Sirach 41 #catechesis/bible/sirach
[!abstract] Of the remembrance of death: of an evil and of a good name: of what things we ought to be ashamed.
Book: Sirach · ← Sirach 40 · Sirach 42 →
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GR ὦ θάνατε ὡς πικρόν σου τὸ μνημόσυνόν ἐστιν ἀνθρώπῳ εἰρηνεύοντι ἐν τοῖς ὑπάρχουσιν
LA O mors, quam amara est memoria tua homini pacem habenti in substantiis suis:
EN O death, how bitter is the remembrance of you to a man that has peace in his possessions!
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GR αὐτοῦ ἀνδρὶ ἀπερισπάστῳ καὶ εὐοδουμένῳ ἐν πᾶσιν καὶ ἔτι ἰσχύοντι ἐπιδέξασθαι τροφήν
LA viro quieto, et cujus viæ directæ sunt in omnibus, et adhuc valenti accipere cibum!
EN To a man that is at rest, and whose ways are prosperous in all things, and that is yet able to take meat!
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GR ὦ θάνατε καλόν σου τὸ κρίμα ἐστὶν ἀνθρώπῳ ἐπιδεομένῳ καὶ ἐλασσουμένῳ ἰσχύι
LA O mors, bonum est judicium tuum homini indigenti, et qui minoratur viribus,
EN O death your sentence is welcome to the man that is in need, and to him whose strength fails:
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GR ἐσχατογήρῳ καὶ περισπωμένῳ περὶ πάντων καὶ ἀπειθοῦντι καὶ ἀπολωλεκότι ὑπομονήν
LA defecto ætate, et cui de omnibus cura est, et incredibili, qui perdit patientiam!
EN Who is in a decrepit age, and that is in care about all things, and to the distrustful that loses patience!
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GR μὴ εὐλαβοῦ κρίμα θανάτου μνήσθητι προτέρων σου καὶ ἐσχάτων τοῦτο τὸ κρίμα παρὰ κυρίου πάσῃ σαρκί
LA Noli metuere judicium mortis: memento quæ ante te fuerunt, et quæ superventura sunt tibi: hoc judicium a Domino omni carni.
EN Fear not the sentence of death. Remember what things have been before you, and what shall come after you: this sentence is from the Lord upon all flesh.
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GR καὶ τί ἀπαναίνῃ ἐν εὐδοκίᾳ ὑψίστου εἴτε δέκα εἴτε ἑκατὸν εἴτε χίλια ἔτη
LA Et quid superveniet tibi in beneplacito Altissimi? sive decem, sive centum, sive mille anni:
EN And what shall come upon you by the good pleasure of the most High? Whether ten, or a hundred, or a thousand years.
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GR οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν ᾅδου ἐλεγμὸς ζωῆς
LA non est enim in inferno accusatio vitæ.
EN For among the dead there is no accusing of life.
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GR τέκνα βδελυρὰ γίνεται τέκνα ἁμαρτωλῶν καὶ συναναστρεφόμενα παροικίαις ἀσεβῶν
LA Filii abominationum fiunt filii peccatorum, et qui conversantur secus domos impiorum.
EN The children of sinners become children of abominations, and they that converse near the houses of the ungodly.
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GR τέκνων ἁμαρτωλῶν ἀπολεῖται κληρονομία καὶ μετὰ τοῦ σπέρματος αὐτῶν ἐνδελεχιεῖ ὄνειδος
LA Filiorum peccatorum periet hæreditas, et cum semine illorum assiduitas opprobrii.
EN The inheritance of the children of sinners shall perish, and with their posterity shall be a perpetual reproach.
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GR πατρὶ ἀσεβεῖ μέμψεται τέκνα ὅτι δι’ αὐτὸν ὀνειδισθήσονται
LA De patre impio queruntur filii, quoniam propter illum sunt in opprobrio.
EN The children will complain of an ungodly father, because for his sake they are in reproach.
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GR οὐαὶ ὑμῖν ἄνδρες ἀσεβεῖς οἵτινες ἐγκατελίπετε νόμον θεοῦ ὑψίστου
LA Væ vobis, viri impii, qui dereliquistis legem Domini Altissimi!
EN Woe to you, ungodly men, who have forsaken the law of the most high Lord.
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GR καὶ ἐὰν γεννηθῆτε εἰς κατάραν γεννηθήσεσθε καὶ ἐὰν ἀποθάνητε εἰς κατάραν μερισθήσεσθε
LA Et si nati fueritis, in maledictione nascemini: et si mortui fueritis, in maledictione erit pars vestra.
EN And if you be born, you shall be born in malediction: and if you die, in malediction shall be your portion.
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GR πάντα ὅσα ἐκ γῆς εἰς γῆν ἀπελεύσεται οὕτως ἀσεβεῖς ἀπὸ κατάρας εἰς ἀπώλειαν
LA Omnia quæ de terra sunt in terram convertentur: sic impii a maledicto in perditionem.
EN All things that are of the earth, shall return into the earth: so the ungodly shall from malediction to destruction.
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GR πένθος ἀνθρώπων ἐν σώμασιν αὐτῶν ὄνομα δὲ ἁμαρτωλῶν οὐκ ἀγαθὸν ἐξαλειφθήσεται
LA Luctus hominum in corpore ipsorum: nomen autem impiorum delebitur.
EN The mourning of men is about their body, but the name of the ungodly shall be blotted out.
