Sirach:Chapter 13
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| 1凡觸摸瀝青的，必被瀝青玷污；凡與驕傲人交接的，必為他所同化。 | 1He that toucheth pitch, shall be defiled with it: and he that hath fellowship with the proud, shall put on pride. |
| 2不要肩負超過你力量的重擔；不要與那比你強大富有的人交接。 | 2He shall take a burden upon him that hath fellowship with one more honourable than himself. And have no fellowship with one that is richer than thyself. |
| 3瓦罐和鐵鍋怎能相交？鐵鍋一碰瓦罐，瓦罐就破碎了。 | 3What agreement shall the earthen pot have with the kettle? for if they knock one against the other, it shall be broken. |
| 4富貴人侮辱了人，還怒不可遏；貧窮人受了侮辱，反得向人謝罪！ | 4The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he will fume: but the poor is wronged and must hold his peace. |
| 5若你為他有用，他就利用你；若你一無所有，他就要拋棄你。 | 5If thou give, he will make use of thee: and if thou have nothing, he will forsake thee. |
| 6若你富有，他就與你相處，即使耗盡了你的財產，也不惋惜。 | 6If thou have any thing, he will live with thee, and will make thee bare, and he will not be sorry for thee. |
| 7他需要你時，就欺騙你，向你媚笑，使你相信他，並大放厥辭，向你說：你缺少什麼？ | 7If he have need of thee he will deceive thee, and smiling upon thee will put thee in hope; he will speak thee fair, and will say: What wantest thou? |
| 8等到他再三剝削你以後，就用他的食物來羞辱你，最後還要嘲笑你；從此以後，幾時見到你，就躲開你，還向你大搖其頭。 | 8And he will shame thee by his meats, till he have drawn thee dry twice or thrice, and at last he will laugh at thee: and afterward when he seeth thee, he will forsake thee, and shake his head at thee. |
| 9你在天主面前要自謙，等候他的援手。 | 9Humble thyself to God, and wait for his hands. |
| 10小心不要受人誘惑；昌盛時，小心不要墮落。 | 10Beware that thou be not deceived Into folly, and be humbled. |
| 11你具有智慧，不要虛心謙讓，怕你因示弱，而被人愚弄。 | 11Be not lowly in thy wisdom, lest being humbled thou be deceived into folly. |
| 12若有權勢的人召叫你，你當引退；如此，他反而更加招呼你。 | 12If thou be invited by one that is mightier, withdraw thyself: for so he will invite thee the more. |
| 13不可強求，免得你被人趕走；但也不可遠離他，免得你被人忘掉。 | 13Be not troublesome to him, lest thou be put back: and keep not far from him, lest thou be forgotten. |
| 14不要以平等方式與他講話，也不要相信他那許多話，因為，他要用許多言辭試探你，面帶笑容，打聽你的秘密。 | 14Affect not to speak with him as an equal: and believe not his many words: for by much talk he will sift thee, and smiling will examine thee concerning thy secrets. |
| 15他是一個殘忍的人，對你的話，決不保守秘密，也不惜用刑罰和鎖鏈來處置你。 | 15His cruel mind will lay up thy words: and he will not spare to do thee hurt, and to cast thee into prison. |
| 16你該小心，對你聽來的話務要小心謹慎，因為，你是在喪亡的危險中行走。 | 16Take heed to thyself, and attend diligently to what thou hearest: for thou walkest in danger of thy ruin. |
| 17對你聽見的事，當視為夢中事，但是你要小心提防。 | 17When thou hearest those things, see as it were in sleep, and thou shalt awake. |
| 18你一生該愛慕天主，呼號他拯救你。 | 18Love God all thy life, and call upon him for thy salvation. |
| 19一切動物都愛自己的同類；同樣，人也各愛與自己相近的人。 | 19Every beast loveth its like: so also every man him that is nearest to himself. |
| 20一切生物都和自己的同類相交；人也各與自己相似的人交結。 | 20All flesh shall consort with the like to itself, and every man shall associate himself to his like. |
| 21豺狼與羔羊，豈能有友誼？同樣，罪人與義人，也不能有交情。 | 21If the wolf shall at any time have fellowship with the lamb, so the sinner with the just. |
| 22鬣狗與犬怎能相和？財主與窮人又怎能相安無事？ | 22What fellowship hath a holy man with a dog, or what part hath the rich with the poor? |
| 23曠野裡的野驢，是獅子的獵物；同樣，貧窮人是財主的魚肉。 | 23The wild ass is the lion's prey in the desert: so also the poor are devoured by the rich. |
| 24驕傲人憎恨謙卑自下；同樣，富貴人厭惡貧窮人。 | 24And as humility is an abomination to the proud: so also the rich man abhorreth the poor. |
| 25富人一動搖，就有朋友來扶持；窮人一落魄，卻為朋友所拋棄。 | 25When a rich man is shaken, he is kept up by his friends: but when a poor man is fallen down, he is thrust away even by his acquaintance. |
| 26富人一失敗，就有許多人來扶助，縱然他口出狂言，還以他為義人； | 26When a rich man hath been deceived, he hath many helpers: he hath spoken proud things, and they have justified him. |
| 27窮人一失敗，反更受人責斥，雖然他說話條理分明，卻無人理會。 | 27The poor man was deceived, and he is rebuked also: he hath spoken wisely, and could have no place. |
| 28富貴人一開口，眾人都鴉雀無聲，還把他的話高舉雲表； | 28The rich man spoke, and all held their peace, and what he said they extol even to the clouds. |
| 29貧窮人一發言，人就問：「他是什麼人？」如果他一失言，人就把他推翻。 | 29The poor man spoke, and they say: Who is this? and if he stumble, they will overthrow him. |
| 30人良心上若沒有罪過，財物纔算美好；在不虔敬的人口裡，貧窮是最壞的。 | 30Riches are good to him that hath no sin in his conscience: and poverty is very wicked in the mouth of the ungodly. |
| 31人向善或向惡的心，都能改變自己的面容。 | 31The heart of a man changeth his countenance, either for good, or for evil. |
| 32春風滿面，是好心腸的憑據；尋求箴言，必要勞心思索。 | 32The token of a good heart, and a good countenance thou shalt hardly find, and with labour. |
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