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厄斯德拉一書 第 4 章
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並排對照（七十士譯本、次經）
4:1
Et inchoavit sequens dicere, qui dixit de fortitudine regis.
那論王之力的第二個人便開始說：
Then the second, that had spoken of the strength of the king, began to say,
4:2
O viri, num præcellunt homines, qui terram et mare obtinent, et omnia quæ in eis sunt ?
「諸位，人豈不是最強的麼？他們轄制陸地海洋和其中的一切。
O sirs, do not men excel in strength, that bear rule over the sea and land, and all things in them?
4:3
Rex autem super omnia præcellit, et dominatur eorum : et omne quodcumque dixerit illis, faciunt.
然而王比他們更強，作他們的主，管轄他們，凡他所吩咐的，他們都聽從。
But yet is the king stronger: and he is their lord, and has dominion over them; and in whatever he commands them they obey him.
4:4
Et si miserit illos ad bellatores, vadunt, et demoliuntur montes, et muros, et turres.
他若吩咐他們彼此爭戰，他們就爭戰；他若差他們去攻打仇敵，他們就出徵，剷平山嶺、城牆和城樓，
If he bid them make war the one against the other, they do it: and if he send them out against the enemies, they go, and overcome mountains, walls, and towers.
4:5
Jugulantur, et jugulant, et regis verbum non prætereunt. Nam si vicerint, afferunt regi omnia quæcumque prædati fuerint.
他們殺人也被人殺，卻不違背王的命令；他們若得勝，就把一切擄掠所得和其他一切都帶回給王。
They kill and are slain, and transgress not the king’s commandment: if they get the victory, they bring all to the king, as well the plunder, as all things else.
4:6
Similiter et alii omnes, et quotquot non militant, nec pugnant, sed colunt terram : rursum cum fuerint metentes, afferunt tributa regi :
那些不出徵、不打仗、只耕種田地的人，每逢撒種收割之後，也要把出產帶回給王；他們又彼此督促，把貢物帶回給王。
Likewise for those that are no soldiers, and have not to do with wars, but use husbandry, when they have reaped again that which they had sown, they bring it to the king, and compel one another to pay tribute to the king.
4:7
et ipse unus solus si dixerit occidite, occidunt : dixerit remittite, remittunt :
王不過是一個人，他若下令殺戮，眾人就殺戮；他下令赦免，眾人就赦免；
And he is but one man: if he command to kill, they kill; if he command to spare, they spare;
4:8
dixerit percutite, percutiunt : dixerit exterminate, exterminant : dixerit ædificate, ædificant :
他下令擊打，眾人就擊打；他下令毀滅，眾人就毀滅；他下令建造，眾人就建造。
if he command to strike, they strike; if he command to make desolate, they make desolate; if he command to build, they build;
4:9
dixerit excidite, excidunt : dixerit plantate, plantant :
他下令砍伐，眾人就砍伐；他下令栽種，眾人就栽種。
if he command to cut down, they cut down; if he command to plant, they plant.
4:10
et omnis plebs, et virtutes eum obaudiunt, et super hoc ipse recumbit, et bibit et dormit.
他的全體子民和他的軍隊都聽從他。
So all his people and his armies obey him: furthermore he lies down, he eats and drinks, and takes his rest:
4:11
Hi autem custodiunt in circuitu eum, et non possunt ire singuli, et facere opera sua, sed in dicto obaudientes sunt ei.
不僅如此，他自己斜躺著喫喝睡覺，眾人卻環繞守衛著他，沒有一個敢擅離去做自己的事，也不敢違揹他。
and these keep watch round about him, neither may any one depart, and do his own business, neither disobey they him in anything.
4:12
Viri, quomodo non præcellit rex, qui sic diffamatur ? Et tacuit.
諸位，王既這樣被人聽從，豈不是最強的麼？」他說完便閉口不言。
O sirs, how should not the king be strongest, seeing that in such sort he is obeyed? And he held his peace.
4:13
Tertius qui dixerat de mulieribus et veritate, hic est Zorobabel, cœpit loqui.
那論婦女和真理的第三個人——就是所羅巴伯——便開始說：
Then the third, who had spoken of women, and of truth, (this was Zorobabel) began to speak.
4:14
Viri, non magnus rex, et multi homines, nec vinum præcellit. Quis est ergo qui dominatur eorum ?
