Sirach 46

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Valiant leader was JOSHUA, son of Nun, assistant to Moses in the prophetic office, Formed to be, as his name implies, the great savior of God's chosen ones, To punish the enemy and to win the inheritance for Israel.	1 Jesus the son a Nave was valiant in the wars, and was the successor of Moses in prophecies, who according to his name was made great for the saving of the elect of God, and taking vengeance of the enemies that rose up against them, that he might set Israel in their inheritance.
2 What glory was his when he raised his arm, to brandish his javelin against the city!	2 How great glory gat he, when he did lift up his hands, and stretched out his sword against the cities!
3 And who could withstand him when he fought the battles of the LORD?	3 Who before him so stood to it? for the Lord himself brought his enemies unto him.
4 Did he not by his power stop the sun, so that one day became two?	4 Did not the sun go back by his means? and was not one day as long as two?
5 He called upon the Most High God when his enemies beset him on all sides, And God Most High gave answer to him in hailstones of tremendous power,	5 He called upon the most high Lord, when the enemies pressed upon him on every side; and the great Lord heard him.
6 Which he rained down upon the hostile army till on the slope he destroyed the foe; That all the doomed nations might know that the LORD was watching over his people's battles. And because he was a devoted follower of God	6 And with hailstones of mighty power he made the battle to fall violently upon the nations, and in the descent [of Beth-horon] he destroyed them that resisted, that the nations might know all their strength, because he fought in the sight of the Lord, and he followed the Mighty One.
7 and in Moses' lifetime showed himself loyal, He and CALEB, son of Jephunneh, when they opposed the rebel assembly, Averted God's anger from the people and suppressed the wicked complaint--	7 In the time of Moses also he did a work of mercy, he and Caleb the son of Jephunne, in that they withstood the congregation, and withheld the people from sin, and appeased the wicked murmuring.
8 Because of this, they were the only two spared from the six hundred thousand infantry, To lead the people into their inheritance, the land flowing with milk and honey.	8 And of six hundred thousand people on foot, they two were preserved to bring them in to the heritage, even unto the land that floweth with milk and honey.
9 And the strength he gave to Caleb remained with him even in his old age Till he won his way onto the summits of the land; his family too received an inheritance,	9 The Lord gave strength also unto Caleb, which remained with him unto his old age: so that he entered upon the high places of the land, and his seed obtained it for an heritage:
10 That all the people of Jacob might know how good it is to be a devoted follower of the LORD.	10 That all the children of Israel might see that it is good to follow the Lord.
11 The JUDGES, too, each one of them, whose hearts were not deceived, Who did not abandon God: may their memory be ever blessed,	11 And concerning the judges, every one by name, whose heart went not a whoring, nor departed from the Lord, let their memory be blessed.
12 Their bones return to life from their resting place, and their names receive fresh luster in their children!	12 Let their bones flourish out of their place, and let the name of them that were honoured be continued upon their children.
13 Beloved of his people, dear to his Maker, dedicated from his mother's womb, Consecrated to the LORD as a prophet, was SAMUEL, the judge and priest. At God's word he established the kingdom and anointed princes to rule the people.	13 Samuel, the prophet of the Lord, beloved of his Lord, established a kingdom, and anointed princes over his people.
14 By the law of the LORD he judged the nation, when he visited the encampments of Jacob.	14 By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation, and the Lord had respect unto Jacob.
15 As a trustworthy prophet he was sought out and his words proved him true as a seer.	15 By his faithfulness he was found a true prophet, and by his word he was known to be faithful in vision.
16 He, too, called upon God, and offered him a suckling lamb;	16 He called upon the mighty Lord, when his enemies pressed upon him on every side, when he offered the sucking lamb.
17 Then the LORD thundered forth from heaven, and the tremendous roar of his voice was heard.	17 And the Lord thundered from heaven, and with a great noise made his voice to be heard.
18 He brought low the rulers of the enemy and destroyed all the lords of the Philistines.	18 And he destroyed the rulers of the Tyrians, and all the princes cf the Philistines.
19 When Samuel approached the end of his life, he testified before the LORD and his anointed prince, "No bribe or secret gift have I taken from any man!" and no one dared gainsay him.	19 And before his long sleep he made protestations in the sight of the Lord and his anointed, I have not taken any man's goods, so much as a shoe: and no man did accuse him.
20 Even when he lay buried, his guidance was sought; he made known to the king his fate, And from the grave he raised his voice as a prophet, to put an end to wickedness.	20 And after his death he prophesied, and shewed the king his end, and lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy, to blot out the wickedness of the people.