Sirach 13 #catechesis/bible/sirach
[!abstract] Cautions in the choice of company.
Book: Sirach · ← Sirach 12 · Sirach 14 →
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GR ὁ ἁπτόμενος πίσσης μολυνθήσεται καὶ ὁ κοινωνῶν ὑπερηφάνῳ ὁμοιωθήσεται αὐτῷ
LA Qui tetigerit picem inquinabitur ab ea: et qui communicaverit superbo induet superbiam.
EN He that touches pitch, shall be defiled with it: and he that has fellowship with the proud, shall put on pride.
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GR βάρος ὑπὲρ σὲ μὴ ἄρῃς καὶ ἰσχυροτέρῳ σου καὶ πλουσιωτέρῳ μὴ κοινώνει
LA Pondus super se tollat qui honestiori se communicat, et ditiori te ne socius fueris.
EN He shall take a burden upon him that has fellowship with one more honourable than himself. And have no fellowship with one that is richer than yourself.
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GR τί κοινωνήσει χύτρα πρὸς λέβητα αὕτη προσκρούσει καὶ αὕτη συντριβήσεται
LA Quid communicabit cacabus ad ollam? quando enim se colliserint, confringetur.
EN What agreement shall the earthen pot have with the kettle? For if they knock one against the other, it shall be broken.
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GR πλούσιος ἠδίκησεν καὶ αὐτὸς προσενεβριμήσατο πτωχὸς ἠδίκηται καὶ αὐτὸς προσδεηθήσεται
LA Dives injuste egit, et fremet: pauper autem læsus tacebit.
EN The rich man has done wrong, and yet he will fume: but the poor is wronged and must hold his peace.
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GR ἐὰν χρησιμεύσῃς ἐργᾶται ἐν σοί καὶ ἐὰν ὑστερήσῃς καταλείψει σε
LA Si largitus fueris, assumet te: et si non habueris, derelinquet te.
EN If you give, he will make use of you: and if you have nothing, he will forsake you.
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GR ἐὰν ἔχῃς συμβιώσεταί σοι καὶ ἀποκενώσει σε καὶ αὐτὸς οὐ πονέσει
LA Si habes, convivet tecum, et evacuabit te: et ipse non dolebit super te.
EN If you have anything, he will live with you, and will make you bare, and he will not be sorry for you.
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GR χρείαν ἔσχηκέν σου καὶ ἀποπλανήσει σε καὶ προσγελάσεταί σοι καὶ δώσει σοι ἐλπίδα λαλήσει σοι καλὰ καὶ ἐρεῖ τίς ἡ χρεία σου
LA Si necessarius illi fueris, supplantabit te, et subridens spem dabit, narrans tibi bona, et dicet: Quid opus est tibi?
EN If he have need of you he will deceive you, and smiling upon you will put you in hope; he will speak you fair, and will say: What do you want?
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GR καὶ αἰσχυνεῖ σε ἐν τοῖς βρώμασιν αὐτοῦ ἕως οὗ ἀποκενώσῃ σε δὶς ἢ τρίς καὶ ἐπ’ ἐσχάτων καταμωκήσεταί σου μετὰ ταῦτα ὄψεταί σε καὶ καταλείψει σε καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ κινήσει ἐπὶ σοί
LA Et confundet te in cibis suis, donec te exinaniat bis et ter: et in novissimo deridebit te, et postea videns derelinquet te, et caput suum movebit ad te.
EN And he will shame you by his meats, till he have drawn you dry twice or thrice, and at last he will laugh at you: and afterward when he sees you, he will forsake you, and shake his head at you.
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LA Humiliare Deo, et exspecta manus ejus.
EN Humble yourself to God, and wait for his hands.
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GR πρόσεχε μὴ ἀποπλανηθῇς καὶ μὴ ταπεινωθῇς ἐν ἀφροσύνῃ σου
LA Attende ne seductus in stultitiam humilieris.
EN Beware that you be not deceived into folly, and be humbled.
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LA Noli esse humilis in sapientia tua, ne humiliatus in stultitiam seducaris.
EN Be not lowly in your wisdom, lest being humbled you be deceived into folly.
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GR προσκαλεσαμένου σε δυνάστου ὑποχωρῶν γίνου καὶ τόσῳ μᾶλλόν σε προσκαλέσεται
LA Advocatus a potentiore, discede: ex hoc enim magis te advocabit.
EN If you be invited by one that is mightier, withdraw yourself: for so he will invite you the more.
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GR μὴ ἔμπιπτε μὴ ἀπωσθῇς καὶ μὴ μακρὰν ἀφίστω ἵνα μὴ ἐπιλησθῇς
LA Ne improbus sis, ne impingaris: et ne longe sis ab eo, ne eas in oblivionem.
EN Be not troublesome to him, lest you be put back: and keep not far from him, lest you be forgotten.
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GR μὴ ἔπεχε ἰσηγορεῖσθαι μετ’ αὐτοῦ καὶ μὴ πίστευε τοῖς πλείοσιν λόγοις αὐτοῦ ἐκ πολλῆς γὰρ λαλιᾶς πειράσει σε καὶ ὡς προσγελῶν ἐξετάσει σε
LA Ne retineas ex æquo loqui cum illo, nec credas multis verbis illius: ex multa enim loquela tentabit te, et subridens interrogabit te de absconditis tuis.
EN Affect not to speak with him as an equal, and believe not his many words: for by much talk he will sift you, and smiling will examine you concerning your secrets.
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GR ἀνελεήμων ὁ μὴ συντηρῶν λόγους καὶ οὐ μὴ φείσηται περὶ κακώσεως καὶ δεσμῶν
LA Immitis animus illius conservabit verba tua: et non parcet de malitia, et de vinculis.
