Siracide 48

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Et surrexit Elias propheta quasi ignis, et verbum ipsius quasi facula ardebat.	1 Then the prophet Elijah arose like a fire, his word flaring like a torch.
2 Qui induxit in illos famem et zelo suo paucos fecit eos.	2 It was he who brought famine on them and decimated them in his zeal.
3 Verbo Domini continuit caelum et deiecit de caelo ignem ter.	3 By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens, three times also he brought down fire.
4 Quam amplificatus es, Elias, in mirabilibus tuis! Et quis potest similiter gloriari tibi?	4 How glorious you were in your miracles, Elijah! Has anyone reason to boast as you have? -
5 Qui suscitasti mortuum de sorte mortis ab inferis in verbo Domini.	5 rousing a corpse from death, from Sheol, by the word of the Most High;
6 Qui deiecisti reges ad perniciem et gloriosos de lecto suo et confregisti facile potentiam ipsorum;	6 dragging kings down to destruction, and high dignitaries from their beds;
7 qui audis in Sinai indicium et in Horeb iudicia vindictae.	7 hearing a rebuke on Sinai and decrees of punishment on Horeb;
8 Qui ungis reges ad retributionem et prophetas facis successores post te;	8 anointing kings as avengers, and prophets to succeed you;
9 qui receptus es in turbine ignis et in curru equorum igneorum;	9 taken up in the whirlwind of fire, in a chariot with fiery horses;
10 qui scriptus es paratus in tempora lenire iracundiam Domini ante furorem, convertere cor patris ad filium et restituere tribus Iacob.	10 designated in the prophecies of doom to allay God's wrath before the fury breaks, to turn the hearts offathers towards their children, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.
11 Beati sunt, qui te viderunt et in amicitia tua dormierunt!	11 Blessed, those who wil see you, and those who have fal en asleep in love; for we too shal certainlyhave life.
12 Nam et nos vita quidem vivemus, post mortem autem non erit tale nomen nostrum.	12 Such was Elijah, who was enveloped in a whirlwind; and Elisha was fil ed with his spirit; throughout hislife no ruler could shake him, and no one could subdue him.
13 Elias quidem in turbine tectus est, et in Eliseo completus est spiritus eius. In diebus suis non pertimuit principem, et potentia nemo vicit illum;	13 No task was too hard for him, and even in death his body prophesied.
14 nec superavit illum verbum aliquod, et mortuum prophetavit corpus eius.	14 In his lifetime he performed wonders, and in death his works were marvel ous.
15 In vita sua fecit monstra et in morte mirabilia operatus est.	15 Despite al this the people did not repent, nor did they give up their sins, until they were herded out oftheir country and scattered al over the earth;
16 In omnibus istis non paenituit populum, et non recesserunt a peccatis suis, usque dum eiecti sunt de terra sua et dispersi sunt in omnem terram;	16 only a few of the people were left, with a ruler of the House of David. Some of them did what pleasedthe Lord, others piled sin on sin.
17 et relicta est gens perpauca, et princeps in domo David.	17 Hezekiah fortified his city, and laid on a water-supply inside it; with iron he tunnelled through the rockand constructed storage-tanks.
18 Quidam ipsorum fecerunt, quod placeret Deo; alii autem multiplicaverunt peccata.	18 In his days Sennacherib invaded and sent Rabshakeh; he lifted his hand against Zion, and boastedloudly in his arrogance.
19 Ezechias munivit civitatem suam et induxit in medium ipsius aquam et fodit ferro rupem et aedificavit ad aquam puteum.	19 Then their hearts and hands trembled, they felt the pangs of a woman in labour,
20 In diebus ipsius ascendit Sennacherib et misit Rabsacen et discessit, et sustulit manum suam in Sion et superbus factus est in exaltatione sua.	20 but they cal ed on the merciful Lord, stretching out their hands towards him. Swiftly the Holy Oneheard them from heaven and delivered them by the agency of Isaiah;
21 Tunc mota sunt corda et manus ipsorum, et doluerunt quasi parturientes mulieres	21 he struck the camp of the Assyrians and his Angel annihilated them.
22 et invocaverunt Dominum misericordem et expandentes manus suas extulerunt ad eum, et Sanctus audivit cito vocem ipsorum.	22 For Hezekiah did what is pleasing to the Lord, and was steadfast in the ways of David his father,enjoined on him by the prophet Isaiah, a great man trustworthy in his vision.
23 Non est commemoratus peccatorum illorum neque dedit illos inimicis suis, sed purgavit eos in manu Isaiae sancti prophetae;	23 In his days the sun moved back; he prolonged the life of the king.
24 percussit castra Assyriorum et contrivit illos angelus eius.	24 In the power of the spirit he saw the last things, he comforted the mourners of Zion,
25 Nam fecit Ezechias quod placuit Deo et fortiter ivit in via David patris sui, quam mandavit illi Isaias propheta, magnus et fidelis in visione sua.	25 he revealed the future to the end of time, and hidden things long before they happened.
26 In diebus ipsius retro rediit sol, et addidit regi vitam.
27 Spiritu magno vidit ultima et consolatus est lugentes in Sion; usque in sempiternum ostendit futura
28 et abscondita, antequam evenirent.