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Chapter 24
Sira | CPDV | 24:1 | Wisdom will praise her own mind, and she will be honored by God, and she will be glorified in the midst of her people. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:2 | And she will open her mouth in the churches of the Most High, and she will be glorified in the sight of his virtue. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:3 | And in the midst of her own people, she will be exalted. And she will be admired by the holy assembly. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:4 | And she will have praise within the multitude of the elect. And she will be blessed among the blessed. And she will say: | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:5 | “I went forth from the mouth of the Most High, as the first-born before all creatures. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:6 | I caused an unfailing light to arise in the heavens. And I covered all the earth like a cloud. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:8 | I alone have encompassed the circuit of heaven, and have penetrated to the depths of the abyss, and have walked upon the waves of the sea, | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:11 | And by virtue, I have tread upon the hearts of all, the great and the lowly. And I have sought my rest in all of them. And I will continue, as the inheritance of the Lord. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:12 | Then the Creator of all things instructed and spoke with me. And the One who created me rested in my tabernacle. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:13 | And he said to me: ‘Let your dwelling place be with Jacob, and let your inheritance be in Israel, for you shall take root among my elect.’ | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:14 | From the beginning, and before the world, I was created. And even unto the future world, I will not cease to exist. For I have ministered before him in the holy habitation. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:15 | And in this way, I was established in Zion. And likewise, in the holy city, I found rest. And my authority was in Jerusalem. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:16 | And I took root among an honorable people, within the portion of my God, within his inheritance. And so my abode is in the full assembly of the saints. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:19 | I was exalted like a beautiful olive tree in the plains, and like a sycamore tree beside the waters along a wide road. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:20 | I gave off an aromatic fragrance like cinnamon or balsam. I produced a sweet odor like the best myrrh. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:21 | And I perfumed my dwelling place with sweet gum, and aromatic resin, and flower petals, and aloe, as well as the finest cedar from Lebanon. And my fragrance is like undiluted balsam. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:22 | I have extended my branches like a terebinth tree, and my branches are of honor and grace. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:23 | Like the vine, I have born the fruit of a sweet fragrance. And my flowers are the fruit of honor and integrity. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:24 | I am the mother of the beauty of love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:25 | All grace of the way and of the truth is in me. All hope of life and of virtue is in me. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:27 | For my spirit is sweeter than honey, and my inheritance is better than honey and the honeycomb. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:32 | All this is a book of life, and a covenant of the Most High, and an acknowledgement of truth. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:33 | Moses commanded the law by the precepts of justice, and an inheritance to the house of Jacob, and the promises to Israel. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:34 | God appointed David as his servant, in order to raise up from him a most mighty King, who would sit upon the throne of honor forever. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:35 | It is he who fulfills wisdom, like the Phison river and the Tigris river in the first days. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:36 | It is he who fulfills understanding, like the river Euphrates. It is he who multiplies understanding, like the river Jordan in the time of the harvest. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:37 | He sends forth discipline like the light, and he stands forth like the river Gehon in the time of the vintage. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:41 | I am like a brook leading to a river of immense waters. I am like a channel flowing from a river. And I went forth from Paradise like an aqueduct. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:42 | I said: I will irrigate my garden of plantings, and I will thoroughly water the fruits of my field. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:44 | For I illuminate doctrine to all, like the first light. And I will announce doctrine, even to those who are far away. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:45 | I will reach to all the lower parts of the earth, and I will gaze upon all who sleep, and I will illuminate all who hope in the Lord. | |
Sira | CPDV | 24:46 | Even now, I pour forth doctrine like prophecy. And even now, I bequeath doctrine to those who seek wisdom. And I will not cease from their progeny, even unto the holy time. | |