Sirach 32 #catechesis/bible/sirach
[!abstract] Lessons for superiors and inferiors. Advantages of fearing God, and doing nothing without counsel.
Book: Sirach · ← Sirach 31 · Sirach 33 →
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GR ἡγούμενόν σε κατέστησαν μὴ ἐπαίρου γίνου ἐν αὐτοῖς ὡς εἷς ἐξ αὐτῶν
LA Rectorem te posuerunt? noli extolli: esto in illis quasi unus ex ipsis.
EN Have they made you ruler? Be not lifted up: be among them as one of them.
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GR φρόντισον αὐτῶν καὶ οὕτω κάθισον καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν χρείαν σου ποιήσας ἀνάπεσε
LA Curam illorum habe, et sic conside, et omni cura tua explicita recumbe:
EN Have care of them, and so sit down, and when you have acquitted yourself of all your charge, take your place:
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GR ἵνα εὐφρανθῇς δι’ αὐτοὺς καὶ εὐκοσμίας χάριν λάβῃς στέφανον
LA ut læteris propter illos, et ornamentum gratiæ accipias coronam, et dignationem consequaris corrogationis.
EN That you may rejoice for them, and receive a crown as an ornament of grace, and get the honour of the contribution.
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GR λάλησον πρεσβύτερε πρέπει γάρ σοι
LA Loquere major natu: decet enim te
EN Speak, you that are elder: for it becomes you,
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GR ἐν ἀκριβεῖ ἐπιστήμῃ καὶ μὴ ἐμποδίσῃς μουσικά
LA primum verbum diligenti scientia, et non impedias musicam.
EN to speak the first word with careful knowledge, and hinder not music.
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GR ὅπου ἀκρόαμα μὴ ἐκχέῃς λαλιὰν καὶ ἀκαίρως μὴ σοφίζου
LA Ubi auditus non est, non effundas sermonem, et importune noli extolli in sapientia tua.
EN Where there is no hearing, pour not out words, and be not lifted up out of season with your wisdom.
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GR σφραγὶς ἄνθρακος ἐπὶ κόσμῳ χρυσῷ σύγκριμα μουσικῶν ἐν συμποσίῳ οἴνου
LA Gemmula carbunculi in ornamento auri, et comparatio musicorum in convivio vini.
EN A concert of music in a banquet of wine is as a carbuncle set in gold.
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GR ἐν κατασκευάσματι χρυσῷ σφραγὶς σμαράγδου μέλος μουσικῶν ἐφ’ ἡδεῖ οἴνῳ
LA Sicut in fabricatione auri signum est smaragdi, sic numerus musicorum in jucundo et moderato vino.
EN As a signet of an emerald in a work of gold: so is the melody of music with pleasant and moderate wine.
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LA Audi tacens, et pro reverentia accedet tibi bona gratia.
EN Hear in silence, and for your reverence good grace shall come to you.
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GR λάλησον νεανίσκε εἰ χρεία σου μόλις
LA Adolescens, loquere in tua causa vix.
EN Young man, scarcely speak in your own cause.
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GR δὶς ἐὰν ἐπερωτηθῇς κεφαλαίωσον λόγον
LA Si bis interrogatus fueris, habeat caput responsum tuum.
EN If you be asked twice, let your answer be short.
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GR ἐν ὀλίγοις πολλά γίνου ὡς γινώσκων καὶ ἅμα σιωπῶν
LA In multis esto quasi inscius, et audi tacens simul et quærens.
EN In many things be as if you were ignorant, and hear in silence and withal seeking.
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GR ἐν μέσῳ μεγιστάνων μὴ ἐξισάζου καὶ ἑτέρου λέγοντος μὴ πολλὰ ἀδολέσχει
LA In medio magnatorum non præsumas: et ubi sunt senes non multum loquaris.
EN In the company of great men take not upon you: and when the ancients are present, speak not much.
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GR πρὸ βροντῆς κατασπεύδει ἀστραπή καὶ πρὸ αἰσχυντηροῦ προελεύσεται χάρις
LA Ante grandinem præibit coruscatio: et ante verecundiam præibit gratia, et pro reverentia accedet tibi bona gratia.
EN Before a storm goes lightning: and before shamefacedness goes favour: and for your reverence good grace shall come to you.
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GR ἐν ὥρᾳ ἐξεγείρου καὶ μὴ οὐράγει ἀπότρεχε εἰς οἶκον καὶ μὴ ῥᾳθύμει ἐκεῖ παῖζε
LA Et hora surgendi non te trices: præcurre autem prior in domum tuam, et illic avocare, et illic lude,
EN And at the time of rising be not slack: but be first to run home to your house, and there withdraw yourself, and there take your pastime.
