Sirach 48

And Elias the prophet stood up, as a fire, and his word burnt like a torch.

Et surrexit Elias propheta quasi ignis, et verbum ipsius quasi facula ardebat.

καὶ ἀνέστη Ηλιας προφήτης ὡς πῦρ καὶ ὁ λόγος αὐτοῦ ὡς λαμπὰς ἐκαίετο

He brought a famine upon them, and they that provoked him in their envy, were reduced to a small number, for they could not endure the commandments of the Lord.

Qui induxit in illos famem : et irritantes illum invidia sua pauci facti sunt : non enim poterant sustinere præcepta Domini.

ὃς ἐπήγαγεν ἐπ' αὐτοὺς λιμὸν καὶ τῷ ζήλῳ αὐτοῦ ὠλιγοποίησεν αὐτούς

By the word of the Lord he shut up the heaven, and he brought down fire from heaven thrice.

Verbo Domini continuit cælum, et dejecit de cælo ignem ter.

ἐν λόγῳ κυρίου ἀνέσχεν οὐρανόν κατήγαγεν οὕτως τρὶς πῦρ

Thus was Elias magnified in his wondrous works. And who can glory like to thee?

Sic amplificatus est Elias in mirabilibus suis. Et quis potest similiter sic gloriari tibi?

ὡς ἐδοξάσθης Ηλια ἐν θαυμασίοις σου καὶ τίς ὅμοιός σοι καυχᾶσθαι

Who raisedst up a dead man from below, from the lot of death, by the word of the Lord God.

qui sustulisti mortuum ab inferis de sorte mortis, in verbo Domini Dei :

ὁ ἐγείρας νεκρὸν ἐκ θανάτου καὶ ἐξ ᾅδου ἐν λόγῳ ὑψίστου

Who broughtest down kings to destruction, and brokest easily their power in pieces, and the glorious from their bed.

qui dejecisti reges ad pernicem, et confregisti facile potentiam ipsorum, et gloriosos de lecto suo :

ὁ καταγαγὼν βασιλεῖς εἰς ἀπώλειαν καὶ δεδοξασμένους ἀπὸ κλίνης αὐτῶν

Who heardest judgment in Sina, and in Horeb the judgments of vengeance.

qui audis in Sina judicium, et in Horeb judicia defensionis :

ἀκούων ἐν Σινα ἐλεγμὸν καὶ ἐν Χωρηβ κρίματα ἐκδικήσεως

Who anointedst kings to penance, and madest prophets successors after thee.

qui ungis reges ad pœnitentiam, et prophetas facis successores post te :

ὁ χρίων βασιλεῖς εἰς ἀνταπόδομα καὶ προφήτας διαδόχους μετ' αὐτόν

Who wast taken up in a whirlwind of fire, in a chariot of fiery horses.

qui receptus es in turbine ignis, in curru equorum igneorum :

ὁ ἀναλημφθεὶς ἐν λαίλαπι πυρὸς ἐν ἅρματι ἵππων πυρίνων

Who art registered in the judgments of times to appease the wrath of the Lord, to reconcile the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.

qui scriptus es in judiciis temporum, lenire iracundiam Domini, conciliare cor patris ad filium, et restituere tribus Jacob.

ὁ καταγραφεὶς ἐν ἐλεγμοῖς εἰς καιροὺς κοπάσαι ὀργὴν πρὸ θυμοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι καρδίαν πατρὸς πρὸς υἱὸν καὶ καταστῆσαι φυλὰς Ιακωβ

Blessed are they that saw thee, and were honoured with thy friendship.

Beati sunt qui te viderunt, et in amicitia tua decorati sunt.

μακάριοι οἱ ἰδόντες σε καὶ οἱ ἐν ἀγαπήσει κεκοιμημένοι

For we live only in our life, but after death our name shall not be such.

Nam nos vita vivimus tantum : post mortem autem non erit tale nomen nostrum.

καὶ γὰρ ἡμεῖς ζωῇ ζησόμεθα

Elias was indeed covered with the whirlwind, and his spirit was filled up in Eliseus: in his days he feared not the prince, and no man was more powerful than he.

Elias quidem in turbine tectus est, et in Eliseo completus est spiritus ejus : in diebus suis non pertimuit principem, et potentia nemo vicit illum :

Ηλιας ὃς ἐν λαίλαπι ἐσκεπάσθη καὶ Ελισαιε ἐνεπλήσθη πνεύματος αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐσαλεύθη ὑπὸ ἄρχοντος καὶ οὐ κατεδυνάστευσεν αὐτὸν οὐδείς

No word could overcome him, and after death his body prophesied.

nec superavit illum verbum aliquod, et mortuum prophetavit corpus ejus.

πᾶς λόγος οὐχ ὑπερῆρεν αὐτόν καὶ ἐν κοιμήσει ἐπροφήτευσεν τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ

In his life he did great wonders, and in death he wrought miracles.

In vita sua fecit monstra, et in morte mirabilia operatus est.

καὶ ἐν ζωῇ αὐτοῦ ἐποίησεν τέρατα καὶ ἐν τελευτῇ θαυμάσια τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ

For all this the people repented not, neither did they depart from their sins till they were cast out of their land, and were scattered through all the earth.

