Ben Sira 41:9-11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
9 If you have children, calamity will be theirs;
and if you beget them, it will be only for groaning.
When you stumble, there is lasting joy;
and when you die, you become a curse.
10 All that is nought returns to nought,
so too the godless—from void to void.(A)
11 The human body is a fleeting thing,
but a virtuous name will never be annihilated.(B)
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