Sirach 49

KING JAMES BIBLE	NOVA VULGATA
1 The remembrance of Josias is like the composition of the perfume that is made by the art of the apothecary: it is sweet as honey in all mouths, and as musick at a banquet of wine.	1 Memoria Iosiae in compositionem odoris facta opere pigmentarii;
2 He behaved himself uprightly in the conversion of the people, and took away the abominations of iniquity.	2 in omni ore quasi mel indulcabitur eius memoria et ut musica in convivio vini.
3 He directed his heart unto the Lord, and in the time of the ungodly he established the worship of God.	3 Ipse est directus divinitus in paenitentia gentis et tulit abominationes impietatis;
4 All, except David and Ezekias and Josias, were defective: for they forsook the law of the most High, even the kings of Juda failed.	4 et gubernavit ad Dominum cor suum et in diebus peccatorum corroboravit pietatem.
5 Therefore he gave their power unto others, and their glory to a strange nation.	5 Praeter David et Ezechiam et Iosiam, omnes peccatum commiserunt;
6 They burnt the chosen city of the sanctuary, and made the streets desolate, according to the prophecy of Jeremias.	6 nam reliquerunt legem Altissimi reges Iudae et contempserunt timorem Dei;
7 For they entreated him evil, who nevertheless was a prophet, sanctified in his mother's womb, that he might root out, and afflict, and destroy; and that he might build up also, and plant.	7 dederunt enim regnum suum aliis et gloriam suam alienae genti;
8 It was Ezekiel who saw the glorious vision, which was shewed him upon the chariot of the cherubims.	8 incenderunt electam sanctuarii civitatem et desertas fecerunt vias ipsius in manu Ieremiae.
9 For he made mention of the enemies under the figure of the rain, and directed them that went right.	9 Nam male tractaverunt illum, ipse autem a ventre matris consecratus est propheta evertere et eruere et perdere et iterum aedificare et plantare et renovare.
10 And of the twelve prophets let the memorial be blessed, and let their bones flourish again out of their place: for they comforted Jacob, and delivered them by assured hope.	10 Ezechiel, qui vidit visionem gloriae, quam ostendit illi in curru cherubim.
11 How shall we magnify Zorobabel? even he was as a signet on the right hand:	11 Nam et commemoratus est inimicorum in imbre et benefacere illis, qui ostenderunt rectas vias.
12 So was Jesus the son of Josedec: who in their time builded the house, and set up an holy temple to the Lord, which was prepared for everlasting glory.	12 Et duodecim prophetarum ossa pullulent de loco suo; nam corroboraverunt Iacob et redemerunt eos in fide virtutis.
13 And among the elect was Neemias, whose renown is great, who raised up for us the walls that were fallen, and set up the gates and the bars, and raised up our ruins again.	13 Quomodo amplificemus Zorobabel? Nam et ipse quasi signum in dextera manu;
14 But upon the earth was no man created like Enoch; for he was taken from the earth.	14 sic et Iesua filius Iosedec. Qui in diebus suis aedificaverunt domum et exaltaverunt templum sanctum Domino paratum in gloriam sempiternam.
15 Neither was there a young man born like Joseph, a governor of his brethren, a stay of the people, whose bones were regarded of the Lord.	15 Et Nehemias: in memoria multi temporis, qui erexit nobis muros eversos et stare fecit portas et seras; qui erexit domos nostras.
16 Sem and Seth were in great honour among men, and so was Adam above every living thing in creation.	16 Nemo creatus est in terra qualis Henoch; nam et ipse assumptus est a terra.
	17 Neque ut Ioseph natus est homo, princeps fratrum, firmamentum gentis;
	18 et ossa ipsius visitata sunt et post mortem prophetaverunt.
	19 Seth et Sem apud homines gloriam adepti sunt et super omnem animam in origine Adam.