Sirach 13:2

ASV Byzantine Text

Take not up a burden above thy strength; And have no fellowship with one that is mightier and richer than thyself. What fellowship shall the earthen pot have with the kettle? This shall smite, and that shall be dashed in pieces.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Hno a rhih aih khaw namah hamla thuek boel lamtah, namah lak aka tlung aka boei ngai nen khaw yok uh boeh. Me tlam lae ampul neh thi-am te a benbo uh thai eh? am rhoi te duel uh vetih rhek hae ni ta.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Pondus super se tollat qui honestiori se communicat, et ditiori te ne socius fueris.

Brenton English Septuagint

Burden not thyself above thy power while thou livest; and have no fellowship with one that is mightier and richer than thyself: for how agree the kettle and the earthen pot together? for if the one be smitten against the other, it shall be broken.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Wilt ge dragen, wat te zwaar voor u is? Waarom dan omgang hebben met wie rijker is dan gij? Kan de pot wel samengaan met de ketel? Stoten ze tegen elkander, de pot zal breken.

Douay-Rheims 1899

He shall take a burden upon him that hath fellowship with one more honourable than himself. And have no fellowship with one that is richer than thyself.

King James Version + Apocrypha

Burden not thyself above thy power while thou livest; and have no fellowship with one that is mightier and richer than thyself: for how agree the kettle and the earthen pot together? for if the one be smitten against the other, it shall be broken.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Burden not thyself above thy power while thou livest; And have no fellowship with one that is mightier and richer than thyself: For how agree the kettle and the earthen pot together? For if the one be smitten against the other, it shall be broken.

LXX2012 U. S. English

Burden not yourself above your power while you live; and have no fellowship with one that is mightier and richer than yourself: for how agree the kettle and the earthen pot together? for if the one be struck against the other, it shall be broken.

British English Septuagint 2012

Burden not yourself above your power while you live; and have no fellowship with one that is mightier and richer than yourself: for how agree the kettle and the earthen pot together? for if the one be struck against the other, it shall be broken.

Revised Version

Take not up a burden above thy strength; And have no fellowship with one that is mightier and richer than thyself. What fellowship shall the earthen pot have with the kettle? This shall smite, and that shall be dashed in pieces.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Ne te charge pas d'un fardeau au-dessus de tes forces. N'ayez pas de communion avec celui qui est plus puissant et plus riche que vous. Quelle relation le pot de terre aurait-il avec la bouilloire ? La bouilloire va se vider, et la marmite sera réduite en miettes.

Spanish BLL

No lleves una carga que supere tus fuerzas. No te juntes con alguien más poderoso y más rico que tú. ¿Qué compañerismo tendría la olla de barro con el caldero? El caldero la golpeará, y la olla se hará pedazos.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

No aceptes una carga superior a tus fuerzas. No tengas comunión con quien es más poderoso y más rico que tú. ¿Qué comunión tendría la olla de barro con la tetera? La tetera golpeará y la olla se hará pedazos.

Croatian Bible

Ne diži ono što ti je preteško i ne druži se s jačim i bogatijim od sebe. Zašto staviti zajedno zemljani lonac s bakrenim? Kad ga ovaj udari, onaj se razbije.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Burden not thyself above thy power while thou livest; And have no fellowship with one that is mightier and richer than thyself: For how agree the kettle and the earthen pot together? For if the one be smitten against the other, it shall be broken.

World English Bible (Catholic)

Don’t take up a burden above your strength. Have no fellowship with one who is mightier and richer than yourself. What fellowship would the earthen pot have with the kettle? The kettle will strike, and the pot will be dashed in pieces.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Don’t take up a burden above your strength. Have no fellowship with one who is mightier and richer than yourself. What fellowship would the earthen pot have with the kettle? The kettle will strike, and the pot will be dashed in pieces.

World English Bible Classic

Don’t take up a burden above your strength. Have no fellowship with one who is mightier and richer than yourself. What fellowship would the earthen pot have with the kettle? The kettle will strike, and the pot will be dashed in pieces.

World English Bible Updated

Don’t take up a burden above your strength. Have no fellowship with one who is mightier and richer than yourself. What fellowship would the earthen pot have with the kettle? The kettle will strike, and the pot will be dashed in pieces.

SEPTUAGINTA

βάρος ὑπὲρ σὲ μὴ ἄρῃς, καὶ ἰσχυροτέρῳ σου καὶ πλουσιωτέρῳ μὴ κοινώνει. τί κοινωνήσει χύτρα πρὸς λέβητα; αὕτη προσκρούσει, καὶ αὕτη συντριβήσεται.

Brenton Septuagint

Βάρος ὑπὲρ σὲ μὴ ἄρῃς, καὶ ἰσχυροτέρῳ σου καὶ πλουσιωτέρῳ μὴ κοινώνει· τί κοινωνήσει χύτρα πρὸς λέβητα; αὕτη προσκρούσει, καὶ αὕτη συντριβήσεται.

Mashi Bible

Orhabarhulaga omuzigo orhagale, orhayinjibanaga omuzibu n’omugale kulusha we. Cici cankarhuma wahira enyungu y’ibumba haguma n’ey’ecûma? N’obwo erhi zankahukulana, ey’ibumba yanabereka?

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