| 德训篇 | Sirach |
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| 1有三件事，我心中喜乐，这三件事也是上主与世人喜爱的，就是： | 1Three things delight me and are delightful to God and men: agreement between brothers, friendship between neighbors, and perfect harmony between husband and wife. |
| 2兄弟和睦，邻人友爱，夫妇同心。 | 2There are three kinds of persons whom I detest and whose existence I cast away from me: a poor man full of pride, a rich man who is a liar, and an adulterous old man who is a fool. |
| 3有三种人，我心中憎恨；他们的生活，是我厌恶的，就是： | 3If you have saved nothing in your youth, what will you have in old age? |
| 4傲慢的穷人，诡诈的富人，和淫乱无知的老人。 | 4What a great thing is old age with sound judgment, an old man who can counsel! |
| 5你青年时，没有积蓄，到你老时，你能有什么？ | 5What a great thing is wisdom in those who are old, or understanding and prudence in the great. |
| 6白发老人，善于判断；年高的人，会出主意，是多么美好！ | 6Rich experience is the crown of the old, their pride is the fear of the Lord. |
| 7老年人富有智慧；有荣名的人，聪明而有智谋，何其相称！ | 7I think of nine things which I consider happy and a tenth to which I will also refer: the man who finds his happiness in his children; the man who sees the ruin of his enemies in his lifetime. |
| 8阅历丰富，是老年人的荣冠；敬畏上主，是他们的光荣。 | 8Happy the man who lives with a sensible wife; he who does not plow with a donkey and ox; he who has done no wrong in speech; he who does not serve an unworthy master. |
| 9有九件事，我心中以为是幸福的；但第十件事，我的口舌更要向人讲述，那就是： | 9Happy he who has acquired good sense and is able to speak before an attentive audience! |
| 10因子女而喜乐，在世上见到敌人失败的人； | 10Great is he who has gained wisdom, but no one surpasses the man who fears the Lord. |
| 11能与明智的妇女同居，不使牛驴同轭耕作，口舌没有过错，及不事奉自己属下的人，是有福的； | 11Since the fear of the Lord excels everything, who can compare with the one who possesses it? |
| 12发现明智，和讲给听众的人，是有福的； | 12Any wound rather than the wound of the heart; any wickedness rather than the wickedness of a woman; |
| 13找到智慧和明智的人，是多么伟大！但是无人能超过敬畏上主的人。 | 13any sadness rather than that inflicted by an enemy; any vengeance rather than the vengeance of a foe. |
| 14敬畏上主，超越一切。 | 14There is no poison worse than a snake's venom, there is no rage worse than an enemy's. |
| 15获得敬畏上主之情的人，是有福的；怀有敬畏上主之情的人，谁能与他相比？ | 15Better to live with a lion and a snake than to share a house with a wicked woman. |
| 16敬畏上主，是爱上主的初步；信德是依附上主的起源。 | 16Wickedness disfigures a woman's appearance, it saddens the face, making her look like a bear. |
| 17最有损害的，是内心的忧愁；最坏的，是妇女的丑行。 | 17When her husband dines with his neighbor, he sighs bitterly, in spite of himself. |
| 18一切打击都可忍受，但不愿忍受心中的打击； | 18All wickedness is nothing compared with a woman's wickedness. Let her lot be that of a sinner! |
| 19一切恶毒都可忍耐，但不愿忍耐妇人的恶毒； | 19As a sandhill is to an old man's feet, so is the talkative woman to her quiet husband. |
| 20一切侵害都可接受，但不愿接受仇恨者的侵害； | 20Do not be fooled by a woman's beauty or fall in love with her. |
| 21一切报复都可承当，但不愿承当敌人的报复。 | 21Expect anger, reproach and plenty of shame when the wife rules the husband. |
| 22没有比蛇毒更毒的，没有比妇女发怒更暴哮的。 | 22Dejected spirits, a sad face and unseen wounds, these are the work of a wicked woman. Idle hands and unsteady knees are found when a wife brings her husband no happiness. |
| 23我宁愿与狮龙共处，不愿与恶妇同居。 | 23For sin began with woman and we all die because of the inheritance of the congregations of Israel. |
| 24妇人的邪恶，使自己的脸面变色，变成丑黑，有如熊脸，仿佛麻袋。 | 24Do not let water leak out or give free rein to a wicked woman. If she does not do as you tell her, get rid of her. |
| 25他的丈夫一和近人同坐，她就不由地悲伤叹息。 | 25 |
| 26一切恶毒，与妇人的恶毒相比，都算轻微；愿罪人的命运，落在她身上。 | 26 |
| 27老年人的脚，难上沙坡；安静的丈夫，难以容忍多言的妻子。 | 27 |
| 28不要因妇女的美丽，陷于罪过；也不要因她美丽，就贪恋她。 | 28 |
| 29令人感到愤怒侮辱与奇耻的事是： | 29 |
| 30妇人供养自己的丈夫。 | 30 |
| 31恶妇使人意志颓唐，面带忧色，心受创伤。 | 31 |
| 32丈夫手弱膝软，是因为妻子使他陷于不幸。 | 32 |
| 33罪恶的起源，来自妇女；为了她，我们都要死亡。 | 33 |
| 34不要给水留漏洞，连微小的漏洞也不要留，不要给恶妇任何自由。 | 34 |
| 35她若不随从你的指使，在仇人前侮辱你， | 35 |
