Eclesiástico (Sirácida) · Septuaginta de Brenton actualizada
Eclesiástico (Sirácida) 34 Septuaginta de Brenton actualizada
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- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
1 Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, And the care thereof driveth away sleep.
1 Vain and false hopes are for a man void of understanding. Dreams give wings to fools.
2 Watching care will not let a man slumber, As a sore disease breaketh sleep.
2 As one who grasps at a shadow and follows after the wind, so is he who sets his mind on dreams.
3 The rich hath great labor in gathering riches together; And when he resteth, he is filled with his delicacies.
3 The vision of dreams is a reflection, the likeness of a face near a face.
4 The poor laboreth in his poor estate; And when he leaveth off, he is still needy.
4 From an unclean thing what can be cleansed? From that which is false what can be true?
5 He that loveth gold shall not be justified, And he that followeth corruption shall have enough thereof.
5 Divinations, and soothsayings, and dreams, are vain. The heart has fantasies like a woman in labor.
6 Gold hath been the ruin of many, And their destruction was present.
6 If they are not sent in a visitation from the Most High, don’t give your heart to them.
7 It is a stumbling block unto them that sacrifice unto it, And every fool shall be taken therewith.
7 For dreams have led many astray. They have failed by putting their hope in them.
8 Blessed is the rich that is found without blemish, And hath not gone after gold.
8 Without lying the law will be fulfilled. Wisdom is complete in a faithful mouth.
9 Who is he? and we will call him blessed: For wonderful things hath he done among his people.
9 A well-instructed man knows many things. He who has much experience will declare understanding.
10 Who hath been tried thereby, and found perfect? Then let him glory. Who might offend, and hath not offended? Or done evil, and hath not done it?
10 He who has no experience knows few things. But he who has traveled increases cleverness.
11 His goods shall be established, And the congregation shall declare his alms.
11 I have seen many things in my travels. My understanding is more than my words.
12 If thou sit at a bountiful table, Be not greedy upon it, And say not, There is much meat on it.
12 I was often in danger even to death. I was preserved because of these experiences.
13 Remember that a wicked eye is an evil thing: And what is created more wicked than an eye? Therefore it weepeth upon every occasion.
13 The spirit of those who fear the Lord will live, for their hope is in him who saves them.
14 Stretch not thy hand whithersoever it looketh, And thrust it not with him into the dish.
14 Whoever fears the Lord won’t be afraid, and won’t be a coward, for he is his hope.
15 Judge of thy neighbor by thyself: And be discreet in every point.
15 Blessed is the soul of him who fears the Lord. To whom does he give heed? Who is his support?
16 Eat, as it becometh a man, those things which are set before thee; And devour not, lest thou be hated.
16 The eyes of the Lord are on those who love him, a mighty protection and strong support, a cover from the hot blast, a shade from the noonday sun, a guard from stumbling, and a help from falling.
17 Leave off first for manners’ sake; And be not unsatiable, lest thou offend.
17 He raises up the soul, and enlightens the eyes. He gives health, life, and blessing.
18 When thou sittest among many, Reach not thy hand out first of all.
18 He who sacrifices a thing wrongfully gotten, his offering is made in mockery. The mockeries of wicked men are not acceptable.
19 A very little is sufficient for a man well nurtured, And he fetcheth not his wind short upon his bed.
19 The Most High has no pleasure in the offerings of the ungodly, Neither is he pacified for sins by the multitude of sacrifices.
20 Sound sleep cometh of moderate eating: He riseth early, and his wits are with him: But the pain of watching, and choler, and pangs of the belly, are with an unsatiable man.
20 Like one who kills a son before his father’s eyes is he who brings a sacrifice from the goods of the poor.
21 And if thou hast been forced to eat, Arise, go forth, vomit, and thou shalt have rest.
21 The bread of the needy is the life of the poor. He who deprives him of it is a man of blood.
22 My son, hear me, and despise me not, And at the last thou shalt find as I told thee: In all thy works be quick, So shall there no sickness come unto thee.
22 Like one who murders his neighbor is he who takes away his living. Like a shedder of blood is he who deprives a hireling of his hire.
23 Whoso is liberal of his meat, men shall speak well of him; And the report of his good housekeeping will be believed.
23 When one builds, and another pulls down, what profit do they have but toil?
24 But against him that is a niggard of his meat the whole city shall murmur; And the testimonies of his niggardness shall not be doubted of.
24 When one prays, and another curses, whose voice will the Lord listen to?
25 Show not thy valiantness in wine; For wine hath destroyed many.
25 He who washes himself after touching a dead body, and touches it again, what does he gain by his washing?
26 The furnace proveth the edge by dipping: So doth wine the hearts of the proud by drunkenness.
26 Even so a man fasting for his sins, and going again, and doing the same, who will listen to his prayer? What profit does he have in his humiliation?
27 Wine is as good as life to a man, if it be drunk moderately: What life is then to a man that is without wine? For it was made to make men glad.
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28 Wine measurably drunk and in season Bringeth gladness of the heart, and cheerfulness of the mind:
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29 But wine drunken with excess maketh bitterness of the mind, With brawling and quarreling.
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30 Drunkenness increaseth the rage of a fool till he offend: It diminisheth strength, and maketh wounds.
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31 Rebuke not thy neighbor at the wine, And despise him not in his mirth: Give him no despiteful words, And press not upon him with urging him [to drink].
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