Sirach 33 #catechesis/bible/sirach
[!abstract] The fear of God is the best security. Times and men are in the hands of God. Take care of thyself as long as thou livest, and look to thy servants.
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GR τῷ φοβουμένῳ κύριον οὐκ ἀπαντήσει κακόν ἀλλ’ ἐν πειρασμῷ καὶ πάλιν ἐξελεῖται
LA Timenti Dominum non occurrent mala: sed in tentatione Deus illum conservabit, et liberabit a malis. Sapiens non odit mandata et justitias,
EN No evils shall happen to him that fears the Lord, but in temptation God will keep him and deliver him from evils.
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GR ἀνὴρ σοφὸς οὐ μισήσει νόμον ὁ δὲ ὑποκρινόμενος ἐν αὐτῷ ὡς ἐν καταιγίδι πλοῖον
LA et non illidetur quasi in procella navis.
EN A wise man hates not the commandments and justices, and he shall not be dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm.
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GR ἄνθρωπος συνετὸς ἐμπιστεύσει νόμῳ καὶ ὁ νόμος αὐτῷ πιστὸς
LA Homo sensatus credit legi Dei, et lex illi fidelis.
EN A man of understanding is faithful to the law of God, and the law is faithful to him.
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GR ὡς ἐρώτημα δήλων ἑτοίμασον λόγον καὶ οὕτως ἀκουσθήσῃ σύνδησον παιδείαν καὶ ἀποκρίθητι
LA Qui interrogationem manifestat parabit verbum, et sic deprecatus exaudietur: et conservabit disciplinam, et tunc respondebit.
EN He that clears up a question, shall prepare what to say, and so having prayed he shall be heard, and shall keep discipline, and then he shall answer.
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GR τροχὸς ἁμάξης σπλάγχνα μωροῦ καὶ ὡς ἄξων στρεφόμενος ὁ διαλογισμὸς αὐτοῦ
LA Præcordia fatui quasi rota carri, et quasi axis versatilis cogitatus illius.
EN The heart of a fool is as a wheel of a cart: and his thoughts are like a rolling axletree.
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GR ἵππος εἰς ὀχείαν ὡς φίλος μωκός ὑποκάτω παντὸς ἐπικαθημένου χρεμετίζει
LA Equus emissarius, sic et amicus subsannator: sub omni supra sedente hinnit.
EN A friend that is a mocker, is like a stallion horse: he neighs under every one that sits upon him.
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GR διὰ τί ἡμέρα ἡμέρας ὑπερέχει καὶ πᾶν φῶς ἡμέρας ἐνιαυτοῦ ἀφ’ ἡλίου
LA Quare dies diem superat, et iterum lux lucem, et annus annum a sole?
EN Why does one day excel another, and one light another, and one year another year, when all come of the sun?
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GR ἐν γνώσει κυρίου διεχωρίσθησαν
LA A Domini scientia separati sunt, facto sole, et præceptum custodiente.
EN By the knowledge of the Lord they were distinguished, the sun being made, and keeping his commandment.
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GR καὶ ἠλλοίωσεν καιροὺς καὶ ἑορτάς
LA Et immutavit tempora, et dies festos ipsorum, et in illis dies festos celebraverunt ad horam.
EN And he ordered the seasons, and holidays of them, and in them they celebrated festivals at an hour.
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GR ἀπ’ αὐτῶν ἀνύψωσεν καὶ ἡγίασεν καὶ ἐξ αὐτῶν ἔθηκεν εἰς ἀριθμὸν ἡμερῶν καὶ ἄνθρωποι πάντες ἀπὸ ἐδάφους καὶ ἐκ γῆς ἐκτίσθη Αδαμ
LA Ex ipsis exaltavit et magnificavit Deus, et ex ipsis posuit in numerum dierum: et omnes homines de solo et ex terra unde creatus est Adam.
EN Some of them God made high and great days, and some of them he put in the number of ordinary days. And all men are from the ground, and out of the earth, from whence Adam was created.
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GR ἐν πλήθει ἐπιστήμης κύριος διεχώρισεν αὐτοὺς καὶ ἠλλοίωσεν τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῶν
LA In multitudine disciplinæ Dominus separavit eos, et immutavit vias eorum.
EN With much knowledge the Lord has divided them and diversified their ways.