In omnibus istis non pœnituit populus, et non recesserunt a peccatis suis, usque dum ejecti sunt de terra sua, et dispersi sunt in omnem terram :

ἐν πᾶσιν τούτοις οὐ μετενόησεν ὁ λαὸς καὶ οὐκ ἀπέστησαν ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν ἕως ἐπρονομεύθησαν ἀπὸ γῆς αὐτῶν καὶ διεσκορπίσθησαν ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ

And there was left but a small people, and a prince in the house of David.

et relicta est gens perpauca, et princeps in domo David.

καὶ κατελείφθη ὁ λαὸς ὀλιγοστός καὶ ἄρχων ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ Δαυιδ

Some of these did that which pleased God: but others committed many sins.

Quidam ipsorum fecerunt quod placeret Deo : alii autem multa commiserunt peccata.

τινὲς μὲν αὐτῶν ἐποίησαν τὸ ἀρεστόν τινὲς δὲ ἐπλήθυναν ἁμαρτίας

Ezechias fortified his city, and brought in water into the midst thereof, and he digged a rock with iron, and made a well for water.

Ezechias munivit civitatem suam, et induxit in medium ipsius aquam : et fodit ferro rupem, et ædificavit ad aquam puteum.

Εζεκιας ὠχύρωσεν τὴν πόλιν αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰσήγαγεν εἰς μέσον αὐτῆς ὕδωρ ὤρυξεν σιδήρῳ ἀκρότομον καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν κρήνας εἰς ὕδατα

In his days Sennacherib came up, and sent Rabsaces, and lifted up his hand against them, and he stretched out his hand against Sion, and became proud through his power.

In diebus ipsius ascendit Sennacherib, et misit Rabsacen, et sustulit manum suam contra illos : et extulit manum suam in Sion, et superbus factus est potentia sua.

ἐν ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ ἀνέβη Σενναχηριμ καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Ραψακην καὶ ἀπῆρεν καὶ ἐπῆρεν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ Σιων καὶ ἐμεγαλαύχησεν ἐν ὑπερηφανίᾳ αὐτοῦ

Then their hearts and hands trembled, and they were in pain as women in travail.

Tunc mota sunt corda et manus ipsorum : et doluerunt quasi parturientes mulieres.

τότε ἐσαλεύθησαν καρδίαι καὶ χεῖρες αὐτῶν καὶ ὠδίνησαν ὡς αἱ τίκτουσαι

And they called upon the Lord who is merciful, and spreading their hands, they lifted them up to heaven: and the holy Lord God quickly heard their voice.

Et invocaverunt Dominum misericordem, et expandentes manus suas extulerunt ad cælum : et Sanctus, Dominus Deus, audivit cito vocem ipsorum.

καὶ ἐπεκαλέσαντο τὸν κύριον τὸν ἐλεήμονα ἐκπετάσαντες τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν πρὸς αὐτόν καὶ ὁ ἅγιος ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ταχὺ ἐπήκουσεν αὐτῶν

He was not mindful of their sins, neither did he deliver them up to their enemies, but he purified them by the hand of Isaiah, the holy prophet.

Non est commemoratus peccatorum illorum, neque dedit illos inimicis suis : sed purgavit eos in manu Isaiæ sancti prophetæ.

καὶ ἐλυτρώσατο αὐτοὺς ἐν χειρὶ Ησαιου

He overthrew the army of the Assyrians, and the angel of the Lord destroyed them.

Dejecit castra Assyriorum, et contrivit illos angelus Domini :

ἐπάταξεν τὴν παρεμβολὴν τῶν Ἀσσυρίων καὶ ἐξέτριψεν αὐτοὺς ὁ ἄγγελος αὐτοῦ

For Ezechias did that which pleased God, and walked valiantly in the way of David his father, which Isaiah, the great prophet, and faithful in the sight of God, had commanded him.

nam fecit Ezechias quod placuit Deo, et fortiter ivit in via David patris sui, quam mandavit illi Isaias, propheta magnus, et fidelis in conspectu Dei.

ἐποίησεν γὰρ Εζεκιας τὸ ἀρεστὸν κυρίῳ καὶ ἐνίσχυσεν ἐν ὁδοῖς Δαυιδ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἃς ἐνετείλατο Ησαιας ὁ προφήτης ὁ μέγας καὶ πιστὸς ἐν ὁράσει αὐτοῦ

In his days the sun went backward, and he lengthened the king's life.

In diebus ipsius retro rediit sol, et addidit regi vitam.

ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ ἀνεπόδισεν ὁ ἥλιος καὶ προσέθηκεν ζωὴν βασιλεῖ

With a great spirit he saw the things that are to come to pass at last, and comforted the mourners in Sion.

Spiritu magno vidit ultima, et consolatus est lugentes in Sion usque in sempiternum.

πνεύματι μεγάλῳ εἶδεν τὰ ἔσχατα καὶ παρεκάλεσεν τοὺς πενθοῦντας ἐν Σιων ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος

He showed what should come to pass for ever, and secret things before they came.

Ostendit futura, et abscondita antequam evenirent.

ὑπέδειξεν τὰ ἐσόμενα καὶ τὰ ἀπόκρυφα πρὶν ἢ παραγενέσθαι αὐτά