλμόν. |
| 2 | As a stake sticketh fast in the midst of the joining of stones, so also in the midst of selling and buying, sin shall stick fast. | Sicut in medio compaginis lapidum palus figitur, sic et inter medium venditionis et emptionis angustiabitur peccatum: | Ἀναμέσον ἁρμῶν λίθων παγήσεται πάσσαλος, καὶ ἀναμέσον πράσεως καὶ ἀγορασμοῦ συντριβήσεται ἁμαρτία. |
| 3 | Sin shall be destroyed with the sinner. | conteretur cum delinquente delictum. | Ἐὰν μὴ ἐν φόβῳ Κυρίου κρατήσῃ κατὰ σπουδὴν, ἐν τάχει καταστραφήσεται αὐτοῦ ὁ οἶκος. |
| 4 | Unless thou hold thyself diligently in the fear of the Lord, thy house shall quickly be overthrown. | Si non in timore Domini tenueris te instanter, cito subvertetur domus tua. | Ἐν σείσματι κοσκίνου διαμένει κοπρία, οὕτως σκύβαλα ἀνθρώπου ἐν λογισμῷ αὐτοῦ. |
| 5 | As when one sifteth with a sieve, the dust will remain: so will the perplexity of a man in his thoughts. | Sicut in percussura cribri remanebit pulvis, sic aporia hominis in cogitatu illius. | Σκεύη κεραμέως δοκιμάζει κάμινος, καὶ πειρασμὸς ἀνθρώπου ἐν διαλογισμῷ αὐτοῦ. |
| 6 | The furnace trieth the potter’s vessels, and the trial of affliction just men. | Vasa figuli probat fornax, et homines iustos tentatio tribulationis. | Γεώργιον ξύλου ἐκφαίνει ὁ καρπὸς αὐτοῦ, οὕτως λόγος ἐνθυμήματος καρδίας ἀνθρώπου. |
| 7 | Be the dressing of a tree sheweth the fruit thereof, so a word out of the thought of the heart of man. | Sicut rusticatio de ligno ostendit fructum illius, sic verbum ex cogitatu cordis hominis. | Πρὸ λογισμοῦ μὴ ἐπαινέσῃς ἄνδρα, οὗτος γὰρ πειρασμὸς ἀνθρώπων. |
| 8 | Praise not a man before he speaketh, for this is the trial of men. | Ante sermonem non laudes virum: haec enim tentatio est hominum. | Ἐὰν διώκῃς τὸ δίκαιον, καταλήψῃ, καὶ ἐνδύσῃ αὐτὸ ὡς ποδήρη δόξης. |
| 9 | If thou followest justice, thou shalt obtain her: and shalt put her on as a long robe of honour, and thou shalt dwell with her: and she shall protect thee for ever, and in the day of acknowledgment thou shalt find a strong foundation. | Si sequaris iustitiam, apprehendes illam, et indues quasi poderem honoris: et inhabitabis cum ea, et proteget te in sempiternum, et in die agnitionis invenies firmamentum. | Πετεινὰ πρὸς τὰ ὅμοια αὐτοῖς καταλύσει, καὶ ἀλήθεια πρὸς τοὺς ἐργαζομένους αὐτὴν ἐπανήξει. |
| 10 | Birds resort unto their like: so truth will return to them that practise her. | Volatilia ad sibi similia conveniunt: et veritas ad eos qui operantur illam revertetur. | Λέων θήραν ἐνεδρεύει, οὕτως ἁμαρτίαι ἐργαζομένους ἄδικα. |
| 11 | The lion always lieth in wait for prey: so do sins for them that work iniquities. | Leo venationi insidiatur semper: sic peccata operantibus iniquitates. | Διήγησις εὐσεβοῦς διαπαντὸς σοφία, ὁ δὲ ἄφρων ὡς σελήνη ἀλλοιοῦται. |
| 12 | A holy man continueth in wisdom as the sun: but a fool is changed as the moon. | Homo sanctus in sapientia manet sicut sol: nam stultus sicut luna mutatur. | Εἰς μέσον ἀσυνέτων συντήρησον καιρὸν, εἰς μέσον δὲ διανοουμένων ἐνδελέχιζε. |
