Sirach:Chapter 31
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| 1為發財而不寐，使人肉身消瘦；焦慮使人失眠。 | 1Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, and the thought thereof driveth away sleep. |
| 2為生活焦慮，使人夢斷；極度的疲倦，驅散睡意。 | 2The thinking beforehand turneth away the understanding, and a grievous sickness maketh the soul sober. |
| 3富人疲勞工作，是為積蓄財產，在退休時，飽享安樂； | 3The rich man hath laboured in gathering riches together, and when he resteth he shall be filled with his goods. |
| 4窮人疲勞工作，是為生活的急需，但到退休時，仍然貧乏。 | 4The poor man hath laboured in his low way of life, and in the end he is still poor. |
| 5凡貪愛金錢的，不能稱為義人；凡追求利益的，必走入迷途。 | 5He that loveth gold, shall not be justified: and he that followeth after corruption, shall be filled with it. |
| 6許多人為了金錢而失足，他們的喪亡就在眼前。 | 6Many have been brought to fall for gold, and the beauty thereof hath been their ruin. |
| 7金錢為拜金的人，是絆腳的木樁；迷愛黃金的人，是有禍的！一切愚人，都成了它的俘虜。 | 7Gold is a stumblingblock to them that sacrifice to it: woe to them that eagerly follow after it, and every fool shall perish by it. |
| 8無瑕可指，不追求黃金，不寄望於金錢財寶的富人，是有福的！ | 8Blessed is the rich man that is found without blemish: and that hath not gone after gold, nor put his trust in money nor in treasures. |
| 9他是誰？我們要稱讚他，因為他在自己民族中，行了奇異的事。 | 9Who is he, and we will praise him? for he hath done wonderful things in his life. |
| 10誰在這事上受過考驗，而仍是齊全的人呢？願永遠的光榮歸於他！他能犯法而未犯，能作惡而未作。 | 10Who hath been tried thereby, and made perfect, he shall have glory everlasting. He that could have transgressed, and hath not transgressed: and could do evil things, and hath not done them: |
| 11他在上主那裏的幸福，必然穩定；一切聖者的集會，必要讚揚他的慈善。 | 11Therefore are his goods established in the Lord, and all the church of the saints shall declare his alms. |
| 12你要赴貴族人的筵席嗎？不要對筵席首先張口欲食， | 12Art thou set at a great table? be not the first to open thy mouth upon it. |
| 13也不要說：「桌上的東西真多！」 | 13Say not: There are many things which are upon it. |
| 14你要記得貪食的眼睛多麼不好。 | 14Remember that a wicked eye is evil. |
| 15受造之物中，還有什麼比眼睛更貪婪的呢？因此，無論見到什麼，就要轉動。 | 15What is created more wicked than an eye? therefore shall it weep over all the face when it shall see. |
| 16別人用貪婪的眼所注視的地方，你不要先伸手，免得你因被猜忌而受辱。 | 16Stretch not out thy hand first, lest being disgraced with envy thou be put to confusion. |
| 17也不要同他一起向盤碟伸手。 | 17Be not hasty in a feast. |
| 18你要以己度人，在一切事上要壓制自己。 | 18Judge of the disposition of thy neighbour by thyself. |
| 19給你端來的東西，你吃時，要像一個有節制的人，不要狼吞虎嚥，使人憎惡。 | 19Use as a frugal man the things that are set before thee: lest if thou eatest much, thou be hated. |
| 20為了禮貌，你要首先停止，不要只貪多吃，而令人嫌惡。 | 20Leave off first, for manners' sake: and exceed not, lest thou offend. |
| 21若你在許多人中坐席，不要在他們以先伸手；也不要在他們以先要求酒喝。 | 21And if thou sittest among many, reach not thy hand out first of all: and be not the first to ask for drink. |
| 22為有規律的人，少許酒便夠了；這樣，在床上既不氣喘，也不感到痛苦。 | 22How sufficient is a little wine for a man well taught, and in sleeping thou shalt not be uneasy with it, and thou shalt feel no pain. |
| 23飲食有節，睡眠安逸；這樣的人，清晨起來，明悟自然清爽； | 23Watching, and choler, and gripes, are with an intemperate man: |
| 24但是沒有節制的人，卻要感到失眠、肚疼、嘔吐等痛苦。 | 24Sound and wholesome sleep with a moderate man: he shall sleep till morning, and his soul shall be delighted with him. |
| 25若你因被迫吃多了，你不妨起來散步嘔吐，休息一下，你的身體就不至於得病。 | 25And if thou hast been forced to eat much, arise, go out, and vomit: and it shall refresh thee, and thou shalt not bring sickness upon thy body. |
| 26我兒，要聽我的話，不可輕視我，最後你會了解我的話； | 26Hear me, my son, and despise me not: and in the end thou shalt find my words. |
| 27在你所行的一切事上，務要謹慎，就不會得到什麼病症。 | 27In all thy works be quick, and no infirmity shall come to thee. |
| 28慷慨設宴款待人的，必獲得眾口的稱讚；他大方的盛譽，是可信的。 | 28The lips of many shall bless him that is liberal of his bread, and the testimony of his truth is faithful. |
| 29慳吝設宴款待人的，必遭受全城的抱怨；他慳吝的惡名，是確實的。 | 29Against him that is niggardly of his bread, the city will murmur, and the testimony of his niggardliness is true. |
| 30飲酒時，不要表示你是個豪飲的人，因為酒害死了許多人。 | 30Challenge not them that love wine: for wine hath destroyed very many. |
| 31火能鍛煉鋼鐵；同樣，酒也能判別驕傲人在爭辯時的心情。 | 31Fire trieth hard iron: so wine drunk to excess shall rebuke the hearts of the proud. |
| 32適量的酒，彷彿是人的生命，只要你飲得適當，你必清醒舒暢。 | 32Wine taken with sobriety is equal life to men: if thou drink it moderately, thou shalt be sober. |
| 33人缺少酒，他的生活，還算什麼生活？ | 33What is his life, who is diminished with wine? |
| 34殘害生命的是什麼？是死亡。 | 34What taketh away life? death. |
| 35造酒原來是為使人愉快，並不是叫人酣醉。 | 35Wine was created from the beginning to make men joyful, and not to make them drunk. |
| 36飲酒有時有節，使人心裏高興，精神愉快。 | 36Wine drunken with moderation is the joy of the soul and the heart. |
| 37飲酒有節有度，可以健心強身。 | 37Sober drinking is health to soul and body. |
| 38飲酒過度，容易使人爭吵忿怒，甚至闖出許多禍來。 | 38Wine drunken with excess raiseth quarrels; and wrath, and many ruins. |
| 39飲酒過度的人，因情緒受到刺激，心神自然苦悶。 | 39Wine drunken with excess is bitterness of the soul. |
| 40酣醉能激起愚人發怒，得罪人；酣醉能減少人的精力，給人帶來創傷。 | 40The heat of drunkenness is the stumblingblock of the fool, lessening strength and causing wounds. |
| 41在宴飲時，不要責斥人，也不要因人快樂而輕視他； | 41Rebuke not thy neighbour in a banquet of wine: and despise him not in his mirth. |
| 42不要向人說責怪的話，也不要逼人交還什麼錢財。 | 42Speak not to him words of reproach: and press him not in demanding again. |
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