Ecclesiasticus 19

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 sapientes, et arguent sensatos.	2 Wine and women corrupt intel igent men, the customer of whores loses al sense of shame.
3 Et qui se jungit fornicariis erit nequam : putredo et vermes hæreditabunt illum : et extolletur in exemplum majus, et tolletur de numero anima ejus.	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, insuper habebitur.	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, extinguit malitiam.	5 Taking pleasure in evil earns condemnation;
6 Qui peccat in animam suam, p?nitebit : et qui jucundatur in malitia, denotabitur.	6 by hating gossip one avoids evil.
7 Ne iteres verbum nequam et durum, et non minoraberis.	7 Never repeat what you are told and you wil come to no harm;
8 Amico et inimico noli narrare sensum tuum : et si 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 custodiet te, et quasi defendens peccatum, odiet te, et sic aderit tibi semper.	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 parturit fatuus, tamquam gemitus partus 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 non intellexerit, et 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 non 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, sæpe enim fit commissio :	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 timori Altissimi : quia omnis sapientia timor Dei, et in illa timere Deum, et in omni sapientia dispositio legis.	18
19 Et non est sapientia nequitiæ disciplina, et non est cogitatus peccatorum prudentia.	19
20 Est nequitia, et in ipsa execratio, 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 emittit verbum certum enarrans veritatem. Est qui nequiter humiliat se, et interiora ejus 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 videre quod ignoratum est :	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 ingressus 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 mendax in ira contumeliosi, et est judicium 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.