Sirach 38
38
Sirach 38
Concerning Physicians and Health
1 #
v 12
Honor physicians for their services,
for the Lord created them,
2for their gift of healing comes from the Most High,
and they are rewarded by the king.
3The skill of physicians makes them distinguished,
and in the presence of the great they are admired.
4 #
2 Kings 20.7; Ezek 47.12 The Lord created medicines out of the earth,
and the sensible will not despise them.
5 #
Ex 15.25; 2 Esd 1.23 Was not water made sweet with a tree
in order that its#38.5 Or his power might be known?
6And he gave skill to human beings
that he#38.6 Or they might be glorified in his marvelous works.
7 #
Jer 8.22; 46.11; 51.8 By them the physician#38.7 Heb: Gk he heals and takes away pain;
8the pharmacist makes a mixture from them.
God’s#38.8 Gk His works will never be finished,
and from him health spreads over all the earth.
9 #
Isa 38.2
My child, when you are ill, do not delay,
but pray to the Lord, and he will heal you.
10 #
Ps 51.10; 73.13; Jn 5.14 Give up your faults and direct your hands rightly,
and cleanse your heart from all sin.
11 #
Lev 2.1; Sir 35.3, 8 Offer a sweet-smelling sacrifice and a memorial portion of choice flour,
and pour oil on your offering, as much as you can afford.#38.11 Heb: Lat lacks as much as you can afford; meaning of Gk uncertain
12 #
v 1
Then give physicians their place, for the Lord created them;
do not let them leave you, for you need them.
13There may come a time when recovery lies in the hands of physicians,#38.13 Gk in their hands
14for they, too, pray to the Lord
that he grant them success in diagnosis#38.14 Heb: Gk rest
and in healing, for the sake of preserving life.
15 #
1 Cor 11.30
Those who sin against their Maker
will be defiant toward the physician.#38.15 Heb: Gk may they fall into the hands of the physician
On Mourning for the Dead
16 #
Sir 22.11
My child, let your tears fall for the dead,
and as one in great pain begin the lament.
Lay out the body according to custom,
and do not neglect the burial.
17 #
Gen 50.10; Acts 8.2 Let your weeping be bitter and your wailing fervent;
make your mourning worthy of the departed,
for one day or two, to avoid criticism;
then be comforted for your grief.
18 #
Prov 15.13; Sir 30.23; 2 Cor 7.10 For grief may result in death,
and a sorrowful heart saps one’s strength.
19In calamity, grief continues,
but the life of the poor is a curse to the heart.
20 #
Sir 7.36
Do not give your heart to grief;
drive it away and remember your own end.
21 #
2 Sam 12.23; Job 7.9 Do not forget, there is no coming back;
you do the dead#38.21 Gk him no good, and you injure yourself.
22 #
Gen 3.19
Remember his#38.22 Heb: Gk my fate, for yours is like it;
yesterday it was his,#38.22 Heb: Gk mine and today it is yours.
23 #
2 Sam 12.20–23
When the dead are at rest, let their remembrance rest, too,
and be comforted for them when their spirits have departed.
Trades and Crafts
24 #
1 Cor 1.20
The wisdom of the scribe depends on the opportunity of leisure;
only the one who has little business can become wise.
25How can one become wise who handles the plow
and who glories in the shaft of a goad,
who drives oxen and is occupied with their work,
and whose talk is about the offspring of bulls?
26He sets his heart on plowing furrows,
and he loses sleep over fodder for the heifers.
27 #
Wis 14.19
So it is with every artisan and master artisan
who labors by night as well as by day;
those who carve the signets of seals—
each is diligent in making a great variety;
they set their heart on painting a lifelike image,
and they lose sleep in order to finish their work.
28 #
Isa 44.12
So it is with the smith sitting by the anvil,
intent on his ironwork;
the breath of the fire melts his flesh,
and he struggles with the heat of the furnace;
the sound of the hammer deafens his ears,#38.28 Cn: Gk renews his ear
and his eyes are on the pattern of the object.
He sets his heart on finishing his handiwork,
and he loses sleep to complete its decoration.
29 #
Wis 15.7
So it is with the potter sitting at his work
and turning the wheel with his feet;
he always lies down anxious about his work,
and his every work is taken into account.
30He molds the clay with his arm
and makes it pliable with his feet;
he sets his heart to finish the glazing,
and he takes care in firing#38.30 Cn: Gk cleaning the kiln.
31All these rely on their hands,
and all are skillful in their own work.
32Without them no city can be inhabited,
and wherever they live they will not go hungry.#38.32 Syr: Gk and people can neither live nor walk there
Yet they are not sought out for the council of the people,#38.32 Most ancient authorities lack this line
33nor do they attain eminence in the public assembly.
They do not sit in the judge’s seat,
nor do they understand the decisions of the courts;
they cannot expound discipline or judgment,
and they are not found among the rulers.#38.33 Cn: Gk among parables
34But they maintain the fabric of the world,
and their concern is for#38.34 Syr: Gk prayer is in the exercise of their trade.
The Activity of the Scribe
How different the one who devotes himself
to the study of the law of the Most High!
