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Sirach 15

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1 ὁ φοβούμενος κύριον ποιήσει αὐτό καὶ ὁ ἐγκρατὴς τοῦ νόμου καταλήμψεται αὐτήν 2 καὶ ὑπαντήσεται αὐτῷ ὡς μήτηρ καὶ ὡς γυνὴ παρθενίας προσδέξεται αὐτόν 3 ψωμιεῖ αὐτὸν ἄρτον συνέσεως καὶ ὕδωρ σοφίας ποτίσει αὐτόν στηριχθήσεται ἐπ' αὐτὴν καὶ οὐ μὴ κλιθῇ 4 καὶ ἐπ' αὐτῆς ἐφέξει καὶ οὐ μὴ καταισχυνθῇ καὶ ὑψώσει αὐτὸν παρὰ τοὺς πλησίον αὐτοῦ 5 καὶ ἐν μέσῳ ἐκκλησίας ἀνοίξει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ 6 εὐφροσύνην καὶ στέφανον ἀγαλλιάματος εὑρήσει καὶ ὄνομα αἰῶνος κατακληρονομήσει 7 οὐ μὴ καταλήμψονται αὐτὴν ἄνθρωποι ἀσύνετοι καὶ ἄνδρες ἁμαρτωλοὶ οὐ μὴ ἴδωσιν αὐτήν 8 μακράν ἐστιν ὑπερηφανίας καὶ ἄνδρες ψεῦσται οὐ μὴ μνησθήσονται αὐτῆς 9 οὐχ ὡραῖος αἶνος ἐν στόματι ἁμαρτωλοῦ 10 ὅτι οὐ παρὰ κυρίου ἀπεστάλη ἐν γὰρ σοφίᾳ ῥηθήσεται αἶνος καὶ ὁ κύριος εὐοδώσει αὐτόν

e that fears God, will do good: and he that possesses justice, shall lay hold on her, 2 and she will meet him as an honourable mother, and will receive him as a wife married of a virgin. 3 With the bread of life and understanding, she shall feed him, and give him the water of wholesome wisdom to drink: and she shall be made strong in him, and he shall not be moved. 4 And she shall hold him fast, and he shall not be confounded: and she shall exalt him among his neighbours. 5 And in the midst of the church she shall open his mouth, and shall fill him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding, and shall clothe him with a robe of glory. 6 She shall heap upon him a treasure of joy and gladness, and shall cause him to inherit an everlasting name. 7 But foolish men shall not obtain her, and wise men shall meet her, foolish men shall not see her: for she is far from pride and deceit. 8 Lying men shall be mindful of her: but men that speak truth shall be found with her, and shall advance, even till they come to the sight of God. 9 Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner: 10 For wisdom came forth from God: for praise shall be with the wisdom of God, and shall abound in a faithful mouth, and the sovereign Lord will give praise unto it.

1 Qui timet Deum faciet bona, et qui continens est justitiæ apprehendet illam : 2 et obviabit illi quasi mater honorificata, et quasi mulier a virginitate suscipiet illum. 3 Cibabit illum pane vitæ et intellectus, et aqua sapientiæ salutaris potabit illum : et firmabitur in illo, et non flectetur : 4 et continebit illum, et non confundetur : et exaltabit illum apud proximos suos, 5 et in medio ecclesiæ aperiet os ejus, et adimplebit illum spiritu sapientiæ et intellectus, et stola gloriæ vestiet illum. 6 Jucunditatem et exsultationem thesaurizabit super illum, et nomine æterno hæreditabit illum. 7 Homines stulti non apprehendent illam, et homines sensati obviabunt illi. Homines stulti non videbunt eam : longe enim abest a superbia et dolo. 8 Viri mendaces non erunt illius memores : et viri veraces invenientur in illa, et successum habebunt usque ad inspectionem Dei. 9 Non est speciosa laus in ore peccatoris, 10 quoniam a Deo profecta est sapientia. Sapientiæ enim Dei astabit laus, et in ore fideli abundabit, et Dominator dabit eam illi.

11 μὴ εἴπῃς ὅτι διὰ κύριον ἀπέστην ἃ γὰρ ἐμίσησεν οὐ ποιήσει 12 μὴ εἴπῃς ὅτι αὐτός με ἐπλάνησεν οὐ γὰρ χρείαν ἔχει ἀνδρὸς ἁμαρτωλοῦ 13 πᾶν βδέλυγμα ἐμίσησεν ὁ κύριος καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀγαπητὸν τοῖς φοβουμένοις αὐτόν 14 αὐτὸς ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἐποίησεν ἄνθρωπον καὶ ἀφῆκεν αὐτὸν ἐν χειρὶ διαβουλίου αὐτοῦ 15 16 ἐὰν θέλῃς συντηρήσεις ἐντολὰς καὶ πίστιν ποιῆσαι εὐδοκίας 17 παρέθηκέν σοι πῦρ καὶ ὕδωρ οὗ ἐὰν θέλῃς ἐκτενεῖς τὴν χεῖρά σου 18 ἔναντι ἀνθρώπων ἡ ζωὴ καὶ ὁ θάνατος καὶ ὃ ἐὰν εὐδοκήσῃ δοθήσεται αὐτῷ 19 ὅτι πολλὴ ἡ σοφία τοῦ κυρίου ἰσχυρὸς ἐν δυναστείᾳ καὶ βλέπων τὰ πάντα 20 καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τοὺς φοβουμένους αὐτόν καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπιγνώσεται πᾶν ἔργον ἀνθρώπου 21 οὐκ ἐνετείλατο οὐδενὶ ἀσεβεῖν καὶ οὐκ ἔδωκεν ἄνεσιν οὐδενὶ ἁμαρτάνειν 22

11 Say not: It is through God, that she is not with me: for do not do the things that he hates. 12 Say not: He has caused me to err: for he has no need of wicked men. 13 The Lord hates all abomination of error, and they that fear him shall not love it. 14 God made man from the beginning, and left him in the hand of his own counsel. 15 He added his commandments and precepts. 16 If you will keep the commandments and perform acceptable fidelity for ever, they shall preserve you. 17 He has set water and fire before you: stretch forth your hand to which you will. 18 Before man is life and death, good and evil, that which he shall choose shall be given him: 19 For the wisdom of God is great, and he is strong in power, seeing all men without ceasing. 20 The eyes of the Lord are towards them that fear him, and he knows al the work of man. 21 He has commanded no man to do wickedly, and he has given no man license to sin; 22 for he desires not a multitude of faithless and unprofitable children.

11 Non dixeris : Per Deum abest : quæ enim odit ne feceris. 12 Non dicas : Ille me implanavit : non enim necessarii sunt ei homines impii. 13 Omne execramentum erroris odit Dominus, et non erit amabile timentibus eum. 14 Deus ab initio constituit hominem, et reliquit illum in manu consilii sui : 15 adjecit mandata et præcepta sua. 16 Si volueris mandata servare, conservabunt te, et in perpetuum fidem placitam facere. 17 Apposuit tibi aquam et ignem, ad quod volueris porrige manum tuam. 18 Ante hominem vita et mors, bonum et malum : quod placuerit ei dabitur illi : 19 quoniam multa sapientia Dei, et fortis in potentia, videns omnes sine intermissione. 20 Oculi Domini ad timentes eum, et ipse agnoscit omnem operam hominis. 21 Nemini mandavit impie agere, et nemini dedit spatium peccandi : 22 non enim concupiscit multitudinem filiorum infidelium et inutilium.