Comparison
Sirach 48
Douay-Rheims, Vulgata Clementina and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587), verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And Elias the prophet stood up, as a fire, and his word burnt like a torch. | Et surrexit Elias propheta quasi ignis, et verbum ipsius quasi facula ardebat. | Καὶ ἀνέστη Ἠλίας προφήτης ὡς πῦρ, καὶ ὁ λόγος αὐτοῦ ὡς λαμπὰς ἐκαίετο· |
| 2 | He brought a famine upon them, and they that provoked him in their envy, were reduced to a small number, for they could not endure the commandments of the Lord. | Qui induxit in illos famem: et irritantes illum invidia sua pauci facti sunt: non enim poterant sustinere praecepta Domini. | ὃς ἐπήγαγεν ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς λιμὸν, καὶ τῷ ζήλῳ αὐτοῦ ὠλιγοποίησεν αὐτούς. |
| 3 | By the word of the Lord he shut up the heaven, and he brought down fire from heaven thrice. | Verbo Domini continuit caelum, et deiecit de caelo ignem ter. | Ἐν λόγῳ Κυρίου ἀνέσχεν οὐρανὸν, κατήγαγεν οὕτως τρὶς πῦρ. |
| 4 | Thus was Elias magnified in his wondrous works. And who can glory like to thee? | Sic amplificatus est Elias in mirabilibus suis. Et quis potest similiter sic gloriari tibi? | Ὡς ἐδοξάσθης Ἠλία ἐν τοῖς θαυμασίοις σου; καὶ τίς ὅμοιός σοι καυχᾶσθαι; |
| 5 | Who raisedst up a dead man from below, from the lot of death, by the word of the Lord God. | qui sustulisti mortuum ab inferis de sorte mortis, in verbo Domini Dei: | Ὁ ἐγείρας νεκρὸν ἐκ θυνάτου καὶ ἐξ ᾅδου ἐν λόγῳ ὑψίστου· |
| 6 | Who broughtest down kings to destruction, and brokest easily their power in pieces, and the glorious from their bed. | qui deiecisti reges ad pernicem, et confregisti facile potentiam ipsorum, et gloriosos de lecto suo: | ὁ καταγαγὼν βασιλεῖς εἰς ἀπώλειαν, καὶ δεδοξασμένους ἀπὸ κλίνης αὐτῶν· |
| 7 | Who heardest judgment in Sina, and in Horeb the judgments of vengeance. | qui audis in Sina iudicium, et in Horeb iudicia defensionis: | ὁ ἀκούων ἐν Σινᾷ ἐλεγμὸν, καὶ ἐν Χωρὴβ κρίματα ἐκδικήσεως· |
| 8 | Who anointedst kings to penance, and madest prophets successors after thee. | qui ungis reges ad poenitentiam, et prophetas facis successores post te: | ὁ χρίων βασιλεῖς εἰς ἀνταπόδομα, καὶ προφήτας διαδόχους μετʼ αὐτόν· |
| 9 | Who wast taken up in a whirlwind of fire, in a chariot of fiery horses. | qui receptus es in turbine ignis, in curru equorum igneorum: | ὁ ἀναληφθεὶς ἐν λαίλαπι πυρὸς ἐν ἅρματι ἵππων πυρίνων· |
| 10 | Who art registered in the judgments of times to appease the wrath of the Lord, to reconcile the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob. | qui scriptus es in iudiciis temporum, lenire iracundiam Domini, conciliare cor patris ad filium, et restituere tribus Iacob. | ὁ καταγραφεὶς ἐν ἐλεγμοῖς εἰς καιροὺς, κοπάσαι ὀργὴν πρὸ θυμοῦ, καὶ ἐπιστρέψαι καρδίαν πατρὸς πρὸς υἱὸν, καὶ καταστῆσαι φυλὰς Ἰακώβ. |
| 11 | Blessed are they that saw thee, and were honoured with thy friendship. | Beati sunt qui te viderunt, et in amicitia tua decorati sunt. | Μακάριοι οἱ ἰδόντες σε, καὶ οἱ ἐν ἀγαπήσει κεκοσμημένοι· καὶ γὰρ ἡμεῖς ζωῇ ζησόμεθα. |
| 12 | For we live only in our life, but after death our name shall not be such. | Nam nos vita vivimus tantum: post mortem autem non erit tale nomen nostrum. | Ἠλίας, ὃς ἐν λαίλαπι ἐσκεπάσθη· καὶ Ἐλισαιὲ ἐνεπλήσθη πνεύματος αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐν ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐσαλεύθη ὑπὸ ἄρχοντος, καὶ οὐ κατεδυνάστευσεν αὐτὸν οὐδείς. |
| 13 | Elias was indeed covered with the whirlwind, and his spirit was filled up in Eliseus: in his days he feared not the prince, and no man was more powerful than he. | Elias quidem in turbine tectus est, et in Eliseo completus est spiritus eius: in diebus suis non pertimuit principem, et potentia nemo vicit illum: | Πᾶς λόγος οὐχ ὑπερῇρεν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐν κοιμήσει ἐπροφήτευσε τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ. |
| 14 | No word could overcome him, and after death his body prophesied. | nec superavit illum verbum aliquod, et mortuum prophetavit corpus eius. | Καὶ ἐν ζωῇ αὐτοῦ ἐποίησε τέρατα. καὶ ἐν τελευτῇ θαυμάσια τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ. |
| 15 | In his life he did great wonders, and is death he wrought miracles. | In vita sua fecit monstra, et in morte mirabilia operatus est. | Ἐν πᾶσι τούτοις οὐ μετενόησεν ὁ λαὸς, καὶ οὐκ ἀπέστησαν ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν, ἕως ἐπρονομεύθησαν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐσκορπίσθησαν ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ· καὶ κατελείφθη ὁ λαὸς ὀλιγοστὸς, καὶ ἄρχων τῷ οἴκῳ Δαυίδ. |
