智慧篇/Wisdom:Chapter 4
出自Chinese Catholic Bible
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| 1 | 純潔的後代，是多麼光輝，多麼美麗！更好是無子而有道德，因為道德的記念，永存不朽，常為天主和世人所賞識。 | 1 | O how beautiful is the chaste generation with glory: for the memory thereof is immortal: because it is known both with God and with men. |
| 2 | 有道德在，人都效法；道德不在，人都期待；道德在永遠加冕奏凱，因為她在為無玷的報酬奮鬥，獲得了勝利。 | 2 | When it is present, they imitate it: and they desire it when it hath withdrawn itself, and it triumpheth crowned for ever, winning the reward of undefiled conflicts. |
| 3 | 不虔敬者的子孫，雖然眾多，一無所用，雜種的苗裔，扎根不深，根底不穩； | 3 | But the multiplied brood of the wicked shall not thrive, and bastard slips shall not take deep root, nor any fast foundation. |
| 4 | 即使一時枝葉繁茂，但因扎根不深，風一吹即搖動；暴風一發，即連根拔出； | 4 | And if they flourish in branches for a time, yet standing not fast, they shall be shaken with the wind, and through the force of winds they shall be rooted out. |
| 5 | 嫩枝尚未長成，即被打斷；結的果實毫無益處，酸得不能吃，毫無用途。 | 5 | For the branches not being perfect, shall be broken, and their fruits shall be unprofitable, and sour to eat, and fit for nothing. |
| 6 | 到了審判之日，凡不合法而生的子女，將作他們父母淫行的證人。 | 6 | For the children that are born of unlawful beds, are witnesses of wickedness against their parents in their trial. |
| 7 | 義人縱或夭折，亦必獲享安息。 | 7 | But the just man, if he be prevented with death, shall be in rest. |
| 8 | 因為，可敬的老年並不在於高壽，也不在於以年歲來衡量； | 8 | For venerable old age is not that of long time, nor counted by the number of years: but the understanding of a man is grey hairs. |
| 9 | 其實；人的老年是在於有智慧，高壽是在於生活純潔。 | 9 | And a spotless life is old age. |
| 10 | 這樣的人悅樂了天主，也為天主所愛，因他生活在罪人中間，所以天主把他接去。 | 10 | He pleased God and was beloved, and living among sinners he was translated. |
| 11 | 他被接去，免得邪惡改變了他的心意，虛偽迷惑了他的心靈； | 11 | He was taken away lest wickedness should alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul. |
| 12 | 因為罪惡的蟲惑，使人喪失天良；情慾的風暴，毀壞純樸的心靈。 | 12 | For the bewitching of vanity obscureth good things, and the wandering of concupiscence overturneth the innocent mind. |
| 13 | 他在短期內成為完人，與滿享高壽無異。 | 13 | Being made perfect in a short space, he fulfilled a long time: |
| 14 | 他的靈魂使天主悅樂，因此，天主迅速將他從邪惡之中提去。世人見了，並不明瞭，也不存心細想： | 14 | For his soul pleased God: therefore he hastened to bring him out of the midst of iniquities: but the people see this, and understand not, nor lay up such things in their hearts: |
| 15 | 他揀選的人，必獲恩寵和仁慈；對他虔誠的人，必蒙眷顧。 | 15 | That the grace of God, and his mercy is with his saints, and that he hath respect to his chosen. |
| 16 | 死去的義人，是判定活著而不虔敬的人有罪；夭折的青年完人，是判定高壽而不義的老年人有罪。 | 16 | But the just that is dead, condemneth the wicked that are living, and youth soon ended, the long life of the unjust. |
| 17 | 這般人雖然看到智慧人的結局，卻不明瞭上主對他有什麼計劃，也不明瞭上主為什麼使他平安無恙； | 17 | For they shall see the end of the wise man, and shall not understand what God hath designed for him, and why the Lord hath set him in safety. |
| 18 | 他們見了，反而嗤笑，但上主卻要譏笑他們。 | 18 | They shall see him, and shall despise him: but the Lord shall laugh them to scorn. |
| 19 | 最後，他們將成為一具卑鄙的死屍，是亡者中的永遠的恥辱，因為上主要將他們打倒在地，使之俯首無言，連根拔除，徹底破壞，長處於痛苦中，永無記念存在。 | 19 | And they shall fall after this without honour, and be a reproach among the dead for ever: for he shall burst them puffed up and speechless, and shall shake them from the foundations, and they shall be utterly laid waste: they shall be in sorrow, and their memory shall perish. |
| 20 | 在清算他們的罪惡時，他們將戰兢前來受審，他們的邪惡要起來作證，控告他們。 | 20 | They shall come with fear at the thought of their sins, and their iniquities shall stand against them to convict them. |
