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Wisdom of Solomon 2

Latin original · 24 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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📖 This chapter exists in 3 other originals — side by side (Septuagint, Ge'ez Bible, Apocrypha)
2:1
Dixerunt enim cogitantes apud se non recte : Exiguum et cum tædio est tempus vitæ nostræ, et non est refrigerium in fine hominis, et non est qui agnitus sit reversus ab inferis.
For they said within themselves, reasoning not aright, Short and sorrowful is our life; And there is no healing when a man comes to his end, And none was ever known that gave release from Hades.
因為他們心裡推想不正，彼此說：我們的生命短促又愁苦，人到了盡頭便無醫治，也從未有人知道誰能從陰間得釋放。
2:2
Quia ex nihilo nati sumus, et post hoc erimus tamquam non fuerimus. Quoniam fumus flatus est in naribus nostris, et sermo scintilla ad commovendum cor nostrum :
Because by mere chance were we born, And hereafter we will be as though we had never been: Because the breath in our nostrils is smoke, And while our heart beats reason is a spark,
我們是偶然而生，此後也必如同未曾存在；因為我們鼻中的氣息不過是煙，思想不過是心臟跳動時的火花，
2:3
qua extincta, cinis erit corpus nostrum, et spiritus diffundetur tamquam mollis aër ; et transibit vita nostra tamquam vestigium nubis, et sicut nebula dissolvetur quæ fugata est a radiis solis, et a calore illius aggravata.
Which being extinguished, the body will be turned into ashes, And the spirit will be dispersed as thin air;
火花一熄滅，身體就化為灰燼，靈也消散如同稀薄的空氣。
2:4
Et nomen nostrum oblivionem accipiet per tempus, et nemo memoriam habebit operum nostrorum.
And our name will be forgotten in time, And no man will remember our works; And our life will pass away as the traces of a cloud, And will be scattered as is a mist, When it is chased by the beams of the sun, And overcome by the heat thereof.
我們的名字必隨時間被人遺忘，無人記念我們所行的；我們的生命必如雲彩的痕跡過去，又如薄霧被日光的光線驅散、被熱氣消滅而散開。
2:5
Umbræ enim transitus est tempus nostrum, et non est reversio finis nostri : quoniam consignata est, et nemo revertitur.
For our alloted time is the passing of a shadow, And our end retreats not; Because it is fast sealed, and none turns it back.
因為我們的歲月不過是影兒的飄過，我們的死期無可挽回，因為它已被封定，無人能使它回轉。
2:6
Venite ergo, et fruamur bonis quæ sunt, et utamur creatura tamquam in juventute celeriter.
Come therefore and let us enjoy the good things that now are; And let us use the creation with all our soul as youth’s possession.
來吧，我們要趁現今享用美物，趁年少殷勤享用受造之物。
2:7
Vino pretioso et unguentis nos impleamus, et non prætereat nos flos temporis.
Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and perfumes; And let no flower of spring pass us by:
我們要飽享貴重的美酒和香膏，不可錯過春天的任何花朵。
2:8
Coronemus nos rosis antequam marcescant ; nullum pratum sit quod non pertranseat luxuria nostra :
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds, before they be withered:
我們要在玫瑰花苞凋謝以前，用它作冠冕戴在頭上。
2:9
nemo nostrum exsors sit luxuriæ nostræ. Ubique relinquamus signa lætitiæ, quoniam hæc est pars nostra, et hæc est sors.
Let none of us go without his share in our proud revelry: Everywhere let us leave tokens of our mirth: Because this is our portion, and our lot is this.
我們中間不可有人不參與我們的歡宴；要到處留下我們歡樂的記號，因為這是我們的分，這是我們的命運。
2:10
Opprimamus pauperem justum, et non parcamus viduæ, nec veterani revereamur canos multi temporis :
Let us oppress the righteous poor; Let us not spare the widow, Nor reverence the hairs of the old man gray for length of years.
我們要欺壓貧窮的義人，不要憐惜寡婦，也不要敬重年高白髮的老人。
2:11
sit autem fortitudo nostra lex justitiæ ; quod enim infirmum est, inutile invenitur.
