Sirach:Chapter 16

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Sirach:Chapter 16

德訓篇	Sirach
¹若子女不敬畏上主，雖然眾多，你也不要因此而喜歡。	¹Do not long for a brood of worthless children, and take no joy in godless sons.
²不要依賴他們的生命，也不要依靠他們的後裔；	²However many you have, do not rejoice in them if they have no fear of God.
³因為，有一個敬畏天主的兒子，勝過一千個不虔敬的兒女。	³Do not depend on their having a long life, or trust in their number, because one is better than a thousand and their death is preferable to their being godless.
⁴沒有兒子而死，比留下不虔敬的兒子更好。	⁴A city can arise from one man who is prudent. Yet, even though the wicked become a great tribe, they will be destroyed.
⁵因為一位智慧人，就能使一城人煙稠密，而罪人的家族，卻可使城池荒涼。	⁵I have seen such things with my own eyes and my ears have heard of still greater things.
⁶我親眼見許多這樣的事，我親耳聽到的比此更多。	⁶Fire has come upon the meeting of sinners and God's wrath is kindled against rebellious people.
⁷烈火在罪人的集會中燃燒，義怒向背信的民族怒吼。	⁷God did not pardon the leaders of old who rebelled in their pride of strength.
⁸對那些倚仗己力而背叛的古代巨人，上主沒有息怒；	⁸He did not spare the city where Lot lived; he detested their pride.
⁹與羅特同城的人，天主也沒有寬恕，因為他們的驕傲招了天主的厭惡。	⁹He showed no pity on the people doomed to destruction; they were annihilated for their sins.
¹⁰他沒有憐憫喪亡的子民，即那些因罪惡，而自高自大的人；	¹⁰In the same way, he dealt with the six hundred thousand men who, in the hardness of their hearts, had revolted.
¹¹也同樣對待了六十萬步兵，即那些因心硬，而齊集反抗的人。如果有一個倔強的人而未受罰，纔是奇事。	¹¹Had there been only one stubborn man it would have been amazing if he had escaped unpunished, since mercy and anger belong to the Lord who is powerful both in forgiveness and in punishment.
¹²因為，憐憫和義怒全屬於上主；他大施寬恕，但也傾注義怒。	¹²His justice is as great as his mercy and he judges men by their deeds.
¹³他的仁慈大，他的懲罰也同樣大；他依照每人的行為審判人。	¹³Just as the sinner will not escape with his booty, the patience of the upright man will not go unrewarded.
¹⁴罪犯及其贓物，逃遁不了；虔敬人的忍耐，不會落空。	¹⁴God will reward every act of mercy; each person will be treated according to his deeds.
¹⁵凡施捨行善的人，必會獲得賞報；各人按自己的行為，及其旅行時所有的明智，必會得到酬報。上主曾硬了法郎的心，致令他不認識上主，和他在天下顯示的工程。萬物都見到了他的仁慈，他賜給了人光明和黑暗。	¹⁵Do not say, "I will hide from the Lord; who will remember me up there? I will not be recognized in the midst of so many. What am I in the immensity of creation?"
¹⁶不要說：「我能逃避上主，在至高處，還有誰會想到我？	¹⁶Look: the sky and the heavens above the sky, the sea and the earth tremble when he comes.
¹⁷在廣大的人民中，必然無人認識我；我的性命，在這無量的造物中，又算得什麼？」	¹⁷The mountains, together with the foundations of the earth, are filled with dread before his sight.
¹⁸請看天，天外天，深淵，大地和地上的一切所有，當他視察時，都要動搖；	¹⁸But nobody thinks of such things: who is interested in the ways of God?
¹⁹山岳和大地的基礎，天主一觀看，都要顫慄搖撼。	¹⁹Most of his works go unnoticed and man does not see where the storm originates.
²⁰對於這些事，人心怎麼還不領悟？對眾人的心，天主是洞悉的。	²⁰"Who tells us of the interventions of God? Who expects them? The Covenant is far away."
²¹誰能洞察他的道路？正如風暴，人難預見。	²¹Such are the thoughts of the man of little sense, the foolish, dissolute man who loves his illusions.
²²同樣，天主的許多作為，也是隱而不見的。「誰能傳述他正義的作為？誰能等待那事？因為，他的盟約離一些人尚遠。」到末日他纔審問眾人。	²²Listen to me, my sons; acquire knowledge and apply your heart to my words.
²³心中愚蒙的人，是如此設想；不明智而自欺的人，只思慮狂妄的事。	²³I will expound the teaching step by step and impart knowledge carefully.
²⁴我兒，你要聽從我，你要學習智慧的教訓，你要留心注意我的話：	²⁴God created his works from the beginning and, as he made them, he assigned to each its place.
²⁵我要指出思量過的道理，我要詳細陳述智慧；所以，你要在心留意我的話，我要公正地，述說天主從起初就賦與萬有的神力：我要真實地，陳述他的智慧。	²⁵He arranged them for all time, their beginning and their unfolding. They do not hunger or grow weary and they never cease from their duties.
²⁶太初，上主造化了萬物；在創造時，分別了萬物的種類。	²⁶Not one has collided with its neighbor; they will never disobey his commands.
²⁷永遠把自己的化工佈置就序，連續給它們派定了統帥。它們不感覺飢餓，也不感覺疲勞，因為統帥總不停頓自己的工作。	²⁷Afterwards, the Lord looked down on the earth and filled it with his riches.
²⁸它們彼此不相侵犯，	²⁸He covered its surface with all kinds of living things which must return to it.
²⁹永遠不違背他的安排。	²⁹
³⁰此後，上主俯視大地，將自己的美善，充滿世界；	³⁰
³¹用各種生物，遮蓋了地面；但它們仍要歸於塵土。	³¹

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