Wisdom 3

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 But the souls of the just are in the hand of God, and no torment shall touch them.	1 But the souls of the just are in the hand of God, and the torment of death shall not touch them.
2 They seemed, in the view of the foolish, to be dead; and their passing away was thought an affliction	2 In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure was taken for misery:
3 and their going forth from us, utter destruction. But they are in peace.	3 And their going away from us, for utter destruction: but they are in peace.
4 For if before men, indeed, they be punished, yet is their hope full of immortality;	4 And though in the sight of men they suffered torments, their hope is full of immortality.
5 Chastised a little, they shall be greatly blessed, because God tried them and found them worthy of himself.	5 Afflicted in few things, in many they shall be well rewarded: because God hath tried them, and found them worthy of himself.
6 As gold in the furnace, he proved them, and as sacrificial offerings he took them to himself.	6 As gold in the furnace he hath proved them, and as a victim of a holocaust he hath received them, and in time there shall be respect had to them.
7 In the time of their visitation they shall shine, and shall dart about as sparks through stubble;	7 The just shall shine, and shall run to and fro like sparks among the reeds.
8 They shall judge nations and rule over peoples, and the LORD shall be their King forever.	8 They shall judge nations, and rule over people, and their Lord shall reign for ever.
9 Those who trust in him shall understand truth, and the faithful shall abide with him in love: Because grace and mercy are with his holy ones, and his care is with the elect.	9 They that trust in him, shall understand the truth: and they that are faithful in love shall rest in him: for grace and peace is to his elect.
10 But the wicked shall receive a punishment to match their thoughts, since they neglected justice and forsook the LORD.	10 But the wicked shall be punished according to their own devices: who have neglected the just, and have revolted from the Lord.
11 For he who despises wisdom and instruction is doomed. Vain is their hope, fruitless are their labors, and worthless are their works.	11 For he that rejecteth wisdom, and discipline, is unhappy: and their hope is vain, and their labours without fruit, and their works unprofitable.
12 Their wives are foolish and their children wicked; accursed is their brood.	12 Their wives are foolish, and their children wicked.
13 Yes, blessed is she who, childless and undefiled, knew not transgression of the marriage bed; she shall bear fruit at the visitation of souls.	13 Their offspring is cursed: for happy is the barren: and the undefiled, that hath not known bed in sin: she shall have fruit in the visitation of holy souls.
14 So also the eunuch whose hand wrought no misdeed, who held no wicked thoughts against the LORD- For he shall be given fidelity's choice reward and a more gratifying heritage in the LORD'S temple.	14 And the eunuch, that hath not wrought iniquity with his hands, nor thought wicked things against God: for the precious gift of faith shall be given to him, and a most acceptable lot in the temple of God.
15 For the fruit of noble struggles is a glorious one; and unfailing is the root of understanding.	15 For the fruit of good labours is glorious, and the root of wisdom never faileth.
16 But the children of adulterers will remain without issue, and the progeny of an unlawful bed will disappear.	16 But the children of adulterers shall not come to perfection, and the seed of the unlawful bed shall be rooted out.
17 For should they attain long life, they will be held in no esteem, and dishonored will their old age be at last;	17 And if they live long, they shall be nothing regarded, and their last old age shall be without honour.
18 While should they die abruptly, they have no hope nor comfort in the day of scrutiny;	18 And if they die quickly, they shall have no hope, nor speech of comfort in the day of trial.
19 for dire is the end of the wicked generation.	19 For dreadful are the ends of a wicked race.