But let our strength be to us a law of righteousness; For that which is weak is found to be of no service.
我們的力量就當作公義的法則，因為軟弱被看為無用。
2:12
Circumveniamus ergo justum, quoniam inutilis est nobis, et contrarius est operibus nostris, et improperat nobis peccata legis, et diffamat in nos peccata disciplinæ nostræ.
But let us lie in wait for the righteous man, Because he is of disservice to us, And is contrary to our works, And upbraids us with sins against the law, And lays to our charge sins against our discipline.
我們要埋伏害那義人，因為他妨礙我們，又與我們所行的相違，責備我們違犯律法的罪，控告我們背棄所受教訓的過錯。
2:13
Promittit se scientiam Dei habere, et filium Dei se nominat.
He professes to have knowledge of God, And names himself servant of the Lord.
他自稱有神的知識，又稱自己為主的僕人。
2:14
Factus est nobis in traductionem cogitationum nostrarum.
He became to us a reproof of our thoughts.
他成了責備我們思念的人，連看見他都使我們覺得沉重。
2:15
Gravis est nobis etiam ad videndum, quoniam dissimilis est aliis vita illius, et immutatæ sunt viæ ejus.
He is grievous to us even to behold, Because his life is unlike other men’s, And his paths are of strange fashion.
因為他的生活與別人不同，他的道路也是奇異的。
2:16
Tamquam nugaces æstimati sumus ab illo, et abstinet se a viis nostris tamquam ab immunditiis, et præfert novissima justorum, et gloriatur patrem se habere Deum.
We were accounted of him as worthless metal, And he abstains from our ways as from uncleannesses. The latter end of the righteous he calls happy; And he vaunts that God is his father.
我們被他看為虛假無用的，他遠離我們的道路如同遠離污穢；他稱義人的結局為有福，又誇口說神是他的父。
2:17
Videamus ergo si sermones illius veri sint, et tentemus quæ ventura sunt illi, et sciemus quæ erunt novissima illius.
Let us see if his words be true, And let us try what shall befall in the ending of his life.
我們倒要看看他的話是否真實，試驗他結局所遭遇的事。
2:18
Si enim est verus filius Dei, suscipiet illum, et liberabit eum de manibus contrariorum.
For if the righteous man is God’s son, he will uphold him, And he will deliver him out of the hand of his adversaries.
因為那義人若是神的兒子，神必扶助他，救他脫離敵對者的手。
2:19
Contumelia et tormento interrogemus eum, ut sciamus reverentiam ejus, et probemus patientiam illius.
With outrage and torture let us put him to the test, That we may learn his gentleness, And may prove his patience under wrong.
我們要用凌辱和酷刑試驗他，好知道他的溫良，察驗他受冤屈時的忍耐。
2:20
Morte turpissima condemnemus eum ; erit enim ei respectus ex sermonibus illius.
Let us condemn him to a shameful death; For he will be visited according to his words.
我們要定他羞辱的死罪，因為照他所說的，他必蒙看顧。
2:21
Hæc cogitaverunt, et erraverunt : excæcavit enim illos malitia eorum.
Thus reasoned they, and they were led astray; For their wickedness blinded them,
他們這樣推想，卻是錯了，因為他們的邪惡矇蔽了他們，
2:22
Et nescierunt sacramenta Dei : neque mercedem speraverunt justitiæ, nec judicaverunt honorem animarum sanctarum.
And they knew not the mysteries of God, Neither hoped they for wages of holiness, Nor did they judge that there is a prize for blameless souls.
他們不認識神的奧祕，不指望聖潔的賞賜，也不認為無瑕之人的靈魂有報償。
2:23
Quoniam Deus creavit hominem inexterminabilem, et ad imaginem similitudinis suæ fecit illum.
Because God created man for incorruption, And made him an image of his own proper being;
因為神創造人是為了不朽，使他成為自己永恆本性的形像。
2:24
Invidia autem diaboli mors introivit in orbem terrarum :
But by the envy of the devil death entered into the world, And those who are of his portion make trial thereof.
然而因魔鬼的嫉妒，死亡就進入了世界，凡屬它那一分的人都要經歷它。
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