Sirach:Chapter 32
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| 1別人推選你當主席麼？你不要自高；你在賓客中間，要與同席的一樣。 | 1Have they made thee ruler? be not lifted up: be among them as one of them. |
| 2招待了他們，你纔可入座；盡完你的義務，纔可入席， | 2Have care of them, and so sit down, and when thou hast acquitted thyself of all thy charge, take thy place: |
| 3好同他們一起歡樂；因你禮貌週到，你必能獲得榮冠，和眾賓客的敬意。 | 3That thou mayst rejoice for them, and receive a crown as an ornament of grace, and get the honour of the contribution. |
| 4年長的人，請你發言，因為此事於你是相宜的， | 4Speak, thou that art elder: for it becometh thee, |
| 5你應以老練的學識發言，但不要防礙音樂。 | 5To speak the first word with care knowledge, and hinder not music. |
| 6別人不聽的時候，你就不要勞叨；不合時機，也不要顯露你的智慧。 | 6Where there is no hearing, pour out words, and be not lifted up out season with thy wisdom. |
| 7酒席間伴奏的音樂，有如金飾上的紅玉印章。 | 7A concert of music in a banquet wine is as a carbuncle set in gold. |
| 8歡樂有節的宴會中，音樂家的合奏曲，有如金器上的翡翠印章。 | 8As a signet of an emerald in a work of gold: so is the melody of music with pleasant and moderate wine. |
| 9你要靜靜地聽，因為你謙恭，別人對你必有好感。 | 9Hear in silence, and for thy reverence good grace shall come to thee. |
| 10青年人，人若一再追問你， | 10Young man, scarcely speak in thy own cause. |
| 11假使你必須說，你就說罷！ | 11If thou be asked twice, let thy answer be short. |
| 12但說話時，要把握要點，言簡意賅，現出你是一位明智，而沈默的人。 | 12In many things be as if thou wert ignorant, and hear in silence and withal seeking. |
| 13在大人物中，不要想你也是大人物；有長老在前，你不應多說話。 | 13In the company of great men bake not upon thee: and when the ancients are present, speak not much. |
| 14雷鳴以前，先有閃電；端莊的人，先受歡迎。有了這番敬意，你纔能取得人的愛戴。 | 14Before a storm goeth lightning: and before shamefacedness goeth favour: and for thy reverence good grace shall come to thee. |
| 15到了散席的時候，不要落後；及早回家，不要拖延。 | 15And at the time of rising be not slack: but be first to run home to thy house, and there withdraw thyself, and there take thy pastime. |
| 16在那裏你可以散心，作你想作的事，但不要因言語傲慢而犯罪。 | 16And do what thou hast a mind, but not in sin or proud speech. |
| 17為這一切，你要讚頌上主，他造生了你，又用他的美物，使你滿足。 | 17And for all these things bless the Lord, that made thee, and that replenisheth thee with all his good things. |
| 18凡敬畏上主的，必能接受他的教訓；凡尋找他的，必能討他的歡心。 | 18He that feareth the Lord, will receive his discipline: and they that will seek him early, shall find a blessing. |
| 19尋求法律的，必為法律所滿足；冒充善人的，必因法律而失足。 | 19He that seeketh the law, shall be filled with it: and he that dealeth deceitfully, shall meet with a stumblingblock therein. |
| 20凡敬畏上主的，必獲得正義的審判；他們要使正直的行為，照耀如光。 | 20They that fear the Lord, shall find just judgment, and shall kindle justice as a light. |
| 21犯罪的人，不理會譴責，卻找尋藉口，作自己願意的事。明智人不掩藏智慧。譏笑人的，不謹守自己的口舌；明智人不接受禮物；驕傲和譏笑人的，不遵守法律。 | 21A sinful man will flee reproof, and will find an excuse according to his will. |
| 22明智人不輕視別人的意見；不虔敬和驕傲的人，卻無所畏懼。 | 22A man of counsel will not neglect understanding, a strange and proud man will not dread fear: |
| 23人不徵求意見，冒昧從事，事後必對自己的輕率，感到慚愧。 | 23Even after he hath done with fear without counsel, he shall be controlled by the things of his own seeking. |
| 24我兒，不加考慮，什麼事也不要作；如此，事成以後，你就不至於後悔。 | 24My son, do thou nothing without counsel, and thou shalt not repent when thou hast done. |
| 25你不要行崎嶇的道路，怕你碰在石頭上，因而跌倒；也不要自信所走的路，是平坦的路，怕你給自己放上絆腳石。 | 25Go not in the way of ruin, and thou shalt not stumble against the stones; trust not thyself to a rugged may, lest thou set a stumblingblock to thy soul. |
| 26要管束你的子女，應留意你的家人；在你的一切行徑上，要持守你的心神；因為凡這樣作的人，就是遵守誡命。 | 26And beware of thy own children, and take heed of them of thy household. |
| 27在你所作的一切事上，應信賴你的良知，因為這就是遵守誡命。 | 27In every work of thine regard thy soul in faith: for this is the keeping of the commandments. |
| 28凡信賴法律的，必注重誡命；凡倚賴上主的，決不會受害。 | 28He that believeth God, taketh heed to the commandments: and he that trusteth in him, shall fare never the worse. |
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