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Wisdom of Solomon 4

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← ch. 3ch. 5 →
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4:1
κρείσσων ἀτεκνία μετὰ ἀρετῆς ἀθανασία γάρ ἐστιν ἐν μνήμῃ αὐτῆς ὅτι καὶ παρὰ θεῷ γινώσκεται καὶ παρὰ ἀνθρώποις
Better than this is childishness with virtue; For in the memory of virtue is immortality: Because it is recognized both before God and before men.
有德而無子，勝過這樣的人；因為德行的記念裡有不朽，在神和世人面前都被看重。
4:2
παροῦσάν τε μιμοῦνται αὐτὴν καὶ ποθοῦσιν ἀπελθοῦσαν καὶ ἐν τῷ αἰῶνι στεφανηφοροῦσα πομπεύει τὸν τῶν ἀμιάντων ἄθλων ἀγῶνα νικήσασα
When it is present, men imitate it; And they long after it when it is departed: And throughout all time it marcheth crowned in triumph, Victorious in the strife for the prizes that are undefiled.
德行存在時，人就效法它；它離去後，人就思慕它；它永遠頭戴冠冕得勝凱旋，因贏得那無瑕的賞賜之爭戰而誇勝。
4:3
πολύγονον δὲ ἀσεβῶν πλῆθος οὐ χρησιμεύσει καὶ ἐκ νόθων μοσχευμάτων οὐ δώσει ῥίζαν εἰς βάθος οὐδὲ ἀσφαλῆ βάσιν ἑδράσει
But the multiplying brood of the ungodly will be of no profit, And with bastard slips they will not strike deep root, Nor will they establish a sure hold.
但不敬虔者眾多的子孫卻無益處，從私生的枝條中，他們不能向下扎深根，也不能立穩根基。
4:4
κἂν γὰρ ἐν κλάδοις πρὸς καιρὸν ἀναθάλῃ ἐπισφαλῶς βεβηκότα ὑπὸ ἀνέμου σαλευθήσεται καὶ ὑπὸ βίας ἀνέμων ἐκριζωθήσεται
For even if these put forth boughs and flourish for a season, q1 Yet, standing unsure, they will be shaken by the wind, And by the violence of winds they will be rooted out.
因為這些縱然暫時長出枝子茂盛一時，卻立足不穩，必被風搖動，被狂風的暴力連根拔起。
4:5
περικλασθήσονται κλῶνες ἀτέλεστοι καὶ ὁ καρπὸς αὐτῶν ἄχρηστος ἄωρος εἰς βρῶσιν καὶ εἰς οὐθὲν ἐπιτήδειος
Their branches will be broken off before they come to maturity, and their fruit will be useless, Never ripe to eat, and fit for nothing.
未成熟的嫩枝必被折斷，所結的果子無用，不熟不可喫，毫無用處。
4:6
ἐκ γὰρ ἀνόμων ὕπνων τέκνα γεννώμενα μάρτυρές εἰσιν πονηρίας κατὰ γονέων ἐν ἐξετασμῷ αὐτῶν
For children unlawfully begotten are witnesses of wickedness Against parents when God searcheth them out.
因為從不法情慾所生的兒女，在受察驗時，必作見證控告他們父母的邪惡。
4:7
δίκαιος δὲ ἐὰν φθάσῃ τελευτῆσαι ἐν ἀναπαύσει ἔσται
But a righteous man, though he die before his time, will be at rest.
但義人縱然早逝，也必得安息。
4:8
γῆρας γὰρ τίμιον οὐ τὸ πολυχρόνιον οὐδὲ ἀριθμῷ ἐτῶν μεμέτρηται
(For honorable old age is not that which stands in length of time, Nor is its measure given by number of years:
因為可敬的老年不在於年日的長久，也不是以歲數來衡量；
4:9
πολιὰ δέ ἐστιν φρόνησις ἀνθρώποις καὶ ἡλικία γήρως βίος ἀκηλίδωτος
But understanding is gray hairs to men, And an unspotted life is ripe old age.)
明達於人就是白髮，無瑕的生活就是真正的老成。
4:10
εὐάρεστος θεῷ γενόμενος ἠγαπήθη καὶ ζῶν μεταξὺ ἁμαρτωλῶν μετετέθη
Being found well-pleasing to God he was beloved of him, And while living among sinners he was translated:
他既蒙神喜悅，就為神所愛，活在罪人中間被提去了；
4:11
ἡρπάγη μὴ κακία ἀλλάξῃ σύνεσιν αὐτοῦ ἢ δόλος ἀπατήσῃ ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ
He was caught away, lest wickedness should change his understanding, Or guile deceive his soul.
