Sirach 9 Clementine Vulgate
Sirach is not in RV1909.
1 [Non zeles mulierem sinus tui, ne ostendat super te malitiam doctrinæ nequam.
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1 Don’t be jealous over the wife of your bosom, and don’t teach her an evil lesson against yourself.
2 Non des mulieri potestatem animæ tuæ, ne ingrediatur in virtutem tuam, et confundaris.
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2 Don’t give your soul to a woman and let her trample down your strength.
3 Ne respicias mulierem multivolam, ne forte incidas in laqueos illius.
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3 Don’t go to meet a woman who plays the prostitute, lest perhaps you fall into her snares.
4 Cum saltatrice ne assiduus sis, nec audias illam, ne forte pereas in efficacia illius.
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4 Don’t associate with a woman who is a singer, lest perhaps you be caught by her tricks.
5 Virginem ne conspicias, ne forte scandalizeris in decore illius.
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5 Don’t gaze at a virgin, lest perhaps you stumble and incur penalties for her.
6 Ne des fornicariis animam tuam in ullo, ne perdas te et hæreditatem tuam.
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6 Don’t give your soul to prostitutes, that you not lose your inheritance.
7 Noli circumspicere in vicis civitatis, nec oberraveris in plateis illius.
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7 Don’t look around in the streets of the city. Don’t wander in its deserted places.
8 Averte faciem tuam a muliere compta, et ne circumspicias speciem alienam.
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8 Turn your eye away from a beautiful woman, and don’t gaze at another’s beauty. Many have been led astray by the beauty of a woman; and with this, passion is kindled like a fire.
9 Propter speciem mulieris multi perierunt: et ex hoc concupiscentia quasi ignis exardescit.
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9 Don’t dine at all with a woman who has a husband, or revel with her at wine, lest perhaps your soul turn away to her, and with your spirit you slide into destruction.
10 Omnis mulier quæ est fornicaria, quasi stercus in via conculcabitur.
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10 Don’t forsake an old friend; for a new one is not comparable to him. A new friend is like new wine: if it becomes old, you will drink it with gladness.
11 Speciem mulieris alienæ multi admirati, reprobi facti sunt: colloquium enim illius quasi ignis exardescit.
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11 Don’t envy the success of a sinner; for you don’t know what his end will be.
12 Cum aliena muliere ne sedeas omnino, nec accumbas cum ea super cubitum:
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12 Don’t delight in the delights of the ungodly. Remember they will not go unpunished to the grave.
13 et non alterceris cum illa in vino, ne forte declinet cor tuum in illam, et sanguine tuo labaris in perditionem.]
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13 Keep yourself far from the man who has power to kill, and you will not be troubled by the fear of death. If you come to him, commit no fault, lest he take away your life. Know surely that you go about in the midst of snares, and walk upon the battlements of a city.
14 [Ne derelinquas amicum antiquum: novus enim non erit similis illi.
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14 As well as you can, aim to know your neighbors, and take counsel with the wise.
15 Vinum novum amicus novus: veterascet, et cum suavitate bibes illud.
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15 Let your conversation be with men of understanding. Let all your discourse be in the law of the Most High.
16 Non zeles gloriam et opes peccatoris: non enim scis quæ futura sit illius subversio.
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16 Let righteous people be companions at your table. Let your glorying be in the fear of the Lord.
17 Non placeat tibi injuria injustorum, sciens quoniam usque ad inferos non placebit impius.
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17 A work is commended because of the skill of the artisan; so he who rules the people will be considered wise for his speech.
18 Longe abesto ab homine potestatem habente occidendi, et non suspicaberis timorem mortis.
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18 A loudmouthed man is dangerous in his city. He who is reckless in his speech will be hated.
19 Et si accesseris ad illum, noli aliquid committere, ne forte auferat vitam tuam.
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19 Not in this translation
20 Communionem mortis scito, quoniam in medio laqueorum ingredieris, et super dolentium arma ambulabis.
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20 Not in this translation
21 Secundum virtutem tuam cave te a proximo tuo, et cum sapientibus et prudentibus tracta.
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21 Not in this translation
23 et in sensu sit tibi cogitatus Dei, et omnis enarratio tua in præceptis Altissimi.
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23 Not in this translation
24 In manu artificum opera laudabuntur, et princeps populi in sapientia sermonis sui, in sensu vero seniorum verbum.
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24 Not in this translation
25 Terribilis est in civitate sua homo linguosus: et temerarius in verbo suo odibilis erit.]
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25 Not in this translation
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Whence too it is said in the Psalm, "They have laid stumblingblocks for me by the way side." And another Scripture saith, "Remember that thou walkest in the midst of snares." These snares among which we walk are not in the way; but yet they are "by the way side." What fearest thou, what art thou alarmed at, so thou …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
This even the ancient Scripture corrects from the first, saying, "Contemplate not beauty which is another's." And then, lest any one should say, "what then, if I contemplate, and be not taken captive," He punishes the look, lest confiding in this security thou shouldest some time fall into sin.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… a better thing than a gift," and "answer the poor man peaceably with meekness." And all the rest of thy time too adorn it with the rehearsing of the laws of God; "Yea, let all thy communication be in the law of the Most High." Having thus adorned ourselves, let us come to our King, and fall at His knees, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)