Sirach 10 #catechesis/bible/sirach
[!abstract] The virtues and vices of men in power: the great evil of pride.
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GR κριτὴς σοφὸς παιδεύσει τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡγεμονία συνετοῦ τεταγμένη ἔσται
LA Judex sapiens judicabit populum suum, et principatus sensati stabilis erit.
EN A wise judge shall judge his people, and the government of a prudent man shall be steady.
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[!note]- Judge his people…
In the Greek it is, instruct his people. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR κατὰ τὸν κριτὴν τοῦ λαοῦ οὕτως καὶ οἱ λειτουργοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ κατὰ τὸν ἡγούμενον τῆς πόλεως πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες αὐτήν
LA Secundum judicem populi, sic et ministri ejus: et qualis rector est civitatis, tales et inhabitantes in ea.
EN As the judge of the people is himself, so also are his ministers: and what manner of man the ruler of a city is, such also are they that dwell therein.
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GR βασιλεὺς ἀπαίδευτος ἀπολεῖ τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ πόλις οἰκισθήσεται ἐν συνέσει δυναστῶν
LA Rex insipiens perdet populum suum: et civitates inhabitabuntur per sensum potentium.
EN An unwise king shall be the ruin of his people: and cities shall be inhabited through the prudence of the rulers.
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GR ἐν χειρὶ κυρίου ἡ ἐξουσία τῆς γῆς καὶ τὸν χρήσιμον ἐγερεῖ εἰς καιρὸν ἐπ’ αὐτῆς
LA In manu Dei potestas terræ: et utilem rectorem suscitabit in tempus super illam.
EN The power of the earth is in the hand of God, and in his time he will raise up a profitable ruler over it.
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GR ἐν χειρὶ κυρίου εὐοδία ἀνδρός καὶ προσώπῳ γραμματέως ἐπιθήσει δόξαν αὐτοῦ
LA In manu Dei prosperitas hominis, et super faciem scribæ imponet honorem suum.
EN The prosperity of man is in the hand of God, and upon the person of the scribe he shall lay his honour.
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[!note]- The scribe…
That is, the man that is wise and learned in the law. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR ἐπὶ παντὶ ἀδικήματι μὴ μηνιάσῃς τῷ πλησίον καὶ μὴ πρᾶσσε μηδὲν ἐν ἔργοις ὕβρεως
LA Omnis injuriæ proximi ne memineris, et nihil agas in operibus injuriæ.
EN Remember not any injury done you by your neighbour, and do nothing by deeds of injury.
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GR μισητὴ ἔναντι κυρίου καὶ ἀνθρώπων ὑπερηφανία καὶ ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων πλημμελὴς ἡ ἀδικία
LA Odibilis coram Deo est et hominibus superbia, et execrabilis omnis iniquitas gentium.
EN Pride is hateful before God and men: and all iniquity of nations is execrable.
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GR βασιλεία ἀπὸ ἔθνους εἰς ἔθνος μετάγεται διὰ ἀδικίας καὶ ὕβρεις καὶ χρήματα
LA Regnum a gente in gentem transfertur propter injustitias, et injurias, et contumelias, et diversos dolos.
EN A kingdom is translated from one people to another, because of injustices, and wrongs, and injuries, and divers deceits.
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GR τί ὑπερηφανεύεται γῆ καὶ σποδός
LA Avaro autem nihil est scelestius. Quid superbit terra et cinis?
EN But nothing is more wicked than the covetous man. Why is earth, and ashes proud?
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GR ὅτι ἐν ζωῇ ἔρριψα τὰ ἐνδόσθια αὐτοῦ
LA Nihil est iniquius quam amare pecuniam: hic enim et animam suam venalem habet, quoniam in vita sua projecit intima sua.
EN There is not a more wicked thing than to love money: for such a one sets even his own soul to sale: because while he lives he has cast away his bowels.
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GR μακρὸν ἀρρώστημα σκώπτει ἰατρός
LA Omnis potentatus brevis vita; languor prolixior gravat medicum.
EN All power is of short life. A long sickness is troublesome to the physician.
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GR καὶ βασιλεὺς σήμερον καὶ αὔριον τελευτήσει
LA Brevem languorem præcidit medicus: sic et rex hodie est, et cras morietur.
