Comparison
Sirach 49
Douay-Rheims, Vulgata Clementina and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587), verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The memory of Josias is like the composition of a sweet smell made by the art of a perfumer: | Memoria Iosiae in compositionem odoris facta opus pigmentarii. | Μνημόσυνον Ἰωσίου εἰς σύνθεσιν θυμιάματος, ἐσκευασμένον ἔργῳ μυρεψοῦ, ἐν παντὶ στόματι ὡς μέλι γλυκανθήσεται, καὶ ὡς μουσικὰ ἐν συμποσίῳ οἴνου. |
| 2 | His remembrance shall be sweet as honey in every mouth, and as music at a banquet of wine. | In omni ore quasi mel indulcabitur eius memoria, et ut musica in convivio vini. | Αὐτὸς κατευθύνθη ἐν ἐπιστροφῇ λαοῦ, καὶ ἐξῇρε βδελύγματα ἀνομίας. |
| 3 | He was directed by God unto the repentance of the nation, and he took away the abominations of wickedness. | Ipse est directus divinitus in poenitentiam gentis, et tulit abominationes impietatis. | Κατεύθυνε πρὸς Κύριον τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ, ἐν ἡμέραις ἀνόμων κατίσχυσε τὴν εὐσέβειαν. |
| 4 | And he directed his heart towards the Lord, and in the days of sinners he strengthened godliness. | Et gubernavit ad Dominum cor ipsius, et in diebus peccatorum corroboravit pietatem. | Πάρεξ Δαυὶδ, καὶ Ἐζεκίου, καὶ Ἰωσίου, πάντες πλημμέλειαν ἐπλημμέλησαν· κατέλιπον γὰρ τὸν νόμον τοῦ ὑψίστου, οἱ βασιλεῖς Ἰούδα ἐξέλιπον. |
| 5 | Except David, and Ezechias, and Josias, all committed sin. | Praeter David et Ezechiam et Iosiam, omnes peccatum commiserunt: | Ἔδωκαν γὰρ τὸ κέρας αὐτῶν ἑτέροις, καὶ τὴν δόξαν αὐτῶν ἔθνει ἀλλοτρίῳ. |
| 6 | For the kings of Juda forsook the law of the most High, and despised the fear of God. | nam reliquerunt legem Altissimi reges Iuda, et contempserunt timorem Dei. | Ἐνεπύρισαν ἐκλεκτὴν πόλιν ἁγιάσματος, καὶ ἠρήμωσαν τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῆς ἐν χειρὶ Ἱερεμίου. |
| 7 | So they gave their kingdom to others, and their glory to a strange nation. | Dederunt enim regnum suum aliis, et gloriam suam alienigenae genti. | Ἐκάκωσαν γὰρ αὐτὸν, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν μήτρᾳ ἡγιάσθη προφήτης ἐκριζοῦν καὶ κακοῦν καὶ ἀπολλύειν, ὡσαύτως οἰκοδομεῖν καὶ καταφυτεύειν. |
| 8 | They burnt the chosen city of holiness, and made the streets thereof desolate according to the prediction of Jeremias. | Incenderunt electam sanctitatis civitatem, et desertas fecerunt vias ipsius in manu Ieremiae. | Ἰεζεκιὴλ ὃς εἶδεν ὅρασιν δόξης, ἣν ὑπέδειξεν αὐτῷ ἐπὶ ἅρματος χερουβίμ. |
| 9 | For they treated him evil, who was consecrated a prophet from his mother’s womb, to overthrow, and pluck up, and destroy, and to build again, and renew. | Nam male tractaverunt illum qui a ventre matris consecratus est propheta, evertere, et eruere, et perdere, et iterum aedificare, et renovare: | Καὶ γὰρ ἐμνήσθη τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἐν ὄμβρῳ, καὶ ἀγαθῶσαι τοὺς εὐθύνοντας ὁδούς. |
