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Sirach 35

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1 ὁ συντηρῶν νόμον πλεονάζει προσφοράς 2 θυσιάζων σωτηρίου ὁ προσέχων ἐντολαῖς 3 4 ἀνταποδιδοὺς χάριν προσφέρων σεμίδαλιν καὶ ὁ ποιῶν ἐλεημοσύνην θυσιάζων αἰνέσεως 5 εὐδοκία κυρίου ἀποστῆναι ἀπὸ πονηρίας καὶ ἐξιλασμὸς ἀποστῆναι ἀπὸ ἀδικίας 6 μὴ ὀφθῇς ἐν προσώπῳ κυρίου κενός 7 πάντα γὰρ ταῦτα χάριν ἐντολῆς 8 προσφορὰ δικαίου λιπαίνει θυσιαστήριον καὶ ἡ εὐωδία αὐτῆς ἔναντι ὑψίστου 9 θυσία ἀνδρὸς δικαίου δεκτή καὶ τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτῆς οὐκ ἐπιλησθήσεται 10 ἐν ἀγαθῷ ὀφθαλμῷ δόξασον τὸν κύριον καὶ μὴ σμικρύνῃς ἀπαρχὴν χειρῶν σου 11 ἐν πάσῃ δόσει ἱλάρωσον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου καὶ ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ ἁγίασον δεκάτην 12 δὸς ὑψίστῳ κατὰ τὴν δόσιν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν ἀγαθῷ ὀφθαλμῷ καθ' εὕρεμα χειρός 13 ὅτι κύριος ἀνταποδιδούς ἐστιν καὶ ἑπταπλάσια ἀνταποδώσει σοι 14 μὴ δωροκόπει οὐ γὰρ προσδέξεται 15 καὶ μὴ ἔπεχε θυσίᾳ ἀδίκῳ ὅτι κύριος κριτής ἐστιν καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν παρ' αὐτῷ δόξα προσώπου 16 οὐ λήμψεται πρόσωπον ἐπὶ πτωχοῦ καὶ δέησιν ἠδικημένου εἰσακούσεται 17 οὐ μὴ ὑπερίδῃ ἱκετείαν ὀρφανοῦ καὶ χήραν ἐὰν ἐκχέῃ λαλιάν 18 οὐχὶ δάκρυα χήρας ἐπὶ σιαγόνα καταβαίνει καὶ ἡ καταβόησις ἐπὶ τῷ καταγαγόντι αὐτά 19 20 θεραπεύων ἐν εὐδοκίᾳ δεχθήσεται καὶ ἡ δέησις αὐτοῦ ἕως νεφελῶν συνάψει

e that keeps the law, multiplies offerings. 2 It is a wholesome sacrifice to take heed to the commandments, and to depart from all iniquity. 3 And to depart from injustice, is to offer a propitiatory sacrifice for injustices, and a begging of pardon for sins. 4 He shall return thanks, that offers fine flour: and he that does mercy, offers sacrifice. 5 To depart from iniquity is that which pleases the Lord, and to depart from injustice, is an entreaty for sins. 6 You shall not appear empty in the sight of the Lord. 7 For all these things are to be done because of the commandment of God. 8 The oblation of the just makes the altar fat, and is an odour of sweetness in the sight of the most High. 9 The sacrifice of the just is acceptable, and the Lord will not forget the memorial thereof. 10 Give glory to God with a good heart: and diminish not the firstfruits of your hands. 11 In every gift show a cheerful countenance, and sanctify your tithes with joy. 12 Give to the most High according to what he has given to you, and with a good eye do according to the ability of your hands: 13 For the Lord makes recompense, and will give you seven times as much. 14 Do not offer wicked gifts, for such he will not receive. 15 And look not upon an unjust sacrifice, for the Lord is judge, and there is not with him respect of person. 16 The Lord will not accept any person against a poor man, and he will hear the prayer of him that is wronged. 17 He will not despise the prayers of the fatherless: nor the widow, when she pours out her complaint. 18 Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causes them to fall? 19 For from the cheek they go up even to heaven, and the Lord that hears will not be delighted with them. 20 He that adores God with joy, shall be accepted, and his prayer shall approach even to the clouds.