「諸位，王雖大，人雖多，酒雖強，但誰是轄管他們、作他們之主的呢？豈不是婦女麼？
O sirs, is not the king great, and men are many, and wine is strong? who is it then that rules them, or has the lordship over them? are they not women?
4:15
Nonne mulieres genuerunt regem, et omnem populum, qui dominatur mari et terræ :
婦女生了王和那轄管海陸的全體百姓。
Women have borne the king and all the people that bear rule by sea and land.
4:16
et ex illis nati sunt, et ipsæ educaverunt eos, qui plantaverunt vineas ex quibus vinum fit ?
這些人都是從婦女而出的，又是婦女養育了那些栽種葡萄園、產出酒來的人。
Even of them came they: and they nourished them up that planted the vineyards, from whence the wine comes.
4:17
Et ipsæ faciunt stolas omnium hominum, et ipsæ faciunt gloriam hominibus, et non possunt homines separari a mulieribus.
婦女縫製男人的衣裳，又使男人得榮耀；男人離了婦女就不能存活。
These also make garments for men; these bring glory to men; and without women can’t men be.
4:18
Si congregaverint aurum et argentum, et omnem rem speciosam, et viderint mulierem unam bono habitu et bona specie,
他們縱然聚斂金銀和各樣華美之物，一見到一個容貌秀美的婦女，
Yes, and if men have gathered together gold and silver and any other goodly thing, and see a woman which is comely in favor and beauty,
4:19
omnia hæc relinquentes in eam intendunt, et aperto ore conspiciunt, et eam alliciunt magis quàm aurum et argentum, et omnem rem pretiosam.
就撇下這一切，向她張口凝望、目瞪口呆地注視她；眾人都寧取她過於金銀和一切華美之物。
they let all those things go, and gape after her, and even with open mouth fix their eyes fast on her; and have all more desire to her than to gold or silver, or any goodly thing whatever.
4:20
Homo patrem suum relinquit qui enutriit illum, et suam regionem, et ad mulierem se conjungit.
人離開撫養他的父親和本鄉，去與自己的妻子結合，
A man leaves his own father that brought him up, and his own country, and cleaves to his wife.
4:21
Et cum muliere remittit animam : et neque patrem meminit, neque matrem, neque regionem.
與妻子相守一生，不再記念父親、母親和本鄉。
And with his wife he ends his days, and remembers neither father, nor mother, nor country.
4:22
Et hinc oportet vos scire : quoniam mulieres dominantur vestri. Nonne doletis ?
由此你們當知道，婦女轄管著你們。你們豈不是勞苦操勞，把一切都交給婦女、帶回給婦女麼？
By this also you⌃ must know that women have dominion over you: do you⌃ not labor and toil, and give and bring all to women?
4:23
Et accipit homo gladium suum, et vadit in via facere furta, et homicidia, et mare navigare et flumina,
人拿著刀劍出去遠行，攔路搶劫、偷竊，又渡海航行於江河之上，
Yes, a man takes his sword, and goes forth to make outroads, and to rob and to steal, and to sail upon the sea and upon rivers;
4:24
et leonem videt, et in tenebris ingreditur : et cum furtum fecerit, et fraudes et rapinas amabili suæ affert.
面對獅子，在黑暗中行走；他偷竊、搶奪、剝人衣裳之後，便帶回給他所愛的女子。
and looks upon a lion, and walks in the darkness; and when he has stolen, plundered, and robbed, he brings it to his love.
4:25
Et iterum diligit, homo uxorem suam, magis quàm patrem, aut matrem.
人愛自己的妻子，過於愛父母。
Wherefore a man loves his wife better than father or mother.
4:26
Et multi dementes facti sunt propter uxores suas : et servi facti sunt propter illas :
許多人為了婦女神魂顛倒，並為她們作了奴僕。
Yes, many there be that have run out of their wits for women, and become bondmen for their sakes.
4:27
et multi perierunt et jugulati sunt, et peccaverunt propter mulieres.
許多人因婦女而滅亡、跌倒、犯罪。
Many also have perished, have stumbled, and sinned, for women.
4:28
Et nunc credite mihi, quia magnus est rex in potestate sua: quoniam omnes regiones verentur tangere eum.
如今你們還不信我麼？王的權柄豈不大麼？各邦各地豈不都懼怕觸犯他麼？
And now do you⌃ not believe me? is not the king great in his power? do not all regions fear to touch him?
