Creation of Human Beings

1  The Lord created human beings from the earth,

and makes them return to earth again.^a

2   A limited number of days he gave them,^b

but granted them authority over everything on earth.

3  He endowed them with strength like his own,

and made them in his image.

4  He put fear of them in all flesh,

and gave them dominion over beasts and birds.^†

† [17:4] Other ancient texts read as v. 5:

They received the use of the Lord’s five faculties;

of mind, the sixth, he granted them a share,

as also of speech, the seventh, the interpreter of his actions.

6  Discernment, tongues, and eyes,

ears, and a mind for thinking he gave them.

7  With knowledge and understanding he filled them;

good and evil he showed them.

8  He put fear of him into their hearts

to show them the grandeur of his works,

9  That they might describe the wonders of his deeds

10  and praise his holy name.

11  He set before them knowledge,

and allotted to them the law of life.

12  An everlasting covenant he made with them,

and his commandments^* he revealed to them.

13  His majestic glory their eyes beheld,

his glorious voice their ears heard.

14  He said to them, “Avoid all evil”;

to each of them he gave precepts about their neighbor.

15  Their ways are ever known to him,

they cannot be hidden from his eyes.^†

† [17:15] Other ancient texts read as v. 16:

Their ways are directed toward evils from their youth,

and they are unable to make their hearts flesh rather than stone.

17  Over every nation he appointed a ruler,^*

but Israel is the Lord’s own portion.^{† c}

† [17:17] Other ancient texts read as v. 18:

Israel, as his firstborn, he cares for with chastisement;

the light of his love he shares with him without neglect.

19  All their works are clear as the sun to him,

and his eyes are ever upon their ways.

20  Their iniquities cannot be hidden from him;

all their sins are before the Lord.^†

† [17:20] Other ancient texts read as v. 21:

But the Lord, being good and knowing how they are formed,

neither neglected them nor ceased to spare them.

22  Human goodness is like a signet ring with God,

and virtue he keeps like the apple of his eye.

23  Later he will rise up and repay them,

requiting each one as they deserve.^d

Appeal for a Return to God^*

25  Turn back to the Lord and give up your sins,

pray before him and make your offenses few.

26  Turn again to the Most High and away from iniquity,

and hate intensely what he loathes.

27^*   Who in Sheol can glorify the Most High^e

in place of the living who offer their praise?

28  The dead can no more give praise than those who have never lived;

they who are alive and well glorify the Lord.

29  How great is the mercy of the Lord,

and his forgiveness for those who return to him!

30  For not everything is within human reach,

since human beings are not immortal.

31  Is anything brighter than the sun? Yet it can be eclipsed.

How worthless^* then the thoughts of flesh and blood!

32  God holds accountable the hosts of highest heaven,

while all mortals are dust and ashes.

출처: http://www.usccb.org/bible/sirach/17

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[2] 불가타 성경

(불가타 성경에서는 우리말 성경처럼 빠지는 절 없이 그대로 나와 있는 반면에 31절까지 나와 있더군요. )

17
1 Deus creavit de terra hominem
et secundum imaginem suam fecit illum;
2 et iterum convertit illum in ipsam
et secundum se vestivit illum virtute.
3 Numerum dierum et tempus dedit illi
et dedit illi potestatem eorum, quae sunt super terram.
4 Posuit timorem illius super omnem carnem,
ut dominaretur bestiarum et volatilium.
5 Creavit illis consilium et linguam et oculos et aures
et cor dedit illis excogitandi
et disciplina intellectus replevit illos.
6 Creavit illis scientiam spiritus,
sensu implevit cor illorum
et mala et bona ostendit illis.
7 Posuit timorem suum super corda illorum
ostendens illis magnalia operum suorum
8 et dedit illis gloriari in mirabilibus illius,
ut nomen sanctificationis collaudent
et magnalia enarrent operum eius.
9 Addidit illis disciplinam
et legem vitae hereditavit illos.
10 Testamentum aeternum constituit cum illis
et iustitiam et iudicia sua ostendit illis.
11 Et magnalia honoris eius vidit oculus illorum,
et honorem vocis eius audierunt aures illorum,
et dixit illis: ? Attendite ab omni iniquo ?.
12 Et mandavit illis unicuique de proximo suo.
13 Viae illorum coram ipso sunt semper:
non sunt absconsae ab oculis ipsius.
14 In unamquamque gentem praeposuit rectorem,
15 et pars Dei Israel factus est.
16 Et omnia opera illorum velut sol in conspectu eius;
et oculi eius sine intermissione inspicientes in viis eorum.
17 Non sunt absconsae iniquitates illorum
et omnia peccata eorum in conspectu Dei.
18 Eleemosyna viri quasi signaculum cum ipso,
et gratiam hominis quasi pupillam conservabit.
19 Et postea resurget et retribuet illis
et retributionem unicuique in caput ipsorum convertet.
20 Paenitentibus autem dedit viam reditus
et confirmavit deficientes sustinere
et destinavit illis sortem veritatis.
21 Convertere ad Dominum et relinque peccata tua;
22 precare ante faciem Domini et minue offendicula.
23 Revertere ad Altissimum et avertere ab iniustitia tua
et nimis odito exsecrationem.
24 Et cognosce iustitias et iudicia Dei
et sta in sorte propositionis et orationis altissimi Dei.
25 Altissimum quis laudabit in inferis
pro vivis et dantibus confessionem Deo?
26 Non demoreris in errore impiorum;
ante mortem confitere:
a mortuo, quasi nihil sit, perit confessio.
27 Confiteberis vivens, vivus et sanus confiteberis
et laudabis Deum et gloriaberis in miserationibus illius.
28 Quam magna misericordia Domini,
et propitiatio illius convertentibus ad se!
29 Nec enim omnia possunt esse in hominibus,
quoniam non est immortalis filius hominis.
30 Quid lucidius sole? Et hic deficiet.
Aut quid nequius quam quod excogitavit caro et sanguis?
Et hoc arguetur.
31 Virtutem altitudinis caeli ipse conspicit,
et omnes homines terra et cinis.

출처: http://www.vatican.va/archive/bible/nova_vulgata/documents/nova-vulgata_vt_ecclesiasticus_lt.html#17