EN His cruel mind will lay up your words: and he will not spare to do you hurt, and to cast you into prison.
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GR συντήρησον καὶ πρόσεχε σφοδρῶς ὅτι μετὰ τῆς πτώσεώς σου περιπατεῖς
LA Cave tibi, et attende diligenter auditui tuo, quoniam cum subversione tua ambulas:
EN Take heed to yourself, and attend diligently to what you hear: for you walk in danger of your ruin.
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LA audiens vero illa, quasi in somnis vide, et vigilabis.
EN When you hear those things, see as it were in sleep, and you shall awake.
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LA Omni vita tua dilige Deum, et invoca illum in salute tua.
EN Love God all your life, and call upon him for your salvation.
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GR πᾶν ζῷον ἀγαπᾷ τὸ ὅμοιον αὐτῷ καὶ πᾶς ἄνθρωπος τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ
LA Omne animal diligit simile sibi, sic et omnis homo proximum sibi.
EN Every beast loves its like: so also every man him that is nearest to himself.
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GR πᾶσα σὰρξ κατὰ γένος συνάγεται καὶ τῷ ὁμοίῳ αὐτοῦ προσκολληθήσεται ἀνήρ
LA Omnis caro ad similem sibi conjungetur, et omnis homo simili sui sociabitur.
EN All flesh shall consort with the like to itself, and every man shall associate himself to his like.
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GR τί κοινωνήσει λύκος ἀμνῷ οὕτως ἁμαρτωλὸς πρὸς εὐσεβῆ
LA Si communicabit lupus agno aliquando, sic peccator justo.
EN If the wolf shall at any time have fellowship with the lamb, so the sinner with the just.
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GR τίς εἰρήνη ὑαίνῃ πρὸς κύνα καὶ τίς εἰρήνη πλουσίῳ πρὸς πένητα
LA Quæ communicatio sancto homini ad canem? aut quæ pars diviti ad pauperem?
EN What fellowship has a holy man with a dog, or what part has the rich with the poor?
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GR κυνήγια λεόντων ὄναγροι ἐν ἐρήμῳ οὕτως νομαὶ πλουσίων πτωχοί
LA Venatio leonis onager in eremo: sic et pascua divitum sunt pauperes.
EN The wild ass is the lion’s prey in the desert: so also the poor are devoured by the rich.
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GR βδέλυγμα ὑπερηφάνῳ ταπεινότης οὕτως βδέλυγμα πλουσίῳ πτωχός
LA Et sicut abominatio est superbo humilitas, sic et execratio divitis pauper.
EN And as humility is an abomination to the proud: so also the rich man abhors the poor.
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GR πλούσιος σαλευόμενος στηρίζεται ὑπὸ φίλων ταπεινὸς δὲ πεσὼν προσαπωθεῖται ὑπὸ φίλων
LA Dives commotus confirmatur ab amicis suis: humilis autem cum ceciderit, expelletur et a notis.
EN When a rich man is shaken, he is kept up by his friends: but when a poor man is fallen down, he is thrust away even by his acquaintance.
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GR πλουσίου σφαλέντος πολλοὶ ἀντιλήμπτορες ἐλάλησεν ἀπόρρητα καὶ ἐδικαίωσαν αὐτόν
LA Diviti decepto multi recuperatores: locutus est superbia, et justificaverunt illum.
EN When a rich man has been deceived, he has many helpers: he has spoken proud things, and they have justified him.
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GR ταπεινὸς ἔσφαλεν καὶ προσεπετίμησαν αὐτῷ ἐφθέγξατο σύνεσιν καὶ οὐκ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ τόπος
LA Humilis deceptus est, insuper et arguitur: locutus est sensate, et non est datus ei locus.
EN The poor man was deceived, and he is rebuked also: he has spoken wisely, and could have no place.
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GR πλούσιος ἐλάλησεν καὶ πάντες ἐσίγησαν καὶ τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ ἀνύψωσαν ἕως τῶν νεφελῶν
LA Dives locutus est, et omnes tacuerunt, et verbum illius usque ad nubes perducent.
EN The rich man spoke, and all held their peace, and what he said they extol even to the clouds.
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GR πτωχὸς ἐλάλησεν καὶ εἶπαν τίς οὗτος κἂν προσκόψῃ προσανατρέψουσιν αὐτόν
LA Pauper locutus est, et dicunt: Quis est hic? et si offenderit, subvertent illum.
EN The poor man spoke, and they say: Who is this? And if he stumble, they will overthrow him.
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GR ἀγαθὸς ὁ πλοῦτος ᾧ μή ἐστιν ἁμαρτία καὶ πονηρὰ ἡ πτωχεία ἐν στόματι ἀσεβοῦς
LA Bona est substantia cui non est peccatum in conscientia: et nequissima paupertas in ore impii.
EN Riches are good to him that has no sin in his conscience: and poverty is very wicked in the mouth of the ungodly.
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GR καρδία ἀνθρώπου ἀλλοιοῖ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐάν τε εἰς ἀγαθὰ ἐάν τε εἰς κακά
LA Cor hominis immutat faciem illius, sive in bona, sive in mala.
EN The heart of a man changes his countenance, either for good, or for evil.
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GR ἴχνος καρδίας ἐν ἀγαθοῖς πρόσωπον ἱλαρόν καὶ εὕρεσις παραβολῶν διαλογισμοὶ μετὰ κόπων
LA Vestigium cordis boni et faciem bonam difficile invenies, et cum labore.
EN The token of a good heart, and a good countenance you shall hardly find, and with labour.
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