Comparison
Wisdom 3
Douay-Rheims and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587), verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | But the souls of the just are in the hand of God, and the torment of death shall not touch them. | Δίκαιων δὲ ψυχαὶ ἐν χειρὶ Θεοῦ, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἅψηται αὐτῶν βάσανος. |
| 2 | In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure was taken for misery: | Ἔδοξαν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς ἀφρόνων τεθνάναι, |
| 3 | And their going away from us, for utter destruction: but they are in peace. | καὶ ἐλογίσθη κάκωσις ἡ ἔξοδος αὐτῶν, καὶ ἡ ἀφʼ ἡμῶν πορεία σύντριμμα· οἱ δὲ εἰσιν ἐν εἰρήνῃ· |
| 4 | And though in the sight of men they suffered torments, their hope is full of immortality. | Καὶ γὰρ ἐν ὄψει ἀνθρώπων ἐὰν κολασθῶσιν, ἡ ἐλπὶς αὐτῶν ἀθανασίας πλήρης. |
| 5 | Afflicted in few things, in many they shall be well rewarded: because God hath tried them, and found them worthy of himself. | Καὶ ὀλίγα παιδευθέντες μεγάλα εὐεργετηθήσονται, ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς ἐπείρασεν αὐτοὺς, καὶ εὗρεν αὐτοὺς ἀξίους ἑαυτοῦ. |
| 6 | As gold in the furnace he hath proved them, and as a victim of a holocaust he hath received them, and in time there shall be respect had to them. | Ὡς χρυσὸν ἐν χωνευτηρίῳ ἐδοκίμασεν αὐτούς, καὶ ὡς ὁλοκάρπωμα θυσίας προσεδέξατο αὐτούς. |
| 7 | The just shall shine, and shall run to and fro like sparks among the reeds. | Καὶ ἐν καιρῷ ἐπισκοπῆς αὐτῶν ἀναλάμψουσι, καὶ ὡς σπινθῆρες ἐν καλάμῃ διαδραμοῦνται. |
| 8 | They shall judge nations, and rule over people, and their Lord shall reign for ever. | Κρινοῦσιν ἔθνη καὶ κρατήσουσι λαῶν, καὶ βασιλεύσει αὐτῶν Κύριος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. |
| 9 | They that trust in him, shall understand the truth: and they that are faithful in love shall rest in him: for grace and peace is to his elect. | Οἱ πεποιθότες ἐπʼ αὐτῷ συνήσουσιν ἀλήθειαν, καὶ οἱ πιστοὶ ἐν ἀγάπῃ προσμενοῦσιν αὐτῷ, ὅτι χάρις καὶ ἔλεος τοῖς ἐκλεκτοῖς αὐτοῦ. |
| 10 | But the wicked shall be punished according to their own devices: who have neglected the just, and have revolted from the Lord. | Οἱ δὲ ἀσεβεῖς καθὰ ἐλογίσαντο ἕξουσιν ἐπιτιμίαν, οἱ ἀμελήσαντες τοῦ δικαίου καὶ τοῦ Κυρίου ἀποστάντες. |
| 11 | For he that rejecteth wisdom, and discipline, is unhappy: and their hope is vain, and their labours without fruit, and their works unprofitable. | Σοφίαν γὰρ καὶ παιδείαν ὁ ἐξουθενῶν ταλαίπωρος, καὶ κενὴ ἡ ἐλπὶς αὐτῶν, καὶ οἱ κόποι ἀνόνητοι, καὶ ἄχρηστα τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν. |
| 12 | Their wives are foolish, and their children wicked. | Αἱ γυναῖκες αὐτῶν ἄφρονες, καὶ πονηρὰ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν. |
| 13 | Their offspring is cursed: for happy is the barren: and the undefiled, that hath not known bed in sin: she shall have fruit in the visitation of holy souls. | Ἐπικατάρατος ἡ γένεσις αὐτῶν, ὅτι μακαρία στεῖρα ἡ ἀμίαντος, ἥτις οὐκ ἔγνω κοίτης ἐν παραπτώματι, ἕξει καρπὸν ἐν ἐπισκοπῇ ψυχῶν. |
| 14 | And the eunuch, that hath not wrought iniquity with his hands, nor thought wicked things against God: for the precious gift of faith shall be given to him, and a most acceptable lot in the temple of God. | Καὶ εὐνοῦχος ὁ μὴ ἐργασάμενος ἐν χειρὶ ἀνόμημα, μηδὲ ἐνθυμηθεὶς κατὰ τοῦ Κυρίου πονηρά· δοθήσεται γὰρ αὐτῷ τῆς πίστεως χάρις ἐκλεκτὴ, καὶ κλῆρος ἐν ναῷ Κυρίου θυμηρέστερος· |
| 15 | For the fruit of good labours is glorious, and the root of wisdom never faileth. | Ἀγαθῶν γὰρ πόνων καρπὸς εὐκλεὴς, καὶ ἀδιάπτωτος ἡ ῥίζα τῆς φρονήσεως. |
| 16 | But the children of adulterers shall not come to perfection, and the seed of the unlawful bed shall be rooted out. | Τέκνα δὲ μοιχῶν ἀτέλεστα ἔσται, καὶ ἐκ παρανόμου κοίτης σπέρμα ἀφανισθήσεται. |
| 17 | And if they live long, they shall be nothing regarded, and their last old age shall be without honour. | Ἐάν τε γὰρ μακρόβιοι γένωνται, εἰς οὐθὲν λογισθήσονται, καὶ ἄτιμον ἐπʼ ἐσχάτον τὸ γῆρας αὐτῶν. |
| 18 | And if they die quickly, they shall have no hope, nor speech of comfort in the day of trial. | Ἐάν τε ὀξέως τελευτήσωσιν, οὐχ ἕχουσιν ἐλπίδα, οὐδὲ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ διαγνώσεως παραμύθιον· |
| 19 | For dreadful are the ends of a wicked race. | γενεᾶς γὰρ ἀδίκου χαλεπὰ τὰ τέλη. |
