Sirach 14

1Blessed is the man that hath not slipped by a word out of his mouth, and is not pricked with the remorse of sin.

2Happy is he that hath had no sadness of his mind, and who is not fallen from his hope.

3Riches are not comely for a covetous man and a niggard, and what should an envious man do with gold?

4He that gathereth together by wronging his own soul, gathereth for others, and another will squander away his goods in rioting.

5He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good? and he shall not take pleasure in his goods.

6There is none worse than he that envieth himself, and this is the reward of his wickedness:

7And if he do good, he doth it ignorantly, and unwillingly: and at the last he discovereth his wickedness.

8The eye of the envious is wicked: and he turneth away his face, and despiseth his own soul.

9The eye of the covetous man is insatiable in his portion of iniquity: he will not be satisfied till he consume his own soul, drying it up.

10An evil eye is towards evil things: and he shall not have his fill of bread, but shall be needy and pensive at his own table.

11My son, if thou have any thing, do good to thyself, and offer to God worthy offerings.

12Remember that death is not slow, and that the covenant of hell hath been shown to thee: for the covenant of this world shall surely die.

13Do good to thy friend before thou die, and according to thy ability, stretching out thy hand give to the poor.

14Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good gift overpass thee.

15Shalt thou not leave to others to divide by lot thy sorrows and labours?

16Give and take, and justify thy soul.

17Before thy death work justice: for in hell there is no finding food.

18All flesh shall fade as grass, and as the leaf that springeth out on a green tree.

19Some grow, and some fall off: so is the generation of flesh and blood, one cometh to an end, and another is born.

20Every work that is corruptible shall fail in the end: and the worker thereof shall go with it.

21And every excellent work shall be justified: and the worker thereof shall be honoured therein.

22Blessed is the man that shall continue in wisdom, and that shall meditate in his justice, and in his mind shall think of the all seeing eye of God.

23He that considereth her ways in his heart, and hath understanding in her secrets, who goeth after her as one that traceth, and stayeth in her ways.

24He who looketh in at her windows, and hearkeneth at her door.

25He that lodgeth near her house, and fastening a pin in her walls shall set up his tent high unto her, where good things shall rest in his lodging for ever.

26He shall set his children under her shelter, and shall lodge under her branches:

27He shall be protected under her covering from the heat, and shall rest in her glory.

1Beatus vir qui non est lapsus verbo ex ore suo, et non est stimulatus in tristitia delicti.

2Felix qui non habuit animi sui tristitiam, et non excidit a spe sua.

3Viro cupido et tenaci sine ratione est substantia : et homini livido ad quid aurum?

4Qui acervat ex animo suo injuste, aliis congregat, et in bonis illius alius luxuriabitur.

5Qui sibi nequam est, cui alii bonus erit? et non jucundabitur in bonis suis.

6Qui sibi invidet, nihil est illo nequius : et hæc redditio est malitiæ illius.

7Et si bene fecerit, ignoranter et non volens facit : et in novissimo manifestat malitiam suam.

8Nequam est oculus lividi : et avertens faciem suam, et despiciens animam suam.

9Insatiabilis oculus cupidi in parte iniquitatis : non satiabitur donec consumat arefaciens animam suam.

10Oculus malus ad mala, et non saturabitur pane, sed indigens et in tristitia erit super mensam suam.

11Fili, si habes, benefac tecum, et Deo dignas oblationes offer.

12Memor esto quoniam mors non tardat, et testamentum inferorum, quia demonstratum est tibi : testamentum enim hujus mundi morte morietur.

13Ante mortem benefac amico tuo, et secundum vires tuas exporrigens da pauperi.

14Non defrauderis a die bono, et particula boni doni non te prætereat.

15Nonne aliis relinques dolores et labores tuos in divisione sortis?

16Da et accipe, et justifica animam tuam.

17Ante obitum tuum operare justitiam, quoniam non est apud inferos invenire cibum.

18Omnis caro sicut fœnum veterascet, et sicut folium fructificans in arbore viridi.

19Alia generantur, et alia dejiciuntur : sic generatio carnis et sanguinis, alia finitur, et alia nascitur.

20Omne opus corruptibile in fine deficiet, et qui illud operatur ibit cum illo.

21Et omne opus electum justificabitur, et qui operatur illud honorabitur in illo.

22Beatus vir qui in sapientia morabitur, et qui in justitia sua meditabitur, et in sensu cogitabit circumspectionem Dei :

23qui excogitat vias illius in corde suo, et in absconditis suis intelligens, vadens post illam quasi investigator, et in viis illius consistens :

24qui respicit per fenestras illius, et in januis illius audiens :

25qui requiescit juxta domum illius, et in parietibus illius figens palum, statuet casulam suam ad manus illius, et requiescent in casula illius bona per ævum.

26Statuet filios suos sub tegmine illius, et sub ramis ejus morabitur.

27Protegetur sub tegmine illius a fervore, et in gloria ejus requiescet.

