Eclesiástico (Sirácida) · Vulgata Clementina
Eclesiástico (Sirácida) 12 Vulgata Clementina
1 [Si benefeceris, scito cui feceris, et erit gratia in bonis tuis multa.
1 If you do good, know to whom you do it, and your good deeds will have thanks.
2 Benefac justo, et invenies retributionem magnam: et si non ab ipso, certe a Domino.
2 Do good to a godly man, and you will find a reward— if not from him, then from the Most High.
3 Non est enim ei bene qui assiduus est in malis, et eleemosynas non danti: quoniam et Altissimus odio habet peccatores, et misertus est pœnitentibus.
3 No good will come to him who continues to do evil, nor to him who gives no alms.
4 Da misericordi, et ne suscipias peccatorem: et impiis et peccatoribus reddet vindictam, custodiens eos in diem vindictæ.
4 Give to the godly man, and don’t help the sinner.
5 Da bono, et non receperis peccatorem.
5 Do good to one who is lowly. Don’t give to an ungodly man. Keep back his bread, and don’t give it to him, lest he subdue you with it; for you would receive twice as much evil for all the good you would have done to him.
6 Benefac humili, et non dederis impio: prohibe panes illi dari, ne in ipsis potentior te sit:
6 For the Most High also hates sinners, and will repay vengeance to the ungodly.
7 nam duplicia mala invenies in omnibus bonis quæcumque feceris illi, quoniam et Altissimus odio habet peccatores, et impiis reddet vindictam.]
7 Give to the good man, and don’t help the sinner.
8 [Non agnoscetur in bonis amicus, et non abscondetur in malis inimicus.
8 A man’s friend won’t be fully tried in prosperity. His enemy won’t be hidden in adversity.
9 In bonis viri, inimici illius in tristitia: et in malitia illius, amicus agnitus est.
9 In a man’s prosperity, his enemies are grieved. In his adversity, even his friend leaves.
10 Non credas inimico tuo in æternum: sicut enim æramentum æruginat nequitia illius:
10 Never trust your enemy, for his wickedness is like corrosion in copper.
11 et si humiliatus vadat curvus, adjice animum tuum, et custodi te ab illo.
11 Though he humbles himself and walks bowed down, still be careful and beware of him. You will be to him as one who has wiped a mirror, to be sure it doesn’t completely tarnish.
12 Non statuas illum penes te, nec sedeat ad dexteram tuam, ne forte conversus in locum tuum, inquirat cathedram tuam, et in novissimo agnosces verba mea, et in sermonibus meis stimuleris.
12 Don’t set him next to you, lest he overthrow you and stand in your place. Don’t let him sit on your right hand, lest he seek to take your seat, and at the last you acknowledge my words, and be pricked with my sayings.
13 Quis miserebitur incantatori a serpente percusso, et omnibus qui appropiant bestiis? et sic qui comitatur cum viro iniquo, et obvolutus est in peccatis ejus.
13 Who will pity a charmer that is bitten by a snake, or any who come near wild beasts?
14 Una hora tecum permanebit: si autem declinaveris, non supportabit.
14 Even so, who will pity him who goes to a sinner, and is associated with him in his sins?
15 In labiis suis indulcat inimicus, et in corde suo insidiatur ut subvertat te in foveam.
15 For a while he will stay with you, and if you falter, he will not stay.
16 In oculis suis lacrimatur inimicus, et si invenerit tempus, non satiabitur sanguine.
16 The enemy will speak sweetly with his lips, and in his heart plan to throw you into a pit. The enemy may weep with his eyes, but if he finds opportunity, he will want more blood.
17 Et si incurrerint tibi mala, invenies eum illic priorem.
17 If adversity meets you, you will find him there before you. Pretending to help you, he will trip you.
18 In oculis suis lacrimatur inimicus, et quasi adjuvans suffodiet plantas tuas.
18 He will shake his head, clap his hands, whisper much, and change his countenance.
19 Caput suum movebit, et plaudet manu, et multa susurrans commutabit vultum suum.]
19 No está en esta traducción
Lo que dijeron los Padres
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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).
It is written: "Give to the godly man, and help not a sinner." The latter clause of this sentence seems to forbid benevolence; for it says, "help not a sinner." Understand, therefore, that "sinner" is put figuratively for sin, so that it is his sin you are not to help.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
"But who," it is said, "will pity a charmer that is bitten with a serpent?" For we ought, knowing its cruel tyranny, to flee that slavery, and destroy that grievous longing.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
"Help not a sinner:" and, "give not to the ungodly;" and yet, "give unto every man that asketh of thee." But it is a sinner who asketh of me.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)