Eclesiástico (Sirácida) · Douay-Rheims (revisión Challoner), edición estadounidense de 1899
Eclesiástico (Sirácida) 29 Douay-Rheims (revisión Challoner), edición estadounidense de 1899
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1 He that sheweth mercy, lendeth to his neighbour: and he that is stronger in hand, keepeth the commandments.
1 He who shows mercy will lend to his neighbor. He who strengthens him with his hand keeps the commandments.
2 Lend to thy neighbour in the time of his need, and pay thou thy neighbour again in due time.
2 Lend to your neighbor in time of his need. Repay your neighbor on time.
3 Reap thy word, and deal faithfully with him: and thou shalt always find that which is necessary for thee.
3 Confirm your word, and keep faith with him; and at all seasons you will find what you need.
4 Many have looked upon a thing lent as a thing found, and have given trouble to them that helped them.
4 Many have considered a loan to be a windfall, and have given trouble to those who helped them.
5 Till they receive, they kiss the hands of the lender, and in promises they humble their voice:
5 Until he has received, he will kiss a man’s hands. For his neighbor’s money he will speak submissively. Then when payment is due, he will prolong the time, return excuses, and complain about the season.
6 But when they should repay, they will ask time, and will return tedious and murmuring words, and will complain of the time:
6 If he prevails, the creditor will hardly receive half; and he will count it as a windfall. If not, he has deprived him of his money, and he has gotten him for an enemy without cause. He will pay him with cursing and railing. Instead of honor, he will pay him disgrace.
7 And if he be able to pay, he will stand off, he will scarce pay one half, and will count it as if he had found it:
7 Many on account of fraud have turned away. They are afraid of being defrauded for nothing.
8 But if not, he will defraud him of his money, and he shall get him for an enemy without cause:
8 However be patient with a man in poor estate. Don’t keep him waiting for your alms.
9 And he will pay him with reproaches and curses, and instead of honour and good turn will repay him injuries.
9 Help a poor man for the commandment’s sake. According to his need don’t send him empty away.
10 Many have refused to lend, not out of wickedness, but they were afraid to be defrauded without cause.
10 Lose your money for a brother and a friend. Don’t let it rust under a stone and be lost.
11 But yet towards the poor be thou more hearty, and delay not to shew him mercy.
11 Allocate your treasure according to the commandments of the Most High and it will profit you more than gold.
12 Help the poor because of the commandment: and send him not away empty handed because of his poverty.
12 Store up almsgiving in your store-chambers and it will deliver you out of all affliction.
13 Lose thy money for thy brother and thy friend: and hide it not under a stone to be lost.
13 It will fight for you against your enemy better than a mighty shield and a ponderous spear.
14 Place thy treasure in the commandments of the most High, and it shall bring thee more profit than gold.
14 A good man will be surety for his neighbor. He who has lost shame will fail him.
15 Shut up alms in the heart of the poor, and it shall obtain help for thee against all evil.
15 Don’t forget the kindness of your guarantor, for he has given his life for you.
16 Better than the shield of the mighty, and better than the spear:
16 A sinner will waste the property of his guarantor.
17 It shall fight for thee against thy enemy.
17 He who is thankless will fail him who delivered him.
18 A good man is surety for his neighbour: and he that hath lost shame, will leave him to himself.
18 Being surety has undone many who were prospering and shaken them as a wave of the sea. It has driven mighty men from their homes. They wandered among foreign nations.
19 Forget not the kindness of thy surety: for he hath given his life for thee.
19 A sinner who falls into suretiship and undertakes contracts for work will fall into lawsuits.
20 The sinner and the unclean fleeth from his surety.
20 Help your neighbor according to your power, and be careful not to fall yourself.
21 A sinner attributeth to himself the goods of his surety: and he that is of an unthankful mind will leave him that delivered him.
21 The essentials of life are water, bread, a garment, and a house for privacy.
22 A man is surety for his neighbour: and when he hath lost all shame, he shall forsake him.
22 Better is the life of a poor man under a shelter of logs than sumptuous fare in another man’s house.
23 Evil suretyship hath undone many of good estate, and hath tossed them as a wave of the sea.
23 With little or with much, be well satisfied.
24 It hath made powerful men to go from place to place round about, and they have wandered in strange countries.
24 It is a miserable life to go from house to house. Where you are a guest, you dare not open your mouth.
25 A sinner that transgresseth the commandment of the Lord, shall fall into an evil suretyship: and he that undertaketh many things, shall fall into judgment.
25 You will entertain, serve drinks, and have no thanks. In addition to this, you will hear bitter words.
26 Recover thy neighbour according to thy power, and take heed to thyself that thou fall not.
26 “Come here, you sojourner, set a table, and if you have anything in your hand, feed me with it.”
27 The chief thing for man’s life is water and bread, and clothing, and a house to cover shame.
27 “Leave, you sojourner, for an honored guest is here. My brother has come to be my guest. I need my house.”
28 Better is the poor man’s fare under a roof of boards, than sumptuous cheer abroad in another man’s house.
28 These things are grievous to a man of understanding: The scolding about lodging and the insults of creditors.
29 Be contented with little instead of much, and thou shalt not hear the reproach of going abroad.
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30 It is a miserable life to go as a guest from house to house: for where a man is a stranger, he shall not deal confidently, nor open his mouth.
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31 He shall entertain and feed, and give drink to the unthankful, and moreover he shall hear bitter words.
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32 Go, stranger, and furnish the table, and give others to eat what thou hast in thy hand.
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33 Give place to the honourable presence of my friends: for I want my house, my brother being to be lodged with me.
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34 These things are grievous to a man of understanding: the upbraiding of houseroom, and the reproaching of the lender.
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Lo que dijeron los Padres
Pasajes de los Padres de la Iglesia que comentan o citan este capítulo, tal como aparecen en la edición de Schaff (traducciones inglesas del siglo XIX, de dominio público). Los textos están en inglés.
Cómo se eligieron
«Comentario» es el comienzo de una homilía o exposición sobre este capítulo (homilías de san Juan Crisóstomo; tratados, sermones y comentarios a los Salmos de san Agustín). «Cita» es una frase en la que las notas de la propia edición identifican la cita de un versículo de este capítulo; solo se conserva si el texto coincide con el versículo. Solo se usan obras de autoría segura. Los Salmos siguen la numeración hebrea (Agustín usa la de los Setenta: su Salmo 50 es aquí el 51).
Shut up alms in the heart of a poor man, and it shall intercede for thee unto the Lord."
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