1μακάριος ἀνήρ ὃς οὐκ ὠλίσθησεν ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐ κατενύγη ἐν λύπῃ ἁμαρτιῶν

2μακάριος οὗ οὐ κατέγνω ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ ὃς οὐκ ἔπεσεν ἀπὸ τῆς ἐλπίδος αὐτοῦ

3ἀνδρὶ μικρολόγῳ οὐ καλὸς ὁ πλοῦτος καὶ ἀνθρώπῳ βασκάνῳ ἵνα τί χρήματα

4ὁ συνάγων ἀπὸ τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ συνάγει ἄλλοις καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς αὐτοῦ τρυφήσουσιν ἕτεροι

5ὁ πονηρὸς ἑαυτῷ τίνι ἀγαθὸς ἔσται καὶ οὐ μὴ εὐφρανθήσεται ἐν τοῖς χρήμασιν αὐτοῦ

6τοῦ βασκαίνοντος ἑαυτὸν οὐκ ἔστιν πονηρότερος καὶ τοῦτο ἀνταπόδομα τῆς κακίας αὐτοῦ

7κἂν εὖ ποιῇ ἐν λήθῃ ποιεῖ καὶ ἐπ' ἐσχάτων ἐκφαίνει τὴν κακίαν αὐτοῦ

8πονηρὸς ὁ βασκαίνων ὀφθαλμῷ ἀποστρέφων πρόσωπον καὶ ὑπερορῶν ψυχάς

9πλεονέκτου ὀφθαλμὸς οὐκ ἐμπίπλαται μερίδι καὶ ἀδικία πονηρὰ ἀναξηραίνει ψυχήν

10ὀφθαλμὸς πονηρὸς φθονερὸς ἐπ' ἄρτῳ καὶ ἐλλιπὴς ἐπὶ τῆς τραπέζης αὐτοῦ

11τέκνον καθὼς ἐὰν ἔχῃς εὖ ποίει σεαυτὸν καὶ προσφορὰς κυρίῳ ἀξίως πρόσαγε

12μνήσθητι ὅτι θάνατος οὐ χρονιεῖ καὶ διαθήκη ᾅδου οὐχ ὑπεδείχθη σοι

13πρίν σε τελευτῆσαι εὖ ποίει φίλῳ καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἰσχύν σου ἔκτεινον καὶ δὸς αὐτῷ

14μὴ ἀφυστερήσῃς ἀπὸ ἀγαθῆς ἡμέρας καὶ μερὶς ἐπιθυμίας ἀγαθῆς μή σε παρελθάτω

15οὐχὶ ἑτέρῳ καταλείψεις τοὺς πόνους σου καὶ τοὺς κόπους σου εἰς διαίρεσιν κλήρου

16δὸς καὶ λαβὲ καὶ ἀπάτησον τὴν ψυχήν σου

17ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν ᾅδου ζητῆσαι τρυφήν

18πᾶσα σὰρξ ὡς ἱμάτιον παλαιοῦται ἡ γὰρ διαθήκη ἀπ' αἰῶνος θανάτῳ ἀποθανῇ ὡς φύλλον θάλλον ἐπὶ δένδρου δασέος

19τὰ μὲν καταβάλλει ἄλλα δὲ φύει οὕτως γενεὰ σαρκὸς καὶ αἵματος ἡ μὲν τελευτᾷ ἑτέρα δὲ γεννᾶται

20πᾶν ἔργον σηπόμενον ἐκλείπει καὶ ὁ ἐργαζόμενος αὐτὸ μετ' αὐτοῦ ἀπελεύσεται

22μακάριος ἀνήρ ὃς ἐν σοφίᾳ μελετήσει καὶ ὃς ἐν συνέσει αὐτοῦ διαλεχθήσεται

23ὁ διανοούμενος τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῆς ἐν καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἀποκρύφοις αὐτῆς ἐννοηθήσεται ἔξελθε ὀπίσω αὐτῆς ὡς ἰχνευτὴς καὶ ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῆς ἐνέδρευε

24ὁ παρακύπτων διὰ τῶν θυρίδων αὐτῆς καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν θυρωμάτων αὐτῆς ἀκροάσεται

25ὁ καταλύων σύνεγγυς τοῦ οἴκου αὐτῆς καὶ πήξει πάσσαλον ἐν τοῖς τοίχοις αὐτῆς στήσει τὴν σκηνὴν αὐτοῦ κατὰ χεῖρας αὐτῆς καὶ καταλύσει ἐν καταλύματι ἀγαθῶν

26θήσει τὰ τέκνα αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ σκέπῃ αὐτῆς καὶ ὑπὸ τοὺς κλάδους αὐτῆς αὐλισθήσεται

27σκεπασθήσεται ὑπ' αὐτῆς ἀπὸ καύματος καὶ ἐν τῇ δόξῃ αὐτῆς καταλύσει