Liber Ecclesiasticus, 10

1. judex sapiens vindicabit populum suum et principatus sensati stabilis erit

1. There is not a more wicked thing than to love money: for such a one setteth even his own soul to sale: because while he liveth he hath cast away his bowels.

2. secundum judicem populi sic et ministri ejus et qualis rector est civitatis tales et inhabitantes

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3. rex insipiens perdet populum suum et civitates inhabitabuntur per sensum prudentium

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4. in manu Dei potestas terræ et exclamabilis omnis iniquitas gentium et utilem rectorem in tempus suscitabit super illam

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5. in manu Dei potestas hominis et super faciem scribæ inponet honorem suum

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6. omnis iniuriæ proximi ne memineris et nihil agas in operibus iniuriæ

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7. odibilis coram Deo et hominibus superbia et execrabilis omnis iniquitas gentium

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8. regnum a gente in gentem transfertur propter iniustitias et iniurias et contumelias et diversos dolos

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9. avaro autem nihil est scelestius quid superbit terra et cinis

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10. nihil est iniquius quam amare pecuniam hic enim et animam suam venalem habet quoniam in vita sua projecit intima sua

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11. omnis potentatus brevis via

11. All power is of short life. A long sickness is troublesome to the physician.

12. brevem languorem præcidit medicus sic et rex hodie est et cras morietur

12. The physician cutteth off it short sickness: so also a king is to day, and to morrow he shall die.

13. cum enim moritur homo hereditabit serpentes et bestias et vermes

13. For when a man shall die, he shall inherit serpents, end beasts, and worms.

14. initium superbiæ hominis apostatare a Deo

14. The beginning of the pride of man, is to fall off from God:

15. quoniam ab eo qui fecit illum recessit cor ejus quoniam initium peccati omnis superbia qui tenuerit illam adimplebitur maledictis et subvertet eos in finem

15. Because his heart is departed from him that made him: for pride is the beginning of all sin: be that holdeth it, shall be filled with maledictions, and it shall ruin him in the end.

16. propterea exhonoravit Dominus conventus malorum et destruxit eos usque in finem

16. Therefore hath the Lord disgraced the assemblies of the wicked, and hath utterly destroyed them.

17. sedes ducum superborum destruxit Deus et sedere fecit mites pro illis

17. God hath overturned the thrones of proud princes, and hath set up the meek in their stead.

18. radices gentium superbarum arefecit Deus et plantavit humiles ex ipsis gentibus

18. God hath made the roots of proud nations to wither, and hath planted the humble of these nations.

19. terras gentium evertit Dominus et perdidit eas usque ad fundamentum

19. The Lord hath overthrown the lands of the Gentiles, and hath destroyed them even to the foundation.

20. arefecit ex ipsis et disperdidit illos et cessare fecit memoriam eorum a terra

20. He hath made some of them to wither away, and hath destroyed them, and hath made the memory of them to cease from the earth.

21. perdidit Deus memoriam superborum et reliquit memoriam humilium sensu

21. God hath abolished the memory of the proud, and hath preserved the memory of them that are humble in mind.

22. non est creata hominibus superbia neque iracundia nationi mulierum

22. Pride was not made for men: nor wrath for the race of women.

23. semen hominum honorabitur hoc quod timet Dominum semen autem hoc exhonorabitur hominum quod præterit mandata Domini

23. That seed of men shall be honoured, which feareth God: but that seed shall be dishonoured, which transgresseth the commandments of the Lord.

24. in medio fratrum rector illorum in honore et qui timent Deum erunt in oculis illius

24. In the midst of brethren their chief is honourable: so shall they that fear the Lord, be in his eyes.

25. gloria divitum honoratorum et pauperum timor Dei est

25. The fear of God is the glory of the rich, and of the honourable, and of the poor:

26. non despicere hominem justum pauperem et non magnificare virum peccatorem divitem

26. Despise not a just man that is poor, and do not magnify a sinful man that is rich.

27. magnus est judex et potens est in honore et non est major illo qui timet Deum

27. The great man, and the judge, and the mighty is in honour: and there is none greater than he that feareth God.

28. servo sensato liberi servient et vir prudens disciplinatus non murmurabit correptus et inscius non honorabitur

28. They that are free shall serve a servant that is wise: and a man that is prudent and well instructed will not murmur when he is reproved; and he that is ignorant, shall not be honoured.

29. noli te extollere in faciendo opere tuo et noli cunctari in tempore angustiæ

29. Extol not thyself in doing thy work, and linger not in the time of distress:

30. melior est qui operatur et abundat in omnibus quam qui gloriatur et eget panem

30. Better is he that laboureth, and aboundeth in all things, than he that boasteth himself and wanteth bread.

31. fili in mansuetudine serva animam tuam et da illi honorem secundum meritum suum

31. My son, keep thy soul in meekness, and give it honour according to its desert.

32. peccantem in animam suam quis justificabit et quis honorificabit exhonorantem animam suam

32. Who will justify him that sinneth against his own soul? and who will honour him that dishonoureth his own soul?

33. pauper gloriatur per disciplinam et timorem suum et est homo qui honorificatur propter substantiam suam

33. The poor man is glorified by his discipline and fear: and there is a man that is honoured for his wealth.

34. qui gloriatur in paupertate quanto magis in substantia et qui gloriatur in substantia paupertatem vereatur

34. But he that is glorified in poverty, how much more in wealth? and he that is glorified in wealth, let him fear poverty.