Sirach 46

^aJesus the son of Naue was valiant in the wars,

And was the successor of Moses in ^bprophecies,

Who ^caccording to his name was made great

For the saving of the ^delect of God,

And taking vengeance of the enemies that rose up against them,

That he might ^eset Israel in their inheritance.

²How great glory gat he, when he did lift up his hands,

And ^fstretched out his sword against the cities!

³Who before him so stood to it?

For the Lord himself ^gbrought his enemies unto him.

^4hDid not the sun go back by his means?

And was not one day as long as two?

⁵He called upon the most high ⁱLord,

When the enemies pressed upon him on every side;

And the great Lord heard him.

⁶And ^jwith hailstones of mighty power

He made the battle to fall violently upon the nations,

And in the descent of Bethoron he destroyed them that resisted,

That the nations might know all their strength,

Because he fought in the sight of the Lord,

And he followed the ⁱMighty One.

⁷In the time of Moses also he did a work of mercy,

^kHe and Caleb the son of Jephunne,

In that they withstood the congregation,

And withheld the people from sin,

And appeased the wicked murmuring.

⁸And of ^lsix hundred thousand people on foot, ^mthey two were preserved

To bring them into the heritage,

Even unto ⁿthe land that floweth with milk and honey.

^9oThe Lord gave strength also unto Caleb,

Which remained with him unto his old age:

So that he entered upon the high places of the land,

And his seed obtained it for an heritage:

^10oThat all the children of Israel might see

That it is good ^pto follow the Lord.

¹¹And concerning the judges, every one by name,

^qWhose heart went not a whoring,

Nor departed from the Lord,

^rLet their memory be blessed.

^12sLet their bones flourish out of ^ttheir place,

And let the name of them that were honoured be continued upon their children.

¹³Samuel, the prophet of the Lord, ^ubeloved of his Lord,

Established a kingdom, and ^vanointed princes over his people.

¹⁴By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation,

And the Lord had respect unto Jacob.

^15wBy his faithfulness he was found a true prophet,

And by his word he was known to be faithful in vision.

^16xHe called upon the ⁱmighty Lord,

^yWhen his enemies pressed upon him on every side,

When ^zhe offered the sucking lamb.

^17aAnd the Lord thundered from heaven,

And with a great noise made his voice to be heard.

¹⁸And he destroyed the rulers of the ^bTyrians,

And all the princes of the ^cPhilistines.

¹⁹And before his long ^dsleep ^ehe made protestations in the sight of the Lord and his anointed,

I have not taken any man’s goods, so much as a shoe:

And ^fno man did accuse him.

²⁰And ^gafter his death he prophesied,

And shewed the king his end,

And lift up his voice from the earth in prophecy,

To blot out the wickedness of the people.

XLVII.