Sirach 41

O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions!

O mors, quam amara est memoria tua homini pacem habenti in substantiis suis :

ὦ θάνατε ὡς πικρόν σου τὸ μνημόσυνόν ἐστιν ἀνθρώπῳ εἰρηνεύοντι ἐν τοῖς ὑπάρχουσιν

To a man that is at rest, and whose ways are prosperous in all things, and that is yet able to take meat!

viro quieto, et cujus viæ directæ sunt in omnibus, et adhuc valenti accipere cibum!

αὐτοῦ ἀνδρὶ ἀπερισπάστῳ καὶ εὐοδουμένῳ ἐν πᾶσιν καὶ ἔτι ἰσχύοντι ἐπιδέξασθαι τροφήν

O death thy sentence is welcome to the man that is in need, and to him whose strength faileth:

O mors, bonum est judicium tuum homini indigenti, et qui minoratur viribus,

ὦ θάνατε καλόν σου τὸ κρίμα ἐστὶν ἀνθρώπῳ ἐπιδεομένῳ καὶ ἐλασσουμένῳ ἰσχύι

Who is in a decrepit age, and that is in care about all things, and to the distrustful that loseth patience!

defecto ætate, et cui de omnibus cura est, et incredibili, qui perdit patientiam!

ἐσχατογήρῳ καὶ περισπωμένῳ περὶ πάντων καὶ ἀπειθοῦντι καὶ ἀπολωλεκότι ὑπομονήν

Fear not the sentence of death. Remember what things have been before thee, and what shall come after thee: this sentence is from the Lord upon all flesh.

Noli metuere judicium mortis : memento quæ ante te fuerunt, et quæ superventura sunt tibi : hoc judicium a Domino omni carni.

μὴ εὐλαβοῦ κρίμα θανάτου μνήσθητι προτέρων σου καὶ ἐσχάτων τοῦτο τὸ κρίμα παρὰ κυρίου πάσῃ σαρκί

And what shall come upon thee by the good pleasure of the most High? whether ten, or a hundred, or a thousand years.

Et quid superveniet tibi in beneplacito Altissimi? sive decem, sive centum, sive mille anni :

καὶ τί ἀπαναίνῃ ἐν εὐδοκίᾳ ὑψίστου εἴτε δέκα εἴτε ἑκατὸν εἴτε χίλια ἔτη

For among the dead there is no accusing of life.

non est enim in inferno accusatio vitæ.

οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν ᾅδου ἐλεγμὸς ζωῆς

The children of sinners become children of abominations, and they that converse near the houses of the ungodly.

Filii abominationum fiunt filii peccatorum, et qui conversantur secus domos impiorum.

τέκνα βδελυρὰ γίνεται τέκνα ἁμαρτωλῶν καὶ συναναστρεφόμενα παροικίαις ἀσεβῶν

The inheritance of the children of sinners shall perish, and with their posterity shall be a perpetual reproach.

Filiorum peccatorum periet hæreditas, et cum semine illorum assiduitas opprobrii.

τέκνων ἁμαρτωλῶν ἀπολεῖται κληρονομία καὶ μετὰ τοῦ σπέρματος αὐτῶν ἐνδελεχιεῖ ὄνειδος

The children will complain of an ungodly father, because for his sake they are in reproach.

De patre impio queruntur filii, quoniam propter illum sunt in opprobrio.

πατρὶ ἀσεβεῖ μέμψεται τέκνα ὅτι δι' αὐτὸν ὀνειδισθήσονται

Woe to you, ungodly men, who have forsaken the law of the most high Lord.

Væ vobis, viri impii, qui dereliquistis legem Domini Altissimi!

οὐαὶ ὑμῖν ἄνδρες ἀσεβεῖς οἵτινες ἐγκατελίπετε νόμον θεοῦ ὑψίστου

And if you be born, you shall be born in malediction: and if you die, in malediction shall be your portion.

Et si nati fueritis, in maledictione nascemini : et si mortui fueritis, in maledictione erit pars vestra.

καὶ ἐὰν γεννηθῆτε εἰς κατάραν γεννηθήσεσθε καὶ ἐὰν ἀποθάνητε εἰς κατάραν μερισθήσεσθε

All things that are of the earth, shall return into the earth: so the ungodly shall from malediction to destruction.

Omnia quæ de terra sunt in terram convertentur : sic impii a maledicto in perditionem.

πάντα ὅσα ἐκ γῆς εἰς γῆν ἀπελεύσεται οὕτως ἀσεβεῖς ἀπὸ κατάρας εἰς ἀπώλειαν

The mourning of men is about their body, but the name of the ungodly shall be blotted out.

Luctus hominum in corpore ipsorum : nomen autem impiorum delebitur.

πένθος ἀνθρώπων ἐν σώμασιν αὐτῶν ὄνομα δὲ ἁμαρτωλῶν οὐκ ἀγαθὸν ἐξαλειφθήσεται

Take care of a good name: for this shall continue with thee, more than a thousand treasures precious and great.

