Sirach:Chapter 24
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| 1智慧要稱揚自己，因天主而受光榮，在她的民族中，要取得榮耀； | 1Listen to wisdom singing her own praises and extolling herself in the midst of her people. |
| 2在至高者的集會中，要開啟自己的口；在他的軍旅前，要誇耀自己； | 2See, she opens her mouth in the assembly of the Most High, she glories in herself before the Almighty. |
| 3在他的百姓中，要受舉揚；在聖民間，要受景仰； | 3I came out from the mouth of God and covered the face of the earth like a mist; although |
| 4在被選者的群眾中，要被稱讚；在蒙祝福者中，要蒙祝福；說： | 4my dwelling place is in the highest heavens, my throne is within a pillar of cloud. |
| 5我由至高者的口中出生，我在一切化工以先，是首先出生的。 | 5I alone have seen and understood the vault of the skies and strolled through the depths of the abyss, |
| 6我使天上發出不滅的光明，彷彿是遮蓋大地的一片雲彩。 | 6taking possession of the raging sea and of the earth as well, with all its peoples and nations. |
| 7我住在極高之處，我的寶座是在雲柱之上。 | 7In all of these, I looked for a place to rest; in which territory would I set up my abode? |
| 8惟有我繞行周天，走遍深淵的深處； | 8Then the creator of the universe commanded me, he who created me assigned the place of my rest, "Pitch your tent in Jacob; Israel will be your homeland." |
| 9行走在滄海的波濤上，站立在普世上。 | 9He created me from the beginning, before time began, and I will never cease to be, |
| 10我在萬民和列國中，掌握無上威權。 | 10I celebrate in his presence the liturgy of his Holy Dwelling and this is why I settled in Zion. |
| 11我以德能，平定了一切顯貴與卑微人的心；在這一切當中，我曾尋找安息之處，但我究竟應住在誰家？ | 11The Lord let me rest in his beloved city and Jerusalem is the heart of my kingdom. |
| 12那時，創造萬物的主宰，給我出了命令，也告訴了我；那造化我的，給我的帳幕指定了位置， | 12I took root in the people God has favored, in the land of the Lord, in their inheritance. |
| 13說道：你要住在雅各伯那裏，在以色列中建立產業，在我的選民中生根。 | 13I grew like a cedar in Lebanon, as the cypress on Mount Hermon. |
| 14起初，當世界未有以前，他就造了我，我永遠不會消滅。在神聖的帳幕裏，我曾在他面前供職。 | 14I grew like the palm trees in Engedi and the rosebuds of Jericho; as a magnificent olive on the plains and like a plane tree I grew tall. |
| 15這樣，我就定居在熙雍山上；同樣，他使我在他鍾愛的城裏安息，使我在耶路撒冷有權勢。 | 15I poured out my perfume like a fragrant flower, like exquisite myrrh I have given choice scent; like fragrant plants and as the smoke of incense which burns in the Sanctuary of God. |
| 16我在顯耀的民族中，就是在上主的地域，他的家業內生根；我的居所，是在滿是聖人的中間。 | 16I spread out my branches like a vine; these are Glory and Grace. |
| 17我長高，如黎巴嫩的香柏，又如赫爾孟山上的扁柏； | 17As a vine I put out graceful shoots and my blossoms are riches and glory. |
| 18我高峻，如恩革狄的棕樹，又如耶里哥的玫瑰樹。 | 18Come to me, you who desire me and take your fill of my fruits. |
| 19我好像平原上一棵美麗的橄欖樹，又像一棵聳立在街道溪畔的白楊。 | 19To experience me is sweeter than honey and to possess me sweeter than any honeycomb. |
| 20我發散馨香如肉桂，如芬芳的防風；我散布甘美的芳香，有如精製的沒藥。 | 20Those who eat me will hunger still; those who drink me will thirst for more. |
| 21我好像安息香樹、白松香、紅螺、安息油液，又好像帳幕裏乳香的煙氣；我的芳香像純粹的防風露。 | 21Those who obey me will not be put to shame; those who serve me will not fall into sin. |
| 22我如同篤耨香樹，伸展了我的枝葉；我的枝葉壯麗而雅緻。 | 22All this is in the Bible, the Testament of the Most High God, the book of the Law which Moses entrusted to us, the inheritance of the congregations of Israel. |
| 23我如同葡萄樹，發出美麗的枝芽；我的花結的果實，光鮮而味美。 | 23This Law feeds the springs of wisdom, like the Pishon or Tigris in the season of fruit. |
| 24我是純愛、敬畏、智德和聖望的母親。 | 24Waters overflowing with understanding come from it, as from the Euphrates and Jordan at harvest time; |
| 25我具有真道和真理的一切優美；我具有生命和道德的一切希望。 | 25the floods of instruction run like the Nile or the Gihon in time of vintage. |
| 26凡渴望我的，請到我這裏來，飽食我的果實： | 26He who comes first is unable to grasp her fully and neither will the last exhaust her. |
| 27因為，我的紀念，比蜜還甜；我的遺產，勝過蜂蜜和蜂房； | 27For her thoughts are wider than the sea and her designs, deeper than the abyss. |
| 28我的紀念，萬世常存。 | 28I, for my part, went forth like a brook from a river, a stream diverted into a delightful garden. |
| 29凡食我的，還要饑餓；凡飲我的，還要飢渴。 | 29I thought, "Let me irrigate my orchard and water my flowers." But now my brook has grown into a river and the river, into a sea. |
| 30聽從我的，不會蒙羞；因我而行事的，不會犯罪； | 30May my teaching shine forth like the dawn; may I carry its light to faraway places. |
| 31傳揚我的，必得常生。 | 31I will spread my teaching like a prophecy and leave it to future generations. |
| 32生命的道理和真理的知識，這一切都包含在至高天主的盟約書上。 | 32See, all of you, that I have not worked for myself alone but for all those who seek wisdom. |
| 33這約書含有梅瑟頒布給我們的法律，就是給雅各伯的會眾作產業，以色列作應許，而蘊藏正義誡命的法律。 | 33 |
| 34上主曾應許自己的僕人達味，要從他的後裔中，興起一位強而有力的君王，永遠坐在光榮的寶座上。 | 34 |
| 35這法律充滿智慧，有如丕雄，又有如收成期間的底格里斯； | 35 |
| 36洋溢智能，有如幼發拉的，又有如收割之日的約但； | 36 |
| 37闡明教誨，有如尼羅，又如收葡萄時的基紅。 | 37 |
| 38最初那個領悟她的人，還沒有完全洞悉；最後的一個，也沒有完全領會； | 38 |
| 39因為她的思想，比海洋還廣；她的智謀，比深淵還深。 | 39 |
| 40我智慧，傾瀉成河； | 40 |
| 41我如江河洪水的支流，我如從河裏引出來的水道，我如通到樂園的水渠。 | 41 |
| 42我說：我要澆灌我的花園，我要滋潤我的菜田。 | 42 |
| 43請看，我的支流，成了江河；我的江河，成了海洋。 | 43 |
| 44我還要使聖道發光，有如晨曦；使它照耀，直到遠方。 | 44 |
| 45我要浸透世上的一切窪地，垂顧一切熟睡的人，光照一切仰望上主的人。 | 45 |
| 46我還要傳播聖道，有如神諭；我要將她留給永世，留給尋求智慧的人們；我要不斷地將她留給他們的後裔，直到神聖的永世。 | 46 |
| 47你們看：我勞苦，並不是單為我自己，也是為一切尋求智慧的人們。 | 47 |
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