4:29
Videbam tamen Apemen filiam Bezacis, mirifici concubinam regis, sedentem juxta regem ad dexteram,
然而我曾看見王和那奇士巴塔哥之女、王的妃嬪阿帕米——她坐在王的右邊，
Yet did I see him and Apame the king’s concubine, the daughter of the illustrious Barticus, sitting at the right hand of the king,
4:30
et auferentem diadema de capite ejus, et imponentem sibi; et palmis cædebat regem de sinistra manu.
從王的頭上取下冠冕，戴在自己頭上，又用左手摑王的臉。
and taking the crown from the king’s head, and setting it upon her own head; yes, she struck the king with her left hand:
4:31
Et super hæc aperto ore intuebatur eam : et si arriserit ei, ridet. Nam si indignata ei fuerit, blanditur, donec reconcilietur in gratiam.
王還只是張口望著她；她若向王微笑，王就笑；她若對王發怒，王就奉承她，好叫她與自己和好。
and therewithal the king gaped and gazed upon her with open mouth: if she laughed upon him, he laughed also: but if she took any displeasure at him, he was fain to flatter, that she might be reconciled to him again.
4:32
O viri, cur non sunt fortiores mulieres ? Magna est terra, et excelsum est cælum : quis ista agit ?
諸位，婦女既能這樣行事，豈不是最強的麼？」
O sirs, how can it be but women should be strong, seeing they do thus?
4:33
Et tunc rex, et purpurati intuebantur in alterutrum. Et inchoavit loqui de veritate.
那時王和眾貴胄彼此對望。
Then the king and the nobles looked one upon another: so he began to speak concerning truth.
4:34
O viri, nonne fortes sunt mulieres ? Magna est terra, et excelsum est cælum : et velox cursus solis convertit in gyro cælum in locum suum in una die.
他便開始講論真理：「諸位，婦女豈不強麼？地大，天高，日行甚速，因它在天的軌道上運行，一日之間又奔回自己的本位。
O sirs, are not women strong? great is the earth, high is the heaven, swift is the sun in his course, for he encircles the heavens round about, and fetches his course again to his own place in one day.
4:35
Nonne magnificus est qui hæc facit, et veritas magna, et fortior præ omnibus ?
那行這事的，豈不偉大麼？然而真理更偉大，比萬物更強。
Is he not great that makes these things? therefore great is truth, and stronger than all things.
4:36
Omnis terra veritatem invocat, cælum etiam ipsam benedicit, et omnia opera moventur, et tremunt eam, et non est cum ea quicquam iniquum.
全地都呼求真理，諸天稱頌它，萬物都因它震動戰兢，它裡面毫無不義。
All the earth calls upon truth, and the heaven blesses her: all works shake and tremble, but with her is no unrighteous thing.
4:37
Vinum iniquum, iniquus rex, iniquæ mulieres, iniqui omnes filii hominum, et iniqua illorum omnia opera, et non est in ipsis veritas, et in sua iniquitate peribunt :
酒是不義的，王是不義的，婦女是不義的，世人都是不義的，他們一切的作為也都是不義的，凡這類的事都沒有真理，他們必在自己的不義中滅亡。
Wine is unrighteous, the king is unrighteous, women are unrighteous, all the children of men are unrighteous, and unrighteous are all such their works; and there is no truth in them; in their unrighteousness also they shall perish.
4:38
et veritas manet, et invalescit in æternum, et vivit, et obtinet in sæcula sæculorum.
惟有真理長存，永遠堅立，存活掌權，直到永永遠遠。
But truth remains, and is strong forever; she lives and conquers forevermore.
4:39
Nec est apud eam accipere personas, neque differentias : sed quæ justa sunt facit omnibus, injustis ac malignis, et omnes benignantur in operibus ejus.
它毫不偏袒，不收賄賂，倒從一切不義邪惡之中分辨公義；眾人都喜悅它的作為，它的審判中沒有絲毫不義。
With her there is no accepting of persons or rewards; but she does the things that are just, and refrains from all unrighteous and wicked things; and all men do well like of her works.
4:40
Et non est in judicio ejus iniquum, sed fortitudo, et regnum, et potestas, et majestas omnium ævorum. Benedictus Deus veritatis.
權能、王國、權柄和威嚴永遠都歸於它。願真理的神是當受稱頌的！」
Neither in her judgment is any unrighteousness; and she is the strength, and the kingdom, and the power, and the majesty, of all ages. Blessed be the God of truth.
