德训篇:Chapter 24

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德训篇:Chapter 24

德训篇	Sirach
¹智慧要称扬自己，因天主而受光荣，在她的民族中，要取得荣耀；	¹Listen to wisdom singing her own praises and extolling herself in the midst of her people.
²在至高者的集会中，要开启自己的口；在他的军旅前，要夸耀自己；	²See, she opens her mouth in the assembly of the Most High, she glories in herself before the Almighty.
³在他的百姓中，要受举扬；在圣民间，要受景仰；	³I came out from the mouth of God and covered the face of the earth like a mist; although
⁴在被选者的群众中，要被称赞；在蒙祝福者中，要蒙祝福；说：	⁴my dwelling place is in the highest heavens, my throne is within a pillar of cloud.
⁵我由至高者的口中出生，我在一切化工以先，是首先出生的。	⁵I alone have seen and understood the vault of the skies and strolled through the depths of the abyss,
⁶我使天上发出不灭的光明，仿佛是遮盖大地的一片云彩。	⁶taking possession of the raging sea and of the earth as well, with all its peoples and nations.
⁷我住在极高之处，我的宝座是在云柱之上。	⁷In all of these, I looked for a place to rest; in which territory would I set up my abode?
⁸惟有我绕行周天，走遍深渊的深处；	⁸Then the creator of the universe commanded me, he who created me assigned the place of my rest, "Pitch your tent in Jacob; Israel will be your homeland."
⁹行走在沧海的波涛上，站立在普世上。	⁹He created me from the beginning, before time began, and I will never cease to be,
¹⁰我在万民和列国中，掌握无上威权。	¹⁰I celebrate in his presence the liturgy of his Holy Dwelling and this is why I settled in Zion.
¹¹我以德能，平定了一切显贵与卑微人的心；在这一切当中，我曾寻找安息之处，但我究竟应住在谁家？	¹¹The Lord let me rest in his beloved city and Jerusalem is the heart of my kingdom.
¹²那时，创造万物的主宰，给我出了命令，也告诉了我；那造化我的，给我的帐幕指定了位置，	¹²I took root in the people God has favored, in the land of the Lord, in their inheritance.
¹³说道：你要住在雅各伯那里，在以色列中建立产业，在我的选民中生根。	¹³I grew like a cedar in Lebanon, as the cypress on Mount Hermon.
¹⁴起初，当世界未有以前，他就造了我，我永远不会消灭。在神圣的帐幕里，我曾在他面前供职。	¹⁴I grew like the palm trees in Engedi and the rosebuds of Jericho; as a magnificent olive on the plains and like a plane tree I grew tall.
¹⁵这样，我就定居在熙雍山上；同样，他使我在他钟爱的城里安息，使我在耶路撒冷有权势。	¹⁵I poured out my perfume like a fragrant flower, like exquisite myrrh I have given choice scent; like fragrant plants and as the smoke of incense which burns in the Sanctuary of God.
¹⁶我在显耀的民族中，就是在上主的地域，他的家业内生根；我的居所，是在满是圣人的中间。	¹⁶I spread out my branches like a vine; these are Glory and Grace.
¹⁷我长高，如黎巴嫩的香柏，又如赫尔孟山上的扁柏；	¹⁷As a vine I put out graceful shoots and my blossoms are riches and glory.
¹⁸我高峻，如恩革狄的棕树，又如耶里哥的玫瑰树。	¹⁸Come to me, you who desire me and take your fill of my fruits.
¹⁹我好像平原上一棵美丽的橄榄树，又像一棵耸立在街道溪畔的白杨。	¹⁹To experience me is sweeter than honey and to possess me sweeter than any honeycomb.
²⁰我发散馨香如肉桂，如芬芳的防风；我散布甘美的芳香，有如精制的没药。	²⁰Those who eat me will hunger still; those who drink me will thirst for more.
²¹我好像安息香树、白松香、红螺、安息油液，又好像帐幕里乳香的烟气；我的芳香像纯粹的防风露。	²¹Those who obey me will not be put to shame; those who serve me will not fall into sin.
²²我如同笃耨香树，伸展了我的枝叶；我的枝叶壮丽而雅致。	²²All this is in the Bible, the Testament of the Most High God, the book of the Law which Moses entrusted to us, the inheritance of the congregations of Israel.
²³我如同葡萄树，发出美丽的枝芽；我的花结的果实，光鲜而味美。	²³This Law feeds the springs of wisdom, like the Pishon or Tigris in the season of fruit.
²⁴我是纯爱、敬畏、智德和圣望的母亲。	²⁴Waters overflowing with understanding come from it, as from the Euphrates and Jordan at harvest time;
²⁵我具有真道和真理的一切优美；我具有生命和道德的一切希望。	²⁵the floods of instruction run like the Nile or the Gihon in time of vintage.
²⁶凡渴望我的，请到我这里来，饱食我的果实：	²⁶He who comes first is unable to grasp her fully and neither will the last exhaust her.
²⁷因为，我的纪念，比蜜还甜；我的遗产，胜过蜂蜜和蜂房；	²⁷For her thoughts are wider than the sea and her designs, deeper than the abyss.
²⁸我的纪念，万世常存。	²⁸I, for my part, went forth like a brook from a river, a stream diverted into a delightful garden.
²⁹凡食我的，还要饥饿；凡饮我的，还要饥渴。	²⁹I thought, "Let me irrigate my orchard and water my flowers." But now my brook has grown into a river and the river, into a sea.
³⁰听从我的，不会蒙羞；因我而行事的，不会犯罪；	³⁰May my teaching shine forth like the dawn; may I carry its light to faraway places.
³¹传扬我的，必得常生。	³¹I will spread my teaching like a prophecy and leave it to future generations.
³²生命的道理和真理的知识，这一切都包含在至高天主的盟约书上。	³²See, all of you, that I have not worked for myself alone but for all those who seek wisdom.
³³这约书含有梅瑟颁布给我们的法律，就是给雅各伯的会众作产业，以色列作应许，而蕴藏正义诫命的法律。	³³
³⁴上主曾应许自己的仆人达味，要从他的后裔中，兴起一位强而有力的君王，永远坐在光荣的宝座上。	³⁴
³⁵这法律充满智慧，有如丕雄，又有如收成期间的底格里斯；	³⁵
³⁶洋溢智能，有如幼发拉的，又有如收割之日的约但；	³⁶
³⁷阐明教诲，有如尼罗，又如收葡萄时的基红。	³⁷
³⁸最初那个领悟她的人，还没有完全洞悉；最后的一个，也没有完全领会；	³⁸
³⁹因为她的思想，比海洋还广；她的智谋，比深渊还深。	³⁹
⁴⁰我智慧，倾泻成河；	⁴⁰
⁴¹我如江河洪水的支流，我如从河里引出来的水道，我如通到乐园的水渠。	⁴¹
⁴²我说：我要浇灌我的花园，我要滋润我的菜田。	⁴²
⁴³请看，我的支流，成了江河；我的江河，成了海洋。	⁴³
⁴⁴我还要使圣道发光，有如晨曦；使它照耀，直到远方。	⁴⁴
⁴⁵我要浸透世上的一切洼地，垂顾一切熟睡的人，光照一切仰望上主的人。	⁴⁵
⁴⁶我还要传播圣道，有如神谕；我要将她留给永世，留给寻求智慧的人们；我要不断地将她留给他们的后裔，直到神圣的永世。	⁴⁶
⁴⁷你们看：我劳苦，并不是单为我自己，也是为一切寻求智慧的人们。	⁴⁷

德训篇:Chapter 24

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