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Siracide
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Hear me, your father, O my children, and do what you hear, that you all may be safe. For the Lord honors the father over the children, and has confirmed the judgment of the mother over her sons. He who honors his father will make atonement for sins. He who gives glory to his mother is as one who lays up treasure. Whoever honors his father will have joy in his own children. He will be heard in the day of his prayer. He who gives glory to his father will have length of days. He who listens to the Lord will bring rest to his mother, and will serve under his parents, as to masters. Honor your father in deed and word, that a blessing may come upon you from him. For the blessing of the father establishes the houses of children, but the curse of the mother roots out the foundations. Don’t glorify yourself in the dishonor of your father, for your father’s dishonor is no glory to you. For the glory of a man is from the honor of his father, and a mother in dishonor is a reproach to her children. My son, help your father in his old age, and don’t grieve him as long as he lives. If he fails in understanding, have patience with him. Don’t dishonor him in your full strength. For the kindness to your father will not be forgotten. Instead of sins it will be added to build you up. In the day of your affliction it will be remembered for you, as fair weather upon ice, so your sins will also melt away. He who forsakes his father is as a blasphemer. He who provokes his mother is cursed by the Lord. My son, go on with your business in humility; so you will be loved by an acceptable man. The greater you are, humble yourself the more, and you will find favor before the Lord. For the power of the Lord is great, and he is glorified by those who are lowly. Don’t seek things that are too hard for you, and don’t search out things that are above your strength. Think about the things that have been commanded you, for you have no need of the things that are secret. Don’t be overly busy in tasks that are beyond you, for more things are shown to you than men can understand. For the conceit of many has led them astray. Evil opinion has caused their judgment to slip. There is no light without eyes. There is no wisdom without knowledge. A stubborn heart will do badly at the end. He who loves danger will perish in it. A stubborn heart will be burdened with troubles. The sinner will heap sin upon sins. The calamity of the proud has no healing, for a weed of wickedness has taken root in him. The heart of the prudent will understand a proverb. A wise man desires the ear of a listener. Water will quench a flaming fire; almsgiving will make atonement for sins. He who repays good turns is mindful of that which comes afterward. In the time of his falling he will find a support.
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Notes · Haydock (1859, domaine public)Notes : 19
Notes en anglais Commentaire catholique du XIXᵉ siècle du P. George Leo Haydock, tel qu’il a été publié.
Ces notes gardent les polémiques de leur époque : certaines parlent durement du peuple juif ou d'autres chrétiens. L'Église enseigne autrement aujourd'hui. On ne peut imputer au peuple juif la mort du Christ (Nostra Aetate 4 ; Catéchisme 597–598), et les chrétiens des autres communautés sont nos frères dans le Seigneur (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). L'unité des chrétiens
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Ver. 1. Love. The progeny of God's children brings forth the fruits of obedience and love. W. ---
Wisdom teaches every virtue. C. --- This verse is not in Greek.
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Ver. 3. Seeking. Greek, "and hath confirmed the judgment," &c. H. --- God will revenge any disrespect shewn to parents. M.
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Ver. 7. Father. Greek, "Lord...mother (8.) and will serve them," &c. H. --- Though you may feed your parents, you are still much in their debt. S. Amb. in Lu. ii.
and xviii. Ex. xx. 12. Job iv. 3.
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Ver. 9. Father. Greek adds, "and thy mother." C. --- Grabe marks this in another character, and substitutes "them" for him. v. 10. --- And his, &c. is wholly omitted. H.
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Ver. 11. Foundations. S. Aug. (de Civ. Dei. xxii. 8.) gives a memorable instance.
The pagans deemed such curses most terrible. Orpheus. Gen. ix. 25. --- They are executed upon the wicked.
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Ver. 12. Thee. Boast not of thy superior talents, nor say any thing disrespectful.