EN The physician cuts off a short sickness: so also a king is to day, and tomorrow he shall die.
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GR ἐν γὰρ τῷ ἀποθανεῖν ἄνθρωπον κληρονομήσει ἑρπετὰ καὶ θηρία καὶ σκώληκας
LA Cum enim morietur homo, hæreditabit serpentes, et bestias, et vermes.
EN For when a man shall die, he shall inherit serpents, and beasts, and worms.
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GR ἀρχὴ ὑπερηφανίας ἀνθρώπου ἀφίστασθαι ἀπὸ κυρίου
LA Initium superbiæ hominis apostatare a Deo:
EN The beginning of the pride of man, is to fall off from God:
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GR καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ποιήσαντος αὐτὸν ἀπέστη ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ ὅτι ἀρχὴ ὑπερηφανίας ἁμαρτία καὶ ὁ κρατῶν αὐτῆς ἐξομβρήσει βδέλυγμα
LA quoniam ab eo qui fecit illum recessit cor ejus, quoniam initium omnis peccati est superbia. Qui tenuerit illam adimplebitur maledictis, et subvertet eum in finem.
EN Because his heart is departed from him that made him: for pride is the beginning of all sin: he that holds it, shall be filled with maledictions, and it shall ruin him in the end.
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GR διὰ τοῦτο παρεδόξασεν κύριος τὰς ἐπαγωγὰς καὶ κατέστρεψεν εἰς τέλος αὐτούς
LA Propterea exhonoravit Dominus conventus malorum, et destruxit eos usque in finem.
EN Therefore has the Lord disgraced the assemblies of the wicked, and has utterly destroyed them.
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GR θρόνους ἀρχόντων καθεῖλεν ὁ κύριος καὶ ἐκάθισεν πραεῖς ἀντ’ αὐτῶν
LA Sedes ducum superborum destruxit Deus, et sedere fecit mites pro eis.
EN God has overturned the thrones of proud princes, and has set up the meek in their stead.
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GR ῥίζας ἐθνῶν ἐξέτιλεν ὁ κύριος καὶ ἐφύτευσεν ταπεινοὺς ἀντ’ αὐτῶν
LA Radices gentium superbarum arefecit Deus, et plantavit humiles ex ipsis gentibus.
EN God has made the roots of proud nations to wither, and has planted the humble of these nations.
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GR χώρας ἐθνῶν κατέστρεψεν ὁ κύριος καὶ ἀπώλεσεν αὐτὰς ἕως θεμελίων γῆς
LA Terras gentium evertit Dominus, et perdidit eas usque ad fundamentum.
EN The Lord has overthrown the lands of the Gentiles, and has destroyed them even to the foundation.
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GR ἐξῆρεν ἐξ αὐτῶν καὶ ἀπώλεσεν αὐτοὺς καὶ κατέπαυσεν ἀπὸ γῆς τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτῶν
LA Arefecit ex ipsis, et disperdidit eos, et cessare fecit memoriam eorum a terra.
EN He has made some of them to wither away, and has destroyed them, and has made the memory of them to cease from the earth.
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LA Memoria superborum perdidit Deus, et reliquit memoriam humilium sensu.
EN God has abolished the memory of the proud, and has preserved the memory of them that are humble in mind.
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GR οὐκ ἔκτισται ἀνθρώποις ὑπερηφανία οὐδὲ ὀργὴ θυμοῦ γεννήμασιν γυναικῶν
LA Non est creata hominibus superbia, neque iracundia nationi mulierum.
EN Pride was not made for men: nor wrath for the race of women.
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GR σπέρμα ἔντιμον ποῖον σπέρμα ἀνθρώπου σπέρμα ἔντιμον ποῖον οἱ φοβούμενοι τὸν κύριον σπέρμα ἄτιμον ποῖον σπέρμα ἀνθρώπου σπέρμα ἄτιμον ποῖον οἱ παραβαίνοντες ἐντολάς
LA Semen hominum honorabitur hoc, quod timet Deum: semen autem hoc exhonorabitur, quod præterit mandata Domini.
EN That seed of men shall be honoured, which fears God: but that seed shall be dishonoured, which transgresses the commandments of the Lord.
