Comparison
Sirach 9
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, lest she shew in thy regard the malice of a wicked lesson. | Non zeles mulierem sinus tui, ne ostendat super te malitiam doctrinae nequam. |
| 2 | Give not the power of thy soul to a woman, lest she enter upon thy strength, and thou be confounded. | Non des mulieri potestatem animae tuae, ne ingrediatur in virtutem tuam, et confundaris. |
| 3 | Look not upon a woman that hath a mind for many: lest thou fall into her snares. | Ne respicias mulierem multivolam, ne forte incidas in laqueos illius. |
| 4 | Use not much the company of her that is a dancer, and hearken not to her, lest thou perish by the force of her charms. | Cum saltatrice ne assiduus sis, nec audias illam, ne forte pereas in efficacia illius. |
| 5 | Gaze not upon a maiden, lest her beauty be a stumblingblock to thee. | Virginem ne conspicias, ne forte scandalizeris in decore illius. |
| 6 | Give not thy soul to harlots in any point: lest thou destroy thyself and thy inheritance. | Ne des fornicariis animam tuam in ullo, ne perdas te et haereditatem tuam. |
| 7 | Look not round about thee in the of the city, nor wander up and down in the streets thereof. | Noli circumspicere in vicis civitatis, nec oberraveris in plateis illius. |
| 8 | Turn away thy face from a woman dressed up, and gaze not about upon another’s beauty. | Averte faciem tuam a muliere compta, et ne circumspicias speciem alienam. |
| 9 | For many have perished by the beauty of a woman, and hereby lust is enkindled as a fire. | Propter speciem mulieris multi perierunt: et ex hoc concupiscentia quasi ignis exardescit. |
| 10 | Every woman that is a harlot, shall be trodden upon as dung in the way. | Omnis mulier quae est fornicaria, quasi stercus in via conculcabitur. |
| 11 | Many by admiring the beauty of another man’s wife, have become reprobate, for her conversation burneth as fire. | Speciem mulieris alienae multi admirati, reprobi facti sunt: colloquium enim illius quasi ignis exardescit. |
| 12 | Sit not at all with another man’s wife, nor repose upon the bed with her: | Cum aliena muliere ne sedeas omnino, nec accumbas cum ea super cubitum: |
| 13 | And strive not with her over wine, lest thy heart decline towards her, and by thy blood thou fall into destruction. | et non alterceris cum illa in vino, ne forte declinet cor tuum in illam, et sanguine tuo labaris in perditionem. |
| 14 | Forsake not an old friend, for the new will not be like to him. | Ne derelinquas amicum antiquum: novus enim non erit similis illi. |
| 15 | A new friend is as new wine: it shall grow old, and thou shalt drink it with pleasure. | Vinum novum amicus novus: veterascet, et cum suavitate bibes illud. |
| 16 | Envy not the glory and riches of a sinner: for thou knowest not what his ruin shall be. | Non zeles gloriam et opes peccatoris: non enim scis quae futura sit illius subversio. |
| 17 | Be not pleased with the wrong done by the unjust, knowing that even to hell the wicked shall not please. | Non placeat tibi iniuria iniustorum, sciens quoniam usque ad inferos non placebit impius. |
| 18 | Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill, so thou shalt not suspect the fear of death. | Longe abesto ab homine potestatem habente occidendi, et non suspicaberis timorem mortis. |
| 19 | And if thou come to him, commit no fault, lest he take away thy life. | Et si accesseris ad illum, noli aliquid committere, ne forte auferat vitam tuam. |
| 20 | Know it to be a communication with death: for thou art going in the midst of snares, and walking upon the arms of them that are grieved: | Communionem mortis scito, quoniam in medio laqueorum ingredieris, et super dolentium arma ambulabis. |
| 21 | According to thy power beware of thy neighbor, and treat with the wise and prudent. | Secundum virtutem tuam cave te a proximo tuo, et cum sapientibus et prudentibus tracta. |
| 22 | Let just men be thy guests, and let thy glory be in the fear of God. | Viri iusti sint tibi convivae, et in timore Dei sit tibi gloriatio: |
| 23 | And let the thought of God be in thy mind, and all thy discourse on the commandments of the Highest. | et in sensu sit tibi cogitatus Dei, et omnis enarratio tua in praeceptis Altissimi. |
| 24 | Works shall be praised for the hand of the artificers, and the prince of the people for the wisdom of his speech, but word of the ancients for the sense. | In manu artificum opera laudabuntur, et princeps populi in sapientia sermonis sui, in sensu vero seniorum verbum. |
| 25 | A man full of tongue is terrible in his city, and he that is rash in his word shall be hateful. | Terribilis est in civitate sua homo linguosus: et temerarius in verbo suo odibilis erit. |
