德训篇:Chapter 41

Index

德训篇:Chapter 41

德训篇	Sirach
¹死亡啊！纪念你，为那安享自己财富的，	¹O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions!
²为那无忧无虑，一切顺适，还能享受口福的人，是多么辛酸！	²To a man that is at rest, and whose ways are prosperous in all things, and that is yet able to take meat!
³死亡啊！你的定案，为那贫困的，力衰的，	³O death, thy sentence is welcome to the man that is in need, and to him whose strength faileth:
⁴年纪老迈的，事事操心的，厌倦无望的人，是多么美好！	⁴Who is in a decrepit age, and that is in care about all things, and to the distrustful that loseth patience!
⁵不要怕死亡的定案，要想想你以前和你以后的人；这是上主对一切有血肉之人所下的定案，	⁵Fear not the sentence of death. Remember what things have been before thee, and what shall come after thee: this sentence is from the Lord upon all flesh.
⁶至高者看着好的事，你为什么要反对？你不论活十年，百年，或千年，	⁶And what shall come upon thee by the good pleasure of the most High? Whether ten, or a hundred, or a thousand years.
⁷在阴府里，对生命的长短，再没有怨尤。	⁷For among the dead there is no accusing of life.
⁸罪人的子女，为人所憎恶，他们经常与不虔敬的人相处。	⁸The children of sinners become children of abominations, and they that converse near the houses of the ungodly.
⁹罪人的子女必会倾家败产，他们的子孙常蒙羞受辱。	⁹The inheritance of the children of sinners shall perish, and with their posterity shall be a perpetual reproach.
¹⁰子女必怨恨不虔敬的父亲，因为为了他，他们才蒙羞受辱。	¹⁰The children will complain of an ungodly father, because for his sake they are in reproach.
¹¹你们不虔敬的人，是有祸的！因为你们背弃了至高者天主的法律。	¹¹Woe to you, ungodly men, who have forsaken the law of the most high Lord.
¹²你们生在世上，是为受咒骂而生；你们死去，咒骂仍是你们的产业。	¹²And if you be born, you shall be born in malediction: and if you die, in malediction shall be your portion.
¹³凡从土来的，必归于土；生于诅咒的不虔敬的人，必归于丧亡。	¹³All things that are of the earth, shall return into the earth: so the ungodly shall from malediction to destruction.
¹⁴人们对死者的遗体举行丧礼，罪人的臭名必被涂去。	¹⁴The mourning of men is about their body, but the name of the ungodly shall be blotted out.
¹⁵你应注意你的名誉，因为名誉与你相处，久于千万黄金巨宝。	¹⁵Take care of a good name: for this shall continue with thee, more than a thousand treasures precious and great.
¹⁶优越的生活，日子是有限的；但良好的名誉，却流芳百世。	¹⁶A good life hath its number of days: but a good name shall continue for ever.
¹⁷我儿，你们要安心遵守纪律。隐藏的智慧，和看不见的宝贝，二者究竟有什么用？	¹⁷My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is there in them both?
¹⁸隐瞒自己糊涂的人，比隐瞒自己智慧的人还好。	¹⁸Better is the man that hideth his folly, than the man that hideth his wisdom.
¹⁹我儿，现在你要听我论羞愧所要说的话：	¹⁹Wherefore have a shame of these things I am now going to speak of.
²⁰因为不是每一种羞愧，都应当称许；也不是每一种害羞，都是合理的。	²⁰For it is not good to keep all shamefacedness: and all things do not please all men in opinion.
²¹你们在父母前，对于奸淫的事，应该羞愧；在王侯和有权势的人前，对于说谎的事，应该羞愧；	²¹Be ashamed of fornication before father and mother: and of a lie before a governor and a man in power:
²²在判官和领袖前，对于犯罪的事，应该羞愧；在集会和民众前，对于犯法的事，应该羞愧；	²²Of an offence before a prince, and a judge: of iniquity before a congregation and a people:
²³在伴侣和朋友前，对于不义的事，应该羞愧；在你们所住的地方，对于偷窃的事，应该羞愧；	²³Of injustice before a companion and friend: and in regard to the place where thou dwellest,
²⁴应为忘记天主的真理和盟约的事而羞愧；应为将肘放在食桌上而羞愧；应为你在赐予或接受礼物时，对人藐视而羞愧；	²⁴Of theft, and of the truth of God, and the covenant: of leaning with thy elbow over meat, and of deceit in giving and taking:
²⁵应为你不理向你请安的人而羞愧；应为观看淫妇而羞愧；应为不顾亲属而羞愧；	²⁵Of silence before them that salute thee: of looking upon a harlot: and of turning away thy face from thy kinsman.
²⁶应为转面不顾你的近人，拿了别人的东西却不归还而羞愧，	²⁶Turn not sway thy face from thy neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring.
²⁷应为凝视别人的妇女而羞愧；应为对你的婢女分外献慇懃，甚或走近她的床前而羞愧；	²⁷Gaze not upon another man's wife, and be not inquisitive after his handmaid, and approach not her bed.
²⁸应为你对朋友出言不恭，对加惠与人后又责斥人而羞愧；	²⁸Be ashamed of upbraiding speeches before friends: and after thou hast given, upbraid not.

德训篇:Chapter 41

Produced by www.ccreadbible.org