Comparison
Sirach 43
Douay-Rheims and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587), verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The firmament on high is his beauty, the beauty of heaven with its glorious shew. | Γαυρίαμα ὕψους, στερέωμα καθαριότητος, εἶδος οὐρανοῦ ἐν ὁράματι δόξης. |
| 2 | The sun when he appeareth shewing forth at his rising, an admirable instrument, the work of the most High. | Ἥλιος ἐν ὀπτασίᾳ διαγγέλλων ἐν ἐξόδῳ, σκεῦος θαυμαστὸν, ἔργον ὑψίστου. |
| 3 | At noon he burneth the earth, and who can abide his burning heat? As one keeping a furnace in the works of heat: | Ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἀναξηραίνει χώραν, καὶ ἐναντίον καύματος αὐτοῦ τίς ὑποστήσεται; |
| 4 | The sun three times as much, burneth the mountains, breathing out fiery vapours, and shining with his beams, he blindeth the eyes. | Κάμινον φυσῶν ἐν ἔργοις καύματος, τριπλασίως ἥλιος ἐκκαίων ὄρη· ἀτμίδας πυρώδεις ἐμφυσῶν, καὶ ἐκλάμπων ἀκτίνας ἀμαυροῖ ὀφθαλμούς. |
| 5 | Great is the Lord that made him, and at his words he hath hastened his course. | Μέγας Κύριος ὁ ποιήσας αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐν λόγοις αὐτοῦ κατέσπευσε πορείαν. |
| 6 | And the moon in all in her season, is for a declaration of times and a sign of the world. | Καὶ ἡ σελήνη ἐν πᾶσιν εἰς καιρὸν αὐτῆς, ἀνάδειξιν χρόνων, καὶ σημεῖον αἰῶνος. |
| 7 | From the moon is the sign of the festival day, a light that decreaseth in her perfection. | Ἀπὸ σελήνης σημεῖον ἑορτῆς, φωστὴρ μειούμενος ἐπὶ συντελείας. |
| 8 | The month is called after her name, increasing wonderfully in her perfection. | Μὴν κατὰ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆς ἐστιν, αὐξανομένη θαυμαστῶς ἐν ἀλλοιώσει· σκεῦος παρεμβολῶν ἐν ὕψει, ἐν στερεώματι οὐρανοῦ ἐκλάμπων· |
| 9 | Being an instrument of the armies on high, shining gloriously in the Armament of heaven. | κάλλος οὐρανοῦ, δόξα ἄστρων, κόσμος φωτίζων, ἐν ὑψίστοις Κύριος. |
| 10 | The glory of the stars is the beauty of heaven; the Lord enlighteneth the world on high. | Ἐν λόγοις ἁγίου στήσονται κατὰ κρίμα, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐκλυθῶσιν ἐν φυλακαῖς αὐτῶν. |
| 11 | By the words of the holy one they shall stand in judgment, and shall never fail in their watches. | Ἴδε τόξον, καὶ εὐλόγησον τὸν ποιήσαντα αὐτὸ, σφόδρα ὡραῖον ἐν τῷ αὐγάσματι αὐτοῦ. |
| 12 | Look upon the rainbow, and bless him that made it: it is very beautiful in its brightness. | Ἐγύρωσεν οὐρανὸν ἐν κυκλώσει δόξης, χεῖρες ὑψίστου ἐτάννυσαν αὐτό. |
| 13 | It encompasseth the heaven about with the circle of its glory, the hands of the most High have displayed it. | Προστάγματι αὐτοῦ κατέσπευσε χιόνα, καὶ ταχύνει ἀστραπὰς κρίματος αὐτοῦ. |
| 14 | By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, and sendeth forth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment. | Διὰ τοῦτο ἠνεῴχθησαν θησαυροὶ, καὶ ἐξέπτησαν νεφέλαι ὡς πετεινά. |
| 15 | Through this are the treasures opened, and the clouds fly out like birds. | Ἐν μεγαλείῳ αὐτοῦ ἴσχυσε νεφέλας, καὶ διεθρύβησαν λίθοι χαλάζης. |
| 16 | By his greatness he hath fixed the clouds, and the hailstones are broken. | Καὶ ἐν ὀπτασίαις αὐτοῦ σαλευθήσεται ὄρη, ἐν θελήματι πνεύσεται νότος. |
| 17 | At his sight shall the mountains be shaken, and at his will the south wind shall blow. | Φωνὴ βροντῆς αὐτοῦ ὠδίνησε γῆν, καὶ καταιγὶς Βορέου καὶ συστροφὴ πνεύματος· ὡς πετεινὰ καθιπτάμενα πάσσει χιόνα, καὶ ὡς ἀκρὶς καταλύουσα ἡ κατάβασις αὐτῆς. |
| 18 | The noise of his thunder shall strike the earth, so doth the northern storm, and the whirlwind: | Κάλλος λευκότητος αὐτῆς ἐκθαυμάσει ὀφθαλμὸς, καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ ὑετοῦ αὐτῆς ἐκστήσεται καρδία. |
