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title: "Sirach 35 – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin Vulgate · Bless"
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# Sirach 35

Sirach 35 is chapter 35 of 51 in the Book of Sirach. Here are all 26 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> What sacrifices are pleasing to God.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Sirach 35 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Whoever observes the law multiplies oblations.
2. It is a salutary sacrifice to attend to the commandments and to withdraw from all iniquity.
3. And to depart from injustice is to offer a propitiatory sacrifice for injustices and a supplication for sins.
4. Whoever gives thanks, offers a gift of fine flour, and whoever acts with mercy, offers a sacrifice.
5. To withdraw from iniquity is well-pleasing to the Lord. And to withdraw from injustice is a supplication for sins.
6. You should not appear empty before the sight of the Lord.
7. For all these things are to be done because of the commandment of God.
8. The oblation of the just fattens the altar, and is a fragrance of sweetness in the sight of the Most High.
9. The sacrifice of the just is acceptable, and the Lord will never forget the memorial of it.
10. Render glory to God with a good heart. And you should not reduce the first-fruits of your hands.
11. With every gift, have a cheerful countenance, and sanctify your tithes with exultation.
12. Give to the Most High according to his gifts to you, and act with a good eye toward the creations of your hands.
13. For the Lord gives recompense, and he will repay you seven times as much.
14. Do not be willing to offer corrupt gifts. For he will not accept them.
15. And do not be willing to consider an unjust sacrifice. For the Lord is the judge, and with him there is no favoritism toward anyone.
16. The Lord will not accept favoritism against the poor, but he will heed the prayer of one who has been harmed.
17. He will not despise the prayers of the orphan, nor of the widow, if she utters a lamenting complaint.
18. Do a widow’s tears not run down her cheek? And will her outcry not cause their downfall?
19. For from her cheek, her tears ascend even to heaven. And the Lord, the One who listens, will not take delight in them.
20. Whoever adores God with joy will be accepted, and his prayer will reach even to the clouds.
21. The prayer of one who humbles himself will pierce the clouds. And it will not be consoled until it draws near; and it will not withdraw until the Most High beholds.
22. And the Lord will not delay, and he will judge for those who are just, and he will accomplish judgment. And the Almighty will not have patience with them, so that he may crush their back.
23. And he will repay vengeance to the Gentiles, until he has taken away the multitude of the arrogant, and broken the scepters of the iniquitous,
24. until he has rendered to men according to their deeds, and according to the works of Adam, and according to his presumption,
25. until he has judged the judgment of his people. And he will delight the just with his mercy.
26. The mercy of God is beautiful in the time of tribulation, like a rain cloud in the time of drought.

## Sirach 35 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Qui conservat legem multiplicat oblationem.
2. Sacrificium salutare est attendere mandatis, et discedere ab omni iniquitate.
3. Et propitiationem litare sacrificii super injustitias: et deprecatio pro peccatis, recedere ab injustitia.
4. Retribuet gratiam qui offert similaginem: et qui facit misericordiam offert sacrificium.
5. Beneplacitum est Domino recedere ab iniquitate: et deprecatio pro peccatis recedere ab injustitia.
6. Non apparebis ante conspectum Domini vacuus:
7. hæc enim omnia propter mandatum Dei fiunt.
8. Oblatio justi impinguat altare, et odor suavitatis est in conspectu Altissimi.
9. Sacrificium justi acceptum est, et memoriam ejus non obliviscetur Dominus.
10. Bono animo gloriam redde Deo, et non minuas primitias manuum tuarum.
11. In omni dato hilarem fac vultum tuum, et in exsultatione sanctifica decimas tuas.
12. Da Altissimo secundum datum ejus, et in bono oculo adinventionem facito manuum tuarum,
13. quoniam Dominus retribuens est, et septies tantum reddet tibi.
14. Noli offerre munera prava, non enim suscipiet illa.
15. Et noli inspicere sacrificum injustum, quoniam Dominus judex est, et non est apud illum gloria personæ.
16. Non accipiet Dominus personam in pauperem, et deprecationem læsi exaudiet.
17. Non despiciet preces pupilli, nec viduam, si effundat loquelam gemitus.
18. Nonne lacrimæ viduæ ad maxillam descendunt, et exclamatio ejus super deducentem eas?
19. A maxilla enim ascendunt usque ad cælum, et Dominus exauditor non delectabitur in illis.
20. Qui adorat Deum in oblectatione suscipietur, et deprecatio illius usque ad nubes propinquabit.
21. Oratio humiliantis se nubes penetrabit, et donec propinquet non consolabitur, et non discedet donec Altissimus aspiciat.
22. Et Dominus non elongabit: et judicabit justos, et faciet judicium: et Fortissimus non habebit in illis patientiam, ut contribulet dorsum ipsorum:
23. et gentibus reddet vindictam, donec tollat plenitudinem superborum, et sceptra iniquorum contribulet:
24. donec reddat hominibus secundum actus suos, et secundum opera Adæ, et secundum præsumptionem illius:
25. donec judicet judicium plebis suæ, et oblectabit justos misericordia sua.
26. Speciosa misericordia Dei in tempore tribulationis, quasi nubes pluviæ in tempore siccitatis.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Tue, May 25, 2027: Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time — First Reading, Sirach 35:1-12
- Sun, Oct 29, 2028 (computed): Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time — First Reading, Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).