10 — Ecclesiasticus

1A wise judge shall judge his people, and the government of a prudent man shall be steady.Il saggio re renderà la giustizia al suo popolo, e il principato dell'uomo sensato sarà stabile.A wise iudge shal iudge his people, and the principalitie of the wise shal be stable.Judex sapiens judicabit populum suum, / et principatus sensati stabilis erit. 2As the judge of the people is himself, so also are his ministers: and what manner of man the ruler of a city is, such also are they that dwell therein.Quale è il giudice del popolo, tali i suoi ministri; e qual è il governatore della città, tali sono i suoi abitanti.According to the Iudge of the people, so also are his ministers: and what maner of man the ruler of a citie is, such also are the habitants therein.Secundum judicem populi, sic et ministri ejus: / et qualis rector est civitatis, tales et inhabitantes in ea. 3An unwise king shall be the ruin of his people: and cities shall be inhabited through the prudence of the rulers.Un re imprudente rovinerà il suo popolo: la prudenza de' grandi popolerà le cittadi.An vnwise king shal destroy his people: and cities shal be inhabited by the vnderstanding of the prudent.Rex insipiens perdet populum suum: / et civitates inhabitabuntur per sensum potentium. 4The power of the earth is in the hand of God, and in his time he will raise up a profitable ruler over it.Il dominio della terra è nella mano di Dio, ed egli lo darà a suo tempo a chi la governi utilmente.The powre of the earth is in the hand of God, and he wil rayse vp a profitable ruler for a time ouer it.In manu Dei potestas terræ: / et utilem rectorem suscitabit in tempus super illam. 5The prosperity of man is in the hand of God, and upon the person of the scribe he shall lay his honour.La felicità dell'uomo è nelle mani di Dio, ed egli alla persona del dottor della legge fa parte della sua gloria.The prosperitie of man is in the hand of God, & vpon the face of the scribe he wil put his honour.In manu Dei prosperitas hominis, / et super faciem scribæ imponet honorem suum. 6Remember not any injury done thee by thy neighbour, and do thou nothing by deeds of injury.Non aver memoria di alcuna delle ingiurie ricevute dal prossimo: e non far cosa veruna per nuocere altrui.Anie iniurie of thy neighbour remember not, and doe nothing by workes of iniurie.Omnis injuriæ proximi ne memineris, / et nihil agas in operibus injuriæ.

7Pride is hateful before God and men: and all iniquity of nations is execrable.E odiata da Dio, e dagli uomini la superbia, ed è avuta in esecrazione tutta l'iniquità delle genti.Pride is odious before God and men: and al the iniquitie of the nations is execrable.Odibilis coram Deo est et hominibus superbia, / et execrabilis omnis iniquitas gentium. 8A kingdom is translated from one people to another, because of injustices, and wrongs, and injuries, and divers deceits.Il regno è trasportato da' una ad altra nazione a causa delle ingiustizie, e delle violenze, e degli oltraggi, e delle fraudi di molte maniere.A kingdome is translated from nation vnto nation, because of iniustices, and iniuries, and contumelies, and diuerse deceites.Regnum a gente in gentem transfertur propter injustitias, / et injurias, et contumelias, et diversos dolos. 9But nothing is more wicked than the covetous man. Why is earth, and ashes proud?Nulla v'ha di più scellerato dell'avaro. Come mai la terra, e la cenere si leva in superbia.But nothing is more wicked then the couetous man. Why is earth and ashes proud?Avaro autem nihil est scelestius. / Quid superbit terra et cinis ? 10There is not a more wicked thing than to love money: for such a one setteth even his own soul to sale: because while he liveth he hath cast away his bowels.Nulla v'ha di più iniquo, che colui, che ama il denaro; perocché questi mette in vendita anche l'anima sua; perocché egli ancor vivo si cava le proprie sue viscere.Nothing is more wicked then to loue money. For he hath his soule also to sel: because in his life he hath cast forth his most in ward thinges:Nihil est iniquius quam amare pecuniam: / hic enim et animam suam venalem habet, / quoniam in vita sua projecit intima sua. 11All power is of short life. A long sickness is troublesome to the physician.Ogni potentato di corta vita. La lunga malattìa stanca il medico;Al power is of short life. Long sicknes greueth the Physicion.Omnis potentatus brevis vita; / languor prolixior gravat medicum. 12The physician cutteth off a short sickness: so also a king is to day, and to morrow he shall die.E fa breve la malattia il medico col troncarla; così anche il re, oggi è, e domani morrà.Short sicknes the Physicion cutteth of at the first: so also the king is to day, & to morow he shal die.Brevem languorem præcidit medicus: / sic et rex hodie est, et cras morietur. 13For when a man shall die, he shall inherit serpents, and beasts, and worms.Or l'uomo alla sua morte avrà per suo retaggio de' sergenti, e delle bestie, e de' vermi.For when a man shal die, he shal inherite serpents, and beasts, and wormes.Cum enim morietur homo, / hæreditabit serpentes, et bestias, et vermes.

