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Wisdom of Solomon 17

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← ch. 16ch. 18 →
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17:1
Magna sunt enim judicia tua, Domine, et inenarrabilia verba tua : propter hoc indisciplinatæ animæ erraverunt.
For great are your judgements, and hard to interpret; Therefore souls undisciplined went astray.
因為禰的審判是極大的，難以測度；因此沒有受教的人就走迷了路。
17:2
Dum enim persuasum habent iniqui posse dominari nationi sanctæ, vinculis tenebrarum et longæ noctis compediti, inclusi sub tectis, fugitivi perpetuæ providentiæ jacuerunt.
For when lawless men had supposed that they held a holy nation in their power, They, themselves, prisoners of darkness, and bound in the fetters of a long night, Close kept beneath their roofs, Lay exiled from the eternal providence.
因為那些不法之徒，以為自己轄制了聖潔的民族，自己反倒成了黑暗的囚徒，被長夜的腳鐐捆鎖，禁閉在屋頂之下，被逐出於永恆的眷顧之外。
17:3
Et dum putant se latere in obscuris peccatis, tenebroso oblivionis velamento dispersi sunt, paventes horrende, et cum admiratione nimia perturbati.
For while they thought that they were unseen in their secret sins, They were sundered one from another by a dark curtain of forgetfulness, Stricken with terrible awe, and sore troubled by spectral forms.
因為他們以為自己暗中的罪可以隱藏，被遺忘那無光的帳幔遮蓋，卻彼此分散，極其驚惶，被幻象攪擾不安。
17:4
Neque enim quæ continebat illos spelunca sine timore custodiebat, quoniam sonitus descendens perturbabat illos, et personæ tristes illis apparentes pavorem illis præstabant.
For neither did the dark recesses that held them guard them from fears, But sounds rushing down rang around them, And phantoms appeared, cheerless with unsmiling faces.
因為連那藏匿他們的內室也不能使他們脫離懼怕，反有攪擾他們的響聲在四圍迴盪，又有陰沉、面帶愁容、毫無笑意的鬼影向他們顯現。
17:5
Et ignis quidem nulla vis poterat illis lumen præbere, nec siderum limpidæ flammæ illuminare poterant illam noctem horrendam.
And no force of fire prevailed to give them light, Neither were the brightest flames of the stars strong enough to illumine that gloomy night:
沒有一點火力能發出光來，星辰明亮的火焰也不能照亮那陰森的黑夜。
17:6
Apparebat autem illis subitaneus ignis, timore plenus ; et timore perculsi illius quæ non videbatur faciei, æstimabant deteriora esse quæ videbantur.
But only there appeared to them the glimmering of a fire self-kindled, full of fear; And in terror they deemed the things which they saw To be worse than that sight, on which they could not gaze.
只有一團自燃的火光向他們顯現，滿了恐怖；他們因驚懼那看不真切的景象，就把所見的看為比那景象更壞。
17:7
Et magicæ artis appositi erant derisus, et sapientiæ gloriæ correptio cum contumelia.
And they lay helpless, made the sport of magic are, And a shameful rebuke of their vaunts of understanding:
法術的把戲都歸於無用，他們誇耀明達的虛榮也受了可恥的責備。
17:8
Illi enim qui promittebant timores et perturbationes expellere se ab anima languente, hi cum derisu pleni timore languebant.
For those who promised to drive away terrors and troublings from a sick soul, These were themselves sick with a ludicrous fearfulness:
因為那些自稱能從病弱之魂趕走驚恐和擾亂的人，自己反患了可笑的恐懼病。
17:9
Nam etsi nihil illos ex monstris perturbabat, transitu animalium et serpentium sibilatione commoti, tremebundi peribant, et aërem quem nulla ratione quis effugere posset, negantes se videre.
For even if no troublous thing affrighted them, Yet, scared with the creepings of vermin and hissings of serpents,
因為縱然沒有甚麼可怕之物驚嚇他們，他們也因害蟲爬過、毒蛇嘶嘶之聲而驚慌，戰兢而亡，
17:10
Cum sit enim timida nequitia, dat testimonium condemnationis : semper enim præsumit sæva, perturbata conscientia :
they perished for very trembling, Refusing even to look on the air, which could on no side be escaped.
因為被內心見證所定罪的邪惡是怯懦的，又被良心緊緊壓制，總是豫料最壞的結局。
17:11
nihil enim est timor nisi proditio cogitationis auxiliorum.
For wickedness, condemned by a witness within, is a coward thing, And, being pressed hard by conscience, always forecasts the worst lot:
因為懼怕無非是放棄了理性所提供的幫助；
17:12
Et dum ab intus minor est exspectatio, majorem computat inscientiam ejus causæ, de qua tormentum præstat.
For fear is nothing else but a surrender of the help which reason offers;
內心的指望既然減退，就越發看重那造成苦楚之因的無知。
17:13
Illi autem qui impotentem vere noctem, et ab infimis et ab altissimis inferis supervenientem, eumdem somnum dormientes,
And from within the heart the expectation of them being less Maketh of greater account the ignorance of the cause that brings the torment.
他們在那實在無能為力、從無能陰間的深處臨到的黑夜中，都沉睡同一個睡眠，
17:14
aliquando monstrorum exagitabantur timore, aliquando animæ deficiebant traductione : subitaneus enim illis et insperatus timor supervenerat.
But they, all through the night which was powerless indeed, And which came upon them out of the recesses of powerless Hades, All sleeping the same sleep,
有時被鬼怪的幻象所驅逐，有時因心靈的退縮而癱瘓；因為忽然有意外的懼怕傾倒在他們身上。
17:15
Deinde si quisquam ex illis decidisset, custodiebatur in carcere sine ferro reclusus.
Now were haunted by monstrous apparitions, And now were paralysed by their soul’s surrendering; For fear sudden and unlooked for came upon them.
於是無論是誰，凡在那裡跌倒的，都被禁閉看守，關在那不用鐵閂的牢獄中；
17:16
Si enim rusticus quis erat, aut pastor, aut agri laborum operarius præoccupatus esset, ineffugibilem sustinebat necessitatem ;
So then every man, whoever it might be, sinking down in his place, Was kept in ward shut up in that prison which was barred not with iron:
無論是農夫、牧人、或在曠野勞苦做工的人，都被擒住，忍受那難逃的厄運；因為他們都被一條黑暗的鎖鏈所捆綁。
17:17
una enim catena tenebrarum omnes erant colligati. Sive spiritus sibilans, aut inter spissos arborum ramos avium sonus suavis, aut vis aquæ decurrentis nimium,
For whether he were a husbandman, or a shepherd, Or a labourer whose toils were in the wilderness, He was overtaken, and endured that inevitable necessity, For with one chain of darkness were they all bound.
或是嘯嘯的風聲，或是繁茂枝葉間悅耳的鳥鳴，或是急流之水有節奏的響聲，或是滾落岩石粗厲的轟鳴，
17:18
aut sonus validus præcipitatarum petrarum, aut ludentium animalium cursus invisus, aut mugientium valida bestiarum vox, aut resonans de altissimis montibus echo : deficientes faciebant illos præ timore.
Whether there were a whistling wind, Or a melodious noise of birds among the spreading branches, Or a measured fall of water running violently,
或是跳躍走獸看不見的奔馳，或是兇猛野獸嘷叫的吼聲，或是從山谷迴盪回來的迴音，都使他們驚嚇癱軟。
17:19
Omnis enim orbis terrarum limpido illuminabatur lumine, et non impeditis operibus continebatur.
Or a harsh crashing of rocks hurled down, Or the swift course of animals bounding along unseen, Or the voice of wild beasts harshly roaring, Or an echo rebounding from the hollows of the mountains, All these things paralysed them with terror.
因為當時全世界都被明亮的光照耀，從事無阻的工作；
17:20
Solis autem illis superposita erat gravis nox, imago tenebrarum quæ superventura illis erat : ipsi ergo sibi erant graviores tenebris.
For the whole world beside was enlightened with clear light, And was occupied with unhindered works;
惟獨那些人之上罩著沉重的黑夜，正是那將要接納他們之黑暗的寫照；但他們自己對自己竟比黑暗更為沉重。
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