Sirach 5

Latin original · 15 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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

5:1

Noli attendere ad possessiones iniquas, et ne dixeris : Est mihi sufficiens vita : nihil enim proderit in tempore vindictæ et obductionis.

Set not your heart upon your goods; And say not, They are sufficient for me.

不可把心倚靠在你的財物上，也不可說：「這於我已經足夠了。」

5:2

Ne sequaris in fortitudine tua concupiscentiam cordis tui,

Follow not your own mind and your strength, To walk in the desires of your heart;

不可隨從自己的心意與血氣，去行你心中所貪戀的事；

5:3

et ne dixeris : Quomodo potui ? aut, Quis me subjiciet propter facta mea ? Deus enim vindicans vindicabit.

And say not, Who will have dominion over me? For the Lord will surely take vengeance on you.

也不可說：「誰能轄制我呢？」因為主必定向你施行報應。

5:4

Ne dixeris : Peccavi : et quid mihi accidit triste ? Altissimus enim est patiens redditor.

Say not, I sinned, and what happened to me? For the Lord is longsuffering.

不可說：「我犯了罪，又有甚麼臨到我呢？」因為主是恆久忍耐的。

5:5

De propitiatio peccato noli esse sine metu, neque adjicias peccatum super peccatum.

Concerning atonement, be not without fear, To add sin upon sins:

論到赦罪的事，不可無所畏懼，以致罪上加罪；

5:6

Et ne dicas : Miseratio Domini magna est, multitudinis peccatorum meorum miserebitur :

And say not, His compassion is great; He will be pacified for the multitude of my sins: For mercy and wrath are with him, And his indignation will rest upon sinners.

也不可說：「祂的憐憫廣大，必赦免我眾多的罪。」因為憐憫與忿怒都在於祂，祂的烈怒必臨到罪人身上。

5:7

misericordia enim et ira ab illo cito proximant, et in peccatores respicit ira illius.

Make no tarrying to turn to the Lord; And put not off from day to day: For suddenly will the wrath of the Lord come forth; And you will perish in the time of vengeance.

不可遲延歸向主，不可一日推過一日；因為主的忿怒必忽然發出，在報應之時你必滅亡。

5:8

Non tardes converti ad Dominum, et ne differas de die in diem :

Set not your heart upon unrighteous gains: For you will profit nothing in the day of calamity.

不可把心倚靠在不義之財上，因為在災禍的日子，這於你毫無益處。

5:9

subito enim veniet ira illius, et in tempore vindictæ disperdet te.

Winnow not with every wind, And walk not in every path: Thus does the sinner that has a double tongue.

不可隨各樣的風簸揚，也不可在各樣的路上行走；那口是心非的罪人正是如此。