1 Qui conservat legem multiplicat oblationem. 2 Sacrificium salutare est attendere mandatis, et discedere ab omni iniquitate. 3 Et propitiationem litare sacrificii super injustitias : et deprecatio pro peccatis, recedere ab injustitia. 4 Retribuet gratiam qui offert similaginem : et qui facit misericordiam offert sacrificium. 5 Beneplacitum est Domino recedere ab iniquitate : et deprecatio pro peccatis recedere ab injustitia. 6 Non apparebis ante conspectum Domini vacuus : 7 hæc enim omnia propter mandatum Dei fiunt. 8 Oblatio justi impinguat altare, et odor suavitatis est in conspectu Altissimi. 9 Sacrificium justi acceptum est, et memoriam ejus non obliviscetur Dominus. 10 Bono animo gloriam redde Deo, et non minuas primitias manuum tuarum. 11 In omni dato hilarem fac vultum tuum, et in exsultatione sanctifica decimas tuas. 12 Da Altissimo secundum datum ejus, et in bono oculo adinventionem facito manuum tuarum, 13 quoniam Dominus retribuens est, et septies tantum reddet tibi. 14 Noli offerre munera prava, non enim suscipiet illa. 15 Et noli inspicere sacrificum injustum, quoniam Dominus judex est, et non est apud illum gloria personæ. 16 Non accipiet Dominus personam in pauperem, et deprecationem læsi exaudiet. 17 Non despiciet preces pupilli, nec viduam, si effundat loquelam gemitus. 18 Nonne lacrimæ viduæ ad maxillam descendunt, et exclamatio ejus super deducentem eas? 19 A maxilla enim ascendunt usque ad cælum, et Dominus exauditor non delectabitur in illis. 20 Qui adorat Deum in oblectatione suscipietur, et deprecatio illius usque ad nubes propinquabit.

21 προσευχὴ ταπεινοῦ νεφέλας διῆλθεν καὶ ἕως συνεγγίσῃ οὐ μὴ παρακληθῇ καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποστῇ ἕως ἐπισκέψηται ὁ ὕψιστος καὶ κρινεῖ δικαίοις καὶ ποιήσει κρίσιν 22 καὶ ὁ κύριος οὐ μὴ βραδύνῃ οὐδὲ μὴ μακροθυμήσῃ ἐπ' αὐτοῖς ἕως ἂν συντρίψῃ ὀσφὺν ἀνελεημόνων 23 καὶ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἀνταποδώσει ἐκδίκησιν ἕως ἐξάρῃ πλῆθος ὑβριστῶν καὶ σκῆπτρα ἀδίκων συντρίψει 24 ἕως ἀνταποδῷ ἀνθρώπῳ κατὰ τὰς πράξεις αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ ἔργα τῶν ἀνθρώπων κατὰ τὰ ἐνθυμήματα αὐτῶν 25 ἕως κρίνῃ τὴν κρίσιν τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ εὐφρανεῖ αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ ἐλέει αὐτοῦ 26 ὡραῖον ἔλεος ἐν καιρῷ θλίψεως αὐτοῦ ὡς νεφέλαι ὑετοῦ ἐν καιρῷ ἀβροχίας

21 The prayer of him that humbles himself, shall pierce the clouds: and till it come near he will not be comforted: and he will not depart till the most High behold. 22 And the Lord will not be slack, but will judge for the just, and will do judgment: and the Almighty will not have patience with them, that he may crush their back: 23 And he will repay vengeance to the Gentiles, till he have taken away the multitude of the proud, and broken the sceptres of the unjust, 24 till he have rendered to men according to their deeds: and according to the works of Adam, and according to his presumption, 25 till he have judged the cause of his people, and he shall delight the just with his mercy. 26 The mercy of God is beautiful in the time of affliction, as a cloud of rain in the time of drought.

21 Oratio humiliantis se nubes penetrabit, et donec propinquet non consolabitur, et non discedet donec Altissimus aspiciat. 22 Et Dominus non elongabit : et judicabit justos, et faciet judicium : et Fortissimus non habebit in illis patientiam, ut contribulet dorsum ipsorum : 23 et gentibus reddet vindictam, donec tollat plenitudinem superborum, et sceptra iniquorum contribulet : 24 donec reddat hominibus secundum actus suos, et secundum opera Adæ, et secundum præsumptionem illius : 25 donec judicet judicium plebis suæ, et oblectabit justos misericordia sua. 26 Speciosa misericordia Dei in tempore tribulationis, quasi nubes pluviæ in tempore siccitatis.