Sirach · Catholic Public Domain Version
Sirach 48 Catholic Public Domain Version
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- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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1 And the prophet Elijah arose like a fire, and his word burned like a torch.
1 Then Elijah arose, the prophet like fire. His word burned like a torch.
2 He brought a famine upon them, and those who provoked him in their envy became few. For they could not bear the precepts of the Lord.
2 He brought a famine upon them, and by his zeal made them few in number.
3 By the word of the Lord, he closed the heavens, and he brought down fire from heaven three times.
3 By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens. He brought down fire three times.
4 In this way, Elijah was magnified in his wondrous works. So who can say that he is similar to you in glory?
4 How you were glorified, O Elijah, in your wondrous deeds! Whose glory is like yours?
5 He raised up a dead man from the grave, from the fate of death, by the word of the Lord God.
5 You raised up a dead man from death, from Hades, by the word of the Most High.
6 He threw down kings unto perdition, and he easily shattered their power and boasting from his bed.
6 You brought down kings to destruction, and honorable men from their sickbeds.
7 He heeded the judgment at Sinai, and the judgments of punishment at Horeb.
7 You heard rebuke in Sinai, and judgments of vengeance in Horeb.
8 He anointed kings unto repentance, and he chose the prophets who would follow after him.
8 You anointed kings for retribution, and prophets to succeed after you.
9 He was received into a whirlwind of fire, into a swift chariot with fiery horses.
9 You were taken up in a tempest of fire, in a chariot of fiery horses.
10 He is written in the judgments of the times, so as to lessen the wrath of the Lord, to reconcile the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.
10 You were recorded for reproofs in their seasons, to pacify anger, before it broke out into wrath, to turn the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.
11 Blessed are those who saw you, and who were adorned with your friendship.
11 Blessed are those who saw you, and those who have been beautified with love; for we also shall surely live.
12 For we live only in our life, and after death, our name will not be the same.
12 Elijah was wrapped in a whirlwind. Elisha was filled with his spirit. In his days he was not moved by the fear of any ruler, and no one brought him into subjection.
13 Certainly, Elijah was covered by the whirlwind, and his spirit was completed in Elisha. In his days, he was not fearful of the ruler, and no power defeated him.
13 Nothing was too hard for him. When he was buried, his body prophesied.
14 No word overwhelmed him, and after death, his body prophesied.
14 As in his life he did wonders, so his works were also marvelous in death.
15 In his life, he gave great portents, and in death, he wrought miracles.
15 For all this the people didn’t repent. They didn’t depart from their sins, until they were carried away as a plunder from their land, and were scattered through all the earth. The people were left very few in number, but with a ruler from the house of David.
16 In all these things, the people did not repent, and they did not withdraw from their sins, even until they were cast out of their land, and were dispersed throughout all the earth.
16 Some of them did that which was right, but some multiplied sins.
17 And there was left behind a people very few in number, but with a leader in the house of David.
17 Hezekiah fortified his city, and brought water into its midst. He tunneled through rock with iron, and built cisterns for water.
18 Some of these did what pleased God. But others committed many sins.
18 In his days Sennacherib invaded, and sent Rabshakeh, and departed. He lifted up his hand against Zion, and boasted great things in his arrogance.
19 Hezekiah fortified his city, and he brought water into its midst, and he dug into rock with iron, and he built a well for water.
19 Then their hearts and their hands were shaken, and they were in pain, as women in labor.
20 In his days, Sennacherib rose up, and he sent Rabshakeh, and he lifted up his hand against them, and he extended his hand against Zion, and he became arrogant in his power.
20 But they called upon the Lord who is merciful, spreading out their hands to him. The Holy One quickly heard them out of Heaven, and delivered them by the hand of Isaiah.
21 Then their hearts and hands shook. And they were in pain, like women giving birth.
21 He struck the camp of the Assyrians, and his angel utterly destroyed them.
22 And they called upon the merciful Lord. And they spread their hands and lifted them up to heaven. And the holy Lord God quickly heeded their voice.
22 For Hezekiah did that which was pleasing to the Lord, and was strong in the ways of his ancestor David, which Isaiah the prophet commanded, who was great and faithful in his vision.
23 He was not mindful of their sins, and he did not give them over to their enemies. Instead, he purified them by the hand of Isaiah, the holy prophet.
23 In his days the sun went backward. He prolonged the life of the king.
24 He threw down the army of the Assyrians, and the Angel of the Lord crushed them.
24 He saw by an excellent spirit what would come to pass in the future; and he comforted those who mourned in Zion.
25 For Hezekiah did what pleased God, and he went with fortitude in the way of David his father, just as he had been commanded by Isaiah, a prophet great and faithful in the sight of God.
25 He showed the things that would happen through the end of time, and the hidden things before they came.
26 In his days, the sun went backwards, and he added to the king’s life.
26 Not in this translation
27 With a great spirit he saw the final things. And he consoled the mourners in Zion.
27 Not in this translation
28 He revealed the future, even the distant future, and hidden things before they occurred.
28 Not in this translation