DRC, KJV, VulgClementine - Wisdom - 3

3:1  But the souls of the just are in the hand of God, and the torment of death shall not touch them.

3:1  Justorum autem animæ in manu Dei sunt, et non tanget illos tormentum mortis.

3:2  In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure was taken for misery:

3:2  Visi sunt oculis insipientium mori, et æstimata est afflictio exitus illorum,

3:3  And their going away from us, for utter destruction: but they are in peace.

3:3  et quod a nobis est iter exterminium ; illi autem sunt in pace :

3:4  And though in the sight of men they suffered torments, their hope is full of immortality.

3:4  etsi coram hominibus tormenta passi sunt, spes illorum immortalitate plena est.

3:5  Afflicted in few things, in many they shall be well rewarded: because God hath tried them, and found them worthy of himself.

3:5  In paucis vexati sunt, in multis bene disponentur, quoniam Deus tentavit eos, et invenit illos dignos se.

3:6  As gold in the furnace, he hath proved them, and as a victim of a holocaust, he hath received them, and in time there shall be respect had to them.

3:6  Tamquam aurum in fornace probavit illos, et quasi holocausti hostiam accepit illos, et in tempore erit respectus illorum.

3:7  The just shall shine, and shall run to and fro like sparks among the reeds.

3:7  Fulgebunt justi et tamquam scintillæ in arundineto discurrent.

3:8  They shall judge nations, and rule over people, and their Lord shall reign for ever.

3:8  Judicabunt nationes, et dominabuntur populis, et regnabit Dominus illorum in perpetuum.

3:9  They that trust in him shall understand the truth: and they that are faithful in love, shall rest in him: for grace and peace are to his elect.

3:9  Qui confidunt in illo intelligent veritatem, et fideles in dilectione acquiescent illi, quoniam donum et pax est electis ejus.

3:10  But the wicked shall be punished according to their own devices: who have neglected the just, and have revolted from the Lord.

3:10  Impii autem secundum quæ cogitaverunt correptionem habebunt : qui neglexerunt justum, et a Domino recesserunt.

3:11  For he that rejecteth wisdom, and discipline, is unhappy: and their hope is vain, and their labours without fruit, and their works unprofitable.

3:11  Sapientiam enim et disciplinam qui abjicit infelix est : et vacua est spes illorum, et labores sine fructu, et inutilia opera eorum.

3:12  Their wives are foolish, and their children wicked.

3:12  Mulieres eorum insensatæ sunt, et nequissimi filii eorum.

3:13  Their offspring is cursed, for happy is the barren: and the undefiled, that hath not known bed in sin, she shall have fruit in the visitation of holy souls.

3:13  Maledicta creatura eorum, quoniam felix est sterilis ; et incoinquinata, quæ nescivit thorum in delicto, habebit fructum in respectione animarum sanctarum ;

3:14  And the eunuch, that hath not wrought iniquity with his hands, nor thought wicked things against God for the precious gift of faith shall be given to him, and a most acceptable lot in the temple of God.

3:14  et spado qui non operatus est per manus suas iniquitatem, nec cogitavit adversus Deum nequissima : dabitur enim illi fidei donum electum, et sors in templo Dei acceptissima.

3:15  For the fruit of good labours is glorious, and the root of wisdom never faileth.

3:15  Bonorum enim laborum gloriosus est fructus, et quæ non concidat radix sapientiæ.

3:16  But the children of adulterers shall not come to perfection, and the seed of the unlawful bed shall be rooted out.

3:16  Filii autem adulterorum in inconsummatione erunt, et ab iniquo thoro semen exterminabitur.

3:17  And if they live long, they shall be nothing regarded, and their last old age shall be without honour.

3:17  Et si quidem longæ vitæ erunt, in nihilum computabuntur, et sine honore erit novissima senectus illorum :

3:18  And if they die quickly, they shall have no hope, nor speech of comfort in the day of trial.

3:18  et si celerius defuncti fuerint, non habebunt spem, nec in die agnitionis allocutionem.

3:19  For dreadful are the ends of a wicked race.

3:19  Nationis enim iniquæ diræ sunt consummationes.