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GR φρόντισον περὶ ὀνόματος αὐτὸ γάρ σοι διαμενεῖ ἢ χίλιοι μεγάλοι θησαυροὶ χρυσίου
LA Curam habe de bono nomine: hoc enim magis permanebit tibi quam mille thesauri pretiosi et magni.
EN Take care of a good name: for this shall continue with you, more than a thousand treasures precious and great.
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GR ἀγαθῆς ζωῆς ἀριθμὸς ἡμερῶν καὶ ἀγαθὸν ὄνομα εἰς αἰῶνα διαμενεῖ
LA Bonæ vitæ numerus dierum: bonum autem nomen permanebit in ævum.
EN A good life has its number of days: but a good name shall continue for ever.
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GR παιδείαν ἐν εἰρήνῃ συντηρήσατε τέκνα σοφία δὲ κεκρυμμένη καὶ θησαυρὸς ἀφανής τίς ὠφέλεια ἐν ἀμφοτέροις
LA Disciplinam in pace conservate, filii: sapientia enim abscondita, et thesaurus invisus, quæ utilitas in utrisque?
EN My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is there in them both?
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GR κρείσσων ἄνθρωπος ἀποκρύπτων τὴν μωρίαν αὐτοῦ ἢ ἄνθρωπος ἀποκρύπτων τὴν σοφίαν αὐτοῦ
LA Melior est homo qui abscondit stultitiam suam, quam homo qui abscondit sapientiam suam.
EN Better is the man that hides his folly, than the man that hides his wisdom.
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GR τοιγαροῦν ἐντράπητε ἐπὶ τῷ ῥήματί μου
LA Verumtamen reveremini in his quæ procedunt de ore meo:
EN Wherefore have a shame of these things I am now going to speak of.
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GR οὐ γάρ ἐστιν πᾶσαν αἰσχύνην διαφυλάξαι καλόν καὶ οὐ πάντα πᾶσιν ἐν πίστει εὐδοκιμεῖται
LA non est enim bonum omnem reverentiam observare, et non omnia omnibus bene placent in fide.
EN For it is not good to keep all shamefacedness: and all things do not please all men in opinion.
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GR αἰσχύνεσθε ἀπὸ πατρὸς καὶ μητρὸς περὶ πορνείας καὶ ἀπὸ ἡγουμένου καὶ δυνάστου περὶ ψεύδους
LA Erubescite a patre et a matre de fornicatione: et a præsidente et a potente de mendacio:
EN Be ashamed of fornication before father and mother: and of a lie before a governor and a man in power:
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GR ἀπὸ κριτοῦ καὶ ἄρχοντος περὶ πλημμελείας καὶ ἀπὸ συναγωγῆς καὶ λαοῦ περὶ ἀνομίας
LA a principe et a judice de delicto: a synagoga et plebe de iniquitate:
EN Of an offence before a prince, and a judge: of iniquity before a congregation and a people:
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GR ἀπὸ κοινωνοῦ καὶ φίλου περὶ ἀδικίας καὶ ἀπὸ τόπου οὗ παροικεῖς
LA a socio et amico de injustitia, et de loco in quo habitas:
EN Of injustice before a companion and friend: and in regard to the place where you dwell,
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GR περὶ κλοπῆς ἀπὸ ἀληθείας θεοῦ καὶ διαθήκης καὶ ἀπὸ πήξεως ἀγκῶνος ἐπ’ ἄρτοις
LA de furto, de veritate Dei, et testamento: de discubitu in panibus, et ab obfuscatione dati et accepti:
EN of theft, and of the truth of God, and the covenant: of leaning with your elbow over meat, and of deceit in giving and taking:
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GR ἀπὸ σκορακισμοῦ λήμψεως καὶ δόσεως καὶ ἀπὸ ἀσπαζομένων περὶ σιωπῆς
LA a salutantibus de silentio, a respectu mulieris fornicariæ, et ab aversione vultus cognati.
EN Of silence before them that salute you: of looking upon a harlot: and of turning away your face from your kinsman.
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GR ἀπὸ ὁράσεως γυναικὸς ἑταίρας καὶ ἀπὸ ἀποστροφῆς προσώπου συγγενοῦς ἀπὸ ἀφαιρέσεως μερίδος καὶ δόσεως
LA Ne avertas faciem a proximo tuo, et ab auferendo partem et non restituendo.
EN Turn not away your face from your neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring.
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GR καὶ ἀπὸ κατανοήσεως γυναικὸς ὑπάνδρου ἀπὸ περιεργίας παιδίσκης αὐτοῦ καὶ μὴ ἐπιστῇς ἐπὶ τὴν κοίτην αὐτῆς
LA Ne respicias mulierem alieni viri, et ne scruteris ancillam ejus, neque steteris ad lectum ejus.
EN Gaze not upon another man’s wife, and be not inquisitive after his handmaid, and approach not her bed.
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GR ἀπὸ φίλων περὶ λόγων ὀνειδισμοῦ καὶ μετὰ τὸ δοῦναι μὴ ὀνείδιζε
LA Ab amicis de sermonibus improperii: et cum dederis, ne improperes.
EN Be ashamed of upbraiding speeches before friends: and after you have given, upbraid not.
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[!note]- Have a shame, etc…
That is to say, be ashamed of doing any of these things, which I am now going to mention; for though sometimes shamefacedness is not to be indulged: yet it is often good and necessary: as in the following cases. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