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GR ἐν μέσῳ ἀδελφῶν ὁ ἡγούμενος αὐτῶν ἔντιμος καὶ οἱ φοβούμενοι κύριον ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ
LA In medio fratrum rector illorum in honore: et qui timent Dominum erunt in oculis illius.
EN In the midst of brethren their chief is honourable: so shall they that fear the Lord, be in his eyes.
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GR πλούσιος καὶ ἔνδοξος καὶ πτωχός τὸ καύχημα αὐτῶν φόβος κυρίου
LA Gloria divitum, honoratorum, et pauperum, timor Dei est.
EN The fear of God is the glory of the rich, and of the honourable, and of the poor.
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GR οὐ δίκαιον ἀτιμάσαι πτωχὸν συνετόν καὶ οὐ καθήκει δοξάσαι ἄνδρα ἁμαρτωλόν
LA Noli despicere hominem justum pauperem, et noli magnificare virum peccatorem divitem.
EN Despise not a just man that is poor, and do not magnify a sinful man that is rich.
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GR μεγιστὰν καὶ κριτὴς καὶ δυνάστης δοξασθήσεται καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῶν τις μείζων τοῦ φοβουμένου τὸν κύριον
LA Magnus, et judex, et potens est in honore: et non est major illo qui timet Deum.
EN The great man, and the judge, and the mighty is in honour: and there is none greater than he that fears God.
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GR οἰκέτῃ σοφῷ ἐλεύθεροι λειτουργήσουσιν καὶ ἀνὴρ ἐπιστήμων οὐ γογγύσει
LA Servo sensato liberi servient: et vir prudens et disciplinatus non murmurabit correptus, et inscius non honorabitur.
EN They that are free shall serve a servant that is wise: and a man that is prudent and well instructed will not murmur when he is reproved; and he that is ignorant, shall not be honoured.
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GR μὴ σοφίζου ποιῆσαι τὸ ἔργον σου καὶ μὴ δοξάζου ἐν καιρῷ στενοχωρίας σου
LA Noli extollere te in faciendo opere tuo, et noli cunctari in tempore angustiæ.
EN Extol not yourself in doing your work, and linger not in the time of distress;
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GR κρείσσων ἐργαζόμενος καὶ περισσεύων ἐν πᾶσιν ἢ περιπατῶν δοξαζόμενος καὶ ἀπορῶν ἄρτων
LA Melior est qui operatur et abundat in omnibus, quam qui gloriatur et eget pane.
EN better is he that labours, and abounds in all things, than he that boasts himself and wants bread.
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GR τέκνον ἐν πραΰτητι δόξασον τὴν ψυχήν σου καὶ δὸς αὐτῇ τιμὴν κατὰ τὴν ἀξίαν αὐτῆς
LA Fili, in mansuetudine serva animam tuam, et da illi honorem secundum meritum suum.
EN My son, keep your soul in meekness, and give it honour according to its desert.
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GR τὸν ἁμαρτάνοντα εἰς τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ τίς δικαιώσει καὶ τίς δοξάσει τὸν ἀτιμάζοντα τὴν ζωὴν αὐτοῦ
LA Peccantem in animam suam quis justificabit? et quis honorificabit exhonorantem animam suam?
EN Who will justify him that sins against his own soul? And who will honour him that dishonours his own soul?
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GR πτωχὸς δοξάζεται δι’ ἐπιστήμην αὐτοῦ καὶ πλούσιος δοξάζεται διὰ τὸν πλοῦτον αὐτοῦ
LA Pauper gloriatur per disciplinam et timorem suum: et est homo qui honorificatur propter substantiam suam.
EN The poor man is glorified by his discipline and fear, and there is a man that is honoured for his wealth.
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GR ὁ δεδοξασμένος ἐν πτωχείᾳ καὶ ἐν πλούτῳ ποσαχῶς καὶ ὁ ἄδοξος ἐν πλούτῳ καὶ ἐν πτωχείᾳ ποσαχῶς
LA Qui autem gloriatur in paupertate, quanto magis in substantia! et qui gloriatur in substantia, paupertatem vereatur.
EN But he that is glorified in poverty, how much more in wealth? And he that is glorified in wealth, let him fear poverty.
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