Category Archives: Ecclesiasticus

A prayer of Jesus the son of Sirach. I will give glory to thee, O Lord, O King, and I […]

Simon the high priest, the son of Onias, who in his life propped up the house, and in his days […]

The memory of Josias is like the composition of a sweet smell made by the art of a perfumer: 2 […]

And Elias the prophet stood up, as a fire, and his word burnt like a torch. 2 He brought a […]

Then Nathan the prophet arose in the days of David. 2 And as the fat taken away from the flesh, […]

Valiant in war was Jesus the son of Nave, who was successor of Moses among the prophets, who was great […]

Moses was beloved of God, and men: whose memory is in benediction. 2 He made him like the saints in […]

Let us now praise men of renown and our fathers in their generation. 2 The Lord hath wrought great glory […]

The firmament on high is his beauty, the beauty of heaven with its glorious shew. 2 The sun when he […]

Repeat not the word which thou hast heard, and disclose not the thing that is secret; so shalt thou be […]

O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions! 2 To […]

Great labour is created for all men, and a heavy yoke is upon the children of Adam from the day […]