Sirach 16 #catechesis/bible/sirach
[!abstract] It is better to have none than many wicked children. Of the justice and mercy of God. His ways are unsearchable.
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GR μὴ ἐπιθύμει τέκνων πλῆθος ἀχρήστων μηδὲ εὐφραίνου ἐπὶ υἱοῖς ἀσεβέσιν ἐὰν πληθύνωσιν μὴ εὐφραίνου ἐπ’ αὐτοῖς εἰ μή ἐστιν φόβος κυρίου μετ’ αὐτῶν
LA Ne jucunderis in filiis impiis, si multiplicentur: nec oblecteris super ipsos, si non est timor Dei in illis.
EN Rejoice not in ungodly children, if they be multiplied: neither be delighted in them, if the fear of God be not with them.
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GR μὴ ἐμπιστεύσῃς τῇ ζωῇ αὐτῶν καὶ μὴ ἔπεχε ἐπὶ τὸ πλῆθος αὐτῶν
LA Non credas vitæ illorum, et ne respexeris in labores eorum.
EN Trust not to their life, and respect not their labours.
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GR κρείσσων γὰρ εἷς ἢ χίλιοι
LA Melior est enim unus timens Deum, quam mille filii impii:
EN For better is one that fears God, than a thousand ungodly children.
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GR καὶ ἀποθανεῖν ἄτεκνον ἢ ἔχειν τέκνα ἀσεβῆ
LA et utile est mori sine filiis, quam relinquere filios impios.
EN And it is better to die without children, than to leave ungodly children.
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GR ἀπὸ γὰρ ἑνὸς συνετοῦ συνοικισθήσεται πόλις φυλὴ δὲ ἀνόμων ἐρημωθήσεται
LA Ab uno sensato inhabitabitur patria: tribus impiorum deseretur.
EN By one that is wise a country shall be inhabited, the tribe of the ungodly shall become desolate.
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GR πολλὰ τοιαῦτα ἑόρακεν ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου καὶ ἰσχυρότερα τούτων ἀκήκοεν τὸ οὖς μου
LA Multa talia vidit oculis meus, et fortiora horum audivit auris mea.
EN Many such things has my eyes seen, and greater things than these my ear has heard.
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GR ἐν συναγωγῇ ἁμαρτωλῶν ἐκκαυθήσεται πῦρ καὶ ἐν ἔθνει ἀπειθεῖ ἐξεκαύθη ὀργή
LA In synagoga peccantium exardebit ignis, et in gente incredibili exardescet ira.
EN In the congregation of sinners a fire shall be kindled, and in an unbelieving nation wrath shall flame out.
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GR οὐκ ἐξιλάσατο περὶ τῶν ἀρχαίων γιγάντων οἳ ἀπέστησαν τῇ ἰσχύι αὐτῶν
LA Non exoraverunt pro peccatis suis antiqui gigantes, qui destructi sunt confidentes suæ virtuti.
EN The ancient giants did not obtain pardon for their sins, who were destroyed trusting to their own strength:
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GR οὐκ ἐφείσατο περὶ τῆς παροικίας Λωτ οὓς ἐβδελύξατο διὰ τὴν ὑπερηφανίαν αὐτῶν
LA Et non pepercit peregrinationi Lot, et execratus est eos præ superbia verbi illorum.
EN And he spared not the place where Lot sojourned, but abhorred them for the pride of their word.
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GR οὐκ ἠλέησεν ἔθνος ἀπωλείας τοὺς ἐξηρμένους ἐν ἁμαρτίαις αὐτῶν
LA Non misertus est illis, gentem totam perdens, et extollentem se in peccatis suis.
EN He had not pity on them, destroying the whole nation that extolled themselves in their sins.
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GR καὶ οὕτως ἑξακοσίας χιλιάδας πεζῶν τοὺς ἐπισυναχθέντας ἐν σκληροκαρδίᾳ αὐτῶν κἂν ᾖ εἷς σκληροτράχηλος θαυμαστὸν τοῦτο εἰ ἀθῳωθήσεται
LA Et sicut sexcenta millia peditum, qui congregati sunt in duritia cordis sui: et si unus fuisset cervicatus, mirum si fuisset immunis.