| 13 | In the midst of the unwise keep in the word till its time: but be continually among men that think. | In medio insensatorum serva verbum tempori: in medio autem cogitantium assiduus esto. | Διήγησις μωρῶν προσόχθισμα, καὶ ὁ γέλως αὐτῶν ἐν σπατάλῃ ἁμαρτίας. |
| 14 | The discourse of sinners is hateful, and their laughter is at the pleasures of sin. | Narratio peccantium odiosa, et risus illorum in deliciis peccati. | Λαλιὰ πολυόρκου ὀρθώσει τρίχας, καὶ ἡ μάχη αὐτῶν ἐμφραγμὸς ὠτίων. |
| 15 | The speech that sweareth much shall make the hair of the head stand upright: and its irreverence shall make one stop his ears. | Loquela multum iurans horripilationem capiti statuet, et irreverentia ipsius obturatio aurium. | Ἔκχυσις αἵματος μάχη ὑπερηφάνων, καὶ ἡ διαλοιδόρησις αὐτῶν ἀκοὴ μοχθηρά. |
| 16 | Is the quarrels of the proud is the shedding of blood: and their cursing is a grievous hearing. | Effusio sanguinis in rixa superborum, et maledictio illorum auditus gravis. | Ὁ ἀποκαλύπτων μυστήρια ἀπώλεσε πίστιν, καὶ οὐ μὴ εὕρῃ φίλον πρὸς τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ. |
| 17 | He that discloseth the secret of a friend loseth his credit, and shall never find a friend to his mind. | Qui denudat arcana amici fidem perdit, et non inveniet amicum ad animum suum. | Στέρξον φίλον, καὶ πιστώθητι μετʼ αὐτοῦ· ἐὰν δὲ ἀποκαλύψῃς τὰ μυστήρια αὐτοῦ, οὐ μὴ καταδιώξῃς ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ. |
| 18 | Love thy neighbour, and be joined to him with fidelity. | Dilige proximum, et coniungere fide cum illo. | Καθὼς γὰρ ἀπώλεσεν ἄνθρωπος τὸν ἐχθρὸν αὐτοῦ, οὕτως ἀπώλεσας τὴν φιλίαν τοῦ πλησίου· |
| 19 | But if thou discover his secrets, follow no more after him. | Quod si denudaveris absconsa illius, non persequeris post eum. | καὶ ὡς πετεινὸν ἐκ χειρός σου ἀπελύσας, οὕτως ἀφῆκας τὸν πλησίον, καὶ οὐ θηρεύσεις αὐτόν. |
| 20 | For as a man that destroyeth his friend, so also is he that destroyeth the friendship of his neighbour. | Sicut enim homo qui perdit amicum suum, sic et qui perdit amicitiam proximi sui. | Μὴ αὐτὸν διώξῃς, ὅτι μακρὰν ἀπέστῃ, καὶ ἐξέφυγεν ὡς δορκὰς ἐκ παγίδος. |
| 21 | And as one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and thou shalt not get him again. | Et sicut qui dimittit avem de manu sua, sic dereliquisti proximum tuum, et non eum capies. | Ὅτι θραῦσμά ἐστι καταδῆσαι, καὶ λοιδορίας ἐστὶ διαλλαγή· ὁ δὲ ἀποκαλύψας μυστήρια ἀπήλπισε. |
| 22 | Follow after him no more, for he is gone afar off, he is fled, as a roe escaped out of the snare: because his soul is wounded. | Non illum sequaris, quoniam longe abest: effugit enim quasi caprea de laqueo, quoniam vulnerata est anima eius: | Διανεύων ὀφθαλμῷ τεκταίνει κακὰ, καὶ οὐδεὶς αὑτὸν ἀποστήσει ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ. |
