Sirach:Chapter 28
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| 1凡報仇的，必要遭遇到上主的報復，上主必要保留他的罪。 | 1He who demands revenge will suffer the vengeance of the Lord who keeps a strict account of his sins. |
| 2你要寬恕你近人的過錯；這樣，當你祈求時，你的罪惡也會得到赦免。 | 2Forgive the mistakes of your neighbor and you may ask that your sins be forgiven. |
| 3人若對人懷怒，怎能向上主求饒？ | 3If a man bears resentment against another, how can he ask God for healing? |
| 4對自己同類的人沒有慈愛，怎能為自己的罪過求赦？ | 4If he has no compassion on others, how can he pray for forgiveness for his sins? |
| 5他既是血肉之人，竟然懷怒，而向天主求赦罪之恩，誰能赦免他的罪？ | 5As long as he, mere flesh, is resentful, who will obtain his pardon? |
| 6你要記得最後的結局，而停止仇恨； | 6Remember your end and give up hatred; keep in mind your final corruption in the grave and keep the commandments. |
| 7你要記得腐爛與死亡，而遵照誡命生活。 | 7Remember the commandments and do not bear grudges against your neighbor. Remember the covenant with the Most High and overlook the offense. |
| 8你要記得天主的誡命，不要向人發怒； | 8Refrain from quarreling and you will avoid sin; the hot-headed man sparks off disputes. |
| 9你要記得至高者的盟約，寬恕別人的過錯。 | 9The sinner causes trouble between friends, sowing discord among peaceful people. |
| 10你要避免爭論，如此，你就可以減少罪過； | 10Fire burns when fuel is thrown on it; stubbornness drags out the discussion. The more powerful the man, the greater his rage; his anger will be in proportion to his riches. |
| 11因為容易發怒的人，能激起爭論；犯罪的人，使朋友不安；他在安享和平的人中散佈讒言。 | 11A sudden quarrel sparks off a fire; a hasty dispute leads to bloodshed. |
| 12根據燃料，可知火勢如何；爭吵若是激烈，可見鬥爭的情形；人的怒氣，是因他的勢力而起；他的憤怒，是隨他的財富而升。 | 12Blow on a spark and it ignites; spit on it and it dies out: both come from your mouth. |
| 13激烈的口角，容易惹起怒火；激烈的爭辯，容易流血；妄證的口舌，致人死命。 | 13Cursed be the gossiper with his spiteful tongue. He has destroyed many who lived peacefully. |
| 14你若在火星上吹氣，火就燃起；你若在火星上吐唾沫，火就熄滅；二者都來自口中。 | 14The vicious tongue has demolished many and hounded them from nation to nation. It has ruined powerful cities and laid low great households. |
| 15搬弄是非的，和一口兩舌的人，是可咒罵的，因為他們使許多安享和平的人喪亡。 | 15The vicious tongue has cast out wives who were beyond reproach, depriving them of the fruit of their work. |
| 16挑撥的舌頭擾亂許多人，使他們從這一國流亡到那一國； | 16Whoever listens to it will never find rest or be able to live in peace. |
| 17傾覆了堅固的城池，推翻了貴族人的家庭； | 17The whip leaves a mark but the lash of the tongue shatters bones. |
| 18使民族的力量衰弱，使強盛的人民流亡。 | 18Many have been felled by the sword but many more have perished by the tongue. |
| 19挑撥的舌頭，從家庭中遂出了英勇的婦女，掠奪了她們勞力所得的利益。 | 19Happy he who has escaped it and has not been exposed to its fury, who has not been weighed down by its yoke or been tied up in its chains. |
| 20誰聽從這樣的舌頭，就不得安息；在他的家裏，再也沒有平安。 | 20For it is a yoke of iron and its chains are bronze. |
| 21鞭打存青痕，舌擊碎人骨。 | 21It brings a miserable death. Actual death is better! |
| 22劍刺死的人雖多，還不如舌害死的人多。 | 22But it will not tyrannize those who keep faith, it will not consume their soul. |
| 23凡躲避了惡舌，沒有經過它的怒氣，沒有負過它的重軛，沒有受過它的鎖鏈捆綁的人，是有福的！ | 23Those who desert the Lord will be its victims, it will burn them without being burnt up itself; it will lunge at them like a lion, and rip them apart like a leopard. |
| 24因為，它的軛是鐵軛，它的鏈是銅鏈。 | 24Look, you put a fence around your property and protect your silver and gold. |
| 25它造成的死亡，是悲慘的，陰府也比它好受。 | 25In the same way, make weights and scales for your words and put a bolted door at your mouth. |
| 26但是，它決不能控制虔敬的人，卻能把住不義之人的路徑，它的火焰不能焚燒虔敬的人。 | 26Beware of a slip of the tongue when you speak, lest you fall in front of those who lie in wait for you. |
| 27凡離棄上主的，就落在它手裏，它必燃燒他們，總不止熄；它如同被放出來的獅子，襲擊他們；又如豹子，撕裂他們。 | 27 |
| 28請看，你要用荊棘圍住你的田園，不要聽從邪惡的脣舌；你要給你的口，安上門和鎖。 | 28 |
| 29你要把你的金銀收藏起來。你要作一個天秤，來權衡你的言語；要為你的口，安上門和門閂。 | 29 |
| 30你要小心，不要因口舌而失足，免得你在暗算你的敵人面前跌倒，怕你這一跌，成了不治的死症。 | 30 |
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