EN So did he with the six hundred thousand footmen, who were gathered together in the hardness of their heart: and if one had been stiffnecked, it is a wonder if he had escaped unpunished:
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[!note]- Six hundred thousand footmen, etc…
Viz., the children of Israel, whom he sentenced to die in the wilderness. Num. 14. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR ἔλεος γὰρ καὶ ὀργὴ παρ’ αὐτῷ δυνάστης ἐξιλασμῶν καὶ ἐκχέων ὀργήν
LA Misericordia enim et ira est cum illo: potens exoratio, et effundens iram.
EN For mercy and wrath are with him. He is mighty to forgive, and to pour out indignation:
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GR κατὰ τὸ πολὺ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ οὕτως καὶ πολὺς ὁ ἔλεγχος αὐτοῦ ἄνδρα κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ κρινεῖ
LA Secundum misericordiam suam, sic correptio illius homines secundum opera sua judicat.
EN According as his mercy is, so his correction judges a man according to his works.
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GR οὐκ ἐκφεύξεται ἐν ἁρπάγματι ἁμαρτωλός καὶ οὐ μὴ καθυστερήσει ὑπομονὴ εὐσεβοῦς
LA Non effugiet in rapina peccator, et non retardabit sufferentia misericordiam facientis.
EN The sinner shall not escape in his rapines, and the patience of him that shows mercy shall not be put off.
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GR πάσῃ ἐλεημοσύνῃ ποιήσει τόπον ἕκαστος κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ εὑρήσει
LA Omnis misericordia faciet locum unicuique, secundum meritum operum suorum, et secundum intellectum peregrinationis ipsius.
EN All mercy shall make a place for every man according to the merit of his works, and according to the wisdom of his sojournment.
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GR μὴ εἴπῃς ὅτι ἀπὸ κυρίου κρυβήσομαι καὶ ἐξ ὕψους τίς μου μνησθήσεται
LA Non dicas: A Deo abscondar: et ex summo, quis mei memorabitur?
EN Say not: I shall be hidden from God, and who shall remember me from on high?
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GR ἐν λαῷ πλείονι οὐ μὴ γνωσθῶ τίς γὰρ ἡ ψυχή μου ἐν ἀμετρήτῳ κτίσει
LA in populo magno non agnoscar: quæ est enim anima mea in tam immensa creatura?
EN In such a multitude I shall not be known: for what is my soul in such an immense creation?
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GR ἰδοὺ ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ὁ οὐρανὸς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἄβυσσος καὶ γῆ ἐν τῇ ἐπισκοπῇ αὐτοῦ σαλευθήσονται
LA Ecce cælum et cæli cælorum, abyssus, et universa terra, et quæ in eis sunt, in conspectu illius commovebuntur.
EN Behold the heaven, and the heavens of heavens, the deep, and all the earth, and the things that are in them, shall be moved in his sight,
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GR ἅμα τὰ ὄρη καὶ τὰ θεμέλια τῆς γῆς ἐν τῷ ἐπιβλέψαι εἰς αὐτὰ τρόμῳ συσσείονται
LA Montes simul, et colles, et fundamenta terræ, cum conspexerit illa Deus, tremore concutientur.
EN the mountains also, and the hills, and the foundations of the earth: when God shall look upon them, they shall be shaken with trembling.
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GR καὶ ἐπ’ αὐτοῖς οὐ διανοηθήσεται καρδία
LA Et in omnibus his insensatum est cor, et omne cor intelligitur ab illo.
EN And in all these things the heart is senseless: and every heart is understood by him.
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GR καὶ τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ τίς ἐνθυμηθήσεται καὶ καταιγίς ἣν οὐκ ὄψεται ἄνθρωπος
LA Et vias illius quis intelligit, et procellam quam nec oculus videbit hominis?
EN And his ways who shall understand, and the storm, which no eye of man shall see?
