Eclesiástico (Sirácida) · Douay-Rheims (revisión Challoner), edición estadounidense de 1899
Eclesiástico (Sirácida) 36 Douay-Rheims (revisión Challoner), edición estadounidense de 1899
DRB Douay-Rheims (revisión Challoner), edición estadounidense de 1899
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1 Have mercy upon us, O God of all, and behold us, and shew us the light of thy mercies:
1 Have mercy upon us, O Lord the God of all, and look at us with favor;
2 And send thy fear upon the nations, that have not sought after thee: that they may know that there is no God beside thee, and that they may shew forth thy wonders.
2 and send your fear upon all the nations.
3 Lift up thy hand over the strange nations, that they may see thy power.
3 Lift up your hand against the foreign nations and let them see your mighty power.
4 For as thou hast been sanctified in us in their sight, so thou shalt be magnified among them in our presence,
4 As you showed your holiness in us before them, so be magnified in them before us.
5 That they may know thee, as we also have known thee, that there is no God beside thee, O Lord.
5 Let them know you, as we also have known you, that there is no God but only you, O God.
6 Renew thy signs, and work new miracles.
6 Show new signs, and work various wonders. Glorify your hand and your right arm.
7 Glorify thy hand, and thy right arm.
7 Raise up indignation and pour out wrath. Take away the adversary and destroy the enemy.
8 Raise up indignation, and pour out wrath.
8 Hasten the time and remember your oath. Let them declare your mighty works.
9 Take away the adversary, and crush the enemy.
9 Let him who escapes be devoured by raging fire. May those who harm your people find destruction.
10 Hasten the time, and remember the end, that they may declare thy wonderful works.
10 Crush the heads of the rulers of the enemies who say, “There is no one but ourselves.”
11 Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire: and let them perish that oppress thy people.
11 Gather all the tribes of Jacob together, and take them for your inheritance, as from the beginning.
12 Crush the head of the princes of the enemies that say: There is no other beside us.
12 O Lord, have mercy upon the people that is called by your name, and upon Israel, whom you likened to a firstborn.
13 Gather together all the tribes of Jacob: that they may know that there is no God besides thee, and may declare thy great works: and thou shalt inherit them as from the beginning.
13 Have compassion upon the city of your sanctuary, Jerusalem, the place of your rest.
14 Have mercy on thy people, upon whom thy name is invoked: and upon Israel, whom thou hast raised up to be thy firstborn.
14 Fill Zion. Exalt your oracles and fill your people with your glory.
15 Have mercy on Jerusalem, the city which thou hast sanctified, the city of thy rest.
15 Give testimony to those who were your creatures in the beginning, and fulfill the prophecies that have been spoken in your name.
16 Fill Sion with thy unspeakable words, and thy people with thy glory.
16 Reward those who wait for you, and men will put their trust in your prophets.
17 Give testimony to them that are thy creatures from the beginning, and raise up the prophecies which the former prophets spoke in thy name.
17 Listen, O Lord, to the prayer of your servants, according to the blessing of Aaron concerning your people; and all those who are on the earth will know that you are the Lord, the eternal God.
18 Reward them that patiently wait for thee, that thy prophets may be found faithful: and hear the prayers of thy servants,
18 The belly will eat any food, but one food is better than another.
19 According to the blessing of Aaron over thy people, and direct us into the way of justice, and let all know that dwell upon the earth, that thou art God the beholder of all ages.
19 The mouth tastes meats taken in hunting, so does an understanding heart detect false speech.
20 The belly will devour all meat, yet one is better than another.
20 A contrary heart will cause heaviness. A man of experience will pay him back.
21 The palate tasteth venison and the wise heart false speeches.
21 A woman will receive any man, but one daughter is better than another.
22 A perverse heart will cause grief, and a man of experience will resist it.
22 The beauty of a woman cheers the countenance. A man desires nothing more.
23 A woman will receive every man: yet one daughter is better than another.
23 If kindness and humility are on her tongue, her husband is not like other sons of men.
24 The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance of her husband, and a man desireth nothing more.
24 He who gets a wife gets his richest treasure, a help meet for him and a pillar of support.
25 If she have a tongue that can cure, and likewise mitigate and shew mercy: her husband is not like other men.
25 Where no hedge is, the property will be plundered. He who has no wife will mourn as he wanders.
26 He that possesseth a good wife, beginneth a possession: she is a help like to himself, and a pillar of rest.
26 For who would trust a nimble robber who skips from city to city? Even so, who would trust a man who has no nest, and lodges wherever he finds himself at nightfall?
27 Where there is no hedge, the possession shall be spoiled: and where there is no wife, he mourneth that is in want.
27 No está en esta traducción
28 Who will trust him that hath no rest, and that lodgeth wheresoever the night taketh him, as a robber well appointed, that skippeth from city to city.
28 No está en esta traducción
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).
As Thou wast sanctified in us before them, so be Thou sanctified in them before us, and let them acknowledge Thee, according as we also have acknowledged Thee; for there is not a God beside Thee, O Lord." We see this prophecy in the form of a wish and prayer fulfilled through Jesus Christ.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)