Tobit:Chapter 4

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Tobit:Chapter 4

多俾亞傳	Tobit
¹那日，托彼特想起了他在瑪待辣傑斯，存放在加貝羅那裏的銀子來，	¹Therefore when Tobias thought that his prayer was heard that he might die, he called to him Tobias his son,
²便自言自語說：「哎：我已求了死，為什麼不把我的兒子多俾亞叫來，在我死前，給他說明這項銀子的事呢？」	²And said to him: Hear, my son, the words of my mouth, and lay them as a foundation in thy heart.
³他遂叫他兒子多俾亞來到他跟前，對他說：「孩子！我若死了，你要好好安葬我；要孝敬你母親，在她一生的日子裏，不可離開她；要履行她喜歡的事，在一切事上不可使她傷心。	³When God shall take my soul, thou shalt bury my body: and thou shalt honour thy mother all the days of her life:
⁴孩子！你要記住：你在母胎時，她為你經歷過種種危險；她死後，你要把她葬在我旁邊，與我埋在一個墳墓裏。	⁴For thou must be mindful what and how great perils she suffered for thee in her womb.
⁵孩子！你要一生想念上主，不可隨意犯罪，違犯他的誡命；你要一生行義，不可走邪僻的路，	⁵And when she also shall have ended the time of her life, bury her by me.
⁶因為你若作正直的事，你的事業必順利成功。	⁶And all the days of thy life have God in thy mind: and take heed thou never consent to sin, nor transgress the commandments of the Lord our God.
⁷你當用你的財產，救濟一切行義的人。施捨時，你的眼不可睥視；對一切窮人不要轉面不顧，這樣天主也總不會轉面不顧你。	⁷Give alms out of thy substance, and turn not away thy face from any poor person: for so it shall come to pass that the face of the Lord shall not be turned from thee.
⁸若你多有，就該多施捨；若你少有，也不要怕少施捨。	⁸According to thy ability be merciful.
⁹因為這樣作，是為你自己積蓄困厄時日的寶藏，	⁹If thou have much give abundantly: if thou have a little, take care even so to bestow willingly a little.
¹⁰因為施捨能救人脫免死亡，防止人陷於黑暗，	¹⁰For thus thou storest up to thyself a good reward for the day of necessity.
¹¹因為，為一切施捨的人，施捨在至高者台前，是一項悅意的禮品。	¹¹For alms deliver from all sin, and from death, and will not suffer the soul to go into darkness.
¹²孩子！你應戒絕一切淫行，尤其應從你祖先的後裔中娶妻，不可娶那不是你宗祖支派的外邦女子為妻，因為我們是先知的後裔。孩子，記住！我們的祖先諾厄、亞巴郎、依撒格、雅各伯，一開始都是從自己兄弟中娶妻，因此他們在自己的兒女身上得了祝福，他們的後裔也將繼承福地。	¹²Alms shall be a great confidence before the most high God, to all them that give it.
¹³孩子！現在你要愛你的兄弟，內心不可輕視你的兄弟和你同族的兒女，而不從他們中娶妻，因為驕傲必使人敗壞不睦，好閒必使人窮困破產，因為好閒是飢餓之母。	¹³Take heed to keep thyself, my son, from all fornication, and beside thy wife never endure to know a crime.
¹⁴一切勞工者的工資，不可在你那裏過夜，要立即付清。你若侍奉天主，他必報答你。孩子！在一切的事情上要謹慎，在一切的舉止上，要表示你受過好教育。	¹⁴Never suffer pride to reign in thy mind, or in thy words: for from it all perdition took its beginning.
¹⁵你厭惡的事，不可對別人做；喝酒不要喝醉；醉酒不可在你的路上與你同行。	¹⁵If any man hath done any work for thee, immediately pay him his hire, and let not the wages of thy hired servant stay with thee at all.
¹⁶該把你的食物施與飢餓的人，把你的衣服分給裸體的人。凡是富餘的，都要用來施行哀矜；在行哀矜的時候，你的眼不可睥視。	¹⁶See thou never do to another what thou wouldst hate to have done to thee by another.
¹⁷把你的酒和食物倒在義人的墳墓上，也不可施與惡人。	¹⁷Eat thy bread with the hungry and the needy, and with thy garments cover the naked.
¹⁸應向一切有智慧的人求教，不要輕視任何有益的忠告。	¹⁸Lay out thy bread, and thy wine upon the burial of a just man, and do not eat and drink thereof with the wicked.
¹⁹你該時時讚美上主天主，求他使你的道路正直，使你的前途與計劃順遂，因為一切的人都沒有善意，惟有上主能賞賜各種恩惠；他願舉揚的就舉揚，他願壓伏的就把他壓伏到陰府的底層。孩子！現今，你要牢記這些勸言，總不可在你心中消失。	¹⁹Seek counsel always of a wise man.
²⁰孩子！現在我還要告訴你：我曾把十『塔冷通』銀子，寄存在住在瑪待辣傑斯城的加彼黎的兒子加貝羅那裏。	²⁰Bless God at all times: and desire of him to direct thy ways, and that all thy counsels may abide in him.
²¹孩子！不要害怕我們貧窮；如果你敬畏天主，遠避一切罪惡，在你的上主天主前行善，你必能富有。」	²¹I tell thee also, my son, that I lent ten talents of silver, while thou wast yet a child, to Gabelus, in Rages a city of the Medes, and I have a note of his hand with me:
²²	²²Now therefore inquire how thou mayst go to him, and receive of him the foresaid sum of money, and restore to him the note of his hand.
²³	²³Fear not, my son: we lead indeed a poor life, but we shall have many good things if we fear God, and depart from all sin, and do that which is good.

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