Sirach · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Sirach 41 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions!
1 O death, how bitter is the memory of you to a man who is at peace in his possessions, to the man who has nothing to distract him and has prosperity in all things, and who still has strength to enjoy food!
2 To a man that is at rest, and whose ways are prosperous in all things, and that is yet able to take meat!
2 O death, your sentence is acceptable to a man who is needy and who fails in strength, who is in extreme old age, is distracted about all things, is perverse, and has lost patience!
3 O death, thy sentence is welcome to the man that is in need, and to him whose strength faileth:
3 Don’t be afraid of the sentence of death. Remember those who have been before you and who come after. This is the sentence from the Lord over all flesh.
4 Who is in a decrepit age, and that is in care about all things, and to the distrustful that loseth patience!
4 And why do you refuse when it is the good pleasure of the Most High? Whether life lasts ten, or a hundred, or a thousand years, there is no inquiry about life in Hades.
5 Fear not the sentence of death. Remember what things have been before thee, and what shall come after thee: this sentence is from the Lord upon all flesh.
5 The children of sinners are abominable children and they frequent the dwellings of the ungodly.
6 And what shall come upon thee by the good pleasure of the most High? Whether ten, or a hundred, or a thousand years.
6 The inheritance of sinners’ children will perish and with their posterity will be a perpetual disgrace.
7 For among the dead there is no accusing of life.
7 Children will complain of an ungodly father, because they suffer disgrace because of him.
8 The children of sinners become children of abominations, and they that converse near the houses of the ungodly.
8 Woe to you, ungodly men, who have forsaken the law of the Most High God!
9 The inheritance of the children of sinners shall perish, and with their posterity shall be a perpetual reproach.
9 If you are born, you will be born to a curse. If you die, a curse will be your portion.
10 The children will complain of an ungodly father, because for his sake they are in reproach.
10 All things that are of the earth will go back to the earth; so the ungodly will go from a curse to perdition.
11 Woe to you, ungodly men, who have forsaken the law of the most high Lord.
11 The mourning of men is about their bodies; but the evil name of sinners will be blotted out.
12 And if you be born, you shall be born in malediction: and if you die, in malediction shall be your portion.
12 Have regard for your name, for it continues with you longer than a thousand great treasures of gold.
13 All things that are of the earth, shall return into the earth: so the ungodly shall from malediction to destruction.
13 A good life has its number of days, but a good name continues forever.
14 The mourning of men is about their body, but the name of the ungodly shall be blotted out.
14 My children, follow instruction in peace. But wisdom that is hidden and a treasure that is not seen, what benefit is in them both?
15 Take care of a good name: for this shall continue with thee, more than a thousand treasures precious and great.
15 Better is a man who hides his foolishness than a man who hides his wisdom.
16 A good life hath its number of days: but a good name shall continue for ever.
16 Therefore show respect for my words; for it is not good to retain every kind of shame. Not everything is approved by all in good faith.
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?
17 Be ashamed of sexual immorality before father and mother, of a lie before a prince and a mighty man,
18 Better is the man that hideth his folly, then the man that hideth his wisdom.
18 of an offense before a judge and ruler, of iniquity before the congregation and the people, of unjust dealing before a partner and friend,
19 Wherefore have a shame of these things I am now going to speak of.
19 and of theft in the place where you sojourn. Be ashamed in regard of the truth of God and his covenant, of leaning on your elbow at dinner, of contemptuous behavior in the matter of giving and taking,
20 For it is not good to keep all shamefacedness: and all things do not please all men in opinion.
20 of silence before those who greet you, of looking at a woman who is a prostitute,
21 Be ashamed of fornication before father and mother: and of a lie before a governor and a man in power:
21 of turning away your face from a kinsman, of taking away a portion or a gift, of gazing at a woman who has a husband,
22 Of an offence before a prince, and a judge: of iniquity before a congregation and a people:
22 of meddling with his maid—and don’t come near her bed, of abusive speech to friends—and after you have given, don’t insult,
23 Of injustice before a companion and friend: and in regard to the place where thou dwellest,
23 of repeating and speaking what you have heard, and of revealing of secrets.
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:
24 So you will be ashamed of the right things and find favor in the sight of every man.
25 Of silence before them that salute thee: of looking upon a harlot: and of turning away thy face from thy kinsman.
25 Not in this translation
26 Turn not sway thy face from thy neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring.
26 Not in this translation
27 Gaze not upon another man’s wife, and be not inquisitive after his handmaid, and approach not her bed.
27 Not in this translation
28 Be ashamed of upbraiding speeches before friends: and after thou hast given, upbraid not.
28 Not in this translation