Respect of parents (Sir 3:4-7)
The Latin:
Qui díligit Deum exorábit pro peccátis,
et continébit se ab illis,
et in oratióne diérum exaudiétur.
Et sicut qui thesaurízat,
ita et qui honoríficat matrem suam.
Qui honórat patrem suum iucundábitur in fíliis,
et in die oratiónis suæ exaudiétur.
Qui honórat patrem suum vita vivet longióre,
et qui obédit patri refrigerábit matrem.
The English:
He that loveth God, shall obtain pardon for his sins by prayer,
and shall refrain himself from them,
and shall be heard in the prayer of days.
And he that honoureth his mother is
as one that layeth up a treasure.
He that honoureth his father shall have joy in his own children,
and in the day of his prayer he shall be heard.
He that honoureth his father shall enjoy a long life:
and he that obeyeth the father, shall be a comfort to his mother.