| 19 | And as the birds lighting upon the earth, he scattereth snow, and the falling thereof, is as the coming down of locusts. | Καὶ πάχνην ὡς ἅλα ἐπὶ γῆς χέει, καὶ παγεῖσα γίνεται σκολόπων ἄκρα. |
| 20 | The eye admireth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the shower thereof. | Ψυχρὸς ἄνεμος Βορέης πνεύσει, καὶ παγήσεται κρύσταλλος ἀφʼ ὕδατος· ἐπὶ πᾶσαν συναγωγὴν ὕδατος καταλύσει, καὶ ὡς θώρακα ἐνδύσεται τὸ ὕδωρ. |
| 21 | He shall pour frost as salt upon the earth: and when it freezeth, it shall become like the tops of thistles. | Καταφάγεται ὄρη, καὶ ἔρημον ἐκκαύσει, καὶ ἀποσβέσει χλόην ὡς πῦρ. |
| 22 | The cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed into crystal; upon every gathering together of waters it shall rest, and shall clothe the waters as a breastplate. | Ἴασις πάντων κατὰ σπουδὴν ὁμίχλη, δρόσος ἀπαντῶσα ἀπὸ καύσωνος ἱλαρώσει. |
| 23 | And it shall devour the mountains, and burn the wilderness, and consume all that is green as with fire. | Λογισμῷ αὐτοῦ ἐκόπασεν ἄβυσσον, καὶ ἐφύτευσεν αὐτὴν Ἰησοῦς. |
| 24 | A present remedy of all is the speedy coming of a cloud, and a dew that meeteth it, by the heat that cometh, shall overpower it. | Οἱ πλέοντες τὴν θάλασσαν διηγοῦνται τὸν κίνδυνον αὐτῆς, καὶ ἀκοαῖς ὠτίῳν ἡμῶν θαυμάζομεν. |
| 25 | At his word the wind is still, and with his thought he appeaseth the deep, and the Lord hath planted islands therein. | Καὶ ἐκεῖ τὰ παρὰδοξα καὶ θαυμάσια ἔργα, ποικιλία παντὸς ζώου, κτίσις κητῶν. |
| 26 | Let them that sail on the sea, tell the dangers thereof: and when we hear with our ears, we shall admire. | Διʼ αὐτὸν εὐοδία τέλος αὐτοὺ, καὶ ἐν λόγῳ αὐτοῦ σύγκειται πάντα. |
| 27 | There are great and wonderful works: a variety of beasts, and of all living things, and the monstrous creatures of whales. | Πολλὰ ἐροῦμεν καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐφικώμεθα, καὶ συντέλεια λόγων τὸ πᾶν ἐστιν αὐτός. |
| 28 | Through him is established the end of their journey, and by his word all things are regulated. | Δοξάζοντες ποῦ ἰσχύσωμεν; αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ μέγας παρὰ πάντα τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ. |
| 29 | We shall say much, and yet shall want words: but the sum of our words is, He is all. | Φοβερὸς Κύριος καὶ σφόδρα μέγας, καὶ θαυμαστὴ ἡ δυναστεία αὐτοῦ. |
| 30 | What shall we be able to do to glorify him? for the Almighty himself is above all his works. | Δοξάζοντες Κύριον ὑψώσατε καθόσον ἂν δύνησθε, ὑπερέξει γὰρ καὶ ἔτι· καὶ ὑψοῦντες αὐτὸν πληθύνατε ἐν ἰσχύϊ, μὴ κοπιᾶτε, οὐ γὰρ μὴ ἐφίκησθε. |
| 31 | The Lord is terrible, and exceeding great, and his power is admirable. | Τίς ἑώρακεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐκδιηγήσεται; καὶ τίς μεγαλύνει αὐτὸν καθώς ἐστι; |
| 32 | Glorify the Lord as much as ever you can, for he will yet far exceed, and his magnificence is wonderful. | Πολλὰ ἀπόκρυφά ἐστι μείζονα τούτων, ὀλίγα γὰρ ἑωράκαμεν τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ. |
| 33 | Blessing the Lord, exalt him as much as you can: for he is above all praise. | Πάντα γὰρ ἐποίησεν ὁ Κύριος, καὶ τοῖς εὐσεβέσιν ἔδωκε σοφίαν. ΠΑΤΕΡΩΝ ὝΜΝΟΣ. |
| 34 | When you exalt him put forth all your strength, and be not weary: for you can never go far enough. | — |
| 35 | Who shall see him, and declare him? and who shall magnify him as he is from the beginning? | — |
| 36 | There are many things hidden from us that are greater than these: for we have seen but a few of his works. | — |
| 37 | But the Lord hath made all things, and to the godly he hath given wisdom. | — |
