Liber Ecclesiasticus, 41
1. o mors quam amara est memoria tua homini pacem habenti in substantiis suis
1. The children will complain of an ungodly father, because for his sake they are in reproach.
2. viro quieto et cujus viæ directæ sunt in omnibus et adhuc valenti accipere cibum
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3. o mors bonum est judicium tuum homini indigenti et qui minoratur viribus
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4. defecto ætate et cui de omnibus cura est et incredibili qui perdit sapientiam
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5. noli metuere judicium mortis memento quæ ante te fuerunt et quæ superventura sunt tibi hoc judicium a Domino omni carni
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6. et quid superveniet in beneplacita Altissimi sive decem sive centum sive mille anni
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7. non est enim in inferno accusatio vitæ
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8. filii abominationum fiunt filii peccatorum et qui conversantur secus domos impiorum
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9. filiorum peccatorum periet hereditas et cum semine illorum adsiduitas obprobrii
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10. de patre impio queruntur filii quoniam propter illum sunt in obprobrio
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11. væ vobis viri impii qui dereliquistis legem Domini altissimi
11. Woe to you, ungodly men, who have forsaken the law of the most high Lord.
12. et si nati fueritis in maledictione nascemini et si mortui fueritis in maledictione erit pars vestra
12. And if you be born, you shall be born in malediction: and if you die, in malediction shall be your portion.
13. omnia quæ de terra sunt in terram convertentur sic impii a maledicto in perditionem
13. All things that are of the earth, shall return into the earth: so the ungodly shall from malediction to destruction.
14. luctus hominum in corpore ipsorum nomen autem impiorum delebitur
14. The mourning of men is about their body, but the name of the ungodly shall be blotted out.
15. curam habe de bono nomine hoc enim magis permanebit tibi quam mille thesauri magni pretiosi
15. Take care of a good name: for this shall continue with thee, more than a thousand treasures precious and great.
16. bonæ vitæ numerus dierum bonum autem nomen permanebit in ævo
16. A good life hath its number of days: but a good name shall continue for ever.
17. disciplinam in pace conservate filii sapientia enim abscondita et thesaurus occultus quæ utilitas in utrisque
17. My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is there in them both?
18. melior est homo qui abscondit stultitiam suam quam homo qui abscondit sapientiam suam
18. Better is the man that hideth his folly, then the man that hideth his wisdom.
19. verumtamen reveremini in his quæ procedunt de ore meo
19. Wherefore have a shame of these things I am now going to speak of.
20. non est enim bonum omnem inreverentiam observare et non omnia omnibus beneplacent in fide
20. For it is not good to keep all shamefacedness: and all things do not please all men in opinion.
21. erubescite matrem et patrem de fornicatione et a præsidente et potente de mendacio
21. Be ashamed of fornication before father and mother: and of a lie before a governor and a man in power:
22. a principe et judice de delicto a synagoga et plebe de iniquitate
22. Of an offence before a prince, and a judge: of iniquity before a congregation and a people:
23. a socio et amico de iniustitia de loco in quo habitas
23. Of injustice before a companion and friend: and in regard to the place where thou dwellest,
24. de furto de veritate Dei et testamento de discubitu in panibus et ab offuscatione dati et accepti
24. Of theft, and of the truth of God, and the covenant: of leaning with thy elbow over meat, and of deceit in giving and taking:
25. a salutantibus de silentio a respectu mulieris fornicariæ et ab aversione vultus cognati
25. Of silence before them that salute thee: of looking upon a harlot: and of turning away thy face from thy kinsman.
26. ne avertas faciem a proximo tuo ab auferendo partem et non restituendo
26. Turn not sway thy face from thy neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring.
27. ne respicias mulierem alieni viri et ne scruteris ancillam ejus neque steteris ad lectum ejus
27. Gaze not upon another man's wife, and be not inquisitive after his handmaid, and approach not her bed.
28. ab amicis de sermonibus inproperii et cum dederis ne inproperes
28. Be ashamed of upbraiding speeches before friends: and after thou hast given, upbraid not.