| 10 | It was Ezechiel that saw the glorious vision, which was shewn him upon the chariot of cherubims. | Ezechiel, qui vidit conspectum gloriae quam ostendit illi in curru cherubim. | Καὶ τῶν δώδεκα προφητῶν τὰ ὀστᾶ ἀναθάλοι ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτῶν· παρεκάλεσε δὲ τὸν Ἰακὼβ, καὶ ἐλυτρώσατο αὐτοὺς ἐν πίστει ἐλπίδος. |
| 11 | For he made mention of the enemies under the figure of rain, and of doing good to them that shewed right ways. | Nam commemoratus est inimicorum in imbre, benefacere illis qui ostenderunt rectas vias. | Πῶς μεγαλύνωμεν τὸν Ζοροβάβελ; καὶ αὐτὸς ὡς σφραγὶς ἐπὶ δεξιᾶς χειρός. |
| 12 | And may the bones of the twelve prophets spring up out of their place: for they strengthened Jacob, and redeemed themselves by strong faith. | Et duodecim prophetarum ossa pullulent de loco suo: nam corroboraverunt Iacob, et redemerunt se in fide virtutis. | Οὕτως Ἰησοῦς υἱὸς Ἰωσεδέκ· οἳ ἐν ἡμέραις αὐτῶν ᾠκοδόμησαν οἴκον, καὶ ἀνύψωσαν λαὸν ἅγιον Κυρίῳ ἡτοιμασμένον εἰς δόξαν αἰῶνος. |
| 13 | How shall we magnify Zorobabel? for he was as a signet on the right hand; | Quomodo amplificemus Zorobabel? nam et ipse quasi signum in dextera manu: | Καὶ Νεεμίου ἐπὶ πολὺ τὸ μνημόσυνον, τοῦ ἐγείραντος ἡμῖν τείχη πεπτωκότα, καὶ στήσαντος πύλας καὶ μοχλοὺς, καὶ ἀνεγείραντος τὰ οἰκόπεδα ἡμῶν. |
| 14 | In like manner Jesus the son of Josedec? who in their days built the house, and set up a holy temple to the Lord, prepared for everlasting glory. | sic et Iesum filium Iosedec, qui in diebus suis aedificaverunt domum, et exaltaverunt templum sanctum Domino, paratum in gloriam sempiternam. | Οὐδὲ εἷς ἐκτίσθη οἷος Ἐνὼχ τοιοῦτος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἀνελήφθη ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς. |
| 15 | And let Nehemias be a long time remembered, who raised up for us our walls that were cast down, and set up the gates and the bars, who rebuilt our houses. | Et Nehemias in memoriam multi temporis, qui erexit nobis muros eversos, et stare fecit portas et seras, qui erexit domos nostras. | Οὐδὲ ὡς Ἰωσὴφ ἐγεννήθη ἀνὴρ, ἡγούμενος ἀδελφῶν, στήριγμα λαοῦ, καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ ἐπεσκέπησαν. |
| 16 | No man was born upon earth like Henoch: for he also was taken up from the earth. | Nemo natus est in terra qualis Henoch, nam et ipse receptus est a terra: | Σὴμ καὶ Σὴθ ἐν ἀνθρώποις ἐδοξάσθησαν, καὶ ὑπὲρ πᾶν ζῶον ἐν τῇ κτίσει Ἀδάμ. |
| 17 | Nor as Joseph, who was a man born prince of his brethren, the support of his family, the ruler of his brethren, the stay of the people: | neque ut Ioseph, qui natus est homo princeps fratrum, firmamentum gentis, rector fratrum, stabilimentum populi: | — |
| 18 | And his bones were visited, and after death they prophesied. | et ossa ipsius visitata sunt, et post mortem prophetaverunt. | — |
| 19 | Seth and Sem obtained glory among men: and above every soul Adam in the beginning. | Seth et Sem apud homines gloriam adepti sunt, et super omnem animam in origine Adam. | — |
