13 — Ecclesiastico

1He that toucheth pitch, shall be defiled with it: and he that hath fellowship with the proud, shall put on pride.Chi tocca la pece, si sporca di pece, e a chi conversa col superbo, si attaccherà la superbia.HE that toucheth pitch, shal be defiled with it: and he that communicateth with the proud, shal put on pride.Qui tetigerit picem inquinabitur ab ea: / et qui communicaverit superbo induet superbiam. 2He shall take a burden upon him that hath fellowship with one more honourable than himself. And have no fellowship with one that is richer than thyself.Si mette un gran peso addosso chi fa lega con uno da più di lui. E non ti associare con chi è più ricco di te.He shal take a burden vpon him that communicateth with one more honorable then himself. And be not companion with one richer then thyself.Pondus super se tollat qui honestiori se communicat, / et ditiori te ne socius fueris. 3What agreement shall the earthen pot have with the kettle? for if they knock one against the other, it shall be broken.Come staranno insieme un vaso di ferro, e uno di terra, il quale quando venga a urtare coll'altro sarà messo in pezzi?What societie shal the caudron haue with the earthen potte? for when they shal knock one against the other, it shal be broken.Quid communicabit cacabus ad ollam ? / quando enim se colliserint, confringetur. 4The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he will fume: but the poor is wronged and must hold his peace.Il ricco farà ingiustizia, e fremerà; e il povero maltrattato starà zitto.The rich man hath done vniustly, and he wil fume: but the poore man being hurt wil hold his peace.Dives injuste egit, et fremet: / pauper autem læsus tacebit. 5If thou give, he will make use of thee: and if thou have nothing, he will forsake thee.Se tu gli farai de' presenti, ti accoglierà; se non avrai che dare, ti abbandonerà.If thou geue, he wil take thee: and if thou haue not, he wil forsake thee.Si largitus fueris, assumet te: / et si non habueris, derelinquet te. 6If thou have any thing, he will live with thee, and will make thee bare, and he will not be sorry for thee.Se hai qualche cosa, banchetterà teco, e ti smugnerà, e non avrà compassione di te.If thou haue, he wil liue with thee, and wil emptie thee, and he wil not be sorie for thee.Si habes, convivet tecum, et evacuabit te: / et ipse non dolebit super te.

7If he have need of thee he will deceive thee, and smiling upon thee will put thee in hope; he will speak thee fair, and will say: What wantest thou?Se avrà bisogno di te, ti gabberà, e con viso ridente ti darà delle speranze, ti prometterà monti di oro, e dirà: di che hai bisogno.If thou be necessarie for him, he wil supplant thee, and smiling wil put thee in hope, telling thee good thinges, and wil say: What wantest thou?Si necessarius illi fueris, supplantabit te, / et subridens spem dabit, narrans tibi bona, / et dicet: Quid opus est tibi ? 8And he will shame thee by his meats, till he have drawn thee dry twice or thrice, and at last he will laugh at thee: and afterward when he seeth thee, he will forsake thee, and shake his head at thee.E ti confonderà co' suoi desinari fino a tanto, che in due, o tre volte ti rifinirà, e all'ultimo si burlerà di te, e poi vedendoti ti volterà le spalle, e scuoterà il capo contro di te.And he wil confound thee in his meates, til he emptie thee twise, & thrise, and at the last he wil mocke thee: and afterward seeing he wil forsake thee, and wil shake his head at thee.Et confundet te in cibis suis, / donec te exinaniat bis et ter: / et in novissimo deridebit te, / et postea videns derelinquet te, / et caput suum movebit ad te. 9Humble thyself to God, and wait for his hands.Umiliati a Dio, e aspetta la sua mano.Humble thyself to God, and expect his handes.Humiliare Deo, et exspecta manus ejus. 10Beware that thou be not deceived into folly, and be humbled.Bada, che sedotto tu non ti umilj stoltamente.Take heede lest seduced into follie thou be humbled.Attende ne seductus in stultitiam humilieris. 11Be not lowly in thy wisdom, lest being humbled thou be deceived into folly.Guardati dall'esser umile in tua saggezza, affinchè umiliato che sarai, non sii sedotto a far cose da stolto.Be not humble in thy wisdom, lest hmbled thou be seduced into follie.Noli esse humilis in sapientia tua, / ne humiliatus in stultitiam seducaris. 12If thou be invited by one that is mightier, withdraw thyself: for so he will invite thee the more.Se un potente ti chiama a se, tirati indietro; conciossiachè per questo appunto egli ti chiamerà, e richiamerà,Being called of the mightier depart: for by this he wil cal thee the more.Advocatus a potentiore, discede: / ex hoc enim magis te advocabit. 13Be not troublesome to him, lest thou be put back: and keep not far from him, lest thou be forgotten.Non essere importuno per non esser cacciato via, e non tenerti tanto indietro da esser dimenticato.Be not importune, lest thou be reiected: and be not farre from him, lest thou goe into obliuion.Ne improbus sis, ne impingaris: / et ne longe sis ab eo, ne eas in oblivionem.

