Wisdom:Chapter 11

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Wisdom:Chapter 11

智慧篇	Wisdom
¹智慧使他們的事業，在聖先知的手下進行順利：	¹Wisdom gave success to their actions through a holy prophet;
²他們走過了無人煙的荒野，在無路的荒野，支搭了帳幕；	²they crossed an uninhabited wilderness and pitched camp in inaccessible places.
³與敵軍對峙，擊退了敵人。	³They stood up to their enemies and fought off the hostile.
⁴他們渴時，呼求了你，巖石就給他們流出了清泉，磐石解決了他們的口渴。	⁴When they were thirsty they called on you and you gave them water from hard flint, from a rocky cliff, a welcome relief for the parched.
⁵他們的敵人在什麼事上受罰，他們就在那種困難中受到愛護。	⁵The same creatures you used to punish their enemies were of benefit to them in their trouble.
⁶【敵人缺少的，以色列人卻常有不缺。】	⁶For their enemies an ever-flowing source of river water was polluted with blood -
⁷為懲罰埃及人頒發殺害嬰兒的命令，常流的江河，混入了鮮血污泥，	⁷a stern response to the decree ordering the slaughter of infants. But, against all hope, you gave your people water in abundance,
⁸你卻出乎眾望，另賜給了以色列人豐富的水；	⁸showing them by the thirst they suffered, how you had punished their enemies.
⁹他們藉着當時的口渴，可以明瞭你怎樣懲罰了他們的仇人。	⁹Their trials were no more than merciful reproofs. Through them, your people learned how severely the wicked were judged and punished.
¹⁰以色列人固然受了試探，但這只是出乎仁愛的懲戒，要他們明瞭不虔敬的人，在天主義怒的審判之下，怎樣受了懲罰；	¹⁰You tested them as does a father, while you examined their enemies like a stern king.
¹¹因為你考驗以色列人，自來就像一個規勸的父親；你審問埃及人，卻像一位定罪的嚴厲君王。	¹¹Their enemies suffered at the time and also later.
¹²以色列人不論在的時候，或遠去的時候，埃及人都同樣遭受痛苦。	¹²When they remembered the past, theirs was a double grief and groaning.
¹³他們因受雙重的苦惱夾擊，一回憶往事，便呻吟歎息；	¹³They came to see that it was the work of the Lord when they realized that their punishment had benefited the others.
¹⁴因為當他們一聽說自己的刑罰，反成了別人的利益，便知這是上主的作為。	¹⁴Long before, they had exposed Moses; they had rejected him in derision; but now they admired him because of what had happened, and after they had suffered a thirst far different from that of the righteous.
¹⁵埃及人以前所拋棄，所放逐，所譏笑的人，在事後反為他們驚奇不已，因為他們的口渴，究竟與義人不同。	¹⁵Their wickedness and foolish ideas led them astray, even to worshiping snakes and other repugnant animals; this is why you sent them hordes of similar creatures,
¹⁶他們因愚昧與邪惡的思想，走入了歧途，崇拜了無靈的爬蟲和賤獸，你就派遣了成群的無靈的動物，來懲罰他們，	¹⁶teaching them that punishment takes the same form as the sin.
¹⁷叫他們知道，人用什麼來犯罪，就用什麼來罰他。	¹⁷In fact, your almighty power that created the world from formless matter did not lack means to unleash upon them bears and savage lions,
¹⁸因為，你全能的手，既能從無定形的原質中，造出了世界，也不難為他們遣來許多狗熊或猛獅，	¹⁸or monsters freshly created, unknown and full of fury, breathing fire or noisily spitting smoke or flashing fearful sparks from their eyes,
¹⁹或新造而不知名的殘暴猛獸，噴射火焰，放射毒氣，兩眼閃爍可怕的火星。	¹⁹creatures not only capable of destroying them at a single blow but whose mere appearance could make them die of fright.
²⁰這些猛獸，不但能肆虐將他們消滅，即連他們恐怖的形狀，也能把人嚇死。	²⁰Even without this, they could have dropped dead at a single breath if pursued by your justice, or dispersed by the breath of your might; but you ordered all with measure, number and weight.
²¹即使沒有牠們，因你一口氣，埃及人也會死亡，因你正義的追擊，他們必為你大能的氣息所捲去；但你處置一切，原有一定的尺度、數目和衡量。	²¹You are able to show your power at any moment and who can resist the strength of your arm?
²²你隨時可用你的大能，有誰能抵抗你有力的手臂？	²²For the entire world lies before you, just enough to tip the scales, a drop of morning dew falling on the ground.
²³整個世界，在你跟前，宛如天秤上的一粒塵沙，落在地面上的一滴朝露。	²³But because you are almighty, you are merciful to all; you overlook sins and give your children time to repent.
²⁴但是，你憐憫眾生，因為你是無所不能的，你假裝看不見人罪，是為叫罪人悔改。	²⁴You love everything that exists and hate nothing that you have made; had you hated anything, you would not have formed it.
²⁵的確，你愛一切所有，不恨你所造的；如果你憎恨什麼，你必不會造它。	²⁵How could anything endure if you did not will it? And how could anything last that you had not willed?
²⁶如果你不願意，甚麼東西能夠存在？如果你不吩咐，甚麼東西能夠保全？	²⁶You have compassion on all because all is yours, O Lord, lover of life.
²⁷愛護眾靈的主宰！只有你愛惜萬物，因為都是你的。	²⁷

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