他被提去，免得邪惡改變他的明達，或詭詐迷惑他的心靈。
4:12
βασκανία γὰρ φαυλότητος ἀμαυροῖ τὰ καλά καὶ ῥεμβασμὸς ἐπιθυμίας μεταλλεύει νοῦν ἄκακον
(For the bewitching of naughtiness bedimmeth the things which are good, And the giddy whirl of desire perverteth an innocent mind.)
因為惡事的迷惑使美善黯然失色，情慾的搖盪敗壞純真的心。
4:13
τελειωθεὶς ἐν ὀλίγῳ ἐπλήρωσεν χρόνους μακρούς
Being made perfect in a little while, he fulfilled long years;
他在短時間內得以完全，就成就了長久的年歲；
4:14
ἀρεστὴ γὰρ ἦν κυρίῳ ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ διὰ τοῦτο ἔσπευσεν ἐκ μέσου πονηρίας οἱ δὲ λαοὶ ἰδόντες καὶ μὴ νοήσαντες μηδὲ θέντες ἐπὶ διανοίᾳ τὸ τοιοῦτο
For his soul was pleasing to the Lord: Therefore hurried he out of the midst of wickedness.
因為他的心靈為主所喜悅，所以神急速領他離開邪惡之中。眾人看見卻不明白，也不放在心上，
4:15
ὅτι χάρις καὶ ἔλεος ἐν τοῖς ἐκλεκτοῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπισκοπὴ ἐν τοῖς ὁσίοις αὐτοῦ
But as for the peoples, seeing and understanding not, Neither laying this to heart, That grace and mercy are with his chosen, And that he visiteth his holy ones:—
不知恩典和憐憫臨到祂所揀選的人，祂也眷顧祂聖潔的人。
4:16
κατακρινεῖ δὲ δίκαιος καμὼν τοὺς ζῶντας ἀσεβεῖς καὶ νεότης τελεσθεῖσα ταχέως πολυετὲς γῆρας ἀδίκου
But a righteous man that is dead will condemn the ungodly that are living, And youth that is quickly perfected the many years of an unrighteous man’s old age;
那已死的義人必定罪那活著的不敬虔者，速然完全的少年也必定罪不義者多年的老邁。
4:17
ὄψονται γὰρ τελευτὴν σοφοῦ καὶ οὐ νοήσουσιν τί ἐβουλεύσατο περὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς τί ἠσφαλίσατο αὐτὸν ὁ κύριος
For the ungodly will see a wise man’s end, And will not understand what the Lord purposed concerning him, And for what he safely kept him:—
因為他們必看見智慧人的結局，卻不明白主為他所定的旨意，也不明白主為何如此保守他。
4:18
ὄψονται καὶ ἐξουθενήσουσιν αὐτοὺς δὲ ὁ κύριος ἐκγελάσεται
They will see, and they will despise; But them the Lord will laugh to scorn. And after this they will become a dishonored carcase, And a reproach among the dead forever:
他們看見就藐視；但主必嗤笑他們。此後他們必成為被人輕看的屍首，在死人中永遠受辱。
4:19
καὶ ἔσονται μετὰ τοῦτο εἰς πτῶμα ἄτιμον καὶ εἰς ὕβριν ἐν νεκροῖς δῑ αἰῶνος ὅτι ῥήξει αὐτοὺς ἀφώνους πρηνεῖς καὶ σαλεύσει αὐτοὺς ἐκ θεμελίων καὶ ἕως ἐσχάτου χερσωθήσονται καὶ ἔσονται ἐν ὀδύνῃ καὶ ἡ μνήμη αὐτῶν ἀπολεῖται
Because he will dash them speechless to the ground, And will shake them from the foundations, And they will lie utterly waste, and they will be in anguish, And their memory will perish.
因為主必把他們無聲地猛摔在地，從根基上搖撼他們，使他們徹底荒廢，陷在痛苦中，他們的記念也必消滅。
4:20
ἐλεύσονται ἐν συλλογισμῷ ἁμαρτημάτων αὐτῶν δειλοί καὶ ἐλέγξει αὐτοὺς ἐξ ἐναντίας τὰ ἀνομήματα αὐτῶν
They will come, when their sins are reckoned up, with coward fear; And their lawless deeds will convict them to their face.
在清算他們罪過的時候，他們必膽怯前來，他們不法的行為必當面定他們的罪。
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