Siracide 49

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Memoria Iosiae in compositionem odoris facta opere pigmentarii;	1 The memory of Josiah is like blended incense prepared by the perfumer's art; it is as sweet as honey toal mouths, and like music at a wine feast.
2 in omni ore quasi mel indulcabitur eius memoria et ut musica in convivio vini.	2 He took the right course, of converting the people, he rooted out the iniquitous abominations,
3 Ipse est directus divinitus in paenitentia gentis et tulit abominationes impietatis;	3 he set his heart on the Lord, in godless times he upheld the cause of religion.
4 et gubernavit ad Dominum cor suum et in diebus peccatorum corroboravit pietatem.	4 Apart from David, Hezekiah and Josiah, they al heaped wrong on wrong, they abandoned the Law ofthe Most High: the kings of Judah disappeared;
5 Praeter David et Ezechiam et Iosiam, omnes peccatum commiserunt;	5 for they handed their power over to others and their honour to a foreign nation.
6 nam reliquerunt legem Altissimi reges Iudae et contempserunt timorem Dei;	6 The holy, chosen city was burnt down, her streets were left deserted,
7 dederunt enim regnum suum aliis et gloriam suam alienae genti;	7 as Jeremiah had predicted; for they had il -treated him, though consecrated a prophet in his mother'swomb, to tear up and afflict and destroy, but also to build up and to plant.
8 incenderunt electam sanctuarii civitatem et desertas fecerunt vias ipsius in manu Ieremiae.	8 Ezekiel saw a vision of glory which God showed to him above the chariot of the great winged creatures,
9 Nam male tractaverunt illum, ipse autem a ventre matris consecratus est propheta evertere et eruere et perdere et iterum aedificare et plantare et renovare.	9 for he mentioned the enemies in the downpour to the advantage of those who fol ow the right way.
10 Ezechiel, qui vidit visionem gloriae, quam ostendit illi in curru cherubim.	10 As for the twelve prophets, may their bones flower again from the tomb, since they have comfortedJacob and redeemed him in faith and hope.
11 Nam et commemoratus est inimicorum in imbre et benefacere illis, qui ostenderunt rectas vias.	11 How shal we extol Zerubbabel? He was like a signet ring on the right hand,
12 Et duodecim prophetarum ossa pullulent de loco suo; nam corroboraverunt Iacob et redemerunt eos in fide virtutis.	12 so too was Joshua son of Jozadak; they who in their days built the Temple and raised a sanctuarysacred to the Lord, destined to everlasting glory.
13 Quomodo amplificemus Zorobabel? Nam et ipse quasi signum in dextera manu;	13 Great too is the memory of Nehemiah, who rebuilt our wal s which lay in ruins, erected the boltedgates and rebuilt our houses.
14 sic et Iesua filius Iosedec. Qui in diebus suis aedificaverunt domum et exaltaverunt templum sanctum Domino paratum in gloriam sempiternam.	14 No one else has ever been created on earth to equal Enoch, for he was taken up from earth.
15 Et Nehemias: in memoria multi temporis, qui erexit nobis muros eversos et stare fecit portas et seras; qui erexit domos nostras.	15 And no one else ever born has been like Joseph, the leader of his brothers, the prop of his people; hisbones received a visitation.
16 Nemo creatus est in terra qualis Henoch; nam et ipse assumptus est a terra.	16 Shem and Seth were the most honoured of men, but above every living creature is Adam.
17 Neque ut Ioseph natus est homo, princeps fratrum, firmamentum gentis;
18 et ossa ipsius visitata sunt et post mortem prophetaverunt.
19 Seth et Sem apud homines gloriam adepti sunt et super omnem animam in origine Adam.