4:41
Et desiit loquendo. Et omnes populi clamaverunt, et dixerunt, Magna est veritas, et prævalet.
他講完便靜默不言；眾百姓於是高聲喊叫說：「真理偉大，最為強盛！」
And with that he held his tongue. And all the people then shouted, and said, Great is truth, and strong above all things.
4:42
Tunc rex ait illi, Pete, si quid vis amplius, quàm quæ scripta sunt, et dabo tibi, secundum quod inventus es sapientior proximis, et proximus mihi sedebis, et cognatus meus vocaberis.
那時王對他說：「你可求你所願的，超過所寫的，我都必賜給你，因你顯為最有智慧；你要坐在我旁邊，並要稱為我的親屬。」
Then said the king to him, Ask what you will more than is appointed in writing, and we will give it you, inasmuch as you are found wisest; and you shall sit next me, and shall be called my cousin.
4:43
Tunc ait regi, Memor esto voti tui, quod vovisti, ædificare Jerusalem, in die qua regnum accepisti :
於是他對王說：「求王記念你登基那日所許的願，要重建耶路撒冷，
Then said he to the king, Remember your vow, which you did vow to build Jerusalem, in the day when you came to your kingdom,
4:44
et omnia vasa quæ accepta sunt ex Jerusalem, remittere, quæ separavit Cyrus, quando mactavit Babyloniam, et voluit remittere ea ibi.
並要把從耶路撒冷掠去的一切器皿送回，就是古列所分別出來、在他立志傾覆巴比倫時許願送回那裡的。
and to send away all the vessels that were taken out of Jerusalem, which Cyrus set apart, when he vowed to destroy Babylon, and vowed to send them again there.
4:45
Et tu vovisti ædificare templum, quod incenderunt Idumæi, quando exterminata est Judæa a Chaldæis.
你也曾許願重建那聖殿，就是猶大地被迦勒底人毀滅時，以東人焚燒的那殿。
You did also vow to build up the temple, which the Edomites burned when Judea was made desolate by the Chaldeans.
4:46
Et nunc hoc est quod postulo domine, et quod peto, hoc est majestas quod a te postulo, ut facias votum quod vovisti regi cæli ex ore tuo.
如今我所求於你的，我主我王，所請於你的，就是這事；這也是出於你的恩典。所以我求你成就你向天上的王親口所許的願。」
And now, O lord the king, this is that which I require, and which I desire of you, and this is the princely generosity that shall proceed from you: I pray therefore that you make good the vow, the performance whereof you have vowed to the King of heaven with your own mouth.
4:47
Tunc surgens Darius rex, osculatus est illum : et scripsit epistolas ad omnes dispensatores, et præfectos, et purpuratos, ut deducerent eum, et eos qui cum illo erant, omnes ascendentes ædificare Jerusalem.
於是大流士王起來與他親嘴，又為他寫詔書給一切管庫的、省長、將軍和總督，叫他們護送他和一切與他同上去重建耶路撒冷的人。
Then Darius the king stood up, and kissed him, and wrote letters for him to all the treasurers and governors and captains and satraps, that they should safely bring on their way both him, and all those that should go up with him to build Jerusalem.
4:48
Et omnibus præfectis, qui erant in Syria, et Phœnice, et Libano scripsit epistolas, ut traherent ligna cedrina a Libano in Jerusalem, ut ædificarent cum eis civitatem.
他又寫詔書給敘利亞、腓尼基和黎巴嫩一帶所有的省長，吩咐他們從黎巴嫩運香柏木到耶路撒冷，並與他一同建造那城。
He wrote letters also to all the governors that were in Coelesyria and Phoenicia, and to them in Libanus, that they should bring cedar wood from Libanus to Jerusalem, and that they should build the city with him.
