Good News Translation
Don't bother going after him. It's too late. He is gone, like a deer escaped from a trap.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not go after him, for he is too far off, and has escaped like a gazelle from a snare.

Contemporary English Version
or a deer that has escaped from a trap. So don't bother trying to get back that friendship.

New American Bible
Do not go after him, for he is far away, and has escaped like a gazelle from a snare.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For as a man that destroyeth his friend, so is he that destroyeth the friendship of his neighbour.

For as a man that destroyeth his friend, so is he that destroyeth the friendship of his neighbour.

Sirach 27:18
Love thy neighbour, and be joined to him with fidelity.

Sirach 27:19
But if thou discover his secrets, follow no more after him.

Sirach 27:21
And as one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and thou shalt not get him again.

Sirach 27:22
Follow after him no more, for he is gone afar off, he is fled, as a roe escaped out of the snare because his soul is wounded.