| 德训篇 | Sirach |
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| 1口不失言，又问心无愧的，是有福的人。 | 1Happy the one who has not sinned in speech or who feels no remorse for his faults. |
| 2不受良心谴责，而又不失望的，是有福的人。 | 2Happy is he whose own conscience does not condemn him and who has not fallen from his ideals. |
| 3财产为吝啬的人，没有好处；嫉妒的人虽有黄金，又有什么用？ | 3Wealth does not befit the small-minded man; why would you give the greedy man riches? |
| 4过于俭省的人，是替人积蓄；他的财物．必被人浪费。 | 4He who hoards, depriving himself, is hoarding for others: others will enjoy his goods. |
| 5虐待自己的，怎能善待他人？他决不会享受他自己的财物。 | 5He who is mean to himself, with whom will he be good? He does not even enjoy his own riches. |
| 6没有比吝啬而自残的人，更为卑劣；这是他自作孽的报应。 | 6There is nothing worse than one who is mean to himself, this is how his evil repays him. |
| 7纵使他行了善事，也是出于偶然，并非自愿，最后，他的邪恶终于暴露出来。 | 7If he does good, he does it without realizing it but, in the end, his evil will be revealed. |
| 8吝啬人见人就嫉妒，转脸就轻视人。 | 8Evil is the greedy-eyed man who does not pay attention to persons and looks down on people. |
| 9贫得无厌的眼睛，看自己所得的一份，总是不够；不义的恶毒，麻木了他的心灵。 | 9The ambitious man is not content with what he has, wicked injustice shrivels up the heart. |
| 10贪得无厌的人，吝惜饮食，他的餐桌上，几乎一无所有。 | 10The envious eye covets the food of others; there will be misery and famine at his table. |
| 11我儿，该按你所有，好待你自己，并向上主奉献相称的祭品。 | 11My son, use well whatever you have and give worthy offerings to the Lord. |
| 12要记往：死亡决不迟延．阴府的约期，你又无从得知。 | 12Remember that death will not delay and your time has not yet been revealed to you. |
| 13未死以前，你要厚待你的朋友，按你的力量，伸手加惠于他。 | 13Be good to your friend before you die and be generous to him in any way you can. |
| 14不应取消你佳节的喜乐，连一点好希望，也不要轻易放过。 | 14Enjoy happiness and do not reject lawful pleasure when it comes your way. |
| 15难道你把你劳碌所得的留给别人？难道把你辛苦所得的，叫别人抽签分得？ | 15Will you not have to leave to another the fruit of your works? The fruit of your labor, will it not be shared out by lot? |
| 16你要施舍，也要收受，总要使你的心灵愉快。 | 16Give, take and treat yourself well, for in the netherworld there are no pleasures to seek. |
| 17死前你应履行正义，因为在阴府里，无福可寻。 | 17All living things grow old like clothing. This is the eternal law: "You will die." |
| 18凡有血肉的，有如衣服，逐渐陈旧，因为自古以来的定案是：你一定要死；又如葱笼的树上发的枝叶， | 18Like green leaves on a bushy tree: some sprout and others fall off, so are the generations of flesh and blood: one dies and another is born. |
| 19有彫零的，有发芽的，有血肉的种类也是如此：这人死去，那人出生。 | 19All finite things pass away and their maker with them. |
| 20各种腐败的工程，毕竟都要被遗弃，它的作者也要随之而去； | 20Happy the one who is intent on wisdom and who can reply to those who question him; |
| 21但一切优良的事业，必为人所公认，它的作者也要与它共享光荣。 | 21who makes his own the ways of wisdom and meditates on her secrets; |
| 22凡默思智慧，常注视明智，并思念天主鉴临的是有福的人。 | 22who pursues her like a hunter, lies in wait by her paths, |
| 23他心中思念智慧的途径，想暸解她的奥秘。他仿佛一个侦探，追随在她的后边，潜伏在她的路口， | 23peeps in at her windows and listens at her doors; |
| 24从她的窗外窥视，在她的门口倾听， | 24he sets up camp near her house, fixing his stakes in her walls. |
| 25贴近她的房屋休息，在她的墙上钉上木橛，以便在她旁边，搭起自己的帐幕，而在那幸福的房舍内永久安息。 | 25He places his tent in the hands of wisdom; he stays in a happy lodging. |
| 26他把自己的儿女，安置在智慧的荫庇下，要在她的枝叶下留宿， | 26He places his sons beneath her protection and finds shelter beneath her branches. |
| 27在她的荫凉下避暑，在她的光荣中安息。 | 27He is shaded by her from the heat and makes his camp in her glory. |
