Comparison
Sirach 32
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Have they made thee ruler? be not lifted up: be among them as one of them. | Rectorem te posuerunt? noli extolli: esto in illis quasi unus ex ipsis. |
| 2 | Have care of them, and so sit down, and when thou hast acquitted thyself of all thy charge, take thy place: | Curam illorum habe, et sic conside, et omni cura tua explicita recumbe: |
| 3 | That thou mayst rejoice for them, and receive a crown as an ornament of grace, and get the honour of the contribution. | ut laeteris propter illos, et ornamentum gratiae accipias coronam, et dignationem consequaris corrogationis. |
| 4 | Speak, thou that art elder: for it becometh thee, | Loquere maior natu: decet enim te |
| 5 | To speak the first word with care knowledge, and hinder not music. | primum verbum diligenti scientia, et non impedias musicam. |
| 6 | Where there is no hearing, pour out words, and be not lifted up out season with thy wisdom. | Ubi auditus non est, non effundas sermonem, et importune noli extolli in sapientia tua. |
| 7 | A concert of music in a banquet wine is as a carbuncle set in gold. | Gemmula carbunculi in ornamento auri, et comparatio musicorum in convivio vini. |
| 8 | As a signet of an emerald in a work of gold: so is the melody of music with pleasant and moderate wine. | Sicut in fabricatione auri signum est smaragdi, sic numerus musicorum in iucundo et moderato vino. |
| 9 | Hear in silence, and for thy reverence good grace shall come to thee. | Audi tacens, et pro reverentia accedet tibi bona gratia. |
| 10 | Young man, scarcely speak in thy own cause. | Adolescens, loquere in tua causa vix. |
| 11 | If thou be asked twice, let thy answer be short. | Si bis interrogatus fueris, habeat caput responsum tuum. |
| 12 | In many things be as if thou wert ignorant, and hear in silence and withal seeking. | In multis esto quasi inscius, et audi tacens simul et quaerens. |
| 13 | In the company of great men bake not upon thee: and when the ancients are present, speak not much. | In medio magnatorum non praesumas: et ubi sunt senes non multum loquaris. |
| 14 | Before a storm goeth lightning: and before shamefacedness goeth favour: and for thy reverence good grace shall come to thee. | Ante grandinem praeibit coruscatio: et ante verecundiam praeibit gratia, et pro reverentia accedet tibi bona gratia. |
| 15 | And at the time of rising be not slack: but be first to run home to thy house, and there withdraw thyself, and there take thy pastime. | Et hora surgendi non te trices: praecurre autem prior in domum tuam, et illic avocare, et illic lude, |
| 16 | And do what thou hast a mind, but not in sin or proud speech. | et age conceptiones tuas, et non in delictis et verbo superbo: |
| 17 | And for all these things bless the Lord, that made thee, and that replenisheth thee with all his good things. | et super his omnibus benedicito Dominum, qui fecit, et inebriantem te ab omnibus bonis suis. |
| 18 | He that feareth the Lord, will receive his discipline: and they that will seek him early, shall find a blessing. | Qui timet Dominum excipiet doctrinam eius: et qui vigilaverint ad illum invenient benedictionem. |
| 19 | He that seeketh the law, shall be filled with it: and he that dealeth deceitfully, shall meet with a stumblingblock therein. | Qui quaerit legem replebitur ab ea, et qui insidiose agit scandalizabitur in ea. |
| 20 | They that fear the Lord, shall find just judgment, and shall kindle justice as a light. | Qui timent Dominum invenient iudicium iustum, et iustitias quasi lumen accendent. |
| 21 | A sinful man will flee reproof, and will find an excuse according to his will. | Peccator homo vitabit correptionem, et secundum voluntatem suam inveniet comparationem. |
| 22 | A man of counsel will not neglect understanding, a strange and proud man will not dread fear: | Vir consilii non disperdet intelligentiam: alienus et superbus non pertimescet timorem: |
| 23 | Even after he hath done with fear without counsel, he shall be controlled by the things of his own seeking. | etiam postquam fecit cum eo sine consilio, et suis insectationibus arguetur. |
| 24 | My son, do thou nothing without counsel, and thou shalt not repent when thou hast done. | Fili, sine consilio nihil facias, et post factum non poenitebis. |
| 25 | Go not in the way of ruin, and thou shalt not stumble against the stones; trust not thyself to a rugged may, lest thou set a stumblingblock to thy soul. | In via ruinae non eas, et non offendes in lapides: nec credas te viae laboriosae, ne ponas animae tuae scandalum. |
| 26 | And beware of thy own children, and take heed of them of thy household. | Et a filiis tuis cave, et a domesticis tuis attende. |
| 27 | In every work of thine regard thy soul in faith: for this is the keeping of the commandments. | In omni opere tuo crede ex fide animae tuae, hoc est enim conservatio mandatorum. |
| 28 | He that believeth God, taketh heed to the commandments: and he that trusteth in him, shall fare never the worse. | Qui credit Deo attendit mandatis: et qui confidit in illo non minorabitur. |
