Siracide 49

BIBBIA MARTINI	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 La memoria di Josia è un composto di varj odori fatto per mano di un profumiere.	1 And Elias the prophet stood up, as a fire, and his word burnt like a torch.
2 La memoria di lui ad ogni bocca sarà dolce come il miele, e come un concerto musicale in un convito, dove si bee vino.	2 He brought a famine upon them, and they that provoked him in their envy, were reduced to a small number, for they could not endure the commandments of the Lord.
3 Egli fu destinato da Dio a convertir la nazione, ed egli abolì le abominazioni dell'empietà.	3 By the word of the Lord he shut up the heaven, and he brought down fire from heaven thrice.
4 Egli il suo cuore rivolse verso il Signore, e ne' giorni dei peccatori corroborò la pietà.	4 Thus was Elias magnified in his wondrous works. And who can glory like to thee?
5 Eccettuato David, e Ezechia, Josia. tutti gli altri peccarono:	5 Who raisedst up a dead man from below, from the lot of death, by the word of the Lord God.
6 Perocché abbandonarono i re di Giuda la legge dell'Altissimo, e il timore di Dio disprezzarono.	6 Who broughtest down kings to destruction, and brokest easily their power in pieces, and the glorious from their bed.
7 Per la qual cosa il proprio regno cederono ad altri, e la loro gloria a una straniera nazione.	7 Who heardest judgment in Sina, and in Horeb the judgments of vengeance.
8 Eglino miser il fuoco nella eletta, e santa città, e deserte rendettero le sue contrade secondo la predizione di Geremia.	8 Who anointedst kings to penance, and madest prophets successors after thee.
9 Perocché essi maltrattarono lui, il quale fin dall'utero della madre fu con sagrato profeta per abbattere, e sradicare, e distruggere, e poscia riedificare, e ristorare.	9 Who wast taken up in a whirlwind of fire, in a chariot of fiery horses.
10 Ezechielle poi vide lo spettacolo della gloria mostrata a lui dal Signore sul cocchio de' Cherubini.	10 Who art registered in the judgments of times to appease the wrath of the Lord, to reconcile the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.
11 Ed egli sotto la figura della pioggia parlò dei nemici (di Dio), e del bene, che questi fa a coloro, che si mostrarono retti nelle vie loro.	11 Blessed are they that saw thee, and were honoured with thy friendship.
12 E rifioriscano di là, dove giacciono le ossa dei dodici profeti; perocché essi ristoraron Giacobbe; e mediante la potente loro fede liberaron se stessi.	12 For we live only in our life, but after death our name shall not be such.
13 Che direm noi in commendazione di Zorobabel? Di lui, che fu come un anello nella destra mano;	13 Elias was indeed covered with the whirlwind, and his spirit was filled up in Eliseus: in his days he feared not the prince, and no man was more powerful than he.
14 E parimente di Gesù figliuolo di Josedech? perocché questi a' tempi loro edificaron la casa, e innalzarono al Signore il tempio santo destinato ad una gloria sempiterna.	14 No word could overcome him, and after death his body prophesied.
15 Durerà lungamente la memoria di Neemia, il quale rialzò le nostre mura abbattute, e vi ripose le porte, e i le sbarre, e ristaurò le nostre abitazioni.	15 In his life he did great wonders, and is death he wrought miracles.
16 Non nacque uom sulla terra simile ad Henoch, il quale fu ancora rapito dalla terra.	16 For all this the people repented not, neither did they depart from their sins till they were cast out of their land, and were scattered through all the earth.
17 Né simile a Giuseppe nato per essere il principe de' fratelli, il sostegno della nazione, guida de' fratelli, fermezza del popolo:	17 And there was left but a small people, and a prince in the house of David.
18 Le ossa di lui furono visitate, e profetarono dopo la morte.	18 Some of these did that which pleased God: but others committed many sine.
19 Seth, e Sein furono celebrati dagli uomini, e Adamo è sopra tutte le creature per la sua origine.	19 Ezechias fortified his city, and brought in water into the midst thereof, and he digged a rock with iron, and made a well for water.
	20 In his days Sennacherib came up, and sent Rabsaces, and lifted up his hand against them, and he stretched out his hand against Sion, and became proud through his power.
	21 Then their hearts and hands trembled, and they were in pain as women in travail.
	22 And they called upon the Lord who is merciful, and spreading their hands, they lifted them up to heaven: and the holy Lord God quickly heard their voice.
	23 He was not mindful of their sins, neither did he deliver them up to their enemies, but he purified them by the hand of Isaias, the holy prophet.
	24 He overthrew the army of the Assyrians, and the angel of the Lord destroyed them.
	25 For Ezechias did that which pleased God, and walked valiantly in the way of David his father, which Isaias, the great prophet, and faithful in the sight of God, had commanded him.
	26 In his days the sun went backward, and he lengthened the king's life.
	27 With a great spirit he saw the things that are to come to pass at last, and comforted the mourners in Sion.
	28 He shewed what should come to pass for ever, and secret things before they came.