14The beginning of the pride of man, is to fall off from God:La prima superbia dell'uomo è di apostatare da Dio:The begynning of the pride of man, is to apostatate from God:Initium superbiæ hominis apostatare a Deo: 15Because his heart is departed from him that made him: for pride is the beginning of all sin: he that holdeth it, shall be filled with maledictions, and it shall ruin him in the end.Mentre il cuor di lui si allontana da colui, che lo creò; onde il primo di tutti i peccati ell'è la superbia: e chi è governato da lei, sarà ricolmo di abbominazioni, ed ella alla fine lo manderà in rovina.because his hart is departed from him that made him, for pride is the begynning of al sinne: he that holdeth it, shal be filled with curses, & it shal subuert him in the end.quoniam ab eo qui fecit illum recessit cor ejus, / quoniam initium omnis peccati est superbia. / Qui tenuerit illam adimplebitur maledictis, / et subvertet eum in finem. 16Therefore hath the Lord disgraced the assemblies of the wicked, and hath utterly destroyed them.Per questo il Signore caricò di ignominie la razza dei malvagi, e li distrasse fino all'esterminio.Therfore hath our Lord dishonoured the congregations of the euil, & hath destroyed them euen to the end.Propterea exhonoravit Dominus conventus malorum, / et destruxit eos usque in finem. 17God hath overturned the thrones of proud princes, and hath set up the meek in their stead.Dio gettò a terra i troni de' principi superbi, e in luogo di essi fece sedere i mansueti.God hath destroyed the seates of proud princes, and hath made the meeke sitte in their stead.Sedes ducum superborum destruxit Deus, / et sedere fecit mites pro eis. 18God hath made the roots of proud nations to wither, and hath planted the humble of these nations.Dio fe' seccar le radici delle superbe nazioni: e piantò quelli, che tra le genti medesime erano abbietti.God hath made the rootes of the proud nations to wither, and hath planted the humble of the nations themselues.Radices gentium superbarum arefecit Deus, / et plantavit humiles ex ipsis gentibus. 19The Lord hath overthrown the lands of the Gentiles, and hath destroyed them even to the foundation.Il Signore distrusse le terre delle nazioni, e rovinolle dai fondamenti;Our Lord hath subuerted the landes of the gentiles, and hath destroyed them euen to the fundation.Terras gentium evertit Dominus, / et perdidit eas usque ad fundamentum. 20He hath made some of them to wither away, and hath destroyed them, and hath made the memory of them to cease from the earth.Alcune di esse egli le desolò, e né sperse gli abitanti, e fece sparire dal mondo la loro memoria.He hath made of them to wither, and hath destroyed them, and hath made the memorie of them to cease from the earth.Arefecit ex ipsis, et disperdidit eos, / et cessare fecit memoriam eorum a terra.

