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Sirach 36

Latin original · 27 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

← ch. 35ch. 37 →
📖 This chapter exists in 3 other originals — side by side (Septuagint, Ge'ez Bible, Apocrypha)
36:1
Miserere nostri, Deus omnium, et respice nos, et ostende nobis lucem miserationum tuarum :
Have mercy upon us, O Lord the God of all, and behold;
萬有的神,主啊,求你憐憫我們,垂顧我們,又使你的可畏臨到萬國。
36:2
et immitte timorem tuum super gentes quæ non exquisierunt te, ut cognoscant quia non est deus nisi tu, et enarrent magnalia tua.
And send your fear upon all the nations:
求你向異邦舉手,叫他們看見你大能的權勢。
36:3
Alleva manum tuam super gentes alienas, ut videant potentiam tuam.
Lift up your hand against the strange nations; And let them see your mighty power.
你怎樣在他們面前藉我們顯為聖,求你也照樣在我們面前藉他們顯為大。
36:4
Sicut enim in conspectu eorum sanctificatus es in nobis, sic in conspectu nostro magnificaberis in eis :
As you were sanctified in us before them, So be you magnified in them before us.
主啊,求你使他們認識你,如同我們認識你一樣,知道除你以外,再沒有別神。
36:5
ut cognoscant te, sicut et nos cognovimus quoniam non est deus præter te, Domine.
And let them know you, as we also have known you, That there is no God but only you, O God.
求你重新施行神蹟,再行奇事;求你彰顯你的手和你大能的右臂。
36:6
Innova signa, et immuta mirabilia.
Show new signs, and work various wonders; Glorify your hand and your right arm.
求你激動忿怒,傾倒烈怒;除去敵手,剪除仇敵。
36:7
Glorifica manum et brachium dextrum.
Raise up indignation, and pour out wrath; Take away the adversary, and destroy the enemy.
求你催促時候,記念你的誓言,叫人傳揚你大能的作為。
36:8
Excita furorem, et effunde iram.
Hasten the time, and remember the oath; And let them declare your mighty works.
願脫逃的人被烈火的怒氣吞滅;願苦害你子民的人遭遇滅亡。
36:9
Tolle adversarium, et afflige inimicum.
Let him that escapes be devoured by the rage of fire; And may those who harm your people find destruction.
求你打碎那些仇敵首領的頭,就是那些說「除我們以外,再無別的」的人。
36:10
Festina tempus, et memento finis, ut enarrent mirabilia tua.
Crush the heads of the rulers of the enemies, That say, There is none but we.
求你招聚雅各的各支派,使他們承受產業,如同起初一樣。
36:11
In ira flammæ devoretur qui salvatur : et qui pessimant plebem tuam inveniant perditionem.
Gather all the tribes of Jacob together, And take them for your inheritance, as from the beginning.
主啊,求你憐憫這稱為你名下的子民,就是你看為長子的以色列。
36:12
Contere caput principum inimicorum, dicentium : Non est alius præter nos.
O Lord, have mercy upon the people that is called by your name, And upon Israel, whom you did liken to a firstborn.
求你憐恤你的聖城耶路撒冷,就是你安息之所。
36:13
Congrega omnes tribus Jacob, ut cognoscant quia non est deus nisi tu, et enarrent magnalia tua, et hæreditabis eos sicut ab initio.
Have compassion upon the city of your sanctuary, Jerusalem, the place of your rest.
求你使錫安充滿你的頌讚,使你的子民充滿你的榮耀。
36:14
Miserere plebi tuæ, super quam invocatum est nomen tuum, et Israël quem coæquasti primogenito tuo.
Fill Sion; exalt your oracles, And fill your people with your glory.
求你向你起初所造的眾生作見證,又興起那些奉你名所說的預言。
36:15
Miserere civitati sanctificationis tuæ, Jerusalem, civitati requiei tuæ.
Give testimony to those that were your creatures in the beginning, And raise up the prophecies that have been in your name.
求你賞賜那些等候你的人;願你的眾先知被人信實接受。
36:16
Reple Sion inenarrabilibus verbis tuis, et gloria tua populum tuum.
Give reward to those who wait for you: And men shall put their trust in your prophets.
主啊,求你照著亞倫為你子民所祝的福,垂聽懇求你之人的祈求。
36:17
Da testimonium his qui ab initio creaturæ tuæ sunt, et suscita prædicationes quas locuti sunt in nomine tuo prophetæ priores.
Hearken, O Lord, to the prayer of your suppliants, According to the blessing of Aaron concerning your people; And all those who are on the earth shall know That you are the Lord, the eternal God.
願地上眾人都知道,你是主,是萬世之神。
36:18
Da mercedem sustinentibus te, ut prophetæ tui fideles inveniantur : et exaudi orationes servorum tuorum,
The belly will eat any meat; Yet is one meat better than another.
肚腹能喫各樣食物,但這食物卻比那食物更美。
36:19
secundum benedictionem Aaron de populo tuo : et dirige nos in viam justitiæ, et sciant omnes qui habitant terram quia tu es Deus conspector sæculorum.
The mouth tastes meats taken in hunting: So does an understanding heart false speeches.
口能嘗出獵物的滋味,照樣,明達的心也能辨別虛假的言語。
36:20
Omnem escam manducabit venter : et est cibus cibo melior.
A froward heart will cause heaviness: And a man of experience will recompense him.
乖僻的心使人憂愁;閱歷豐富的人卻必加以回報。
36:21
Fauces contingunt cibum feræ, et cor sensatum verba mendacia.
A woman will receive any man; But one daughter is better than another.
婦人可以接納任何男子,但這女兒卻勝過那女兒。
36:22
Cor pravum dabit tristitiam, et homo peritus resistet illi.
The beauty of a woman cheers the countenance; And a man desires nothing so much.
婦人的美貌使人面容歡悅;過於人心所喜愛的一切。
36:23
Omnem masculum excipiet mulier : et est filia melior filia.
If there is on her tongue mercy and meekness, Her husband is not like the sons of men.
她舌頭上若有慈愛與溫柔,她的丈夫就不同於一般世人了。
36:24
Species mulieris exhilarat faciem viri sui, et super omnem concupiscentiam hominis superducit desiderium.
He that gets a wife enters upon a possession: A help meet for him, and a pillar of rest.
娶妻的人,是得着產業的開端,得着與他相配的幫助,和安息的柱石。
36:25
Si est lingua curationis, est et mitigationis et misericordiæ : non est vir illius secundum filios hominum.
Where no hedge is, the possession will be laid waste: And he that has no wife will mourn as he wandereth up and down.
沒有籬笆的地方,產業必被劫掠;沒有妻子的人,必四處漂泊嗟嘆。
36:26
Qui possidet mulierem bonam inchoat possessionem : adjutorium secundum illum est, et columna ut requies.
For who will trust a nimble robber, that skips from city to city? Even so who shall trust a man that has no nest, and lodges wherever he finds himself at nightfall?
誰會信任那從這城跳到那城、輕裝的強盜呢?
36:27
Ubi non est sepes, diripietur possessio : et ubi non est mulier, ingemiscit egens.
So is a man who has no nest, and who lodges wherever night overtakes him.
照樣,誰會信任那無巢可歸、隨處過夜的人呢?
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