| 德訓篇 |
Sirach |
| 1愚人的希望，是虛幻而妄誕的；夢境使無知的人想入非非。 |
1 Empty and false are the hopes of the senseless, and fools are borne aloft by dreams. |
| 2迷信幻夢的人，與捕風捉影的人無異。 |
2Like a man who catches at shadows or chases the wind, is the one who believes in dreams. |
| 3夢裏看到的，與照鏡所見的相同。 |
3What is seen in dreams is to reality what the reflection of a face is to the face itself. |
| 4污穢裏能有什麼潔淨呢？虛偽中能有什麼真實呢？ |
4Can the unclean produce the clean? can the liar ever speak the truth? |
| 5占卜、算命、測夢，都是虛妄的。 |
5Divination, omens and dreams all are unreal; what you already expect, the mind depicts. |
| 6人心如臨產婦女的心，容易遭受幻想的襲擊；夢境若不是出於至高者，你就不用介意； |
6Unless it be a vision specially sent by the Most High, fix not your heart on it; |
| 7因為，夢使許多人誤入迷途，他們寄望於夢，卻大失所望。 |
7For dreams have led many astray, and those who believed in them have perished. |
| 8履行法律，並不賴虛偽；出自忠信人口的智言，必見諸實行。 |
8The law is fulfilled without fail, and perfect wisdom is found in the mouth of the faithful man. |
| 9沒有受過考驗的人，知道什麼？旅行的人，知道的事情纔多；經驗多的人，富於思想；閱歷深的人，談吐明智。 |
9A man with training gains wide knowledge; a man of experience speaks sense. |
| 10未受過考驗的人，知道的少；但旅行的人，見聞很廣。 |
10One never put to the proof knows little, whereas with travel a man adds to his resourcefulness. |
| 11沒有受過考驗的人，知道什麼？凡受過欺騙的人，必富於智巧。 |
11I have seen much in my travels, learned more than ever I could say. |
| 12我旅行時，見過許多事情，有好多事，我雖然明白，卻不能用言語形容出來。 |
12Often I was in danger of death, but by these attainments I was saved. |
| 13我多次遇到死亡的危險，但賴天主的寵佑，憑着昔日的經驗，我終能脫險獲救。 |
13Lively is the courage of those who fear the LORD, for they put their hope in their savior; |
| 14敬畏上主之人的精神必然常存，在上主回顧下，必蒙祝福。 |
14He who fears the LORD is never alarmed, never afraid; for the LORD is his hope. |
| 15因為他們的希望指向拯救他們的主，天主的眼常注視愛慕他的人。 |
15Happy the soul that fears the LORD! In whom does he trust, and who is his support? |
| 16敬畏上主的人，無所畏懼，無所恐怖，因為上主是他的希望。 |
16The eyes of the LORD are upon those who love him; he is their mighty shield and strong support, A shelter from the heat, a shade from the noonday sun, a guard against stumbling, a help against falling. |
| 17敬畏上主的人，他的靈魂是有福的！ |
17He buoys up the spirits, brings a sparkle to the eyes, gives health and life and blessing. |
| 18他所仰望的是誰？誰又是他的扶助？ |
18 Tainted his gifts who offers in sacrifice ill-gotten goods! Mock presents from the lawless win not God's favor. |
| 19上主的眼常注視愛慕他的人，他是大能的保障，是強有力的後盾，是隔除熱氣的屏風，是遮蓋正午太陽的涼棚。 |
19The Most High approves not the gifts of the godless, nor for their many sacrifices does he forgive their sins. |
| 20是失足時的護衛，是跌倒時的救援；他鼓舞精神，開明眼目，賜與健康、生命和幸福。 |
20Like the man who slays a son in his father's presence is he who offers sacrifice from the possessions of the poor. |
| 21奉獻不義之財，乃是凌辱的祭品，惡人的供物，上主決不會悅納。 |
21The bread of charity is life itself for the needy; he who withholds it is a man of blood. |
| 22上主只善待那些在真理和正義的路上，期望他的人。 |
22He slays his neighbor who deprives him of his living: he sheds blood who denies the laborer his wages. |
| 23至高者不悅納不虔敬者的祭品，不垂顧惡人的獻儀，決不因為他們的祭品多，而寬恕他們的罪惡。 |
23If one man builds up and another tears down, what do they gain but trouble? |
| 24用窮人的財物來做祭品的人，就如在父親前，殺害他兒子的人。 |
24If one man prays and another curses, whose voice will the LORD hear? |
| 25貧乏人的糧食，是窮人的生命；奪取他們食糧的，就是流人血的罪犯。 |
25If a man again touches a corpse after he has bathed, what did he gain by the purification? |
| 26奪取別人由血汗賺來的食糧的，就是殺人的劊子手。 |
26So with a man who fasts for his sins, but then goes and commits them again: Who will hear his prayer, and what has he gained by his mortification? |
| 27剝奪傭工的勞資的，就是流人血的兇手。 |
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| 28一人建築，一人拆毀，除勞苦外，為他們有什麼好處！ |
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| 29一人祈福，一人詛咒，天主究竟要俯聽誰的呼聲？ |
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| 30人摸了死屍就去沐浴，以後再去摸它，他的沐浴有什麼用處？ |
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| 31守齋贖罪，而再去犯罪的人，也是如此：有誰聽他的祈求？他謙卑自下，又有什麼益處？ |
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