| 德訓篇 |
Sirach |
| 1碧空青天，是高空的美麗；蒼天的景色，光耀壯觀。 |
1The clear vault of the sky shines forth like heaven itself, a vision of glory. |
| 2太陽升出，發散熱氣。──的確是至高者奇異的化工！ |
2The orb of the sun, resplendent at its rising: what a wonderful work of the Most High! |
| 3中午的太陽烘熱大地，誰能抵抗它的炎熱？人吹火爐，使它生熱； |
3At noon it seethes the surface of the earth, and who can bear its fiery heat? |
| 4太陽的熱，比火爐更強三倍：它燒毀山岳，放射火光，眩耀人目。 |
4Like a blazing furnace of solid metal, it sets the mountains aflame with its rays; By its fiery darts the land is consumed; the eyes are dazzled by its light. |
| 5創造太陽的上主是偉大的，太陽依照他的號令，急速運行。 |
5Great indeed is the LORD who made it, at whose orders it urges on its steeds. |
| 6月亮，這指明時節的永久標誌，常是準時的； |
6The moon, too, that marks the changing times, governing the seasons, their lasting sign, |
| 7月亮，這圓而復缺的光體，節期由它來劃定， |
7By which we know the feast days and fixed dates, this light-giver which wanes in its course: |
| 8月份因它而得名；它由缺而盈，極其微妙； |
8As its name says, each month it renews itself; how wondrous in this change! |
| 9它是高天軍旅的燈塔，在天空照耀。 |
9The beauty, the glory, of the heavens are the stars that adorn with their sparkling the heights of God, |
| 10繁星的光芒，造成天空的美麗，它們是上主高天上的燦爛裝飾； |
10At whose command they keep their place and never relax in their vigils. A weapon against the flood waters stored on high, lighting up the firmament by its brilliance, |
| 11它們遵照聖者的號令，執行任務，看守黑夜，總不疲倦。 |
11Behold the rainbow! Then bless its Maker, for majestic indeed is its splendor; |
| 12你看見虹霓，就當讚美它的創造者；它的光彩極其燦爛。 |
12It spans the heavens with its glory, this bow bent by the mighty hand of God. |
| 13它用光輝的弧形環繞天空，至高者的手，將它伸長。 |
13His rebuke marks out the path for the lightning, and speeds the arrows of his judgment to their goal. |
| 14天主一命令，雪花即迅速降下；天主一決定，電光就急速閃爍。 |
14At it the storehouse is opened, and like vultures the clouds hurry forth. |
| 15為此，倉庫一開啟，雲霧就像群鳥飛翔而出。 |
15In his majesty he gives the storm its power and breaks off the hailstones. |
| 16他以自己的大能，使雲凝結，冰雹如碎石落下。 |
16The thunder of his voice makes the earth writhe; before his might the mountains quake. |
| 17他一出現，山岳動搖；他的雷聲，震撼大地； |
17A word from him drives on the south wind, the angry north wind, the hurricane and the storm. |
| 18他一願意，南風吹起，北風怒號，旋風滾動。 |
18He sprinkles the snow like fluttering birds; it comes to settle like swarms of locusts. |
| 19他使雪片飛落，有如群鳥飛下；雪片降落，又如飛蝗落下。 |
19Its shining whiteness blinds the eyes, the mind is baffled by its steady fall. |
| 20它那皎潔的麗光，令人眼花目眩；雨雪霏霏，使人心中讚賞。 |
20He scatters frost like so much salt; it shines like blossoms on the thornbush. |
| 21天主又傾撒冰霜，彷彿是撒鹽，掩蓋大地；霜一凝結，豎立有如針尖。 |
21Cold northern blasts he sends that turn the ponds to lumps of ice. He freezes over every body of water, and clothes each pool with a coat of mail. |
| 22寒冷的北風一吹，整個水面都凝結成冰，彷彿使水穿上了盔甲。 |
22When the mountain growth is scorched with heat, and the flowering plains as though by flames, |
| 23天主如火一樣，吞沒山岳，燒焦曠野，焚毀青草。 |
23The dripping clouds restore them all, and the scattered dew enriches the parched land. |
| 24補救這一切災禍的，只有及時的雲霧；甘露一降，即使暑氣頓消。 |
24His is the plan that calms the deep, and plants the islands in the sea. |
| 25他一發令，風即停止；他一計議，深淵遂即沉沒，其中的島嶼於是突出。 |
25Those who go down to the sea tell part of its story, and when we hear them we are thunderstruck; |
| 26航海的人，述說海中的危險，我們聽見，都感覺驚奇； |
26In it are his creatures, stupendous, amazing, all kinds of life, and the monsters of the deep. |
| 27在海裏有奇特驚異的化工，有各種獸類、生物和海怪。 |
27For him each messenger succeeds, and at his bidding accomplishes his will. |
| 28依靠天主而過海的人，必能安然渡過，因為一切的事，都是依照他的號令而措施的。 |
28 More than this we need not add; let the last word be, he is all in all! |
| 29我們述說了許多，但總是辭不達義，總結一句：他是萬有。 |
29Let us praise him the more, since we cannot fathom him, for greater is he than all his works; |
| 30為頌揚他，我們能做什麼？因為他是偉大的，他超越他的一切化工。 |
30Awful indeed is the LORD'S majesty, and wonderful is his power. |
| 31他是可敬可畏，極其偉大的上主；他的德能是非常奇異的。 |
31Lift up your voices to glorify the LORD, though he is still beyond your power to praise; |
| 32雖然你們盡力頌揚上主，但仍不能相稱他的偉大；他的莊嚴，是奇妙的。 |
32Extol him with renewed strength, and weary not, though you cannot reach the end: |
| 33當你們讚頌上主時，要盡力稱揚他，因為他超越一切的讚美。 |
33For who can see him and describe him? or who can praise him as he is? |
| 34你們稱揚他，要用盡你們的力量，不要厭倦，因為你們讚揚，總不能恰如其分。 |
34Beyond these, many things lie hid; only a few of his works have we seen. |
| 35誰見了他而能描述？誰能以他自始所應得的讚美，來讚美他？ |
35It is the LORD who has made all things, and to those who fear him he gives wisdom. |
| 36比這更神妙的事，還有很多，因為我們所見的，不過是他化工中的極少數。 |
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| 37上主造成了萬物，並賜給虔敬人智慧。 |
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