Wisdom:Chapter 4
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| 1純潔的後代，是多麼光輝，多麼美麗！更好是無子而有道德，因為道德的記念，永存不朽，常為天主和世人所賞識。 | 1Better to have no children and to be virtuous. People like this are highly considered by God and men. The memory of their life will never end. |
| 2有道德在，人都效法；道德不在，人都期待；道德在永遠加冕奏凱，因為她在為無玷的報酬奮鬥，獲得了勝利。 | 2When virtue is present we imitate it; when it is absent we long for it; it is crowned in eternity for having triumphed in the blameless struggle. |
| 3不虔敬者的子孫，雖然眾多，一無所用，雜種的苗裔，扎根不深，根底不穩； | 3The numerous progeny of the wicked will be of no use. Offspring of doubtful plants, they will not have deep roots or lay solid foundations. |
| 4即使一時枝葉繁茂，但因扎根不深，風一吹即搖動；暴風一發，即連根拔出； | 4For a time they may produce, but their weak branches shaken by the wind will be uprooted by the storm. |
| 5嫩枝尚未長成，即被打斷；結的果實毫無益處，酸得不能吃，毫無用途。 | 5Their twigs will be broken off before grown, their fruit useless, unripe for eating and good for nothing. |
| 6到了審判之日，凡不合法而生的子女，將作他們父母淫行的證人。 | 6Children born of unlawful intercourse witness, when God examines them, to the wrongdoing of their parents. |
| 7義人縱或夭折，亦必獲享安息。 | 7The upright, even if he dies before his time, will be at rest. |
| 8因為，可敬的老年並不在於高壽，也不在於以年歲來衡量； | 8Honorable age does not depend on length of days, nor is the number of years a true measure of life. |
| 9其實；人的老年是在於有智慧，高壽是在於生活純潔。 | 9A man's gray hair is understanding, and a spotless life is ripe old age. |
| 10這樣的人悅樂了天主，也為天主所愛，因他生活在罪人中間，所以天主把他接去。 | 10The upright was pleasing to God, who loved him, and since he was living among sinners, he was taken up. |
| 11他被接去，免得邪惡改變了他的心意，虛偽迷惑了他的心靈； | 11God removed him lest evil impair his understanding and treachery seduce his soul. |
| 12因為罪惡的蠱惑，使人喪失天良；情慾的風暴，毀壞純樸的心靈。 | 12For the fascination of evil obscures true values and restless desire undermines a simple heart. |
| 13他在短期內成為完人，與滿享高壽無異。 | 13Though his life soon ended, he traveled far. |
| 14他的靈魂使天主悅樂，因此，天主迅速將他從邪惡之中提去。世人見了，並不明瞭，也不存心細想： | 14Because his soul was precious to the Lord, he was quickly removed from the wickedness around him. |
| 15他揀選的人，必獲恩寵和仁慈；對他虔誠的人，必蒙眷顧。 | 15People saw but did not under-stand, and it did not occur to them that God's grace and mercy are with his chosen ones, his protection is for the holy. |
| 16死去的義人，是判定活着而不虔敬的人有罪；夭折的青年完人，是判定高壽而不義的老年人有罪。 | 16The just man who dies will condemn the wicked man who survives. A life fulfilled early in youth condemns the endless days of the wicked. |
| 17這般人雖然看到智慧人的結局，卻不明瞭上主對他有什麼計劃，也不明瞭上主為什麼使他平安無恙； | 17They may see the death of the wise, but they will not understand God's design for him and why he has taken him to safety. |
| 18他們見了，反而嗤笑，但上主卻要譏笑他們。 | 18They may see and sneer at him, but the Lord will also laugh at them |
| 19最後，他們將成為一具卑鄙的死屍，是亡者中的永遠的恥辱，因為上主要將他們打倒在地，使之俯首無言，連根拔除，徹底破壞，長處於痛苦中，永無記念存在。 | 19when they have become a useless corpse, a loathsome and dead thing forever. The Lord will dash them to the ground, voiceless, shaking them from their foundations; they will wither and suffer anguish; even their memory will fade. |
| 20在清算他們的罪惡時，他們將戰兢前來受審，他們的邪惡要起來作證，控告他們。 | 20They will come trembling for the reckoning of their sins and they will be confounded when confronted with their wickedness. |
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