Sirach 40

Greek original · 30 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

📖 This chapter exists in 3 other originals — side by side (Septuagint, Vulgate, Ge'ez Bible)

40:1

ἀσχολία μεγάλη ἔκτισται παντὶ ἀνθρώπῳ καὶ ζυγὸς βαρὺς ἐπὶ υἱοὺς Αδαμ ἀφ’ ἡμέρας ἐξόδου ἐκ γαστρὸς μητρὸς αὐτῶν ἕως ἡμέρας ἐπιστροφῆς εἰς μητέρα πάντων

Great travail is created for every man, And a heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam, From the day of their coming forth from their mother’s womb, Until the day for their burial in the mother of all things.

沉重的勞苦是為每個人而設的，重軛壓在亞當的子孫身上，從他們出母腹的那日起，直到歸入萬物之母的那日。

40:2

τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς αὐτῶν καὶ φόβον καρδίας ἐπίνοια προσδοκίας ἡμέρα τελευτῆς

The expectation of things to come, and the day of death, Trouble their thoughts, and cause fear of heart;

他們的思慮、心中的懼怕、對未來的揣想、死亡的日子，

40:3

ἀπὸ καθημένου ἐπὶ θρόνου ἐνδόξου καὶ ἕως τεταπεινωμένου ἐν γῇ καὶ σποδῷ

From him that sits on a throne of glory, Even to him that is humbled in earth and ashes;

從坐在榮耀寶座上的，直到塵土爐灰中卑微的人，

40:4

ἀπὸ φοροῦντος ὑακίνθινον καὶ στέφανον καὶ ἕως περιβαλλομένου ὠμόλινον θυμὸς καὶ ζῆλος καὶ ταραχὴ καὶ σάλος καὶ φόβος θανάτου καὶ μηνίαμα καὶ ἔρις

From him that wears purple and a crown, Even to him that is clothed with a hempen frock.

從穿紫袍戴冠冕的，直到披著粗麻布的，這一切都使他們不得安寧。

40:5

καὶ ἐν καιρῷ ἀναπαύσεως ἐπὶ κοίτης ὕπνος νυκτὸς ἀλλοιοῖ γνῶσιν αὐτοῦ

There is wrath, and jealousy, and trouble, and disquiet, And fear of death, and anger, and strife; And in the time of rest upon his bed His night sleep does change his knowledge.

忿怒、嫉妒、煩亂、不安和死亡的懼怕、惱恨與爭競，都臨到他們；就是在牀上安歇的時候，夜間的睡眠也攪亂他的心思。

40:6

ὀλίγον ὡς οὐδὲν ἐν ἀναπαύσει καὶ ἀπ’ ἐκείνου ἐν ὕπνοις ὡς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ σκοπιᾶς τεθορυβημένος ἐν ὁράσει καρδίας αὐτοῦ ὡς ἐκπεφευγὼς ἀπὸ προσώπου πολέμου

A little or nothing is his resting, And afterward in his sleep, as in a day of keeping watch, He is troubled in the vision of his heart, As one that has escaped from the front of battle.

他得安息片刻，幾乎等於無有；隨後在睡夢中，如同在守望之日，他心中的異象使他驚惶，像是從戰陣前逃脫出來的人；

40:7

ἐν καιρῷ χρείας αὐτοῦ ἐξηγέρθη καὶ ἀποθαυμάζων εἰς οὐδένα φόβον

In the very time of his deliverance he awakens, And marvels that the fear is nothing.

正當他得脫險境之時驚醒過來，詫異所懼怕的原來不算甚麼。

40:8

μετὰ πάσης σαρκὸς ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου ἕως κτήνους καὶ ἐπὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν ἑπταπλάσια πρὸς ταῦτα

It is thus with all flesh, from man to beast, And upon sinners sevenfold more.

凡有血氣的，從人到牲畜，都是如此；至於罪人，所受的更要加增七倍。

40:9

θάνατος καὶ αἷμα καὶ ἔρις καὶ ῥομφαία ἐπαγωγαί λιμὸς καὶ σύντριμμα καὶ μάστιξ

Death, and bloodshed, and strife, and sword, Calamities, famine, tribulation, and the scourge;

死亡、流血、爭鬥、刀劍、災禍、饑荒、毀滅與鞭打，