DRC, KJV, VulgClementine - Sirach - 24

24:1  Wisdom shall praise her own self, and shall be honoured in God, and shall glory in the midst of her people,

24:1  Sapientia laudabit animam suam, et in Deo honorabitur, et in medio populi sui gloriabitur,

24:2  And shall open her mouth in the churches of the most High, and shall glorify herself in the sight of his power,

24:2  et in ecclesiis Altissimi aperiet os suum, et in conspectu virtutis illius gloriabitur,

24:3  And in the midst of her own people she shall be exalted, and shall be admired in the holy assembly.

24:3  et in medio populi sui exaltabitur, et in plenitudine sancta admirabitur,

24:4  And in the multitude of the elect she shall have praise, and among the blessed she shall be blessed, saying:

24:4  et in multitudine electorum habebit laudem, et inter benedictos benedicetur, dicens :

24:5  I came out of the mouth of the most High, the firstborn before all creatures:

24:5  Ego ex ore Altissimi prodivi, primogenita ante omnem creaturam.

24:6  I made that in the heavens there should rise light that never faileth, and as a cloud I covered all the earth:

24:6  Ego feci in cælis ut oriretur lumen indeficiens, et sicut nebula texi omnem terram.

24:7  I dwelt in the highest places, and my throne is in a pillar of a cloud.

24:7  Ego in altissimis habitavi, et thronus meus in columna nubis.

24:8  I alone have compassed the circuit of heaven, and have penetrated into the bottom of the deep, and have walked in the waves of the sea,

24:8  Gyrum cæli circuivi sola, et profundum abyssi penetravi : in fluctibus maris ambulavi.

24:9  And have stood in all the earth: and in every people,

24:9  Et in omni terra steti : et in omni populo,

24:10  And in every nation I have had the chief rule:

24:10  et in omni gente primatum habui :

24:11  And by my power I have trodden under my feet the hearts of all the high and low: and in all these I sought rest, and I shall abide in the inheritance of the Lord.

24:11  et omnium excellentium et humilium corda virtute calcavi. Et in his omnibus requiem quæsivi, et in hæreditate Domini morabor.

24:12  Then the creator of all things commanded, and said to me: and he that made me, rested in my tabernacle,

24:12  Tunc præcepit, et dixit mihi Creator omnium : et qui creavit me, requievit in tabernaculo meo.

24:13  And he said to me: Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thy inheritance in Israel, and take root in my elect.

24:13  Et dixit mihi : In Jacob inhabita, et in Israël hæreditare, et in electis meis mitte radices.

24:14  From the beginning, and before the world, was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be, and in the holy dwelling place I have ministered before him.

24:14  Ab initio et ante sæcula creata sum, et usque ad futurum sæculum non desinam : et in habitatione sancta coram ipso ministravi.

24:15  And so was I established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested, and my power was in Jerusalem.

24:15  Et sic in Sion firmata sum, et in civitate sanctificata similiter requievi, et in Jerusalem potestas mea.

24:16  And I took root in an honourable people, and in the portion of my God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of saints.

24:16  Et radicavi in populo honorificato, et in parte Dei mei hæreditas illius, et in plenitudine sanctorum detentio mea.

24:17  I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree on mount Sion.

24:17  Quasi cedrus exaltata sum in Libano, et quasi cypressus in monte Sion :

24:18  I was exalted like a palm tree in Cades, and as a rose plant in Jericho:

24:18  quasi palma exaltata sum in Cades, et quasi plantatio rosæ in Jericho :

24:19  As a fair olive tree in the plains, and as a plane tree by the water in the streets, was I exalted.

24:19  quasi oliva speciosa in campis, et quasi platanus exaltata sum juxta aquam in plateis.

24:20  I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon, and aromatical balm: I yielded a sweet odour like the best myrrh:

24:20  Sicut cinnamomum et balsamum aromatizans odorem dedi ; quasi myrrha electa dedi suavitatem odoris :

24:21  And I perfumed my dwelling as storax, and galbanum, and onyx, and aloes, and as the frankincense not cut, and my odour is as the purest balm.

24:21  et quasi storax, et galbanus, et ungula, et gutta, et quasi Libanus non incisus vaporavi habitationem meam, et quasi balsamum non mistum odor meus.

24:22  I have stretched out my branches as the turpentine tree, and my branches are of honour and grace.

24:22  Ego quasi terebinthus extendi ramos meos, et rami mei honoris et gratiæ.

24:23  As the vine I have brought forth a pleasant odour: and my flowers are the fruit of honour and riches.

