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Sirach 12

Greek original · 18 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

← ch. 11ch. 13 →
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12:1
ἐὰν εὖ ποιῇς γνῶθι τίνι ποιεῖς καὶ ἔσται χάρις τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς σου
If you do good, know to whom you do it; And your good deeds will have thanks.
你若行善，就當知道是向誰行的，你的善行才會得人感謝。
12:2
εὖ ποίησον εὐσεβεῖ καὶ εὑρήσεις ἀνταπόδομα καὶ εἰ μὴ παρ’ αὐτοῦ ἀλλὰ παρὰ τοῦ ὑψίστου
Do good to a godly man, and you will find a recompense; And if not from him, yet from the Most High.
你向敬虔的人行善，必得回報；縱然不從他得著，也必從至高者得著。
12:3
οὐκ ἔσται ἀγαθὰ τῷ ἐνδελεχίζοντι εἰς κακὰ καὶ τῷ ἐλεημοσύνην μὴ χαριζομένῳ
There will no good come to him that continueth to do evil, Nor to him that gives no alms.
恆常行惡的人沒有福分，不肯施捨的人也是如此。
12:4
δὸς τῷ εὐσεβεῖ καὶ μὴ ἀντιλάβῃ τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ
Give to the godly man, And help not the sinner.
要施與敬虔的人，不要幫助罪人。
12:5
εὖ ποίησον ταπεινῷ καὶ μὴ δῷς ἀσεβεῖ ἐμπόδισον τοὺς ἄρτους αὐτοῦ καὶ μὴ δῷς αὐτῷ ἵνα μὴ ἐν αὐτοῖς σε δυναστεύσῃ διπλάσια γὰρ κακὰ εὑρήσεις ἐν πᾶσιν ἀγαθοῖς οἷς ἂν ποιήσῃς αὐτῷ
Do good to one that is lowly, And give not to an ungodly man: Keep back his bread, and give it not to him, Lest he overmaster you thereby: For you will receive twice as much evil For all the good you will have done to him.
要善待卑微的人，不要施與不敬虔的人；要扣住給他的食物，不要給他，免得他藉此轄制你；因為你向他所行的一切善事，必招來加倍的禍患。
12:6
ὅτι καὶ ὁ ὕψιστος ἐμίσησεν ἁμαρτωλοὺς καὶ τοῖς ἀσεβέσιν ἀποδώσει ἐκδίκησιν
For the Most High also hates sinners, And will repay vengeance to the ungodly.
因為至高者也憎惡罪人，必向不敬虔的人施行報應。
12:7
δὸς τῷ ἀγαθῷ καὶ μὴ ἀντιλάβῃ τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ
Give to the good man, And help not the sinner.
要施與善人，不要幫助罪人。
12:8
οὐκ ἐκδικηθήσεται ἐν ἀγαθοῖς ὁ φίλος καὶ οὐ κρυβήσεται ἐν κακοῖς ὁ ἐχθρός
A man’s friend will not be fully tried in prosperity; And his enemy will not be hidden in adversity.
順境時朋友難以分辨，患難時仇敵也無從隱藏。
12:9
ἐν ἀγαθοῖς ἀνδρὸς οἱ ἐχθροὶ αὐτοῦ ἐν λύπῃ καὶ ἐν τοῖς κακοῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ ὁ φίλος διαχωρισθήσεται
In a man’s prosperity his enemies are grieved; And in his adversity even his friend will be separated from him.
人在順境時，他的仇敵憂愁；人在患難時，連他的朋友也與他分離。
12:10
μὴ πιστεύσῃς τῷ ἐχθρῷ σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ὡς γὰρ ὁ χαλκὸς ἰοῦται οὕτως ἡ πονηρία αὐτοῦ
Never trust your enemy: For like as the brass rusts, so is his wickedness.
永不要信任你的仇敵，因為他的邪惡如同生鏽的銅。
12:11
καὶ ἐὰν ταπεινωθῇ καὶ πορεύηται συγκεκυφώς ἐπίστησον τὴν ψυχήν σου καὶ φύλαξαι ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔσῃ αὐτῷ ὡς ἐκμεμαχὼς ἔσοπτρον καὶ γνώσῃ ὅτι οὐκ εἰς τέλος κατίωσεν
Though he humble himself, and go crouching, Yet take good heed, and beware of him, And you will be to him as one that has wiped a mirror, And you will know that he has not utterly rusted it.
他即便自卑屈身而行，你也要留心防備他；你待他要像擦亮鏡子的人，便曉得他的鏽蝕並未盡除。
12:12
μὴ στήσῃς αὐτὸν παρὰ σεαυτῷ μὴ ἀνατρέψας σε στῇ ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον σου μὴ καθίσῃς αὐτὸν ἐκ δεξιῶν σου μήποτε ζητήσῃ τὴν καθέδραν σου καὶ ἐπ’ ἐσχάτων ἐπιγνώσῃ τοὺς λόγους μου καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ῥημάτων μου κατανυγήσῃ
Set him not by you, Lest he overthrow you and stand in your place; Let him not sit on your right hand, Lest he seek to take your seat, And at the last you acknowledge my words, And be pricked with my sayings.
不要使他站在你身旁，免得他推倒你而取代你的位置；不要使他坐在你的右邊，免得他圖謀你的座位；到末了你才會明白我的話，因我的言語而扎心。
12:13
τίς ἐλεήσει ἐπαοιδὸν ὀφιόδηκτον καὶ πάντας τοὺς προσάγοντας θηρίοις
Who will pity a charmer that is bitten with a serpent, Or any that come near wild beasts?
被蛇咬的弄蛇人，誰會憐憫他呢？凡親近野獸的人，又有誰憐憫呢？
12:14
οὕτως τὸν προσπορευόμενον ἀνδρὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ καὶ συμφυρόμενον ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις αὐτοῦ
Even so who will pity him that goes to a sinner, And is mingled with him in his sins?
親近罪人、與他在罪中同流合污的人，也是如此。
12:15
ὥραν μετὰ σοῦ διαμενεῖ καὶ ἐὰν ἐκκλίνῃς οὐ μὴ καρτερήσῃ
For a while he will abide with you, And if you give way, he will not hold out.
他暫時與你同在，你若退讓，他便不能持守。
12:16
καὶ ἐν τοῖς χείλεσιν αὐτοῦ γλυκανεῖ ὁ ἐχθρὸς καὶ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ βουλεύσεται ἀνατρέψαι σε εἰς βόθρον ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ δακρύσει ὁ ἐχθρός καὶ ἐὰν εὕρῃ καιρόν οὐκ ἐμπλησθήσεται ἀφ’ αἵματος
And the enemy will speak sweetly with his lips, And in his heart take counsel how to overthrow you into a pit: The enemy will weep with his eyes, And if he find opportunity, he will not be satiated with blood.
仇敵口中說甜言蜜語，心裡卻謀算要把你推入坑中；仇敵眼中流淚，一旦得了機會，必不滿足，直到飽飲你的血。
12:17
κακὰ ἐὰν ὑπαντήσῃ σοι εὑρήσεις αὐτὸν πρότερον ἐκεῖ σου καὶ ὡς βοηθῶν ὑποσχάσει πτέρναν σου
If adversity meet you, you will find him there before you; And as though he would help you, he will trip up your heel.
災禍臨到你時，你必發現他早已在那裡等你，假裝要幫助你，卻絆倒你的腳跟。
12:18
τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ κινήσει καὶ ἐπικροτήσει ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ καὶ πολλὰ διαψιθυρίσει καὶ ἀλλοιώσει τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ
He will shake his head, and clap his hands, And whisper much, and change his countenance.
他必搖頭、拍手、竊竊私語，並變了臉色。
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