14Affect not to speak with him as an equal, and believe not his many words: for by much talk he will sift thee, and smiling will examine thee concerning thy secrets.Nol trattenere per parlare con lui come con un eguale, e non ti fidare delle molte parole di lui; perocché col farti parlar molto ti tenterà, e come per giuoco ti interrogherà per cavare da te i tuoi secreti.Stay not to speake felowlike with him: neither credite his manie wordes. For by much talke he wil proue thee, and smiling wil examine thee of thy secretes.Ne retineas ex æquo loqui cum illo, / nec credas multis verbis illius: / ex multa enim loquela tentabit te, / et subridens interrogabit te de absconditis tuis. 15His cruel mind will lay up thy words: and he will not spare to do thee hurt, and to cast thee into prison.L'animo fiero di lui terrà conto di tue parole, e non si guarderà a farti del male, e a metterti in prigione.His cruel mind wil kepe thy wordes: and he wil not spare for malice, and for bandes.Immitis animus illius conservabit verba tua: / et non parcet de malitia, et de vinculis. 16Take heed to thyself, and attend diligently to what thou hearest: for thou walkest in danger of thy ruin.Bada a te, e sta molto attento a quello, che ti senti dire; perché tu cammini sull'orlo del tuo precipizio.Take heede to thyself, and attend diligently to thyn hearing: because thou walkest with thy subuersion.Cave tibi, et attende diligenter auditui tuo, / quoniam cum subversione tua ambulas: 17When thou hearest those things, see as it were in sleep, and thou shalt awake.Ma tali cose ascoltando quasi in sogno, risvegliati.But hearing those thinges see as it were in sleepe, and thou shalt watch.audiens vero illa, / quasi in somnis vide, et vigilabis. 18Love God all thy life, and call upon him for thy salvation.Per tutto il tempo di tua vita ama Dio, e invocalo per tua salvezzaLoue God al thy life, and inuocate him for thy saluation.Omni vita tua dilige Deum, / et invoca illum in salute tua. 19Every beast loveth its like: so also every man him that is nearest to himself.Ogni animale ama il suo simile, e così ogni uomo il suo prossimo.Euerie beast loueth the like to it self: so also euerie man the nerest to himself.Omne animal diligit simile sibi, / sic et omnis homo proximum sibi. 20All flesh shall consort with the like to itself, and every man shall associate himself to his like.Tutte le bestie fan società colle loro simili; così ogni uomo si unirà col suo simile.Al flesh wil match with the like to itself, and euerie man wil associate himself to his like.Omnis caro ad similem sibi conjungetur, / et omnis homo simili sui sociabitur.

