Sirach 27
Versetti esaminati
| Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition | Bibbia Vulgata Clementina |
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| 1 Many have committed sin for a trifle, and whoever seeks to get rich will avert his eyes. | 1 Propter inopiam multi deliquerunt : et qui quærit locupletari avertit oculum suum. |
| 2 As a stake is driven firmly into a fissure between stones, so sin is wedged in between selling and buying. | 2 Sicut in medio compaginis lapidum palus figitur, sic et inter medium venditionis et emptionis angustiabitur peccatum : |
| 3 If a man is not steadfast and zealous in the fear of the Lord, his house will be quickly overthrown. | 3 conteretur cum delinquente delictum. |
| 4 When a sieve is shaken, the refuse remains; so a man's filth remains in his thoughts. | 4 Si non in timore Domini tenueris te instanter, cito subvertetur domus tua. |
| 5 The kiln tests the potter's vessels; so the test of a man is in his reasoning. | 5 Sicut in percussura cribri remanebit pulvis, sic aporia hominis in cogitatu illius. |
| 6 The fruit discloses the cultivation of a tree; so the expression of a thought discloses the cultivation of a man's mind. | 6 Vasa figuli probat fornax, et homines justos tentatio tribulationis. |
| 7 Do not praise a man before you hear him reason, for this is the test of men. | 7 Sicut rusticatio de ligno ostendit fructum illius, sic verbum ex cogitatu cordis hominis. |
| 8 If you pursue justice, you will attain it and wear it as a glorious robe. | 8 Ante sermonem non laudes virum : hæc enim tentatio est hominum. |
| 9 Birds flock with their kind; so truth returns to those who practice it. | 9 Si sequaris justitiam, apprehendes illam, et indues quasi poderem honoris : et inhabitabis cum ea, et proteget te in sempiternum, et in die agnitionis invenies firmamentum. |
| 10 A lion lies in wait for prey; so does sin for the workers of iniquity. | 10 Volatilia ad sibi similia conveniunt : et veritas ad eos qui operantur illam revertetur. |
| 11 The talk of the godly man is always wise, but the fool changes like the moon. | 11 Leo venationi insidiatur semper : sic peccata operantibus iniquitates. |
| 12 Among stupid people watch for a chance to leave, but among thoughtful people stay on. | 12 Homo sanctus in sapientia manet sicut sol : nam stultus sicut luna mutatur. |
| 13 The talk of fools is offensive, and their laughter is wantonly sinful. | 13 In medio insensatorum serva verbum tempori : in medio autem cogitantium assiduus esto. |
| 14 The talk of men given to swearing makes one's hair stand on end, and their quarrels make a man stop his ears. | 14 Narratio peccantium odiosa, et risus illorum in deliciis peccati. |
| 15 The strife of the proud leads to bloodshed, and their abuse is grievous to hear. | 15 Loquela multum jurans horripilationem capiti statuet, et irreverentia ipsius obturatio aurium. |
| 16 Whoever betrays secrets destroys confidence, and he will never find a congenial friend. | 16 Effusio sanguinis in rixa superborum, et maledictio illorum auditus gravis. |
| 17 Love your friend and keep faith with him; but if you betray his secrets, do not run after him. | 17 Qui denudat arcana amici fidem perdit, et non inveniet amicum ad animum suum. |
| 18 For as a man destroys his enemy, so you have destroyed the friendship of your neighbor. | 18 Dilige proximum, et conjungere fide cum illo. |
| 19 And as you allow a bird to escape from your hand, so you have let your neighbor go, and will not catch him again. | 19 Quod si denudaveris absconsa illius, non persequeris post eum. |
| 20 Do not go after him, for he is too far off, and has escaped like a gazelle from a snare. | 20 Sicut enim homo qui perdit amicum suum, sic et qui perdit amicitiam proximi sui. |
| 21 For a wound may be bandaged, and there is reconciliation after abuse, but whoever has betrayed secrets is without hope. | 21 Et sicut qui dimittit avem de manu sua, sic dereliquisti proximum tuum, et non eum capies. |
| 22 Whoever winks his eye plans evil deeds, and no one can keep him from them. | 22 Non illum sequaris, quoniam longe abest : effugit enim quasi caprea de laqueo, quoniam vulnerata est anima ejus : |
| 23 In your presence his mouth is all sweetness, and he admires your words; but later he will twist his speech and with your own words he will give offense. | 23 ultra eum non poteris colligare. Et maledicti est concordatio : |
| 24 I have hated many things, but none to be compared to him; even the Lord will hate him. | 24 denudare autem amici mysteria, desperatio est animæ infelicis. |
| 25 Whoever throws a stone straight up throws it on his own head; and a treacherous blow opens up wounds. | 25 Annuens oculo fabricat iniqua, et nemo eum abjiciet. |
| 26 He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who sets a snare will be caught in it. | 26 In conspectu oculorum tuorum condulcabit os suum, et super sermones tuos admirabitur : novissime autem pervertet os suum, et in verbis tuis dabit scandalum. |
| 27 If a man does evil, it will roll back upon him, and he will not know where it came from. | 27 Multa odivi, et non coæquavi ei, et Dominus odiet illum. |
| 28 Mockery and abuse issue from the proud man, but vengeance lies in wait for him like a lion. | 28 Qui in altum mittit lapidem, super caput ejus cadet : et plaga dolosa dolosi dividet vulnera. |
| 29 Those who rejoice in the fall of the godly will be caught in a snare, and pain will consume them before their death. | 29 Et qui foveam fodit incidet in eam : et qui statuit lapidem proximo offendet in eo : et qui laqueum alii ponit, peribit in illo. |
| 30 Anger and wrath, these also are abominations, and the sinful man will possess them. | 30 Facienti nequissimum consilium, super ipsum devolvetur, et non agnoscet unde adveniat illi. |
| 31 Illusio et improperium superborum, et vindicta sicut leo insidiabitur illi. | |
| 32 Laqueo peribunt qui oblectantur casu justorum, dolor autem consumet illos antequam moriantur. | |
| 33 Ira et furor utraque execrabilia sunt, et vir peccator continens erit illorum. |