21God hath abolished the memory of the proud, and hath preserved the memory of them that are humble in mind.Dio annichilò la memoria de' superbi, e conservò la memoria degli umili di spirito.God hath destroyed the memorie of the proud, and hath left the memorie of them that are humble in vnderstanding.Memoria superborum perdidit Deus, / et reliquit memoriam humilium sensu. 22Pride was not made for men: nor wrath for the race of women.Non è ingenita agli uomini la superbia, né l'iracondia ai figliuoli delle donne.Pride was not created to men: nor wrath to the nation of wemen.Non est creata hominibus superbia, / neque iracundia nationi mulierum. 23That seed of men shall be honoured, which feareth God: but that seed shall be dishonoured, which transgresseth the commandments of the Lord.Quella stirpe di uomini, che teme Dio, sarà onorata; e disonorata sarà quella stirpe, che trasgredisce i comandamenti del Signore.That seede of men shal be honoured, which feareth God: but that seede shal be dishonoured, which transgresseth the commandments of our Lord.Semen hominum honorabitur hoc, quod timet Deum: / semen autem hoc exhonorabitur, quod præterit mandata Domini. 24In the midst of brethren their chief is honourable: so shall they that fear the Lord, be in his eyes.Trai fratelli quegli, che governa è in onore; così dinanzi al Signore sarà di quelli, che lo temono.In the middes of brethren their ruler shal be in honour: and they that feare our Lord, shal be in his eyes.In medio fratrum rector illorum in honore: / et qui timent Dominum erunt in oculis illius. 25The fear of God is the glory of the rich, and of the honourable, and of the poor.La gloria de' ricchi, e degli uomini in dignità, e de' poveri è il timor del Signore.The glorie of the rich, of the honourable, and of the poore, is the feare of God:Gloria divitum, honoratorum, et pauperum, / timor Dei est. 26Despise not a just man that is poor, and do not magnify a sinful man that is rich.Guardati dal disprezzare il giusto, perché povero: guardati dal far grande stima del peccatore, perché ricco.Despise not the iust man that is poore, and magnifie not the sinful man that is rich.Noli despicere hominem justum pauperem, / et noli magnificare virum peccatorem divitem. 27The great man, and the judge, and the mighty is in honour: and there is none greater than he that feareth God.I grandi, i magistrati, i potenti sono onorati; ma nissuno è da più dì quello, che teme Dio.The great one, and the iudge, and the mightie is in honour, and there is none greater then he, that feareth God.Magnus, et judex, et potens est in honore: / et non est major illo qui timet Deum.

28They that are free shall serve a servant that is wise: and a man that is prudent and well instructed will not murmur when he is reproved; and he that is ignorant, shall not be honoured.Al servo sapiente serviranno uomini liberi, e l'uom prudente, e disciplinato non mormorerà quando sia ripreso; ma l'imprudente non otterrà gli onori.Free men wil serue a seruant, that is wise: and a man that is prudent and hath discipline, wil not murmur being rebuked, and the ignorant shal not be honoured.Servo sensato liberi servient: / et vir prudens et disciplinatus non murmurabit correptus, / et inscius non honorabitur. 29Extol not thyself in doing thy work, and linger not in the time of distress;Non vantar tua grandezza quando hai da fare il fatto tuo, e non istare a vedere nel tempo di necessità;Extol not thyself in doing thy worke, and linger not in the time of distresse:Noli extollere te in faciendo opere tuo, / et noli cunctari in tempore angustiæ. 30Better is he that laboureth, and aboundeth in all things, than he that boasteth himself and wanteth bread.Perocché è più stimabile colui, che lavora, e abbonda dì tutto, che il glorioso, il quale manca di pane.better is he that worketh, and abundeth in al thinges, then he that glorieth, and lacketh bread.Melior est qui operatur et abundat in omnibus, / quam qui gloriatur et eget pane. 31My son, keep thy soul in meekness, and give it honour according to its desert.Figliuolo custodisci colla mansuetudine l'anima tua, e onorala, secondo che ella merita.Sonne in mildenes keepe thy soule, and geue him honour according to his desert.Fili, in mansuetudine serva animam tuam, / et da illi honorem secundum meritum suum. 32Who will justify him that sinneth against his own soul? and who will honour him that dishonoureth his own soul?Chi giustificherà colui, che pecca contro l'anima sua? e chi onorerà colui, che disonora l'anima propria?Him that sinneth agaynst his owne soule who shal iustifie? and who shal honour him that dishonoureth his owne soule?Peccantem in animam suam quis justificabit ? / et quis honorificabit exhonorantem animam suam ? 33The poor man is glorified by his discipline and fear, and there is a man that is honoured for his wealth.Il povero arrida alla gloria per mezzo de' buoni costumi, e del timore di Dio; ed havvi chi è rispettato a motivo di sue ricchezze.The poore man is glorified by his discipline and feare: & there is a man that is honoured for his substance.Pauper gloriatur per disciplinam et timorem suum: / et est homo qui honorificatur propter substantiam suam.

34But he that is glorified in poverty, how much more in wealth? and he that is glorified in wealth, let him fear poverty.Ma colui, che è glorioso nella povertà, quanto più il sarebbe colle ricchezze? Ma colui, che fonda sua gloria: nelle ricchezze ha da temere là povertà.But he that is glorified in pouertie, how much more in substance? and he that is glorified in substance, let him feare pouertie.Qui autem gloriatur in paupertate, quanto magis in substantia ! / et qui gloriatur in substantia, paupertatem vereatur.