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Ver. 13. A father. Greek, "mother." Alexander was ashamed of having Philip for his father, pretending that he was the son of Jupiter Ammon. His mother Olympias, with much ingenuity, wrote to him, that he would thus make Juno her powerful rival!
↑ 13Siracide 3:15
Ver. 15. Fail. Bis pueri senes. They do not lose the character of fathers, how infirm soever, (C.) and those can never truly serve the invisible Deity, who despise their fathers, his visible images on the earth. Philo. Decal.
↑ 15Siracide 3:16
Ver. 16. Sin. Or ill-nature. Greek, "instead of sins, (17.) a house shall be built up for thee." H.
--- Thy family shall increase. Ex. i. 21. C. --- Alms, prayer, and sacrifice for parents merit reward. W.
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Ver. 18. Of. Greek, "Like a blasphemer is," &c. C. --- He who reviles his father, meditates blasphemy against the Deity. Menander.
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Ver. 19. Meekness. Here a new subject begins. Goodness begets love. S. Amb.
Off. ii. 7.
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Ver. 20. Greater. The dignity of a person should be the measure of his humility, (S. Amb. de virg. 31.) as the most elevated are the most exposed to pride.
Humility is taught only by true wisdom and the gospel. Matt. xi. 29. Philosophy may inspire us with the contempt of riches,
&c. C. --- Yet humility is the most indispensable duty, and no less essential than delivery to an orator. S. Aug. ep. 118. ad Diosc. --- All human greatness comes from God, who requires us to shew our gratitude by humility. W.
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Ver. 22. In, &c. The mysterious nature of God and providence, cannot be comprehended: and in many things we must confess our ignorance. Life is often spent in idle researches.
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Ver. 26. Suspicion. Gr. Comp. "their vain suspicion hath deceived many and their wicked thought has ruined their judgment. Not having the apples of the eye, thou wilt be deprived of light; and being ignorant, do not speak." The latter sentence is marked by Grabe as wanting in his copy, as it is in the Vat. if we may believe the London edit. (H.) which, however, is not an exact copy, no more than any of the other editions, of that famous MS. Grabe.
↑ 26Siracide 3:27
Ver. 27. Heart. Which fears neither God nor man. S. Bern. cons. 1. --- Those who have not shewn mercy, can expect none. H. --- The impenitent see their folly, like Antiochus, when it is too late. C. --- They have loved the danger, which shall overtake them. Prov. i. 26. He seems to refute those who believed in fate, and would take no precautions. C. --- Those who live in sin, tempting God to the last hour, generally perish. W.
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Ver. 29. Wicked. Greek, "hard," obdurate in sin, like Pharao. Rom. ii. 5. H. ---
Sorrows. Or crimes, as the word often implies, and the punishment thereof. C.
--- "Sin, by its own weight, leads to another, (S. Greg. Mor. xxv. 12.) and while custom is not resisted, a necessity arises." S.
Aug. Conf. viii. 5.
↑ 29Siracide 3:30
Ver. 30. Congregation. The proud or obstinate sinner will take no advice. Prov.
xviii. 3. C.
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Ver. 31. Understand. Greek, "shall devise a parable, and the ear of the hearer is the desire of a wise man." H.
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Ver. 33. Water, &c. He delights to instruct the attentive. C. --- Resist. Greek,
"shall expiate, or obtain pardon for sins." Dan. iv. 24. and Lu. xi. 41. "Alms-deeds are a sort of baptism, which may be often repeated" to advantage. S.
Amb. or. Max. --- "When we bestow any thing, it is not of our own, but the gift of Christ. We give bread...He, the poor, renders us the kingdom of heaven." S.
Jerom in Ps. cxxxiii. God becomes our debtor. S. Chrys. hom. liii. and lviii. ---
Our inheritance is secured. S. Cyp. de Op. --- But then charity and repentance must accompany our alms. S. Aug. de Civ. Dei. 21. ult.
↑ 33Licence: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Crédits et licences