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VERS. 6, 7. — Respondensque Eliu filius Barachel Buzites, dixit: Junior sum tempore, vos autem anti quiores; idcirco demisso capite veritus sum indicare vobis meam sententiam. Sperabam enim quod œtas prolixior loqueretur, et annorum multitudo doceret sapientiam. 12. Tacere,.cepe est sapere. — Cuncta haec, quae ab eo per tumorem superbiae proferuntur, cursim potius perstringenda sunt quam attentius exponenda. Quae enim soliditate gravitatis carent, expositionis subtilitate non indigent. Sed solum puto breviter intimandun) quod Eliu quandiu pro ætatis suae respectu tacuit, sapientior fuit;
VERSES 6, 7. — And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said: I am young in years, and you are elders; therefore with head bowed down I was afraid to declare to you my opinion. For I hoped that a longer age would speak, and a multitude of years would teach wisdom. 12. To keep silent is often to be wise. — All these things, which are uttered by him through the swelling of pride, should rather be touched upon in passing than expounded more attentively. For things that lack solidity of weight do not need subtlety of exposition. But I think only this should be briefly intimated: that Elihu, so long as he kept silent out of respect for his age, was the wiser;
第六、七節——布西人巴拉迦的兒子以利戶回答說：我年紀輕，你們年紀老；因此我低頭俯首，不敢向你們陳明我的意見。因為我原指望年長者說話，年歲多的人指教智慧。12. 保持緘默往往就是有智慧。——凡他因驕傲之膨脹而說出的這一切，寧可略略帶過，而不必更加專注地詳加闡釋。因為凡缺乏分量之堅實的事物，就不需要闡釋之精微。但我認為只需簡略指明這一點：以利戶只要為了對自己年齡的顧念而緘默，他就是較有智慧的；
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cum vero in aliis annorum multitudinem, semetipsum præferens, despicit, quam pueriliter desipiat ostendit. Nam contra ejus sententiam et aetas prolixior loquitur, et per annorum multitudinem sapientia docetur, quia etsi longaevitas sensum non praebet, d usu tamen vehementer exercet. Sequitur:
but when, preferring himself in respect of years, he despises others, he shows how childishly he plays the fool. For against his opinion both the longer age speaks, and through a multitude of years wisdom is taught, because although length of life does not bestow understanding, yet it strongly exercises it by use. There follows:
但當他在年歲上抬高自己、藐視他人時，卻顯出自己何等幼稚愚昧。因為與他的意見相反，年長者確實會說話，藉著多年的歲月智慧也得以受教；因為長壽雖不賦予悟性，卻藉著經驗大大地操練了悟性。接著說：