Sirach:Chapter 14
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| 1口不失言，又問心無愧的，是有福的人。 | 1Happy the one who has not sinned in speech or who feels no remorse for his faults. |
| 2不受良心譴責，而又不失望的，是有福的人。 | 2Happy is he whose own conscience does not condemn him and who has not fallen from his ideals. |
| 3財產為吝嗇的人，沒有好處；嫉妒的人雖有黃金，又有什麼用？ | 3Wealth does not befit the small-minded man; why would you give the greedy man riches? |
| 4過於儉省的人，是替人積蓄；他的財物．必被人浪費。 | 4He who hoards, depriving himself, is hoarding for others: others will enjoy his goods. |
| 5虐待自己的，怎能善待他人？他決不會享受他自己的財物。 | 5He who is mean to himself, with whom will he be good? He does not even enjoy his own riches. |
| 6沒有比吝嗇而自殘的人，更為卑劣；這是他自作孽的報應。 | 6There is nothing worse than one who is mean to himself, this is how his evil repays him. |
| 7縱使他行了善事，也是出於偶然，並非自願，最後，他的邪惡終於暴露出來。 | 7If he does good, he does it without realizing it but, in the end, his evil will be revealed. |
| 8吝嗇人見人就嫉妒，轉臉就輕視人。 | 8Evil is the greedy-eyed man who does not pay attention to persons and looks down on people. |
| 9貧得無厭的眼睛，看自己所得的一份，總是不夠；不義的惡毒，麻木了他的心靈。 | 9The ambitious man is not content with what he has, wicked injustice shrivels up the heart. |
| 10貪得無厭的人，吝惜飲食，他的餐桌上，幾乎一無所有。 | 10The envious eye covets the food of others; there will be misery and famine at his table. |
| 11我兒，該按你所有，好待你自己，並向上主奉獻相稱的祭品。 | 11My son, use well whatever you have and give worthy offerings to the Lord. |
| 12要記往：死亡決不遲延．陰府的約期，你又無從得知。 | 12Remember that death will not delay and your time has not yet been revealed to you. |
| 13未死以前，你要厚待你的朋友，按你的力量，伸手加惠於他。 | 13Be good to your friend before you die and be generous to him in any way you can. |
| 14不應取消你佳節的喜樂，連一點好希望，也不要輕易放過。 | 14Enjoy happiness and do not reject lawful pleasure when it comes your way. |
| 15難道你把你勞碌所得的留給別人？難道把你辛苦所得的，叫別人抽籤分得？ | 15Will you not have to leave to another the fruit of your works? The fruit of your labor, will it not be shared out by lot? |
| 16你要施捨，也要收受，總要使你的心靈愉快。 | 16Give, take and treat yourself well, for in the netherworld there are no pleasures to seek. |
| 17死前你應履行正義，因為在陰府裡，無福可尋。 | 17All living things grow old like clothing. This is the eternal law: "You will die." |
| 18凡有血肉的，有如衣服，逐漸陳舊，因為自古以來的定案是：你一定要死；又如蔥蘢的樹上發的枝葉， | 18Like green leaves on a bushy tree: some sprout and others fall off, so are the generations of flesh and blood: one dies and another is born. |
| 19有彫零的，有發芽的，有血肉的種類也是如此：這人死去，那人出生。 | 19All finite things pass away and their maker with them. |
| 20各種腐敗的工程，畢竟都要被遺棄，它的作者也要隨之而去； | 20Happy the one who is intent on wisdom and who can reply to those who question him; |
| 21但一切優良的事業，必為人所公認，它的作者也要與它共享光榮。 | 21who makes his own the ways of wisdom and meditates on her secrets; |
| 22凡默思智慧，常注視明智，並思念天主鑒臨的是有福的人。 | 22who pursues her like a hunter, lies in wait by her paths, |
| 23他心中思念智慧的途徑，想暸解她的奧秘。他彷彿一個偵探，追隨在她的後邊，潛伏在她的路口， | 23peeps in at her windows and listens at her doors; |
| 24從她的窗外窺視，在她的門口傾聽， | 24he sets up camp near her house, fixing his stakes in her walls. |
| 25貼近她的房屋休息，在她的牆上釘上木橛，以便在她旁邊，搭起自己的帳幕，而在那幸福的房舍內永久安息。 | 25He places his tent in the hands of wisdom; he stays in a happy lodging. |
| 26他把自己的兒女，安置在智慧的蔭庇下，要在她的枝葉下留宿， | 26He places his sons beneath her protection and finds shelter beneath her branches. |
| 27在她的蔭涼下避暑，在她的光榮中安息。 | 27He is shaded by her from the heat and makes his camp in her glory. |
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