Sirach:Chapter 19
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| 1好醉酒的工人，不會致富；凡輕忽小事的，不久必會失足。 | 1A drunken worker will never be rich; he who is careless in small things will soon fall. |
| 2醇酒與美女，迷惑明智人，使聰明人遭受責斥。 | 2Wine and women corrupt the best of men; whoever frequents prostitutes loses all sense of shame. |
| 3凡與娼婦結合的，必放蕩不羈，必為腐爛與蛆蟲所佔有；人必將他提出來，作為殷鑒；冒失的人，必要喪亡。 | 3He will be the victim of grubs and worms and lose his life because of his stupidity. |
| 4輕信的人，必然心地輕浮，他必被小看；犯罪的人，是傷害自己的靈魂。 | 4He who is too quick to trust others reveals a shallow mind, whoever sins injures himself. |
| 5喜愛惡事的，必被定罪；厭惡勸戒的，必縮短自己的性命。憎惡閒談的，必能避免邪惡。 | 5One who revels in pleasure will be condemned, |
| 6犯罪害自己靈魂的，必要後悔；愛好邪惡的，必受責斥。 | 6hating gossip will save one from evil. |
| 7切不可重述一句猥褻和粗魯的話；如此，你就不至於受害。 | 7Never repeat what you are told and you will come to no harm. |
| 8不論是朋友，或是仇人，都不要向他們述說你的心意；假使你不吐露，為你不是罪過。 | 8Report nothing to friend or foe and, unless silence is sinful, reveal it to no one. |
| 9因為，凡聽你的人，必要防備你，時機一到他就辨明自己無罪，而憎恨你，並且常要這樣對待你。 | 9They will listen, distrust you and you will end up being hated. |
| 10你聽見了什麼攻擊別人的話嗎？讓它死在你心裏；放心，它不會撐破你的。 | 10Have you heard something? Let it die with you, remain calm; you will not burst with it. |
| 11愚人為保守一句話，感到痛苦，有如臨產的婦女。 | 11A fool suffers like a woman in childbirth over something he is told. |
| 12一句話在愚人心裏，就如一枝箭射在大腿上一樣。 | 12Like an arrow stuck in his thigh, such is a secret inside a fool. |
| 13你應質問朋友，也許他沒有做；他若做了，叫他不要再做。 | 13Speak with your friend: perhaps he has done nothing and, if he has, he will not do it again. |
| 14你應質問鄰人，也許他沒有說；他若說了，叫他不要再說。 | 14Speak with your friend: perhaps he has not said anything and, if he has, he will not say it again. |
| 15你應質問朋友，因為多次發生誣謗的事； | 15Speak with your friend for there is much slander; do not believe all that you hear. |
| 16因此，不可盡信所有的話。有人說滑了口，卻不是出於有心。 | 16Often, unintentional slips are made; for who has never sinned by evil tongues? |
| 17誰沒有因自己的舌頭犯過罪呢？在恐嚇人以前，應先詢問他； | 17Speak with your neighbor before you heap accusations on him; then leave room for the Law of the Almighty. |
| 18你要給至高者的法律留有餘地。一切智慧，在於敬畏上主，就是叫人敬畏天主。齊全的智慧，乃是遵行法律。 | 18All wisdom is in the fear of the Lord; in all wisdom is the fulfillment of the Law. |
| 19作惡的知識，不是智慧；罪人的計謀，也不是明智。 | 19Knowledge of evil is not wisdom, and prudence is not found in the advice of sinners. |
| 20有一種能幹是討厭的，有一種愚蒙，是缺乏智慧的。 | 20There is a cleverness that is loathsome; it belongs to the evildoer who lacks wisdom. |
| 21寡知少識而敬畏天主的人，勝於多智而干犯至高者法律的人。 | 21Better to lack sense and be full of the fear of the Lord, than to be clever in violating the Law. |
| 22有一種奸滑的聰明，也是不義的；有一種人，為討人喜歡，竟妄下論斷。 | 22There is an ingenious shrewdness which carries out injustice; it is the art of dissimulating in order to do evil. |
| 23有一種壞人，外面表示謙恭後悔，心裏卻滿懷欺詐。 | 23One pretends to be grieving and weighed down with burdens but in his heart there is only cunning; |
| 24有人低頭裝聾，假裝看不見別人不知道的事，但是在你不提防時，他卻來加害你。 | 24he hides his face and pretends to be deaf, but as soon as you are distracted, he will take advantage of you. |
| 25假使因軟弱無力，不能犯罪，一旦遇到機會，他必要作惡。 | 25One does not sin when the means are lacking; at the first opportunity, he will do wrong. |
| 26由外表，可以認識人；從面貌上，可以看出他是否明智。 | 26You can tell a man by his appearance; the responsible man can be recognized by his face. |
| 27人的服裝、喜笑和步伐，都表示他的為人。 | 27A man's way of dressing reveals who he is, as does his manner of laughing and walking. |
| 28好淩辱人的人，在怒氣中的責斥，是騙人的；有的責斥，是不合時宜的；緘口不言的人，卻是明智的。 | 28 |
| 29 | 29 |
| 30 | 30 |
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