Wisdom:Chapter 10

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Wisdom:Chapter 10

智慧篇	Wisdom
¹智慧保護了最初受造，世界上惟一的原祖，	¹Wisdom protected the father of the world, the first man to be formed, who was created alone.
²救他脫離了本身的罪過，給了他統治萬物的能力。	²She delivered him from his fault and gave him power to govern all things.
³但當不義者在憤怒中背棄了智慧，遂怒殺兄弟而自取滅亡。	³When a violent man turning in anger strayed from Wisdom, he perished in his fratricidal fury.
⁴因他的緣故，洪水淹沒了世界，仍是智慧指引義人，藉着賤價的木材，拯救了世界。	⁴Because of the violent, the earth was submerged by the flood, but Wisdom again saved it by piloting an upright man on a frail piece of wood.
⁵當列國同謀作惡而混亂時，智慧又辨別出義人來，加以保護，使他在天主前無瑕可指；當他痛惜兒子時，又堅強了他。	⁵Again when the nations, united in evil, had been thrown into confusion, it was Wisdom who singled out a righteous man, keeping him blameless before God and steadfast, despite his pity for his child.
⁶當不虔敬的人被毀滅時，智慧救了義人，逃脫了那降在五城的天火；	⁶It was she who, when the godless perished, saved the righteous man and let him flee from the fire pouring down on the Five Cities.
⁷為證明他們的邪惡，這塊荒地還在冒煙；樹木結果，卻不成熟；鹽柱留在那裏，以作那無信的靈魂的紀念碑。	⁷To this day the arid land, a smoking waste, witnesses to their perversity, for plants there bear unripe fruit and a pillar of salt stands as a monument to an unbelieving woman.
⁸因為他們離棄了智慧，不但害得自己不認識善事，而且還給世人留下了他們愚妄的紀念，致使他們的過犯一點也不能隱瞞。	⁸For having ignored Wisdom, not only were they kept from knowing what is good, but their ruins were left as a monument to their foolishness so that their failure might never be forgotten.
⁹但是，智慧卻從因難中拯救了崇拜她的人。	⁹But Wisdom rescued her servants from their trials.
¹⁰智慧引導逃避長兄憤怒的義人，走上了正路；將天主的國指示給他，叫他明白神聖的事；在困苦之中使他順利，令他的勸勞效果豐滿。	¹⁰Along straight paths she led the upright man who fled from his brother's anger. She showed him God's kingdom and let him know the holy angels; she made him prosperous and successful in his toil.
¹¹有人由於貪婪，窘迫他時，智慧又在旁協助，使他致富。	¹¹Wisdom stood by him against the greed of oppressors and made him rich.
¹²智慧保護他脫離仇敵，使他安全，不受暗算；在他搏鬥時，使他獲勝，叫他明瞭虔敬的能力，高於一切。	¹²She protected him from his enemies and saved him from the traps they set for him; with Wisdom he triumphed in an arduous struggle, learning in this way that nothing is as strong as piety.
¹³智慧沒有離棄被賣的義人，反而救他免於罪惡；	¹³She did not abandon the righteous man when he was sold; still more she kept him free from sin.
¹⁴與他同入坑獄，在縲絏之中，也沒有捨棄他，直到令他取得王權，統治欺壓他的人們，證明誣謗他的人說的盡是謊言；賞給了他永垂不朽的光榮。	¹⁴She went down into the cistern with him; she did not leave him in chains, but made him the ruler of a kingdom, giving him authority over his oppressors. She denounced as liars those who accused him falsely and gave him everlasting honor.
¹⁵智慧拯救了聖潔的民族，使無瑕可指的種族，脫離壓迫他們的異民。	¹⁵It was she who rescued an innocent and holy people from a nation of oppressors.
¹⁶她進入了上主僕人的靈魂，藉異能和奇跡，對抗可畏的君王。	¹⁶She entered the soul of God's servant and through him withstood terrible kings with signs and wonders.
¹⁷她酬報了聖徒的勞苦，領他們走上了奇妙的道路：日間作他們的蔭涼，夜裏作他們的星光；	¹⁷To the holy people she gave the wages of their labor, leading them in a wonderful way, giving them shade during the day and the light of the stars at night.
¹⁸領他們走過了紅海，引他們穿過了洪濤，	¹⁸She brought them across the Red Sea, but drowned their enemies
¹⁹卻淹沒了他們的仇敵，又將他們從海底拋出；因此，義人反奪得了不虔敬者的戰利品。	¹⁹and later washed them ashore from the depth of the abyss.
²⁰上主！他們遂稱頌了你的聖名，同心讚美了你施展衛護的手臂；	²⁰So the righteous looted the godless, singing hymns, Lord, to your holy Name, and one in heart, they gave thanks for your saving hand.
²¹因為，智慧開了啞巴的口，使嬰兒的舌伶俐善言。	²¹Wisdom gives speech to the dumb and makes infants speak clearly.

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