Siracide 16

BIBLES DES PEUPLES	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Ne désire pas que tes enfants soient nombreux, s’ils doivent être inutiles; ne mets pas en eux ta joie s’ils sont impies.	1 You should not rejoice in impious children, if they are successful; nor should you take delight in them, if the fear of God is not in them.
2 Aussi nombreux qu’ils soient, ne t’en réjouis pas s’ils n’ont pas la crainte de Dieu.	2 You should not approve of their life, nor should you look with favor on their labors.
3 Peu t’importe qu’ils soient nombreux et qu’ils aient longue vie, car un seul parfois vaut mieux que mille, et mieux vaut pour eux mourir que d’être des impies.	3 For one child who fears God is better than one thousand impious children.
4 Un homme de bon sens, et c’est assez pour qu’une ville prospère; mais les mauvais ont beau se multiplier, ils seront anéantis.	4 And it is better to die without children, than to leave behind impious children.
5 J’en ai vu de mes yeux beaucoup d’exemples, et on m’en a conté de plus frappants encore:	5 By means one person with understanding, a country will be inhabited. The tribe of the impious will become desolate.
6 Un feu est tombé sur une bande de pécheurs, la colère du Seigneur s’est enflammée contre une race rebelle.	6 Many such things my eyes have seen, and greater things than these my ear has heard.
7 Il n’a pas pardonné aux héros d’autrefois quand ils se révoltèrent, orgueilleux de leur force.	7 In the synagogue of sinners, a fire will blaze forth; and amid an unbelieving people, wrath will flare up.
8 Il n’a pas épargné la cité où vivait Lot: il détestait ces orgueilleux.	8 The giants of antiquity did not obtain pardon for their sins; they were destroyed by trusting in their own abilities.
9 Il n’a pas eu pitié de cette nation vouée à la destruction: ils furent anéantis à cause de leurs péchés.	9 And he did not spare the place of Lot’s sojourn, and he abhorred them because of the arrogance of their words.
10 Il a agi de même avec 600 000 hommes qui, d’un cœur obstiné, refusaient d’obéir.	10 He did not take pity on them, destroying an entire people, who even extolled themselves concerning their sins.
11 Même s’il n’y en avait eu qu’un seul à s’obstiner, il aurait été étonnant qu’il reste impuni. Car au Seigneur appartiennent la miséricorde et la colère: il est puissant pour pardonner comme pour punir.	11 And this was so with six hundred thousand men, who were gathered together in the hardness of their hearts. And if even a single obstinate person had escaped unpunished, it would be a wonder.
12 Sa miséricorde est grande, comme l’est sa justice; il juge les hommes selon leurs actes.	12 For mercy and wrath are with him. He is powerful in forgiveness, and he pours forth wrath.
13 Le pécheur n’échappera pas avec son butin, et la patience du fidèle ne sera pas sans récompense.	13 As is his mercy, so also is his correction; he judges a man according to his works.
14 Dieu récompensera tout geste charitable, et chacun sera traité selon ses actions.	14 The sinner, in his violations, will not escape; but the patience of the One who shows mercy will not be diminished.
15 NO TEXT	15 Every mercy will make a place for each man, according to the merit of his works, and according to the understanding of his sojourn.
16 NO TEXT	16 You should not say: “I am hidden from God,” or, “Who, from on high, will take note of me?”
17 Ne dis pas: “Je me cacherai loin du Seigneur! Là-haut, qui se souviendra de moi? On ne me reconnaîtra pas au milieu de la foule: que suis-je dans l’immensité de la création?”	17 or, “Among a great number of people, I will not be noticed. For what is my soul amid such an immense creation?”
18 Vois: quand il paraît, le ciel lui-même en tremble, et les cieux d’au-dessus des cieux, ainsi que la terre et les mers.	18 Behold: the heavens, and the heaven of the heavens, the abyss, and the entire earth, and the things that are within these, will be shaken by his gaze,
19 Les montagnes et les fondements de la terre sont pleins d’effroi sous son regard.	19 together with mountains and hills, and the foundations of the earth. When God casts his gaze upon them, they will be struck with trembling.
20 Mais personne n’y réfléchit: qui donc s’intéresse à la manière d’agir de Dieu?	20 And concerning all these things, the heart is without understanding; but every heart is understood by him.
21 La plupart de ses interventions passent inaperçues, et l’on ne sait pas d’où est venue la tempête.	21 And who will understand his ways, or the tempest, which no eye of man will see?
22 “Qui nous parle d’interventions de Dieu? Qui les attend? L’alliance est loin maintenant”.	22 For many of his works are concealed. But who will announce the works of his justice? Or who will endure them? For the testament is far from some persons, and the examination of each thing is in its end.
23 Voilà ce que pense celui qui ne réfléchit pas, celui qui n’a pas de jugement, celui qui est corrompu et vit de ses illusions.	23 Whoever diminishes the heart, thinks empty thoughts. For the imprudent and erring man thinks up foolishness.
24 Écoutez-moi, mes enfants: apprenez et prenez à cœur ce que je vais dire.	24 Listen to me, son, and learn the discipline of understanding, and attend to my words in your heart.
25 Je veux exposer pas à pas la doctrine et transmettre soigneusement le savoir.	25 And I will speak with equity about discipline, and I will strive to announce wisdom. So attend to my words in your heart, and I will speak with equity of spirit, about the virtues that God has set within his works from the beginning, and I will announce his knowledge in truth.
26 Dès l’origine les œuvres du Seigneur ont répondu à un dessein; sitôt faites, il leur a assigné à chacune sa place.	26 With the judgment of God, his works have been done from the beginning; and from their institution, he himself distinguished their parts and set their beginnings, in their kinds.
27 Il a ordonné ses créatures pour la durée des temps, leur fixant un départ et un devenir. Elles n’ont jamais faim, elles ne se fatiguent pas, elles ne s’arrêtent pas dans leur tâche.	27 He has beautified their works unto eternity. They have neither hungered, nor labored, and they have not ceased from their works.
28 Les objets célestes ne choquent pas leurs voisins, ils ne désobéissent jamais à ses ordres.	28 Neither will any one of them cause anguish to his neighbor, forever.
29 Après cela le Seigneur a regardé en bas, vers la terre, et il l’a comblée de ses richesses.	29 You should not be incredulous at his word.
30 Il lui a donné une âme, il l’a couverte d’êtres vivants, et tous retournent à la terre.	30 Afterward, God looked with favor upon the earth, and he filled it with his goodness.
	31 The soul of every living thing brought word from before his face, and their return again is to him.