21If the wolf shall at any time have fellowship with the lamb, so the sinner with the just.Se il lupo potrà qualche volta aver società coll'agnello, l'avrà anche il peccatore col giusto.If the woolfshal at anie time communicate with the lambe, so the sinner with the iust.Si communicabit lupus agno aliquando, / sic peccator justo. 22What fellowship hath a holy man with a dog, or what part hath the rich with the poor?Qual relazione tra un uomo santo, e un cane? E qual unione tral ricco, ed il povero?What fellowshippe hath an holy man with a dogge, or what part hath the riche with the poore?Quæ communicatio sancto homini ad canem ? / aut quæ pars diviti ad pauperem ? 23The wild ass is the lion’s prey in the desert: so also the poor are devoured by the rich.Preda del lione è l'asino salvatico nel deserto, e pastura de' ricchi sono i poveri.The wilde asse in the deserte is the lyons pray: so the poore are also the pastures of the riche.Venatio leonis onager in eremo: / sic et pascua divitum sunt pauperes. 24And as humility is an abomination to the proud: so also the rich man abhorreth the poor.Come il superbo ha in abbominio l'umiltà, così il ricco ha il povero in avversione.And as humilitie is abomination to the proude: so also the poore man is the execration of the riche.Et sicut abominatio est superbo humilitas, / sic et execratio divitis pauper. 25When a rich man is shaken, he is kept up by his friends: but when a poor man is fallen down, he is thrust away even by his acquaintance.Il ricco, che traballa è sostenuto da suoi amici; ma il povero, caduto che è, vien cacciato via anche da' familiari.The riche man being moued is confirmed by his frendes: but the humble when he is fallen, shal be thrust out euen of his familiars.Dives commotus confirmatur ab amicis suis: / humilis autem cum ceciderit, expelletur et a notis. 26When a rich man hath been deceived, he hath many helpers: he hath spoken proud things, and they have justified him.Il ricco, che ha errato ha molti, che lo sostengono: egli ha parlato con arroganza, e quelli lo giustificano.To the rich deceeued there are many recouerers: he hath spoken proud wordes, and they haue iustified him.Diviti decepto multi recuperatores: / locutus est superbia, et justificaverunt illum. 27The poor man was deceived, and he is rebuked also: he hath spoken wisely, and could have no place.Ma il povero, che fu gabbato, è ancor rampognato: parla sensatamente, e non gli è dato retta.The humble was deceiued, he moreouer is rebuked also: he hath spoken wisely, and place was not geuen vnto him.Humilis deceptus est, insuper et arguitur: / locutus est sensate, et non est datus ei locus.

28The rich man spoke, and all held their peace, and what he said they extol even to the clouds.Il ricco parla, e tutti stan cheti, e innalzano fino alle nuvole le sue parole.The rich man spake, and al helde their peace, and they wil carry his worde euen to the cloudes.Dives locutus est, et omnes tacuerunt, / et verbum illius usque ad nubes perducent. 29The poor man spoke, and they say: Who is this? and if he stumble, they will overthrow him.Parla il povero, e quelli dicono: chi è costui, e se inciampa lo getteranno per terra.The poore man spake and they say: Who is this? and if he stumble, they wil ouerthrowe him.Pauper locutus est, et dicunt: Quis est hic ? / et si offenderit, subvertent illum. 30Riches are good to him that hath no sin in his conscience: and poverty is very wicked in the mouth of the ungodly.Buone son le ricchezze, le quali non hanno peccato sulla coscienza: ma pessima è la povertà a detta dell'empio.Substance is good, to him that hath no sinne in his conscience: and pouertie is most wicked in the mouth of the impious.Bona est substantia cui non est peccatum in conscientia: / et nequissima paupertas in ore impii. 31The heart of a man changeth his countenance, either for good, or for evil.Il cuore dell'uomo cangia il volto di lui o in bene, o in male.The hart of a man altereth his countenance, either into good, or into euil.Cor hominis immutat faciem illius, / sive in bona, sive in mala. 32The token of a good heart, and a good countenance thou shalt hardly find, and with labour.Il buon viso argomento di buon cuore lo troverai difficilmente, e con pena.The token of a good hart, and a good countenance thou shalt hardly finde, and with labour.Vestigium cordis boni et faciem bonam / difficile invenies, et cum labore.