Sirach 2 #catechesis/bible/sirach
[!abstract] God’s servants must look for temptations: and must arm themselves with patience and confidence in God.
Book: Sirach · ← Sirach 1 · Sirach 3 →
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GR τέκνον εἰ προσέρχῃ δουλεύειν κυρίῳ ἑτοίμασον τὴν ψυχήν σου εἰς πειρασμόν
LA Fili, accedens ad servitutem Dei sta in justitia et timore, et præpara animam tuam ad tentationem.
EN Son, when you come to the service of God, stand in justice and in fear, and prepare your soul for temptation.
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GR εὔθυνον τὴν καρδίαν σου καὶ καρτέρησον καὶ μὴ σπεύσῃς ἐν καιρῷ ἐπαγωγῆς
LA Deprime cor tuum, et sustine: inclina aurem tuam, et suscipe verba intellectus: et ne festines in tempore obductionis.
EN Humble your heart, and endure: incline your ear, and receive the words of understanding: and make not haste in the time of clouds.
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GR κολλήθητι αὐτῷ καὶ μὴ ἀποστῇς ἵνα αὐξηθῇς ἐπ’ ἐσχάτων σου
LA Sustine sustentationes Dei: conjungere Deo, et sustine, ut crescat in novissimo vita tua.
EN Wait on God with patience: join yourself to God, and endure, that your life may be increased in the latter end.
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GR πᾶν ὃ ἐὰν ἐπαχθῇ σοι δέξαι καὶ ἐν ἀλλάγμασιν ταπεινώσεώς σου μακροθύμησον
LA Omne quod tibi applicitum fuerit accipe: et in dolore sustine, et in humilitate tua patientiam habe:
EN Take all that shall be brought upon you: and in your sorrow endure, and in your humiliation keep patience.
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GR ὅτι ἐν πυρὶ δοκιμάζεται χρυσὸς καὶ ἄνθρωποι δεκτοὶ ἐν καμίνῳ ταπεινώσεως
LA quoniam in igne probatur aurum et argentum, homines vero receptibiles in camino humiliationis.
EN For gold and silver are tried in the fire, but acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.
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GR πίστευσον αὐτῷ καὶ ἀντιλήμψεταί σου εὔθυνον τὰς ὁδούς σου καὶ ἔλπισον ἐπ’ αὐτόν
LA Crede Deo, et recuperabit te: et dirige viam tuam, et spera in illum: serva timorem illius, et in illo veterasce.
EN Believe God, and he will recover you: and direct your way, and trust in him. Keep his fear, and grow old therein.
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GR οἱ φοβούμενοι τὸν κύριον ἀναμείνατε τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ καὶ μὴ ἐκκλίνητε ἵνα μὴ πέσητε
LA Metuentes Dominum, sustinete misericordiam ejus: et non deflectatis ab illo, ne cadatis.
EN You that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy: and go not aside from him lest you fall.
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GR οἱ φοβούμενοι κύριον πιστεύσατε αὐτῷ καὶ οὐ μὴ πταίσῃ ὁ μισθὸς ὑμῶν
LA Qui timetis Dominum, credite illi, et non evacuabitur merces vestra.
EN You that fear the Lord, believe him: and your reward shall not be made void.
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GR οἱ φοβούμενοι κύριον ἐλπίσατε εἰς ἀγαθὰ καὶ εἰς εὐφροσύνην αἰῶνος καὶ ἔλεος
LA Qui timetis Dominum, sperate in illum, et in oblectationem veniet vobis misericordia.
EN You that fear the Lord hope in him, and mercy shall come to you for your delight.
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LA Qui timetis Dominum, diligite illum, et illuminabuntur corda vestra.
EN You that fear the Lord, love him, and your hearts shall be enlightened.
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GR ἐμβλέψατε εἰς ἀρχαίας γενεὰς καὶ ἴδετε τίς ἐνεπίστευσεν κυρίῳ καὶ κατῃσχύνθη ἢ τίς ἐνέμεινεν τῷ φόβῳ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐγκατελείφθη
LA Respicite, filii, nationes hominum: et scitote quia nullus speravit in Domino et confusus est.