4:49
Et scripsit omnibus Judæis qui ascendebant a regno in Judæam pro libertate, omnem potentem, et magistratum, et præfectum non supervenire ad januas ipsorum,
他又為一切從他國中上猶大去的猶大人寫詔書，論到他們的自由：凡有權勢的、總督、省長、管庫的都不可擅闖他們的家門；
Moreover he wrote for all the Jews that should go out of his realm up into Jewry, concerning their freedom, that no officer, no governor, no satrap, nor treasurer, should forcibly enter into their doors;
4:50
et omnem regionem quam obtinuerant immunem esse eis, et Idumæi relinquant castella quæ obtinent Judæorum :
他們所佔據的一切地土都得免稅；以東人也要交出他們所霸佔猶大人的村莊；
and that all the country which they occupied should be free to them without tribute; and that the Edomites should give over the villages of the Jews which then they held:
4:51
et in structuram templi dare per singulos annos talenta viginti, usque dum perædificaretur :
並且每年要撥二十他連得用於建造聖殿，直到建成；
and that there should be yearly given twenty talents to the building of the temple, until the time that it were built;
4:52
et super sacrarium holocautomata ustulare quotidie, sicut habent præceptum : alia talenta decem offerre per singulos annos,
又要照所定的條例，每日在祭壇上獻燔祭十七隻，每年另獻十他連得；
and other ten talents yearly, for burnt offerings to be presented upon the altar every day, as they had a commandment to offer seventeen:
4:53
et omnibus qui procedunt a Babylonia condere civitatem : ut esset libertas tam ipsis, quàm filiis eorum, et omnibus sacerdotibus qui præcedunt :
凡從巴比倫上來建城的人，他們和他們的子孫，並一切上來的祭司，都得享自由。
and that all those who should come from Babylonia to build the city should have their freedom, as well they as their posterity, and all the priests that came.
4:54
Scripsit autem et quantitatem, et sacram stolam jussit dari, in qua deservirent ;
他又寫明所需的供給，以及祭司供職時所穿的禮服。
He wrote also to give them their charges, and the priests’ vestments wherein they minister;
4:55
et Levitis scripsit dare præcepta, usque in diem, qua consummabitur domus, et Jerusalem extruetur :
他又寫明要供給利未人，直到那殿建成、耶路撒冷重建之日。
and for the Levites he wrote that their charges should be given them until the day that the house were finished, and Jerusalem built up.
4:56
et omnibus custodientibus civitatem scripsit dari eis sortes et stipendia.
他又寫明要把產業和糧餉分給一切守城的人。
And he commanded to give to all that kept the city lands and wages.
4:57
Et dimisit omnia vasa quæcumque separaverat Cyrus a Babylonia, et omnia quæcumque dixit Cyrus, et ipse præcepit fieri, et mitti Jerusalem.
他又把古列從巴比倫分別出來的一切器皿都送回去；凡古列所吩咐要辦的，他都下令照辦，並送往耶路撒冷。
He sent away also all the vessels from Babylon, that Cyrus had set apart; and all that Cyrus had given in commandment, the same charged he also to be done, and sent to Jerusalem.
4:58
Et cum processisset ille adolescens, elevans faciem in Jerusalem, benedixit regem cæli,
那少年人出來時，便向著耶路撒冷舉目望天，稱頌天上的王，說：
Now when this young man was gone forth, he lifted up his face to heaven toward Jerusalem, and praised the King of heaven,
4:59
et dixit, Abs te est victoria, et abs te est sapientia et claritas. Et ego servus tuus sum.
「得勝由於你，智慧由於你，榮耀也屬於你，我是你的僕人。
and said, From you comes victory, from you comes wisdom, and your is the glory, and I am your servant.
4:60
Benedictus es, qui dedisti mihi sapientiam, et tibi confitebor Domine Deus patrum nostrorum.
你是當受稱頌的，因你賜給我智慧；列祖的主宰啊，我感謝你。」
Blessed are you, who have given me wisdom: and to you I give thanks, O Lord of our fathers.
4:61
Et accepit epistolas, et profectus est in Babyloniam. Et venit, et nunciavit fratribus suis omnibus qui fuerunt in Babylonia :
他便接了詔書，往巴比倫去，把這一切告訴他所有的弟兄。
And so he took the letters, and went out, and came to Babylon, and told it all his kindred.
4:62
et benedixerunt Deum patrum suorum, quoniam dedit illis remissionem et refrigerium,
他們便稱頌他們列祖的神，因祂賜他們寬釋和釋放，
And they praised the God of their fathers, because he had given them freedom and liberty
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ut ascenderent et ædificarent Jerusalem, et templum ubi nominatum est nomen ejus in ipso, et exultaverunt cum musicis et lætitia diebus septem.
使他們得以上去重建耶路撒冷和那以祂名為名的聖殿；他們便在音樂和歡樂中暢飲歡慶七天。
to go up, and to build Jerusalem, and the temple which is called by his name: and they feasted with instruments of music and gladness seven days.