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# Sirach 44

Sirach 44 is chapter 44 of 51 in the Book of Sirach. Here are all 27 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> The praises of the holy fathers, in particular of Enoch, Noe, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Sirach 44 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Let us praise the men of glory, and our ancestors in their generation.
2. The Lord has wrought great glory, by his own magnificence, from ancient times.
3. There are those who rule with their authority, men of great virtue, who are gifted with prudence. There are those who announce among the prophets, with the dignity of prophets.
4. And there are those who rule over the present generation, by the virtue of prudence, with very holy words for the people.
5. There are those who, by their skill, compose musical themes, so as to set the verses of Scripture to music.
6. There are men rich in virtue, who make a study of beauty, who live in peacefulness in their houses.
7. All these obtained glory in their generations, and they had praise in their days.
8. They left behind a name for those who were born of them, so that their praises might be described.
9. But for some of them, there is no memorial. They have passed away as if they had never existed; and they have become as if they had never been born, and their sons along with them.
10. But these were men of mercy, whose pious deeds have not failed.
11. Good things continue with their offspring.
12. Their descendants are a holy inheritance, and their offspring stand firm in the covenants.
13. And because of them, their sons remain even unto eternity. Their offspring and their glory will not be forsaken.
14. Their bodies were buried in peace, and their name lives on, from generation to generation.
15. Let the people declare their wisdom, and let the Church announce their praise.
16. Enoch pleased God, and he was transferred to Paradise, so that he might offer repentance to the nations.
17. Noah was found to be perfect and just, and so, in the time of wrath, he was made a reconciliation.
18. As a result, there was a remnant left for the earth, when the great flood was made.
19. The covenants of the world were placed with him, so that all flesh would not be wiped away by the great flood.
20. Abraham was the great father of a multitude of nations, and no one was found to be like him in glory. He observed the law of the Most High, and he formed a covenant with him.
21. In his flesh, he caused the covenant to stand, and when tested, he was found to be faithful.
22. Therefore, by an oath, he gave glory to him among his people, so as to increase him like the dust of the earth,
23. and to exalt his offspring like the stars, and to give an inheritance to them from sea to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
24. And he acted in like manner toward Isaac, because of his father Abraham.
25. The Lord gave the blessing of all the nations to him, and he confirmed his covenant upon the head of Jacob.
26. He acknowledged him in his blessings, and he gave an inheritance to him, and he distributed to him the portion of the twelve tribes.
27. And he preserved for him men of mercy, who were found to have grace before the eyes of all flesh.

## Sirach 44 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Laudemus viros gloriosos, et parentes nostros in generatione sua.
2. Multam gloriam fecit Dominus: magnificentia sua a sæculo.
3. Dominantes in potestatibus suis, homines magni virtute et prudentia sua præditi, nuntiantes in prophetis dignitatem prophetarum:
4. et imperantes in præsenti populo, et virtute prudentiæ populis sanctissima verba:
5. in peritia sua requirentes modos musicos, et narrantes carmina Scripturarum:
6. homines divites in virtute, pulchritudinis studium habentes, pacificantes in domibus suis.
7. Omnes isti in generationibus gentis suæ gloriam adepti sunt, et in diebus suis habentur in laudibus.
8. Qui de illis nati sunt reliquerunt nomen narrandi laudes eorum.
9. Et sunt quorum non est memoria: perierunt quasi qui non fuerint: et nati sunt quasi non nati, et filii ipsorum cum ipsis.
10. Sed illi viri misericordiæ sunt, quorum pietates non defuerunt.
11. Cum semine eorum permanent bona:
12. hæreditas sancta nepotes eorum, et in testamentis stetit semen eorum:
13. et filii eorum propter illos usque in æternum manent: semen eorum et gloria eorum non derelinquetur.
14. Corpora ipsorum in pace sepulta sunt, et nomen eorum vivit in generationem et generationem.
15. Sapientiam ipsorum narrent populi, et laudem eorum nuntiet ecclesia.
16. Enoch placuit Deo, et translatus est in paradisum, ut det gentibus pœnitentiam.
17. Noë inventus est perfectus, justus, et in tempore iracundiæ factus est reconciliatio.
18. Ideo dimissum est reliquum terræ, cum factum est diluvium.
19. Testamenta sæculi posita sunt apud illum, ne deleri possit diluvio omnis caro.
20. Abraham magnus pater multitudinis gentium, et non est inventus similis illi in gloria: qui conservavit legem Excelsi, et fuit in testamento cum illo.
21. In carne ejus stare fecit testamentum, et in tentatione inventus est fidelis.
22. Ideo jurejurando dedit illi gloriam in gente sua, crescere illum quasi terræ cumulum,
23. et ut stellas exaltare semen ejus, et hæreditare illos a mari usque ad mare, et a flumine usque ad terminos terræ.
24. Et in Isaac eodem modo fecit, propter Abraham patrem ejus.
25. Benedictionem omnium gentium dedit illi Dominus, et testamentum confirmavit super caput Jacob.
26. Agnovit eum in benedictionibus suis, et dedit illi hæreditatem, et divisit illi partem in tribubus duodecim.
27. Et conservavit illi homines misericordiæ, invenientes gratiam in oculis omnis carnis.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Fri, May 28, 2027: Friday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time — First Reading, Sirach 44:1, 9-13

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option).

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