EN My children behold the generations of men: and know that no one has hoped in the Lord, and has been confounded.
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GR ἢ τίς ἐπεκαλέσατο αὐτόν καὶ ὑπερεῖδεν αὐτόν
LA Quis enim permansit in mandatis ejus, et derelictus est? aut quis invocavit eum, et despexit illum?
EN For who has continued in his commandment, and has been forsaken? Or who has called upon him, and he despised him?
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GR διότι οἰκτίρμων καὶ ἐλεήμων ὁ κύριος καὶ ἀφίησιν ἁμαρτίας καὶ σῴζει ἐν καιρῷ θλίψεως
LA Quoniam pius et misericors est Deus, et remittet in die tribulationis peccata, et protector est omnibus exquirentibus se in veritate.
EN For God is compassionate and merciful, and will forgive sins in the day of tribulation: and he is a protector to all that seek him in truth.
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GR οὐαὶ καρδίαις δειλαῖς καὶ χερσὶν παρειμέναις καὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ ἐπιβαίνοντι ἐπὶ δύο τρίβους
LA Væ duplici corde, et labiis scelestis, et manibus malefacientibus, et peccatori terram ingredienti duabus viis!
EN Woe to them that are of a double heart and to wicked lips, and to the hands that do evil, and to the sinner that goes on the earth two ways.
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GR οὐαὶ καρδίᾳ παρειμένῃ ὅτι οὐ πιστεύει διὰ τοῦτο οὐ σκεπασθήσεται
LA Væ dissolutis corde, qui non credunt Deo, et ideo non protegentur ab eo!
EN Woe to them that are fainthearted, who believe not God: and therefore they shall not be protected by him.
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GR οὐαὶ ὑμῖν τοῖς ἀπολωλεκόσιν τὴν ὑπομονήν
LA Væ his qui perdiderunt sustinentiam, et qui dereliquerunt vias rectas, et diverterunt in vias pravas!
EN Woe to them that have lost patience, and that have forsaken the right ways, and have gone aside into crooked ways.
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GR καὶ τί ποιήσετε ὅταν ἐπισκέπτηται ὁ κύριος
LA Et quid facient cum inspicere cœperit Dominus?
EN And what will they do, when the Lord shall begin to examine?
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GR οἱ φοβούμενοι κύριον οὐκ ἀπειθήσουσιν ῥημάτων αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ ἀγαπῶντες αὐτὸν συντηρήσουσιν τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ
LA Qui timent Dominum non erunt incredibiles verbo illius: et qui diligunt illum conservabunt viam illius.
EN They that fear the Lord, will not be incredulous to his word: and they that love him, will keep his way.
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GR οἱ φοβούμενοι κύριον ζητήσουσιν εὐδοκίαν αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ ἀγαπῶντες αὐτὸν ἐμπλησθήσονται τοῦ νόμου
LA Qui timent Dominum inquirent quæ beneplacita sunt ei, et qui diligunt eum replebuntur lege ipsius.
EN They that fear the Lord, will seek after the things that are well pleasing to him: and they that love him, shall be filled with his law.
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GR οἱ φοβούμενοι κύριον ἑτοιμάσουσιν καρδίας αὐτῶν καὶ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ταπεινώσουσιν τὰς ψυχὰς αὐτῶν
LA Qui timent Dominum præparabunt corda sua, et in conspectu illius sanctificabunt animas suas.
EN They that fear the Lord, will prepare their hearts, and in his sight will sanctify their souls,
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LA Qui timent Dominum custodiunt mandata illius, et patientiam habebunt usque ad inspectionem illius,
EN they that fear the Lord, keep his commandments, and will have patience even until his visitation,
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GR ἐμπεσούμεθα εἰς χεῖρας κυρίου καὶ οὐκ εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπων
LA dicentes: Si pœnitentiam non egerimus, incidemus in manus Domini, et non in manus hominum.
EN saying: If we do not penance, we shall fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men.
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GR ὡς γὰρ ἡ μεγαλωσύνη αὐτοῦ οὕτως καὶ τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ
LA Secundum enim magnitudinem ipsius, sic et misericordia illius cum ipso est.
EN For according to his greatness, so also is his mercy with him.
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