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GR καὶ ποίει τὰ ἐνθυμήματά σου καὶ μὴ ἁμάρτῃς λόγῳ ὑπερηφάνῳ
LA et age conceptiones tuas, et non in delictis et verbo superbo:
EN And do what you have a mind, but not in sin or proud speech.
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GR καὶ ἐπὶ τούτοις εὐλόγησον τὸν ποιήσαντά σε καὶ μεθύσκοντά σε ἀπὸ τῶν ἀγαθῶν αὐτοῦ
LA et super his omnibus benedicito Dominum, qui fecit, et inebriantem te ab omnibus bonis suis.
EN And for all these things bless the Lord, that made you, and that replenishes you with all his good things.
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GR ὁ φοβούμενος κύριον ἐκδέξεται παιδείαν καὶ οἱ ὀρθρίζοντες εὑρήσουσιν εὐδοκίαν
LA Qui timet Dominum excipiet doctrinam ejus: et qui vigilaverint ad illum invenient benedictionem.
EN He that fears the Lord, will receive his discipline: and they that will seek him early, shall find a blessing.
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GR ὁ ζητῶν νόμον ἐμπλησθήσεται αὐτοῦ καὶ ὁ ὑποκρινόμενος σκανδαλισθήσεται ἐν αὐτῷ
LA Qui quærit legem replebitur ab ea, et qui insidiose agit scandalizabitur in ea.
EN He that seeks the law, shall be filled with it: and he that deals deceitfully, shall meet with a stumbling block therein.
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GR οἱ φοβούμενοι κύριον εὑρήσουσιν κρίμα καὶ δικαιώματα ὡς φῶς ἐξάψουσιν
LA Qui timent Dominum invenient judicium justum, et justitias quasi lumen accendent.
EN They that fear the Lord, shall find just judgment, and shall kindle justice as a light.
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GR ἄνθρωπος ἁμαρτωλὸς ἐκκλινεῖ ἐλεγμὸν καὶ κατὰ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ εὑρήσει σύγκριμα
LA Peccator homo vitabit correptionem, et secundum voluntatem suam inveniet comparationem.
EN A sinful man will flee reproof, and will find an excuse according to his will.
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GR ἀνὴρ βουλῆς οὐ μὴ παρίδῃ διανόημα ἀλλότριος καὶ ὑπερήφανος οὐ καταπτήξει φόβον
LA Vir consilii non disperdet intelligentiam: alienus et superbus non pertimescet timorem:
EN A man of counsel will not neglect understanding, a strange and proud man will not dread fear:
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LA etiam postquam fecit cum eo sine consilio, et suis insectationibus arguetur.
EN Even after he has done with fear without counsel, he shall be controlled by the things of his own seeking.
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GR ἄνευ βουλῆς μηθὲν ποιήσῃς καὶ ἐν τῷ ποιῆσαί σε μὴ μεταμελοῦ
LA Fili, sine consilio nihil facias, et post factum non pœnitebis.
EN My son, do nothing without counsel, and you shall not repent when you have done.
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GR ἐν ὁδῷ ἀντιπτώματος μὴ πορεύου καὶ μὴ προσκόψῃς ἐν λιθώδεσιν μὴ πιστεύσῃς ἐν ὁδῷ ἀπροσκόπῳ
LA In via ruinæ non eas, et non offendes in lapides: nec credas te viæ laboriosæ, ne ponas animæ tuæ scandalum.
EN Go not in the way of ruin, and you shall not stumble against the stones: trust not yourself to a rugged way, lest you set a stumbling block to your soul.
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GR καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν τέκνων σου φύλαξαι
LA Et a filiis tuis cave, et a domesticis tuis attende.
EN And beware of your own children, and take heed of them of your household.
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GR ἐν παντὶ ἔργῳ πίστευε τῇ ψυχῇ σου καὶ γὰρ τοῦτό ἐστιν τήρησις ἐντολῶν
LA In omni opere tuo crede ex fide animæ tuæ, hoc est enim conservatio mandatorum.
EN In every work of yours regard your soul in faith: for this is the keeping of the commandments.
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GR ὁ πιστεύων νόμῳ προσέχει ἐντολαῖς καὶ ὁ πεποιθὼς κυρίῳ οὐκ ἐλαττωθήσεται
LA Qui credit Deo attendit mandatis: et qui confidit in illo non minorabitur.
EN He that believes God, takes heed to the commandments: and he that trusts in him, shall fare never the worse.
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[!note]- In faith…
That is, follow sincerely thy soul in her faith and conscience. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