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GR ἐξ αὐτῶν εὐλόγησεν καὶ ἀνύψωσεν καὶ ἐξ αὐτῶν ἡγίασεν καὶ πρὸς αὐτὸν ἤγγισεν ἀπ’ αὐτῶν κατηράσατο καὶ ἐταπείνωσεν καὶ ἀνέστρεψεν αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ στάσεως αὐτῶν
LA Ex ipsis benedixit et exaltavit, et ex ipsis sanctificavit, et ad se applicavit, et ex ipsis maledixit, et humiliavit, et convertit illos a separatione ipsorum.
EN Some of them has he blessed, and exalted: and some of them has he sanctified, and set near himself: and some of them has he cursed and brought low, and turned them from their station.
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GR ὡς πηλὸς κεραμέως ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ
LA Quasi lutum figuli in manu ipsius, plasmare illud et disponere.
EN As the potter’s clay is in his hand, to fashion and order it:
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GR πᾶσαι αἱ ὁδοὶ αὐτοῦ κατὰ τὴν εὐδοκίαν αὐτοῦ οὕτως ἄνθρωποι ἐν χειρὶ τοῦ ποιήσαντος αὐτοὺς ἀποδοῦναι αὐτοῖς κατὰ τὴν κρίσιν αὐτοῦ
LA Omnes viæ ejus secundum dispositionem ejus: sic homo in manu illius qui se fecit, et reddet illi secundum judicium suum.
EN All his ways are according to his ordering: so man is in the hand of him that made him, and he will render to him according to his judgment.
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GR ἀπέναντι τοῦ κακοῦ τὸ ἀγαθόν καὶ ἀπέναντι τοῦ θανάτου ἡ ζωή οὕτως ἀπέναντι εὐσεβοῦς ἁμαρτωλός καὶ οὕτως ἔμβλεψον εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔργα τοῦ ὑψίστου δύο δύο ἓν κατέναντι τοῦ ἑνός
LA Contra malum bonum est, et contra mortem vita: sic et contra virum justum peccator, et sic intuere in omnia opera Altissimi, duo et duo, et unum contra unum.
EN Good is set against evil, and life against death: so also is the sinner against a just man. And so look upon all the works of the most High. Two and two, and one against another.
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GR κἀγὼ ἔσχατος ἠγρύπνησα ὡς καλαμώμενος ὀπίσω τρυγητῶν
LA Et ego novissimus evigilavi, et quasi qui colligit acinos post vindemiatores.
EN And I awaked last of all, and as one that gathers after the grapegatherers.
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GR ἐν εὐλογίᾳ κυρίου ἔφθασα καὶ ὡς τρυγῶν ἐπλήρωσα ληνόν
LA In benedictione Dei et ipse speravi, et quasi qui vindemiat replevi torcular.
EN In the blessing of God I also have hoped: and as one that gathers grapes, have I filled the winepress.
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GR κατανοήσατε ὅτι οὐκ ἐμοὶ μόνῳ ἐκοπίασα ἀλλὰ πᾶσιν τοῖς ζητοῦσιν παιδείαν
LA Respicite quoniam non mihi soli laboravi, sed omnibus exquirentibus disciplinam.
EN See that I have not laboured for myself only, but for all that seek discipline.
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GR ἀκούσατέ μου μεγιστᾶνες λαοῦ καὶ οἱ ἡγούμενοι ἐκκλησίας ἐνωτίσασθε
LA Audite me, magnates et omnes populi: et rectores ecclesiæ, auribus percipite.
EN Hear me, you great men, and all you people, and hearken with your ears, you rulers of the church.
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GR υἱῷ καὶ γυναικί ἀδελφῷ καὶ φίλῳ μὴ δῷς ἐξουσίαν ἐπὶ σὲ ἐν ζωῇ σου καὶ μὴ δῷς ἑτέρῳ τὰ χρήματά σου ἵνα μὴ μεταμεληθεὶς δέῃ περὶ αὐτῶν
LA Filio et mulieri, fratri et amico, non des potestatem super te in vita tua: et non dederis alii possessionem tuam, ne forte pœniteat te, et depreceris pro illis.
EN Give not to son or wife, brother or friend, power over you while you live; and give not your estate to another, lest you repent, and you entreat for the same.
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GR ἕως ἔτι ζῇς καὶ πνοὴ ἐν σοί μὴ ἀλλάξῃς σεαυτὸν ἐν πάσῃ σαρκί
LA Dum adhuc superes et aspiras, non immutabit te omnis caro.
EN As long as you live, and have breath in you, let no man change you.
