Sirach Prologue
- Spirit of God
- Gentile Inclusion
- Wisdom & the Word
Septuagint / Greek witness
οὐ γὰρ ἰσοδυναμεῖ αὐτὰ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς Ἑβραϊστὶ λεγόμενα
For the same things uttered in Hebrew, and translated into another tongue, have not the same force in them.
Masoretic reading
The prologue is not in the Hebrew canon.
Ben Sira's grandson feared the force was lessened in Greek; at Shavuot the Spirit Himself spoke the mighty works of God in every tongue.
Apostolic witness: