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O death, how bitter is the remembrance of you to a man that is at peace in his possessions, To the man that has nothing to distract him, and has prosperity in all things, And that still has strength to receive meat!
O death, acceptable is your sentence to a man that is needy, and that fails in strength, That is in extreme old age, and is distracted about all things, And is perverse, and has lost patience!
Don’t be afraid of the sentence of death; Remember those who have been before you, and that come after: This is the sentence from the Lord over all flesh.
And why do you refuse, when it is the good pleasure of the Most High? Whether it be ten, or a hundred, or a thousand years, There is no inquisition of life in the grave.
And of theft in regard of the place where you sojourn, And in regard of the truth of God and his covenant; And of leaning with your elbow at meat; And of scurrility in the matter of giving and taking;
在同伴和朋友面前,要以不義為羞愧;在你寄居之地,要以偷竊為羞愧;
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ኀፍረት፡ ተጸምሞቱ፡ ለዘ፡ ይበጽሐከ፡ ኀፍረት፡ አስተአድሞ፡ ብእሲተ፡ ባዕድ።
And of silence before those who salute you; And of looking upon a woman that is a harlot;