Sirach 49 Clementine Vulgate
1 [Memoria Josiæ in compositionem odoris facta opus pigmentarii.
1 The memory of Josiah is like the composition of incense prepared by the work of the perfumer. It will be sweet as honey in every mouth, and like music at a banquet of wine.
2 In omni ore quasi mel indulcabitur ejus memoria, et ut musica in convivio vini.
2 He did what was right in the reforming of the people, and took away the abominations of iniquity.
3 Ipse est directus divinitus in pœnitentiam gentis, et tulit abominationes impietatis.
3 He set his heart right toward the Lord. In lawless days, he made godliness prevail.
4 Et gubernavit ad Dominum cor ipsius, et in diebus peccatorum corroboravit pietatem.]
4 Except David, Hezekiah, and Josiah, all were wicked, because they abandoned the law of the Most High. The kings of Judah came to an end.
5 [Præter David et Ezechiam et Josiam, omnes peccatum commiserunt:
5 They gave their power to others, and their glory to a foreign nation.
6 nam reliquerunt legem Altissimi reges Juda, et contempserunt timorem Dei.
6 They set the chosen city of the sanctuary on fire and made her streets desolate, as it was written by the hand of Jeremiah.
7 Dederunt enim regnum suum aliis, et gloriam suam alienigenæ genti.
7 For they mistreated him; yet he was sanctified in the womb to be a prophet, to root out, to afflict, to destroy and likewise to build and to plant.
8 Incenderunt electam sanctitatis civitatem, et desertas fecerunt vias ipsius in manu Jeremiæ.
8 Ezekiel saw the vision of glory, which God showed him on the chariot of the cherubim.
9 Nam male tractaverunt illum qui a ventre matris consecratus est propheta, evertere, et eruere, et perdere, et iterum ædificare, et renovare:
9 For truly he remembered the enemies in rainstorm, and to do good to those who directed their ways aright.
10 Ezechiel, qui vidit conspectum gloriæ quam ostendit illi in curru cherubim.
10 Also of the twelve prophets, may their bones flourish again out of their place. He comforted the people of Jacob, and delivered them by confident hope.
11 Nam commemoratus est inimicorum in imbre, benefacere illis qui ostenderunt rectas vias.
11 How shall we magnify Zerubbabel? He was like a signet ring on the right hand.
12 Et duodecim prophetarum ossa pullulent de loco suo: nam corroboraverunt Jacob, et redemerunt se in fide virtutis.]
12 So was Jesus the son of Josedek, who in their days built the house, and exalted a people holy to the Lord, prepared for everlasting glory.
13 [Quomodo amplificemus Zorobabel? nam et ipse quasi signum in dextera manu:
13 Also of Nehemiah the memory is great. He raised up for us fallen walls, set up the gates and bars, and rebuilt our houses.
14 sic et Jesum filium Josedec, qui in diebus suis ædificaverunt domum, et exaltaverunt templum sanctum Domino, paratum in gloriam sempiternam.
14 No man was created upon the earth like Enoch, for he was taken up from the earth.
15 Et Nehemias in memoriam multi temporis, qui erexit nobis muros eversos, et stare fecit portas et seras, qui erexit domos nostras.]
15 Nor was there a man born like Joseph, a leader of his kindred, a supporter of the people. Even his bones were cared for.
16 [Nemo natus est in terra qualis Henoch, nam et ipse receptus est a terra:
16 Shem and Seth were honored among men, but above every living thing in the creation was Adam.
17 neque ut Joseph, qui natus est homo princeps fratrum, firmamentum gentis, rector fratrum, stabilimentum populi:
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18 et ossa ipsius visitata sunt, et post mortem prophetaverunt.
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19 Seth et Sem apud homines gloriam adepti sunt, et super omnem animam in origine Adam.]
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