Sirach:Chapter 41

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Sirach:Chapter 41

德訓篇	Sirach
¹死亡啊！紀念你，為那安享自己財富的，	¹O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions!
²為那無憂無慮，一切順適，還能享受口福的人，是多麼辛酸！	²To a man that is at rest, and whose ways are prosperous in all things, and that is yet able to take meat!
³死亡啊！你的定案，為那貧困的，力衰的，	³O death, thy sentence is welcome to the man that is in need, and to him whose strength faileth:
⁴年紀老邁的，事事操心的，厭倦無望的人，是多麼美好！	⁴Who is in a decrepit age, and that is in care about all things, and to the distrustful that loseth patience!
⁵不要怕死亡的定案，要想想你以前和你以後的人；這是上主對一切有血肉之人所下的定案，	⁵Fear not the sentence of death. Remember what things have been before thee, and what shall come after thee: this sentence is from the Lord upon all flesh.
⁶至高者看着好的事，你為什麼要反對？你不論活十年，百年，或千年，	⁶And what shall come upon thee by the good pleasure of the most High? Whether ten, or a hundred, or a thousand years.
⁷在陰府裏，對生命的長短，再沒有怨尤。	⁷For among the dead there is no accusing of life.
⁸罪人的子女，為人所憎惡，他們經常與不虔敬的人相處。	⁸The children of sinners become children of abominations, and they that converse near the houses of the ungodly.
⁹罪人的子女必會傾家敗產，他們的子孫常蒙羞受辱。	⁹The inheritance of the children of sinners shall perish, and with their posterity shall be a perpetual reproach.
¹⁰子女必怨恨不虔敬的父親，因為為了他，他們纔蒙羞受辱。	¹⁰The children will complain of an ungodly father, because for his sake they are in reproach.
¹¹你們不虔敬的人，是有禍的！因為你們背棄了至高者天主的法律。	¹¹Woe to you, ungodly men, who have forsaken the law of the most high Lord.
¹²你們生在世上，是為受咒罵而生；你們死去，咒罵仍是你們的產業。	¹²And if you be born, you shall be born in malediction: and if you die, in malediction shall be your portion.
¹³凡從土來的，必歸於土；生於詛咒的不虔敬的人，必歸於喪亡。	¹³All things that are of the earth, shall return into the earth: so the ungodly shall from malediction to destruction.
¹⁴人們對死者的遺體舉行喪禮，罪人的臭名必被塗去。	¹⁴The mourning of men is about their body, but the name of the ungodly shall be blotted out.
¹⁵你應注意你的名譽，因為名譽與你相處，久於千萬黃金巨寶。	¹⁵Take care of a good name: for this shall continue with thee, more than a thousand treasures precious and great.
¹⁶優越的生活，日子是有限的；但良好的名譽，卻流芳百世。	¹⁶A good life hath its number of days: but a good name shall continue for ever.
¹⁷我兒，你們要安心遵守紀律。隱藏的智慧，和看不見的寶貝，二者究竟有什麼用？	¹⁷My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is there in them both?
¹⁸隱瞞自己糊塗的人，比隱瞞自己智慧的人還好。	¹⁸Better is the man that hideth his folly, than the man that hideth his wisdom.
¹⁹我兒，現在你要聽我論羞愧所要說的話：	¹⁹Wherefore have a shame of these things I am now going to speak of.
²⁰因為不是每一種羞愧，都應當稱許；也不是每一種害羞，都是合理的。	²⁰For it is not good to keep all shamefacedness: and all things do not please all men in opinion.
²¹你們在父母前，對於姦淫的事，應該羞愧；在王侯和有權勢的人前，對於說謊的事，應該羞愧；	²¹Be ashamed of fornication before father and mother: and of a lie before a governor and a man in power:
²²在判官和領袖前，對於犯罪的事，應該羞愧；在集會和民眾前，對於犯法的事，應該羞愧；	²²Of an offence before a prince, and a judge: of iniquity before a congregation and a people:
²³在伴侶和朋友前，對於不義的事，應該羞愧；在你們所住的地方，對於偷竊的事，應該羞愧；	²³Of injustice before a companion and friend: and in regard to the place where thou dwellest,
²⁴應為忘記天主的真理和盟約的事而羞愧；應為將肘放在食桌上而羞愧；應為你在賜予或接受禮物時，對人藐視而羞愧；	²⁴Of theft, and of the truth of God, and the covenant: of leaning with thy elbow over meat, and of deceit in giving and taking:
²⁵應為你不理向你請安的人而羞愧；應為觀看淫婦而羞愧；應為不顧親屬而羞愧；	²⁵Of silence before them that salute thee: of looking upon a harlot: and of turning away thy face from thy kinsman.
²⁶應為轉面不顧你的近人，拿了別人的東西卻不歸還而羞愧，	²⁶Turn not sway thy face from thy neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring.
²⁷應為凝視別人的婦女而羞愧；應為對你的婢女分外獻慇懃，甚或走近她的床前而羞愧；	²⁷Gaze not upon another man's wife, and be not inquisitive after his handmaid, and approach not her bed.
²⁸應為你對朋友出言不恭，對加惠與人後又責斥人而羞愧；	²⁸Be ashamed of upbraiding speeches before friends: and after thou hast given, upbraid not.

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