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First Epistle of Clement 18

Greek original · 17 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

18:1

Τί δὲ εἴπωμεν ἐπὶ τῷ μεμαρτυρημένῳ Δαυείδ; ἐφ̓ οὗ εἶπεν ὁ θεός: Εὗρον ἄνδρα κατὰ τὴν καρδίαν μου, Δαυεὶδ τὸν τοῦ Ἰεσσαί, ἐν ἐλέει αἰωνίῳ ἔχρισα αὐτόν

And what shall we say of David, of whom witness was borne? Of him God said: "I have found a man after My own heart, David the son of Jesse; with everlasting mercy I have anointed him."

我們又當怎樣論到那蒙了見證的大衛呢？神論到他說：「我尋得一人合乎我心，就是耶西的兒子大衛；我用永遠的憐憫膏了他。」

18:2

ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτὸς λέγει πρὸς τὸν θεόν: Ἐλέησόν με, ὁ θεός, κατὰ τὸ μέγα ἔλεός σου, καὶ κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν σου ἐξάλειψον τὸ ἀνόμημά μου

But he too says to God: "Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy, and according to the multitude of Your compassions blot out my transgression."

他自己也對神說：「神啊，求你按你豐盛的慈愛憐恤我，按你眾多的憐憫塗抹我的過犯。」

18:3

ἐπὶ πλεῖον πλῦνόν με ἀπὸ τῆς ἀνομίας μου, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας μου καθάρισόν με: ὅτι τὴν ἀνομίαν μου ἐγὼ γινώσκω, καὶ ἡ ἁμαρτία μου ἐνώπιόν μου ἐστὶν διαπαντός

"Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin; for I acknowledge my iniquity, and my sin is ever before me."

「求你將我的罪孽洗除淨盡，又潔淨我的罪；因為我知道我的過犯，我的罪常在我面前。」

18:4

σοὶ μόνῳ ἥμαρτον, καὶ τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιόν σου ἐποίησα, ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου. καὶ νικήσῃς ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαί σε

"Against You only have I sinned, and done this evil in Your sight, that You may be justified in Your words and prevail when You are judged."

「我向你犯罪，惟獨得罪了你，在你眼前行了這惡，以致你責備我的時候顯為公義，判斷我的時候顯為清正。」

18:5

ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἐν ἀνομίαις συνελήμφθην, καὶ ἐν ἁμαρτίαις ἐκίσσησέν με ἡ μήτηρ μου

"For behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sins did my mother bear me."

「我是在罪孽裡生的，在我母親懷胎的時候就有了罪。」

18:6

ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἀλήθειαν ἠγάπησας: τὰ ἄδηλα καὶ τὰ κρύφια τῆς σοφίας σου ἐδήλωσάς μοι

"For behold, You have loved truth: the hidden and secret things of Your wisdom You have made known to me."

「你所喜愛的是內裡誠實：你在隱密處必使我得智慧，將你智慧中隱藏奧秘的事顯明給我。」

18:7

ῥαντιεῖς με ὑσσώπῳ, καὶ καθαρισθήσομαι: πλυνεῖς με, καὶ ὑπὲρ χιόνα λευκανθήσομαι

"You will sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; You will wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow."

「求你用牛膝草潔淨我，我就乾淨；求你洗滌我，我就比雪更白。」

18:8

ἀκουτιεῖς με ἀγαλλίασιν καὶ εὐφροσύνην. ἀγαλλιάσονται ὀστᾶ τεταπεινωμένα

"You will make me to hear joy and gladness. The bones that were humbled shall rejoice."

「求你使我得聽歡喜快樂的聲音，使你所壓傷的骨頭可以踴躍。」

18:9

ἀπόστρεψον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν μου, καὶ πάσας τὰς ἀνομίας μου ἐξάλειψον

"Turn Your face away from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities."

「求你掩面不看我的罪，塗抹我一切的罪孽。」