Sirach:Chapter 11
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| 1謙虛人的智慧，必使他抬頭，也必使他坐於偉人之中。 | 1The wisdom of the humble shall exalt his head, and shall make him sit in the midst of great men. |
| 2不要因人美便讚美他，也不要因一個人的外表而輕視他。 | 2Praise not a man for his beauty, neither despise a man for his look. |
| 3飛蟲中，蜜蜂是微小的，但她的產品，卻是最甘飴的。 | 3The bee is small among flying things, but her fruit hath the chiefest sweetness. |
| 4在穿衣上，不要打扮；光榮之日，不要自大；因為上主的工程雖是驚人的，光榮的，但他的行動在人間，卻是隱而不現的。 | 4Glory not in apparel at any time, and be not exalted in the day of thy honour: for the works of the Highest only are wonderful, and his works are glorious, and secret, and hidden. |
| 5許多暴君竟坐在地下；人不介意的人，反戴上了王冠。 | 5Many tyrants have sat on the throne, and he whom no man would think on, hath worn the crown. |
| 6許多有權勢的人，遭受了極大的淩辱；許多有聲望的人，陷落在外邦人的手裡。 | 6Many mighty men have been greatly brought down, and the glorious have been delivered into the hand of others. |
| 7未詢問以前，不可責斥人；先要問明白，然後公正地加以責斥。 | 7Before thou inquire, blame no man: and when thou hast inquired, reprove justly. |
| 8未聽以前，不可作覆；人家正在談論中，你不要插嘴。 | 8Before thou hear, answer not a word: and interrupt not others in the midst of their discourse. |
| 9與你無關的事，你不要爭辯，也不要參加罪人的訴訟。 | 9Strive not in a matter which doth not concern thee, and sit not in judgment with sinners. |
| 10我兒，你的工作不要繁多，若事情太多，難免沒有過失；如果你急於進取，就什麼也得不到；如你過於急進，就免不了受害。 | 10My son, meddle not with many matters: and if thou be rich, thou shalt not be free from sin: for if thou pursue after thou shalt not overtake: and if thou run before thou shalt not escape. |
| 11有一個不虔敬的人勞苦，殷勤操作，忍痛耐勞，卻更加貧乏。 | 11There is an ungodly man that laboureth, and maketh haste, and is in sorrow, and is so much the more in want. |
| 12又有一個瘦弱的人，需要援助，缺乏力量，萬分可憐； | 12Again, there is an inactive man that wanteth help, is very weak in ability, and full of poverty: |
| 13然而上主卻以仁慈的眼眷顧他，從卑賤中提拔他，使他抬頭，使許多人對他表示驚奇，因而尊敬天主。 | 13Yet the eye of God hath looked upon him for good, and hath lifted him up from his low estate, and hath exalted his head: and many have wondered at him, and have glorified God. |
| 14幸福、災禍、生死、貧富，都來自上主。 | 14Good things and evil, life and death, poverty and riches, are from God. |
| 15智慧、學識及法律的知識，來自上主；愛情與行善的工作，也是從他那裡來的。 | 15Wisdom and discipline, and the knowledge of the law are with God. Love and the ways of good things are with him. |
| 16錯謬與黑暗，是為罪人而造的；以惡為榮的，越老越惡。 | 16Error and darkness are created with sinners: and they that glory in evil things, grow old in evil. |
| 17上主的恩惠，常是留給虔敬的人；他的恩寵使虔敬的人永遠順利。 | 17The gift of God abideth with the just, and his advancement shall have success for ever. |
| 18有人因節儉而成了富翁，這算是他應得的賞報： | 18There is one that is enriched by living sparingly, and this is the portion of his reward. |
| 19於是他說：「我找著了安息，現在我要享用我的財物了。」 | 19In that he saith: I have found me rest, and now I will eat of my goods alone: |
| 20但是，他不知道自己還生存多少日子，死亡便臨近了，他就該把這一切留給別人而死去。 | 20And he knoweth not what time shall pass, and that death approacheth, and that he must leave all to others, and shall die. |
| 21你當遵守你與天主結的盟約，按照盟約生活，老於你的職守。 | 21Be steadfast in thy covenant, and be conversant therein, and grow old in the work of thy commandments. |
| 22不要驚奇罪人的成就，只該信賴上主，堅持你的工作。 | 22Abide not in the works of sinners. But trust in God, and stay in thy place. |
| 23因為，使窮人忽然變為富翁，在上主眼中，是一件容易的事。 | 23For it is easy in the eyes of God on a sudden to make the poor man rich. |
| 24上主的祝福，是虔敬人的賞報；上主使自己的祝福傾刻之間即能開花。 | 24The blessing of God maketh haste to reward the just, and in a swift hour his blessing beareth fruit. |
| 25不要說：我在世上還有什麼用處？今後，我還能有什麼幸福？ | 25Say not: What need I, and what good shall I have by this? |
| 26不要說：我所有的夠用的了，今後，還能有什麼不幸降到我身上？ | 26Say not: I am sufficient for myself: and what shall I be made worse by this? |
| 27在幸福的日子，人忘卻了不幸；在不幸的時候，人忘卻了幸福。 | 27In the day of good things be not unmindful of evils: and in the day of evils be not unmindful of good things: |
| 28然而在死亡之日，依照人的行徑報應人，為上主是一件容易事。 | 28For it is easy before God in the day of death to reward every one according to his ways. |
| 29一時的憂苦，能使人忘掉已往的幸福；人一到臨終，他的行為就暴露出來。 | 29The affliction of an hour maketh one forget great delights, and in the end of a man is the disclosing of his works. |
| 30任何人未死以前，不要稱他是有福的，因為從他的子女，纔能認識他的為人。 | 30Praise not any man before death, for a man is known by his children. |
| 31不要引人進入你的家庭，因為欺詐人的奸計，花樣百出。 | 31Bring not every man into thy house: for many are the snares of the deceitful. |
| 32驕傲人的心，像臭腐了的五臟，發洩臭氣，像被誘進樊籠裡的鷓鴣，像陷在羅網裡的山羊，像窺探別人，使他落網的偵探。 | 32For as corrupted bowels send forth stinking breath, and as the partridge is brought into the cage, and as the roe into the snare: so also is the heart of the proud, and as a spy that looketh on the fall of his neighbour. |
| 33他設法把好事變成壞事，連最好的事，他也要非難。 | 33For he lieth in wait and turneth good into evil, and on the elect he will lay a blot. |
| 34一星之火，可以釀成燎原之火，由於一個詭計多諯的人，流血的事件增多了；犯罪的人圖謀傾流人血。 | 34Of one spark cometh a great fire, and of one deceitful man much blood: and a sinful man lieth in wait for blood. |
| 35要謹防作惡的人，因為他圖謀邪惡的事，免得他加給你永遠的恥辱。 | 35Take heed to thyself of a mischievous man, for he worketh evils: lest he bring upon thee reproach for ever. |
| 36若你在家收留外人，他必作亂推翻你，奪取你的家產。 | 36Receive a stranger in, and he shall overthrow thee with a whirlwind, and shall turn thee out of thy own. |
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