# Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 31:8-11, transcribed from a live Divinum
# Officium query (Monastic Tridentinum 1617, command=prayMatutinum,
# 2026-08-17 — St. Lawrence's own octave closing day, Matins Nocturn
# III's third canticle). Verse 10 is split into two half-verses by the
# source itself, transcribed as two separate entries under the same
# verse number, matching how the source renders it. Only 8-11 are
# authored; the rest of the chapter is unauthored.
book: sir
chapter: 31
verses:
  - n: 8
    text:
      la: "Beátus vir, qui invéntus est sine mácula, et qui post aurum non ábiit, * nec sperávit in pecúnia et thesáuris."
      en: "Blessed is the man that is found without blemish: and that hath not gone after gold, * nor put his trust in money nor in treasures."
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
  - n: 9
    text:
      la: "Quis est hic, et laudábimus eum? * fecit enim mirabília in vita sua."
      en: "Who is he, and we will praise him? * for he hath done wonderful things in his life."
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
  - n: 10
    text:
      la: "Qui probátus est in illo, et perféctus est, * erit illi glória ætérna:"
      en: "Who hath been tried thereby, and made perfect, * he shall have glory everlasting."
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
  - n: 10
    text:
      la: "Qui pótuit tránsgredi, et non est transgréssus; * fácere mala, et non fecit."
      en: "He that could have transgressed, and hath not transgressed: * and could do evil things, and hath not done them."
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
  - n: 11
    text:
      la: "Ideo stabilíta sunt bona illíus in Dómino, * et eleemósynas illíus enarrábit omnis ecclésia sanctórum."
      en: "Therefore are his goods established in the Lord, * and all the church of the saints shall declare his alms."
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }