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GR κρεῖσσον γάρ ἐστιν τὰ τέκνα δεηθῆναί σου ἢ σὲ ἐμβλέπειν εἰς χεῖρας υἱῶν σου
LA Melius est enim ut filii tui te rogent, quam te respicere in manus filiorum tuorum.
EN For it is better that your children should ask of you, than that you look toward the hands of your children.
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GR ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἔργοις σου γίνου ὑπεράγων
LA In omnibus operibus tuis præcellens esto.
EN In all your works keep the pre-eminence.
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[!note]- The pre-eminence…
That is, be master in thy own house, and part not with thy authority. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR μὴ δῷς μῶμον ἐν τῇ δόξῃ σου ἐν ἡμέρᾳ συντελείας ἡμερῶν ζωῆς σου καὶ ἐν καιρῷ τελευτῆς διάδος κληρονομίαν
LA Ne dederis maculam in gloria tua. In die consummationis dierum vitæ tuæ, et in tempore exitus tui, distribue hæreditatem tuam.
EN Let no stain sully your glory. In the time when you shall end the days of your life, and in the time of your decease, distribute your inheritance.
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[!note]- Change thee…
That is, so as to have this power over thee. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR χορτάσματα καὶ ῥάβδος καὶ φορτία ὄνῳ ἄρτος καὶ παιδεία καὶ ἔργον οἰκέτῃ
LA Cibaria, et virga, et onus asino: panis, et disciplina, et opus servo.
EN Fodder, and a wand, and a burden are for an ass: bread, and correction, and work for a slave.
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GR ἔργασαι ἐν παιδί καὶ εὑρήσεις ἀνάπαυσιν ἄνες χεῖρας αὐτῷ καὶ ζητήσει ἐλευθερίαν
LA Operatur in disciplina, et quærit requiescere: laxa manus illi, et quærit libertatem.
EN He works under correction, and seeks to rest: let his hands be idle, and he seeks liberty.
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GR ζυγὸς καὶ ἱμὰς τράχηλον κάμψουσιν
LA Jugum et lorum curvant collum durum, et servum inclinant operationes assiduæ.
EN The yoke and the thong bend a stiff neck, and continual labours bow a slave.
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GR καὶ οἰκέτῃ κακούργῳ στρέβλαι καὶ βάσανοι ἔμβαλε αὐτὸν εἰς ἐργασίαν ἵνα μὴ ἀργῇ
LA Servo malevolo tortura et compedes: mitte illum in operationem, ne vacet:
EN Torture and fetters are for a malicious slave: send him to work, that he be not idle:
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GR πολλὴν γὰρ κακίαν ἐδίδαξεν ἡ ἀργία
LA multam enim malitiam docuit otiositas.
EN For idleness has taught much evil.
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GR εἰς ἔργα κατάστησον καθὼς πρέπει αὐτῷ κἂν μὴ πειθαρχῇ βάρυνον τὰς πέδας αὐτοῦ καὶ μὴ περισσεύσῃς ἐπὶ πάσῃ σαρκὶ καὶ ἄνευ κρίσεως μὴ ποιήσῃς μηδέν
LA In opera constitue eum: sic enim condecet illum. Quod si non obaudierit, curva illum compedibus, et non amplifices super omnem carnem: verum sine judicio nihil facias grave.
EN Set him to work: for so it is fit for him. And if he be not obedient, bring him down with fetters, but be not excessive towards any one, and do no grievous thing without judgment.
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GR εἰ ἔστιν σοι οἰκέτης ἔστω ὡς σύ ὅτι ἐν αἵματι ἐκτήσω αὐτόν εἰ ἔστιν σοι οἰκέτης ἄγε αὐτὸν ὡς ἀδελφόν ὅτι ὡς ἡ ψυχή σου ἐπιδεήσεις αὐτῷ
LA Si est tibi servus fidelis, sit tibi quasi anima tua: quasi fratrem sic eum tracta, quoniam in sanguine animæ comparasti illum.
EN If you have a faithful servant, let him be to you as your own soul: treat him as a brother: because in the blood of your soul you have gotten him.
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GR ἐὰν κακώσῃς αὐτὸν
LA Si læseris eum injuste, in fugam convertetur:
EN If you hurt him unjustly, he will run away:
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GR καὶ ἀπάρας ἀποδρᾷ ἐν ποίᾳ ὁδῷ ζητήσεις αὐτόν
LA et si extollens discesserit, quem quæras et in qua via quæras illum nescis.
EN And if he rise up and depart, you know not whom to ask, and in what way to seek him.
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