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V ers. 17. — Si subito apparuerit aurora, arbitran- tur umbram mortis. 77. Iniqui ex justorum prosveritate turbantur. — Iniqui semper afflictionem fidelium exspectant, eos- que in tribulatione videre desiderant. Et in tenebris domos perfodiunt, dum cor innocentium, sed tamen infirmorum, d dejectionis tempore pessima collocu- tione corrumpunt. Sed plerumque contingit ut dum bonos quosque in dejectione conspiciunt, subito oc- culta dispensatione divina justus quispiam qui vide- batur oppressus, aliqua saeculi potestate fulciatur, eique prosperitas vitae praesentis arrideat, quem prius adversitatis tenebrae premebant.
第17節——若黎明忽然顯現，他們就以為是死亡的陰影。七十七、不義的人因義人的順境而心煩意亂。——不義的人常期盼忠信者遭患難，並渴望見他們陷於苦難。他們在黑暗中挖穿房屋，就是當他們趁貶抑之時，以極惡毒的言談敗壞那無辜卻軟弱之人的心。然而常有這樣的事：當他們看見某些善人陷於貶抑時，忽然藉天主隱祕的安排，某位看似被壓迫的義人得了世上某種權柄的扶持，今生的順境便向他微笑——就是那從前被逆境黑暗所壓迫的人。
Verse 17. — If the dawn suddenly appear, they think it the shadow of death. 77. The wicked are troubled by the prosperity of the just. — The wicked always look for the affliction of the faithful, and desire to see them in tribulation. And they dig through houses in the darkness, when they corrupt the heart of the innocent, but nevertheless the weak, in the time of dejection by their most evil converse. But it often happens that, while they behold certain good men in dejection, suddenly by the hidden dispensation of God some just man who seemed oppressed is upheld by some power of the world, and the prosperity of the present life smiles upon him whom before the darkness of adversity oppressed.
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Quam nimi- rum prosperitatem illius cum perversi conspiciunt, sicut dictum est, perturbantur. Mox enim ad corda sua redeunt, ante mentis oculos revocant quidquid se perverse egisse meminerunt, vindicari in se omne vitium formidant, et unde lucet ille qui potestatem suscipit, inde perversus quisque qui corrigi metuit in tristitia tenebrescit. Bene ergo dicitur: Si subito apparuerit aurora, arbitrantur umbram mortis. Aurora quippe mens justi est, quae, peccati sui tenebras de- serens, ad lucem jam erumpit aeternitatis, sicut de sancta quoque Ecclesia dicitur: Quae est ista quae progreditur quasi aurora consurgens ( Cant, vi, 9)?
當乖僻之人看見他這順境時，正如所說，便心煩意亂。因為他們立時回到自己的心，在心目之前重現他們所記得自己乖僻行過的一切，懼怕自己一切的惡行都要受報應；那領受權柄之人由何處發光，那怕受糾正的乖僻之人便由何處在憂愁中變得幽暗。故此恰當地說：若黎明忽然顯現，他們就以為是死亡的陰影。因為黎明就是義人的心靈，它撇棄自身罪的黑暗，如今奔向永恆之光，正如論及聖教會所說：「那如晨曦初升而出現的是誰呢」（雅歌六章9節）？
Which prosperity of his, when the perverse behold, they are, as has been said, troubled. For at once they return to their own hearts, they recall before the eyes of the mind whatever they remember they have done perversely, they dread that every vice may be avenged in themselves; and whence he who receives power shines forth, thence every perverse man who fears to be corrected grows dark in sadness. Well, therefore, is it said: If the dawn suddenly appear, they think it the shadow of death. For the dawn is the mind of the just man, which, forsaking the darkness of its sin, breaks forth now to the light of eternity, as is also said of the holy Church: Who is she that cometh forth as the rising dawn (Canticles vi, 9)?
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Quo igitur justus quisque justitiae luce irradians in prae- senti vita honoribus sublimatur, eo ante perverso- rum oculos tenebrae mortis fiunt, quia qui perversa se egisse meminerunt corrigi pertimescunt. Semper namque desiderant in suis pravitatibus relaxari, in- correcti vivere, et de culpa gaudium habere. Quorum ipsa lethalis laetitia convenienter exprimitur, cum protinus subinfertur:
故此，每個義人以正義之光照耀，在今生越是受尊榮的高抬，死亡的黑暗便越在乖僻之人眼前生出，因為那些記得自己行過乖僻之事的人懼怕受糾正。因為他們總渴望在自己的邪僻中被放任，不受糾正而活著，並從過犯中取樂。他們這致死的歡樂被恰當地表達出來，就是當緊接著說：
Therefore, in proportion as each just man, radiant with the light of righteousness, is exalted with honours in the present life, in that same measure before the eyes of the perverse there comes the darkness of death, because those who remember that they have done perverse things dread to be corrected. For they always desire to be left loose in their depravities, to live uncorrected, and to have joy from their fault. Whose very deadly gladness is fittingly expressed, when it is straightway subjoined: