德训篇:Chapter 19

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德训篇:Chapter 19

德训篇	Sirach
¹好醉酒的工人，不会致富；凡轻忽小事的，不久必会失足。	¹A drunken worker will never be rich; he who is careless in small things will soon fall.
²醇酒与美女，迷惑明智人，使聪明人遭受责斥。	²Wine and women corrupt the best of men; whoever frequents prostitutes loses all sense of shame.
³凡与娼妇结合的，必放荡不羁，必为腐烂与蛆虫所占有；人必将他提出来，作为殷鉴；冒失的人，必要丧亡。	³He will be the victim of grubs and worms and lose his life because of his stupidity.
⁴轻信的人，必然心地轻浮，他必被小看；犯罪的人，是伤害自己的灵魂。	⁴He who is too quick to trust others reveals a shallow mind, whoever sins injures himself.
⁵喜爱恶事的，必被定罪；厌恶劝戒的，必缩短自己的性命。憎恶闲谈的，必能避免邪恶。	⁵One who revels in pleasure will be condemned,
⁶犯罪害自己灵魂的，必要后悔；爱好邪恶的，必受责斥。	⁶hating gossip will save one from evil.
⁷切不可重述一句猥亵和粗鲁的话；如此，你就不至于受害。	⁷Never repeat what you are told and you will come to no harm.
⁸不论是朋友，或是仇人，都不要向他们述说你的心意；假使你不吐露，为你不是罪过。	⁸Report nothing to friend or foe and, unless silence is sinful, reveal it to no one.
⁹因为，凡听你的人，必要防备你，时机一到他就辨明自己无罪，而憎恨你，并且常要这样对待你。	⁹They will listen, distrust you and you will end up being hated.
¹⁰你听见了什么攻击别人的话吗？让它死在你心里；放心，它不会撑破你的。	¹⁰Have you heard something? Let it die with you, remain calm; you will not burst with it.
¹¹愚人为保守一句话，感到痛苦，有如临产的妇女。	¹¹A fool suffers like a woman in childbirth over something he is told.
¹²一句话在愚人心里，就如一枝箭射在大腿上一样。	¹²Like an arrow stuck in his thigh, such is a secret inside a fool.
¹³你应质问朋友，也许他没有做；他若做了，叫他不要再做。	¹³Speak with your friend: perhaps he has done nothing and, if he has, he will not do it again.
¹⁴你应质问邻人，也许他没有说；他若说了，叫他不要再说。	¹⁴Speak with your friend: perhaps he has not said anything and, if he has, he will not say it again.
¹⁵你应质问朋友，因为多次发生诬谤的事；	¹⁵Speak with your friend for there is much slander; do not believe all that you hear.
¹⁶因此，不可尽信所有的话。有人说滑了口，却不是出于有心。	¹⁶Often, unintentional slips are made; for who has never sinned by evil tongues?
¹⁷谁没有因自己的舌头犯过罪呢？在恐吓人以前，应先询问他；	¹⁷Speak with your neighbor before you heap accusations on him; then leave room for the Law of the Almighty.
¹⁸你要给至高者的法律留有余地。一切智慧，在于敬畏上主，就是叫人敬畏天主。齐全的智慧，乃是遵行法律。	¹⁸All wisdom is in the fear of the Lord; in all wisdom is the fulfillment of the Law.
¹⁹作恶的知识，不是智慧；罪人的计谋，也不是明智。	¹⁹Knowledge of evil is not wisdom, and prudence is not found in the advice of sinners.
²⁰有一种能干是讨厌的，有一种愚蒙，是缺乏智慧的。	²⁰There is a cleverness that is loathsome; it belongs to the evildoer who lacks wisdom.
²¹寡知少识而敬畏天主的人，胜于多智而干犯至高者法律的人。	²¹Better to lack sense and be full of the fear of the Lord, than to be clever in violating the Law.
²²有一种奸滑的聪明，也是不义的；有一种人，为讨人喜欢，竟妄下论断。	²²There is an ingenious shrewdness which carries out injustice; it is the art of dissimulating in order to do evil.
²³有一种坏人，外面表示谦恭后悔，心里却满怀欺诈。	²³One pretends to be grieving and weighed down with burdens but in his heart there is only cunning;
²⁴有人低头装聋，假装看不见别人不知道的事，但是在你不提防时，他却来加害你。	²⁴he hides his face and pretends to be deaf, but as soon as you are distracted, he will take advantage of you.
²⁵假使因软弱无力，不能犯罪，一旦遇到机会，他必要作恶。	²⁵One does not sin when the means are lacking; at the first opportunity, he will do wrong.
²⁶由外表，可以认识人；从面貌上，可以看出他是否明智。	²⁶You can tell a man by his appearance; the responsible man can be recognized by his face.
²⁷人的服装、喜笑和步伐，都表示他的为人。	²⁷A man's way of dressing reveals who he is, as does his manner of laughing and walking.
²⁸好凌辱人的人，在怒气中的责斥，是骗人的；有的责斥，是不合时宜的；缄口不言的人，却是明智的。	²⁸
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