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GR τὰ δὲ πλείονα τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀποκρύφοις ἔργα δικαιοσύνης τίς ἀναγγελεῖ ἢ τίς ὑπομενεῖ μακρὰν γὰρ ἡ διαθήκη
LA Nam plurima illius opera sunt in absconsis: sed opera justitiæ ejus quis enuntiabit, aut quis sustinebit? longe enim est testamentum a quibusdam, et interrogatio omnium in consummatione est.
EN For many of his works are hidden, but the works of his justice who shall declare? Or who shall endure? For the testament is far from some, and the examination of all is in the end.
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GR ἐλαττούμενος καρδίᾳ διανοεῖται ταῦτα καὶ ἀνὴρ ἄφρων καὶ πλανώμενος διανοεῖται μωρά
LA Qui minoratur corde cogitat inania, et vir imprudens et errans cogitat stulta.
EN He that wants understanding thinks vain things, and the foolish, and erring man, thinks foolish things.
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GR ἄκουσόν μου τέκνον καὶ μάθε ἐπιστήμην καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν λόγων μου πρόσεχε τῇ καρδίᾳ σου
LA Audi me, fili, et disce disciplinam sensus, et in verbis meis attende in corde tuo:
EN Hearken to me, my son, and learn the discipline of understanding, and attend to my words in your heart.
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GR ἐκφανῶ ἐν σταθμῷ παιδείαν καὶ ἐν ἀκριβείᾳ ἀπαγγελῶ ἐπιστήμην
LA et dicam in æquitate disciplinam, et scrutabor enarrare sapientiam: et in verbis meis attende in corde tuo, et dico in æquitate spiritus virtutes quas posuit Deus in opera sua ab initio, et in veritate enuntio scientiam ejus.
EN And I will show forth good doctrine in equity, and will seek to declare wisdom: and attend to my words in your heart, whilst with equity of spirit I tell you the virtues that God has put upon his works from the beginning, and I show forth in truth his knowledge.
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GR ἐν κρίσει κυρίου τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς καὶ ἀπὸ ποιήσεως αὐτῶν διέστειλεν μερίδας αὐτῶν
LA In judicio Dei opera ejus ab initio, et ab institutione ipsorum distinxit partes illorum, et initia eorum in gentibus suis.
EN The works of God are done in judgment from the beginning, and from the making of them he distinguished their parts, and their beginnings in their generations.
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GR ἐκόσμησεν εἰς αἰῶνα τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰς ἀρχὰς αὐτῶν εἰς γενεὰς αὐτῶν οὔτε ἐπείνασαν οὔτε ἐκοπίασαν καὶ οὐκ ἐξέλιπον ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων αὐτῶν
LA Ornavit in æternum opera illorum: nec esurierunt, nec laboraverunt, et non destiterunt ab operibus suis.
EN He beautified their works for ever, they have neither hungered, nor laboured, and they have not ceased from their works.
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GR ἕκαστος τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐξέθλιψεν
LA Unusquisque proximum sibi non angustiabit in æternum:
EN Nor shall any of them straiten his neighbour at any time.
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GR καὶ ἕως αἰῶνος οὐκ ἀπειθήσουσιν τοῦ ῥήματος αὐτοῦ
LA non sis incredibilis verbo illius.
EN Be not incredulous to his word.
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GR καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα κύριος εἰς τὴν γῆν ἐπέβλεψεν καὶ ἐνέπλησεν αὐτὴν τῶν ἀγαθῶν αὐτοῦ
LA Post hæc Deus in terram respexit, et implevit illam bonis suis:
EN After this God looked upon the earth, and filled it with his goods.
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GR ψυχῇ παντὸς ζῴου ἐκάλυψεν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῆς καὶ εἰς αὐτὴν ἡ ἀποστροφὴ αὐτῶν
LA anima omnis vitalis denuntiavit ante faciem ipsius, et in ipsam iterum reversio illorum.
EN The soul of every living thing has shown forth before the face thereof, and into it they return again.
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[!note]- Shown forth…
Viz., the glory and power of God upon the earth. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
