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Sirach 34

Greek original · 26 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

← ch. 33ch. 35 →

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

34:1

κεναὶ ἐλπίδες καὶ ψευδεῖς ἀσυνέτῳ ἀνδρί καὶ ἐνύπνια ἀναπτεροῦσιν ἄφρονας

Vain and false hopes are for a man void of understanding; And dreams give wings to fools.

虛妄虛假的指望是給無知人的；夢境使愚昧人飄飄然如同生了翅膀。

34:2

ὡς δρασσόμενος σκιᾶς καὶ διώκων ἄνεμον οὕτως ὁ ἐπέχων ἐνυπνίοις

As one that catches at a shadow, and follows after the wind, So is he that sets his mind on dreams.

如同抓影子、追風一般，留心於夢境的人也是如此。

34:3

τοῦτο κατὰ τούτου ὅρασις ἐνυπνίων κατέναντι προσώπου ὁμοίωμα προσώπου

The vision of dreams is as this thing against that, The likeness of a face near a face.

夢境的異象，不過是這個對那個的映照，如同面對面的影像。

34:4

ἀπὸ ἀκαθάρτου τί καθαρισθήσεται καὶ ἀπὸ ψευδοῦς τί ἀληθεύσει

Of an unclean thing what shall be cleansed? And of that which is false what shall be true?

從不潔之物，怎能得潔淨呢？從虛謊之中，怎能有真實呢？

34:5

μαντεῖαι καὶ οἰωνισμοὶ καὶ ἐνύπνια μάταιά ἐστιν καὶ ὡς ὠδινούσης φαντάζεται καρδία

Divinations, and soothsayings, and dreams, are vain: And the heart fancies, as a woman’s in travail.

占卜、預兆和夢境都是虛空的；人心如同臨產婦人一般在那裡幻想。

34:6

ἐὰν μὴ παρὰ ὑψίστου ἀποσταλῇ ἐν ἐπισκοπῇ μὴ δῷς εἰς αὐτὰ τὴν καρδίαν σου

If they be not sent from the Most High in your visitation, Give not your heart to them.

除非是至高者在眷顧時差來的，否則不要把你的心放在這些事上。

34:7

πολλοὺς γὰρ ἐπλάνησεν τὰ ἐνύπνια καὶ ἐξέπεσον ἐλπίζοντες ἐπ’ αὐτοῖς

For dreams have led many astray: And they have failed by putting their hope in them.

因為夢境曾使許多人走迷了路；那些指望它們的，都跌倒失敗了。

34:8

ἄνευ ψεύδους συντελεσθήσεται νόμος καὶ σοφία στόματι πιστῷ τελείωσις

Without lying shall the law be accomplished; And wisdom is perfection to a faithful mouth.

律法的成全，不藉虛謊；智慧對信實的口，乃是完全。

34:9

ἀνὴρ πεπλανημένος ἔγνω πολλά καὶ ὁ πολύπειρος ἐκδιηγήσεται σύνεσιν

A well-instructed man knows many things; And he that has much experience will declare understanding.

曾經歷歷練的人，知道許多事；閱歷豐富的人，必講論明達。