24:23  Ego quasi vitis fructificavi suavitatem odoris : et flores mei fructus honoris et honestatis.

24:24  I am the mother of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope.

24:24  Ego mater pulchræ dilectionis, et timoris, et agnitionis, et sanctæ spei.

24:25  In me is all grace of the way and of the truth, in me is all hope of life and of virtue.

24:25  In me gratia omnis viæ et veritatis : in me omnis spes vitæ et virtutis.

24:26  Come over to me, all ye that desire me, and be filled with my fruits.

24:26  Transite ad me, omnes qui concupiscitis me, et a generationibus meis implemini :

24:27  For my spirit is sweet above honey, and my inheritance above honey and the honeycomb.

24:27  spiritus enim meus super mel dulcis, et hæreditas mea super mel et favum.

24:28  My memory is unto everlasting generations.

24:28  Memoria mea in generationes sæculorum.

24:29  They that eat me, shall yet hunger: and they that drink me, shall yet thirst.

24:29  Qui edunt me, adhuc esurient, et qui bibunt me, adhuc sitient.

24:30  He that hearkeneth to me, shall not be confounded: and they that work by me, shall not sin.

24:30  Qui audit me non confundetur, et qui operantur in me non peccabunt :

24:31  They that explain me shall have life everlasting.

24:31  qui elucidant me, vitam æternam habebunt.

24:32  All these things are the book of life, and the covenant of the most High, and the knowledge of truth.

24:32  Hæc omnia liber vitæ, et testamentum Altissimi, et agnitio veritatis.

24:33  Moses commanded a law in the precepts of justices, and an inheritance to the house of Jacob, and the promises to Israel.

24:33  Legem mandavit Moyses in præceptis justitiarum, et hæreditatem domui Jacob, et Israël promissiones.

24:34  He appointed to David his servant to raise up of him a most mighty king, and sitting on the throne of glory for ever.

24:34  Posuit David, puero suo, excitare regem ex ipso fortissimum, et in throno honoris sedentem in sempiternum.

24:35  Who filleth up wisdom as the Phison, and as the Tigris in the days of the new fruits.

24:35  Qui implet quasi Phison sapientiam, et sicut Tigris in diebus novorum :

24:36  Who maketh understanding to abound as the Euphrates, who multiplieth it as the Jordan in the time of harvest.

24:36  qui adimplet quasi Euphrates sensum, qui multiplicat quasi Jordanis in tempore messis :

24:37  Who sendeth knowledge as the light, and riseth up as Gehon in the time of the vintage.

24:37  qui mittit disciplinam sicut lucem, et assistens quasi Gehon in die vindemiæ.

24:38  Who first hath perfect knowledge of her, and a weaker shall not search her out.

24:38  Qui perficit primus scire ipsam, et infirmior non investigabit eam.

24:39  For her thoughts are more vast than the sea, and her counsels more deep than the great ocean.

24:39  A mari enim abundavit cogitatio ejus, et consilium illius ab abysso magna.

24:40  I, wisdom, have poured out rivers.

24:40  Ego sapientia effudi flumina :

24:41  I, like a brook out of a river of a mighty water; I, like a channel of a river, and like an aqueduct, came out of paradise.

24:41  ego quasi trames aquæ immensæ de fluvio : ego quasi fluvii dioryx, et sicut aquæductus exivi de paradiso.

24:42  I said: I will water my garden of plants, and I will water abundantly the fruits of my meadow.

24:42  Dixi : Rigabo hortum meum plantationum, et inebriabo prati mei fructum.

24:43  And behold my brook became a great river, and my river came near to a sea:

24:43  Et ecce factus est mihi trames abundans, et fluvius meus appropinquavit ad mare :

24:44  For I make doctrine to shine forth to all as the morning light, and I will declare it afar off.

24:44  quoniam doctrinam quasi antelucanum illumino omnibus, et enarrabo illam usque ad longinquum.

24:45  I will penetrate to all the lower parts of the earth, and will behold all that sleep, and will enlighten all that hope in the Lord.

24:45  Penetrabo omnes inferiores partes terræ, et inspiciam omnes dormientes, et illuminabo omnes sperantes in Domino.

24:46  I will yet pour out doctrine as prophecy, and will leave it to them that seek wisdom, and will not cease to instruct their offspring even to the holy age.

24:46  Adhuc doctrinam quasi prophetiam effundam, et relinquam illam quærentibus sapientiam, et non desinam in progenies illorum usque in ævum sanctum.

24:47  See ye that I have not laboured myself only, but for all that seek out the truth.

24:47  Videte quoniam non soli mihi laboravi, sed omnibus exquirentibus veritatem.