Sirach 23

NEW JERUSALEM	NOVA VULGATA
1 Lord, father and master of my life, do not abandon me to their whims, do not let me fal because ofthem.	1 Domine, pater et dominator vitae meae, ne derelinquas me in consilio eorum nec sinas me cadere in illis.
2 Who wil lay whips to my thoughts, and the discipline of wisdom to my heart, to be merciless to myerrors and not let my sins go unchecked,	2 Quis superponet in cogitatu meo flagella et in corde meo doctrinam sapientiae, ut ignorationibus meis non parcant mihi, et non appareant delicta mea,
3 for fear my errors should multiply and my sins then abound and I fal before my adversaries, and myenemy gloat over me?	3 et ne adincrescant ignorantiae meae, et multiplicentur delicta mea, et peccata mea abundent, et incidam in conspectu adversariorum meorum, et gaudeat super me inimicus meus?
4 Lord, father and God of my life, do not let my eyes be proud,	4 Domine, pater et Deus vitae meae, ne derelinquas me in cogitatu illorum.
5 turn envy away from me,	5 Extollentiam oculorum meorum ne dederis mihi et omne desiderium averte a me.
6 do not let lechery and lust grip me, do not leave me a prey to shameless desire.	6 Aufer a me ventris concupiscentias, et concubitus concupiscentiae ne apprehendant me, et animae irreverenti et infrunitae ne tradas me.
7 Children, listen to what I teach, no one who keeps it wil be caught out.	7 De doctrina oris. Doctrinam oris audite, filii; et, qui custodierit illam, non capietur labiis nec scandalizabitur in operibus nequissimis.
8 The sinner is ensnared by his own lips, both the abusive and the proud are tripped by them.	8 In labiis suis apprehendetur peccator, et maledicus et superbus scandalizabitur in illis.
9 Do not get into the habit of swearing, do not make a habit of naming the Holy One;	9 Iurationi non assuescas os tuum: multi enim casus in illa.
10 for just as a slave who is constantly overseen wil never be without bruises, so someone who is alwaysswearing and uttering the Name wil not be exempt from sin.	10 Nominatio vero Dei non sit assidua in ore tuo, et nominibus sanctorum non admiscearis, quoniam non eris immunis ab eis.
11 A man for ever swearing is full of iniquity, and the scourge wil not depart from his house. If he offends,his sin wil be on him, if he did it unheedingly, he has doubly sinned; if he swears a false oath, he wil not betreated as innocent, for his house wil be fil ed with calamities.	11 Sicut enim servus exquisitus assidue livore carere non poterit, sic omnis iurans et nominans in toto a peccato non purgabitur.
12 One way of talking is like death, let it not be found in the heritage of Jacob since devout people havenothing to do with that: they wil not wal ow in sin.	12 Vir multum iurans implebitur iniquitate, et non discedet a domo illius plaga.
13 Do not get into the habit of using coarse and foul language since this involves sinful words.	13 Et, si frustraverit, delictum illius super ipsum erit; et, si dissimulaverit, delinquet dupliciter.
14 Remember your father and mother when you are sitting with the great, for fear you forget yourself intheir presence and behave like a fool, and then wish you had not been born and curse the day of your birth.	14 Et, si in vacuum iuraverit, non iustificabitur: replebitur enim malis domus illius.
15 No one in the habit of using shameful language wil break himself of it as long as he lives.	15 Est et alia loquela morti comparanda: non inveniatur in hereditate Iacob.
16 There are two types of people who commit sin after sin and a third who attracts retribution-	16 Etenim a timoratis omnia haec sunt remota, et in delictis non volutabuntur.
17 desire, blazing like a furnace, wil not die down until it has been sated- the man who lusts aftermembers of his own family is not going to stop until he is quite burnt out; every food is sweet to the promiscuous,and he wil not desist until he dies;	17 Indisciplinatae turpitudini non assuescat os tuum: est enim in illa verbum peccati.
18 and the man who sins against the marriage bed and says to himself, 'Who can see me? There isdarkness all round me, the wal s hide me, no one can see me, why should I worry? The Most High wil notremember my sins.'	18 Memento patris et matris tuae, in medio enim magnatorum consistis;
19 What he fears are human eyes, he does not realise that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand timesbrighter than the sun, observing every aspect of human behaviour, seeing into the most secret corners.	19 ne forte obliviscaris tui in conspectu illorum et assiduitate tua infatuatus improperium patiaris et maluisses non nasci et diem nativitatis tuae maledicas.
20 Al things were known to him before they were created, and are stil , now that they are finished.	20 Homo assuetus in verbis improperii in omnibus diebus suis non erudietur.
21 This man will be punished in view of the whole town, and wil be seized when he least expects it.	21 Duo genera abundant in peccatis, et tertium adducit iram et perditionem:
22 Similarly the woman unfaithful to her husband, who provides him with an heir by another man:	22 anima calida quasi ignis ardens non exstinguetur, donec consumatur;
23 first, she has disobeyed the Law of the Most High; secondly, she has been false to her husband; andthirdly, she has gone whoring in adultery	23 et homo fornicarius in corpore carnis suae non desinet, donec incendat ignem.
24 and conceived children by another man. She will be led before the assembly, an enquiry will be heldabout her children.	24 Homini fornicario omnis panis dulcis: non cessabit nisi in morte.
25 Her children wil strike no root, her branches wil bear no fruit.	25 Omnis homo, qui transgreditur super lectum suum contemnens in anima sua et dicens: “ Quis me videt?
26 She wil leave an accursed memory behind her, her shame wil never be wiped out.	26 Tenebrae circumdant me, et parietes cooperiunt me, et nemo circumspicit me; quem vereor? Delictorum meorum non memorabitur Altissimus ”
27 And those who survive her wil recognise that nothing is better than fearing the Lord, and nothingsweeter than adherence to the Lord's commandments.	27 et non intellegit quoniam omnia videt oculus illius, quoniam expellit a se timorem Dei huiusmodi hominis timor. Et oculi hominum sunt timor illius,
	28 et non cognovit quoniam oculi Domini multo plus lucidiores sunt super solem circumspicientes omnes vias hominum et profundum abyssi et hominum corda intuentes in absconditas partes.
	29 Domino enim Deo, antequam crearentur, omnia sunt agnita; sic et, postquam perfecta sunt, respicit omnia.
	30 Hic in plateis civitatis vindicabitur et quasi pullus equinus fugabitur et, ubi non speravit, apprehendetur;
	31 et erit dedecus omnibus, eo quod non intellexerit timorem Domini.
	32 Sic et mulier omnis relinquens virum suum et statuens hereditatem ex alieno matrimonio.
	33 Primo enim in lege Altissimi incredibilis fuit, secundo in virum suum deliquit, tertio in adulterio fornicata est et ex alio viro filios statuit sibi.
	34 Haec in ecclesiam adducetur et in filios eius respicietur;
	35 non tradent filii eius radices, et rami eius non dabunt fructum:
	36 derelinquet in maledictum memoriam suam, et dedecus illius non delebitur.
	37 Et agnoscent, qui derelicti sunt, quoniam nihil melius est quam timor Dei, et nihil dulcius quam attendere mandatis Domini.
	38 Gloria magna est sequi Dominum; longitudo enim dierum assumetur ab eo.