| 16 | For all this the people repented not, neither did they depart from their sins till they were cast out of their land, and were scattered through all the earth. | In omnibus istis non poenituit populus, et non recesserunt a peccatis suis, usque dum eiecti sunt de terra sua, et dispersi sunt in omnem terram: | Τινὲς μὲν αὐτῶν ἐποίησαν τὸ ἀρεστὸν, τινὲς δὲ ἐπλήθυναν ἁμαρτίας. |
| 17 | And there was left but a small people, and a prince in the house of David. | et relicta est gens perpauca, et princeps in domo David. | Ἐζεκίας ὠχύρωσε τὴν πόλιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἰσήγαγεν εἰς μέσον αὐτῶν τὸν Γώγ· ὤρυξε σιδήρῳ ἀκρότομον, καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε κρήνας εἰς ὕδατα. |
| 18 | Some of these did that which pleased God: but others committed many sins. | Quidam ipsorum fecerunt quod placeret Deo: alii autem multa commiserunt peccata. | Ἐν ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ ἀνέβη Σενναχηρὶμ, καὶ ἀπέστειλε Ῥαψάκην, καὶ ἀπῇρε· καὶ ἐπῇρεν ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ Σιὼν, καὶ ἐμεγαλαύχησεν ὑπερηφανίᾳ αὐτοῦ. |
| 19 | Ezechias fortified his city, and brought in water into the midst thereof, and he digged a rock with iron, and made a well for water. | Ezechias munivit civitatem suam, et induxit in medium ipsius aquam: et fodit ferro rupem, et aedificavit ad aquam puteum. | Τότε ἐσαλεύθησαν καρδίαι καὶ χεῖρες αὐτῶν, καὶ ὠδίνησαν ὡς αἱ τίκτουσαι. |
| 20 | In his days Sennacherib came up, and sent Rabsaces, and lifted up his hand against them, and he stretched out his hand against Sion, and became proud through his power. | In diebus ipsius ascendit Sennacherib, et misit Rabsacen, et sustulit manum suam contra illos: et extulit manum suam in Sion, et superbus factus est potentia sua. | Καὶ ἐπεκαλέσαντο τὸν Κύριον τὸν ἐλεήμονα, ἐκπετάσαντες τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν πρὸς αὐτόν· καὶ ὁ ἅγιος ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ταχὺ ἐπήκουσεν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐλυτρώσατο αὐτοὺς ἐν χειρὶ Ἡσαΐου. |
| 21 | Then their hearts and hands trembled, and they were in pain as women in travail. | Tunc mota sunt corda et manus ipsorum: et doluerunt quasi parturientes mulieres. | Ἐπάταξε τὴν παρεμβολὴν τῶν Ἀσσυρίων, καὶ ἐξέτριψεν αὐτοὺς ὁ ἄγγελος αὐτοῦ. |
| 22 | And they called upon the Lord who is merciful, and spreading their hands, they lifted them up to heaven: and the holy Lord God quickly heard their voice. | Et invocaverunt Dominum misericordem, et expandentes manus suas extulerunt ad caelum: et Sanctus, Dominus Deus, audivit cito vocem ipsorum. | Ἐποίησε γὰρ Ἐζεκίας τὸ ἀρεστὸν Κυρίῳ, καὶ ἐνίσχυσεν ἐν ὁδοῖς Δαυὶδ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, ἃς ἐνετείλατο Ἡσαΐας ὁ προφήτης ὁ μέγας, καὶ πιστὸς ἐν ὁράσει αὐτοῦ. |
| 23 | He was not mindful of their sins, neither did he deliver them up to their enemies, but he purified them by the hand of Isaias, the holy prophet. | Non est commemoratus peccatorum illorum, neque dedit illos inimicis suis: sed purgavit eos in manu Isaiae sancti prophetae. | Ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ ἀνεπόδισεν ὁ ἥλιος, καὶ προσέθηκε ζωὴν βασιλεῖ· |
| 24 | He overthrew the army of the Assyrians, and the angel of the Lord destroyed them. | Deiecit castra Assyriorum, et contrivit illos angelus Domini: | Πνεύματι μεγάλῳ εἶδε τὰ ἔσχατα, καὶ παρεκάλεσε τοὺς πενθοῦντας ἐν Σιών. |
| 25 | For Ezechias did that which pleased God, and walked valiantly in the way of David his father, which Isaias, the great prophet, and faithful in the sight of God, had commanded him. | nam fecit Ezechias quod placuit Deo, et fortiter ivit in via David patris sui, quam mandavit illi Isaias, propheta magnus, et fidelis in conspectu Dei. | Ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος ὑπέδειξε τὰ ἐσόμενα, καὶ τὰ ἀπόκρυφα πρινὴ παραγενέσθαι αὐτά. |
| 26 | In his days the sun went backward, and he lengthened the king’s life. | In diebus ipsius retro rediit sol, et addidit regi vitam. | — |
| 27 | With a great spirit he saw the things that are to come to pass at last, and comforted the mourners in Sion. | Spiritu magno vidit ultima, et consolatus est lugentes in Sion usque in sempiternum. | — |
| 28 | He shewed what should come to pass for ever, and secret things before they came. | Ostendit futura, et abscondita antequam evenirent. | — |