Curam habe de bono nomine : hoc enim magis permanebit tibi quam mille thesauri pretiosi et magni.

φρόντισον περὶ ὀνόματος αὐτὸ γάρ σοι διαμενεῖ ἢ χίλιοι μεγάλοι θησαυροὶ χρυσίου

A good life hath its number of days: but a good name shall continue for ever.

Bonæ vitæ numerus dierum : bonum autem nomen permanebit in ævum.

ἀγαθῆς ζωῆς ἀριθμὸς ἡμερῶν καὶ ἀγαθὸν ὄνομα εἰς αἰῶνα διαμενεῖ

My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is there in them both?

Disciplinam in pace conservate, filii : sapientia enim abscondita, et thesaurus invisus, quæ utilitas in utrisque?

παιδείαν ἐν εἰρήνῃ συντηρήσατε τέκνα σοφία δὲ κεκρυμμένη καὶ θησαυρὸς ἀφανής τίς ὠφέλεια ἐν ἀμφοτέροις

Better is the man that hideth his folly, than the man that hideth his wisdom.

Melior est homo qui abscondit stultitiam suam, quam homo qui abscondit sapientiam suam.

κρείσσων ἄνθρωπος ἀποκρύπτων τὴν μωρίαν αὐτοῦ ἢ ἄνθρωπος ἀποκρύπτων τὴν σοφίαν αὐτοῦ

Wherefore have a shame of these things I am now going to speak of.

Verumtamen reveremini in his quæ procedunt de ore meo :

τοιγαροῦν ἐντράπητε ἐπὶ τῷ ῥήματί μου

For it is not good to keep all shamefacedness: and all things do not please all men in opinion.

non est enim bonum omnem reverentiam observare, et non omnia omnibus bene placent in fide.

οὐ γάρ ἐστιν πᾶσαν αἰσχύνην διαφυλάξαι καλόν καὶ οὐ πάντα πᾶσιν ἐν πίστει εὐδοκιμεῖται

Be ashamed of fornication before father and mother: and of a lie before a governor and a man in power:

Erubescite a patre et a matre de fornicatione : et a præsidente et a potente de mendacio :

αἰσχύνεσθε ἀπὸ πατρὸς καὶ μητρὸς περὶ πορνείας καὶ ἀπὸ ἡγουμένου καὶ δυνάστου περὶ ψεύδους

Of an offence before a prince, and a judge: of iniquity before a congregation and a people:

a principe et a judice de delicto : a synagoga et plebe de iniquitate :

ἀπὸ κριτοῦ καὶ ἄρχοντος περὶ πλημμελείας καὶ ἀπὸ συναγωγῆς καὶ λαοῦ περὶ ἀνομίας

Of injustice before a companion and friend: and in regard to the place where thou dwellest,

a socio et amico de injustitia, et de loco in quo habitas :

ἀπὸ κοινωνοῦ καὶ φίλου περὶ ἀδικίας καὶ ἀπὸ τόπου οὗ παροικεῖς

Of theft, and of the truth of God, and the covenant: of leaning with thy elbow over meat, and of deceit in giving and taking:

de furto, de veritate Dei, et testamento : de discubitu in panibus, et ab obfuscatione dati et accepti :

περὶ κλοπῆς ἀπὸ ἀληθείας θεοῦ καὶ διαθήκης καὶ ἀπὸ πήξεως ἀγκῶνος ἐπ' ἄρτοις

Of silence before them that salute thee: of looking upon a harlot: and of turning away thy face from thy kinsman.

a salutantibus de silentio, a respectu mulieris fornicariæ, et ab aversione vultus cognati.

ἀπὸ σκορακισμοῦ λήμψεως καὶ δόσεως καὶ ἀπὸ ἀσπαζομένων περὶ σιωπῆς

Turn not away thy face from thy neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring.

Ne avertas faciem a proximo tuo, et ab auferendo partem et non restituendo.

ἀπὸ ὁράσεως γυναικὸς ἑταίρας καὶ ἀπὸ ἀποστροφῆς προσώπου συγγενοῦς ἀπὸ ἀφαιρέσεως μερίδος καὶ δόσεως

Gaze not upon another man’s wife, and be not inquisitive after his handmaid, and approach not her bed.

Ne respicias mulierem alieni viri, et ne scruteris ancillam ejus, neque steteris ad lectum ejus.

καὶ ἀπὸ κατανοήσεως γυναικὸς ὑπάνδρου ἀπὸ περιεργίας παιδίσκης αὐτοῦ καὶ μὴ ἐπιστῇς ἐπὶ τὴν κοίτην αὐτῆς

Be ashamed of upbraiding speeches before friends: and after thou hast given, upbraid not.

Ab amicis de sermonibus improperii : et cum dederis, ne improperes.

ἀπὸ φίλων περὶ λόγων ὀνειδισμοῦ καὶ μετὰ τὸ δοῦναι μὴ ὀνείδιζε