Siracide 19

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Operarius ebriosus non locupletabitur; et, qui spernit modica, paulatim decidet.	1 A drunken workman wil never grow rich, and one who makes light of small matters will gradual y sink.
2 Vinum et mulieres apostatare faciunt sensatos; et, qui se iungit fornicariis, peribit: putredo et vermes hereditabunt illum.	2 Wine and women corrupt intel igent men, the customer of whores loses al sense of shame.
3 Anima audax perdet dominum suum; et tolletur de numero anima eius, et extolletur in exemplum maius.	3 Grubs and worms wil have him as their legacy, and the man who knows no shame will lose his life.
4 Qui credit cito, levis corde est et minorabitur; et, qui delinquit in animam suam, quis innoxium faciet?	4 Being too ready to trust shows shal owness of mind, and sinning harms the sinner.
5 Qui gaudet iniquitate, denotabitur, et, qui odit correptionem, minuetur vita, et, qui odit loquacitatem, exstinguit malitiam.	5 Taking pleasure in evil earns condemnation;
6	6 by hating gossip one avoids evil.
7 Ne umquam iteres verbum nequam et durum et prorsus non minoraberis.	7 Never repeat what you are told and you wil come to no harm;
8 De amico et inimico noli narrare et, si notum est tibi delictum, noli denudare:	8 whether to friend or foe, do not talk about it, unless it would be sinful not to, do not reveal it;
9 audiet enim te et cavebit te et quasi defendens peccatum odiet te.	9 you would be heard out, then mistrusted, and in due course you would be hated.
10 Audisti verbum adversus proximum tuum? Commoriatur in te fidens quoniam non te dirumpet.	10 Have you heard something? Let it die with you. Courage! It wil not burst you!
11 A facie verbi parturiet fatuus tamquam parturiens a facie infantis;	11 A fool wil suffer birthpangs over a piece of news, like a woman labouring with child.
12 sagitta infixa femori carnis, sic verbum in corde stulti.	12 Like an arrow stuck in the flesh of the thigh, so is a piece of news inside a fool.
13 Corripe amicum, ne forte fecerit malum et ipse dicat: “ Non feci ”; aut, si fecerit, ne iterum addat facere.	13 Question your friend, he may have done nothing at al ; and if he has done anything, he wil not do itagain.
14 Corripe proximum, ne forte dixerit et, si dixerit, ne forte iteret.	14 Question your neighbour, he may have said nothing at al ; and if he has said anything, he wil not sayit again.
15 Corripe amicum, saepe enim fit criminatio,	15 Question your friend, for slander is very common, do not believe al you hear.
16 et non omni verbo credas. Est qui labitur lingua sed non ex animo;	16 People sometimes make a slip, without meaning what they say; and which of us has never sinned byspeech?
17 quis est enim qui non deliquerit in lingua sua? Corripe proximum, antequam commineris,	17 Question your neighbour before you threaten him, and defer to the Law of the Most High.
18 et da locum legi Altissimi. Quia omnis sapientia timor Dei et in illa timere Deum, et in omni sapientia dispositio legis.	18
19 Et non est sapientia nequitiae scientia, et non est consilium peccatorum prudentia.	19
20 Est astutia et ipsa exsecratio, et est insipiens, qui minuitur sapientia.	20 Wisdom consists entirely in fearing the Lord, and wisdom is entirely constituted by the fulfil ing of theLaw.
21 Melior est homo, qui minuitur sapientia et deficiens sensu in timore, quam qui abundat sensu et transgreditur legem Altissimi.	21
22 Est solertia certa et ipsa iniqua.	22 Being learned in evil, however, is not wisdom, there is no prudence in the advice of sinners.
23 Et est qui pervertit gratiam, ut proferat iudicium; est qui videtur oppressus et fractus animo, et interiora eius plena sunt dolo.	23 There is a cleverness that is detestable; whoever has no wisdom is a fool.
24 Et est qui se nimium submittit a multa humilitate; et est qui inclinat faciem suam et fingit se non audire: ubi ignoratus est, praeveniet te.	24 Better be short of sense and ful of fear, than abound in shrewdness and violate the Law.
25 Et, si ab imbecillitate virium vetetur peccare, si invenerit tempus malefaciendi, malefaciet.	25 There is a wickedness which is scrupulous but nonetheless dishonest, and there are those whomisuse kindness to win their case.
26 Ex visu cognoscitur vir, et ab occursu faciei cognoscitur sensatus:	26 There is the person who wil walk bowed down with grief, when inwardly this is nothing but deceit:
27 amictus corporis et risus dentium et gressus hominis enuntiant de illo.	27 he hides his face and pretends to be deaf, if he is not unmasked, he wil take advantage of you.
28 Est correptio inopportuna, et est indicium, quod non probatur esse bonum; et est tacens, et ipse est prudens.	28 There is the person who is prevented from sinning by lack of strength, yet he wil do wrong when hegets the chance.
	29 You can tel a person by his appearance, you can tell a thinker by the look on his face.
	30 The way a person dresses, the way he laughs, the way he walks, tel you what he is.