| 23 | Thou canst no more bind him up. And of a curse there is reconciliation: | ultra eum non poteris colligare. Et maledicti est concordatio: | Ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν σου γλυκανεῖ στόμα σου, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν λόγων σου ἐκθαυμάσει, ὕστερον δὲ διαστρέψει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου δώσει σκάνδαλον. |
| 24 | But to disclose the secrets of a friend, leaveth no hope to an unhappy soul. | denudare autem amici mysteria, desperatio est animae infelicis. | Πολλὰ ἐμίσησα καὶ οὐχ ὡμοίωσα αὐτῷ, καὶ ὁ Κύριος μισήσει αὐτόν. |
| 25 | He that winketh with the eye forgeth wicked things, and no man will cast him off: | Annuens oculo fabricat iniqua, et nemo eum abiiciet. | Ὁ βάλλων λίθον εἰς ὕψος ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ βάλλει, καὶ πληγὴ δολία διελεῖ τραύματα. |
| 26 | In the sight of thy eyes he will sweeten his mouth, and will admire thy words: but at the last he will writhe his mouth, and on thy words he will lay a stumblingblock. | In conspectu oculorum tuorum condulcabit os suum, et super sermones tuos admirabitur: novissime autem pervertet os suum, et in verbis tuis dabit scandalum. | Ὁ ὀρύσσων βόθρον εἰς αὐτὸν ἐμπεσεῖται, καὶ ὁ ἱστῶν παγίδα ἐν αὐτῇ ἁλώσεται. |
| 27 | I have hated many things, but not like him, and the Lord will hate him. | Multa odivi, et non coaequavi ei, et Dominus odiet illum. | Ὁ ποιῶν πονηρὰ εἰς αὐτὸν κυλισθήσεται, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐπιγνῷ πόθεν ἥκει αὐτῷ. |
| 28 | If one cast a stone on high, it will fall upon his own head: and the deceitful stroke will wound the deceitful. | Qui in altum mittit lapidem, super caput eius cadet: et plaga dolosa dolosi dividet vulnera. | Ἐμπαιγμὸς καὶ ὀνειδισμὸς ὑπερηφάνων, καὶ ἡ ἐκδίκησις ὡς λέων ἐνεδρεύσει αὐτόν. |
| 29 | He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that setteth a stone for his neighbour, shall stumble upon it: and he that layeth a snare for another, shall perish in it. | Et qui foveam fodit incidet in eam: et qui statuit lapidem proximo offendet in eo: et qui laqueum alii ponit, peribit in illo. | Παγίδι ἁλώσονται οἱ εὐφραινόμενοι πτώσει εὐσεβῶν, καὶ ὀδύνη καταναλώσει αὐτοὺς πρὸ τοῦ θανάτου αὐτῶν. |
| 30 | A mischievous counsel shall be rolled back upon the author, and he shall not know from whence it cometh to him. | Facienti nequissimum consilium, super ipsum devolvetur, et non agnoscet unde adveniat illi. | Μῆνις καὶ ὀργὴ, καὶ ταῦτά ἐστι βδελύγματα, καὶ ἀνὴρ ἁμαρτωλὸς ἐγκρατὴς ἔσται αὐτῶν. |
| 31 | Mockery and reproach are of the proud, and vengeance as a lion shall lie in wait for him. | Illusio et improperium superborum, et vindicta sicut leo insidiabitur illi. | — |
| 32 | They shall perish in a snare that are delighted with the fall of the just: and sorrow shall consume them before they die. | Laqueo peribunt qui oblectantur casu iustorum, dolor autem consumet illos antequam moriantur. | — |
| 33 | Anger and fury are both of them abominable, and the sinful man shall be subject to them. | Ira et furor utraque execrabilia sunt, et vir peccator continens erit illorum. | — |
