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1 Esdras 3
Latin original · 24 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss
📖 This chapter exists in 2 other originals —
side by side (Septuagint, Apocrypha)
3:1
Rex Darius fecit cœnam magnam omnibus vernaculis suis, et omnibus magistratibus Mediæ et Persidis,
Now king Darius made a great feast to all his subjects, and to all that were born in his house, and to all the princes of Media and of Persia,
大流士王為一切屬他的人、一切家中所生的人，以及瑪代和波斯的眾貴胄擺設了盛大的筵席，
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et omnibus purpuratis, et prætoribus, et consulibus, et præfectis sub illo ab India usque Æthiopiam, centum viginti septem provinciis.
and to all the satraps and captains and governors that were under him, from India to Ethiopia, in the hundred twenty and seven provinces.
又為從印度到古實、在他治下一百二十七省的眾總督、將軍和省長擺設筵席。
3:3
Et cum manducassent, et bibissent, et satiati reverterentur. Tunc Darius rex ascendit in cubiculum suum, et dormivit, et expergefactus est.
And when they had eaten and drunken, and being satisfied were gone home, then Darius the king went into his bedchamber, and slept, and awaked out of his sleep.
他們喫喝飽足，便各自散去；大流士王回到寢宮睡了，後來又醒了過來。
3:4
Tunc illi tres juvenes corporis custodes, qui custodiebant corpus regis, dixerunt alter alteri :
Then the three young men of the body-guard, that kept the king’s person, spoke one to another:
那時有三個護衛王身的少年侍衛，彼此說：
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Dicamus unusquisque nostrum sermonem qui præcellat : et cujuscumque apparuerit sermo sapientior alterius, dabit illi rex Darius dona magna,
Let every one of us say one thing which shall be strongest: and he whose sentence shall seem wiser than the others, to him shall Darius the king give great gifts, and great honors in token of victory:
「讓我們各人說一句話，看誰的話最強；誰的話顯為比別人更有智慧，大流士王就賜他大禮，並大大的賞賜，
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purpura cooperiri, et in auro bibere, et super aurum dormire, et currum aureo fræno, et cydarim byssinam, et torquem circa collum :
as, to be clothed in purple, to drink in gold, and to sleep upon gold, and a chariot with bridles of gold, and a headtire of fine linen, and a chain about his neck:
使他身披紫袍，用金器飲酒，睡在金榻上，乘坐金轡的車，戴細麻布的冠冕，頸上掛金鏈，
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et secundo loco sedebit a Dario propter sapientiam suam, et cognatus Darii vocabitur.
and he shall sit next to Darius because of his wisdom, and shall be called Darius his cousin.
並因他的智慧得以坐在大流士的旁邊，被稱為大流士的親屬。」
3:8
Tunc scribentes singuli suum verbum signaverunt, et posuerunt subtus cervical Darii regis,
And then they wrote every one his sentence, and set to their seals, and laid the writing under king Darius his pillow,
於是他們各人寫下自己的話，蓋了印，放在大流士王的枕頭下，說：
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et dixerunt, Cum surrexerit rex, dabimus illi scripta nostra, et quodcumque judicaverit rex e tribus, et magistratus Persidis, quoniam verbum ejus sapientius est, ipsi dabitur victoria sicut scriptum est.
and said, When the king is risen, some shall give him the writing; and of whose side the king and the three princes of Persia shall judge that his sentence is the wisest, to him shall the victory be given, as it is written.
「王一醒來，人就把這字據呈給他；王和波斯的三位貴胄若斷定誰的話最有智慧，誰就照所寫的得勝。」
3:10
Unus scripsit, Forte est vinum.
The first wrote, Wine is the strongest.
一個寫的是：「酒最強。」
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Alius scripsit, Fortior est rex.
The second wrote, The king is strongest.
另一個寫的是：「王最強。」
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Tertius scripsit, Fortiores sunt mulieres : super omnia autem vincit veritas.
The third wrote, Women are strongest: but above all things Truth bears away the victory.
第三個寫的是：「婦女最強；然而萬事之上，真理得勝。」
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Et cum surrexisset rex, acceperunt scripta sua, et dederunt illi, et legit.
Now when the king was risen up, they took the writing, and gave it to him, and so he read it:
王醒來時，人便取了那字據呈給他，他就讀了。
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Et mittens vocavit omnes magistratus Persarum, et Medos, et purpuratos, et prætores, et præfectos :
and sending forth he called all the princes of Persia and of Media, and the satraps, and the captains, and the governors, and the chief officers;
他差人召集波斯和瑪代的眾貴胄、總督、將軍、省長和執政官，坐在議事廳裡，那字據便當著他們的面宣讀出來。
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et sederunt in concilio : et lecta sunt scripta coram ipsis.
and sat him down in the royal seat of judgment; and the writing was read before them.
他說：「把那幾個少年人召來，叫他們解明自己的話。」於是他們被召進來。
3:16
Et dixit, Vocate adolescentes, et ipsi indicabunt verba sua. Et vocati sunt, et introierunt.
And he said, Call the young men, and they shall explain their own sentences. So they were called, and came in.
王對他們說：「把你們所寫的向我們陳明罷。」
3:17
Et dixit illis, indicate nobis de his quæ scripta sunt. Et cœpit prior, qui dixerat de fortitudine vini,
And they said to them, Declare to us your mind concerning the things you⌃ have written. Then began the first, who had spoken of the strength of wine,
那論酒之力的人便先開口，這樣說：
3:18
et dixit, Viri, quàm prævalet vinum omnibus hominibus qui bibunt illud ! seducit mentem.
and said thus, O sirs, how exceeding strong is wine! it causes all men to err that drink it:
「諸位，酒怎樣最強呢？它使一切飲它的人都心思迷亂。
3:19
Itemque regis et orphani facit mentem vanam. Item servi ac liberi, pauperis ac divitis,
it makes the mind of the king and of the fatherless child to be all one; of the bondman and of the freeman, of the poor man and of the rich:
它使王和孤兒、奴僕和自由人、窮人和富人的心思都歸於一樣。
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et omnem mentem convertit in securitatem et jucunditatem, et non meminit omnem tristitiam et debitum,
it turns also every thought into jollity and mirth, so that a man remembers neither sorrow nor debt:
它把人的心思全變為宴樂歡欣，叫人忘卻一切憂愁債務。
3:21
et omnia præcordia facit honesta, et non meminit regem nec magistratum, et omnia per talenta loqui facit.
and it makes every heart rich, so that a man remembers neither king nor satrap; and it makes to speak all things by talents:
它使人人自覺富足，叫人忘了王和總督，使人滿口都說大話。
3:22
Et non meminerunt, cum biberunt, amicitiam nec fraternitatem : sed non multum sumunt gladios.
and when they are in their cups, they forget their love both to friends and kindred, and a little after draw their swords:
人喝醉了，便忘了與朋友弟兄相親相愛，過不多時就拔刀相向。
3:23
Et cum a vino merserint, et surrexerint, non meminerunt quæ gesserunt.
but when they awake from their wine, they remember not what they have done.
等到酒醒，就忘了自己所做的事。
3:24
O viri, num præcellit vinum ? quis sic cogit facere ? Et tacuit hoc dicto.
O sirs, is not wine the strongest, seeing that it enforces to do thus? And when he had so spoken, he held his peace.
諸位，酒既能這樣強迫人行事，豈不是最強的麼？」他說完便閉口不言。