ទើបបានជ្រើសរើសហើយ៖
Sirach 38: NRSVUE
គំនូសចំណាំ
ចែករំលែក
ចម្លង
ចង់ឱ្យគំនូសពណ៌ដែលបានរក្សាទុករបស់អ្នក មាននៅលើគ្រប់ឧបករណ៍ទាំងអស់មែនទេ? ចុះឈ្មោះប្រើ ឬចុះឈ្មោះចូល
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition, copyright © 2021 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Sirach 38
38
Sirach 38
Concerning Physicians and Health
1 #
v 12
Honor physicians for their services,
for the Lord created them,
2for their gift of healing comes from the Most High,
and they are rewarded by the king.
3The skill of physicians makes them distinguished,
and in the presence of the great they are admired.
4 #
2 Kings 20.7; Ezek 47.12 The Lord created medicines out of the earth,
and the sensible will not despise them.
5 #
Ex 15.25; 2 Esd 1.23 Was not water made sweet with a tree
in order that its#38.5 Or his power might be known?
6And he gave skill to human beings
that he#38.6 Or they might be glorified in his marvelous works.
7 #
Jer 8.22; 46.11; 51.8 By them the physician#38.7 Heb: Gk he heals and takes away pain;
8the pharmacist makes a mixture from them.
God’s#38.8 Gk His works will never be finished,
and from him health spreads over all the earth.
9 #
Isa 38.2
My child, when you are ill, do not delay,
but pray to the Lord, and he will heal you.
10 #
Ps 51.10; 73.13; Jn 5.14 Give up your faults and direct your hands rightly,
and cleanse your heart from all sin.
11 #
Lev 2.1; Sir 35.3, 8 Offer a sweet-smelling sacrifice and a memorial portion of choice flour,
and pour oil on your offering, as much as you can afford.#38.11 Heb: Lat lacks as much as you can afford; meaning of Gk uncertain
12 #
v 1
Then give physicians their place, for the Lord created them;
do not let them leave you, for you need them.
13There may come a time when recovery lies in the hands of physicians,#38.13 Gk in their hands
14for they, too, pray to the Lord
that he grant them success in diagnosis#38.14 Heb: Gk rest
and in healing, for the sake of preserving life.
15 #
1 Cor 11.30
Those who sin against their Maker
will be defiant toward the physician.#38.15 Heb: Gk may they fall into the hands of the physician
On Mourning for the Dead
16 #
Sir 22.11
My child, let your tears fall for the dead,
and as one in great pain begin the lament.
Lay out the body according to custom,
and do not neglect the burial.
17 #
Gen 50.10; Acts 8.2 Let your weeping be bitter and your wailing fervent;
make your mourning worthy of the departed,
for one day or two, to avoid criticism;
then be comforted for your grief.
18 #
Prov 15.13; Sir 30.23; 2 Cor 7.10 For grief may result in death,
and a sorrowful heart saps one’s strength.
19In calamity, grief continues,
but the life of the poor is a curse to the heart.
20 #
Sir 7.36
Do not give your heart to grief;
drive it away and remember your own end.
21 #
2 Sam 12.23; Job 7.9 Do not forget, there is no coming back;
you do the dead#38.21 Gk him no good, and you injure yourself.
22 #
Gen 3.19
Remember his#38.22 Heb: Gk my fate, for yours is like it;
yesterday it was his,#38.22 Heb: Gk mine and today it is yours.
23 #
2 Sam 12.20–23
When the dead are at rest, let their remembrance rest, too,
and be comforted for them when their spirits have departed.
Trades and Crafts
24 #
1 Cor 1.20
The wisdom of the scribe depends on the opportunity of leisure;
only the one who has little business can become wise.
25How can one become wise who handles the plow
and who glories in the shaft of a goad,
who drives oxen and is occupied with their work,
and whose talk is about the offspring of bulls?
26He sets his heart on plowing furrows,
and he loses sleep over fodder for the heifers.
27 #
Wis 14.19
So it is with every artisan and master artisan
who labors by night as well as by day;
those who carve the signets of seals—
each is diligent in making a great variety;
they set their heart on painting a lifelike image,
and they lose sleep in order to finish their work.
28 #
Isa 44.12
So it is with the smith sitting by the anvil,
intent on his ironwork;
the breath of the fire melts his flesh,
and he struggles with the heat of the furnace;
the sound of the hammer deafens his ears,#38.28 Cn: Gk renews his ear
and his eyes are on the pattern of the object.
He sets his heart on finishing his handiwork,
and he loses sleep to complete its decoration.
29 #
Wis 15.7
So it is with the potter sitting at his work
and turning the wheel with his feet;
he always lies down anxious about his work,
and his every work is taken into account.
30He molds the clay with his arm
and makes it pliable with his feet;
he sets his heart to finish the glazing,
and he takes care in firing#38.30 Cn: Gk cleaning the kiln.
31All these rely on their hands,
and all are skillful in their own work.
32Without them no city can be inhabited,
and wherever they live they will not go hungry.#38.32 Syr: Gk and people can neither live nor walk there
Yet they are not sought out for the council of the people,#38.32 Most ancient authorities lack this line
33nor do they attain eminence in the public assembly.
They do not sit in the judge’s seat,
nor do they understand the decisions of the courts;
they cannot expound discipline or judgment,
and they are not found among the rulers.#38.33 Cn: Gk among parables
34But they maintain the fabric of the world,
and their concern is for#38.34 Syr: Gk prayer is in the exercise of their trade.
The Activity of the Scribe
How different the one who devotes himself
to the study of the law of the Most High!
ទើបបានជ្រើសរើសហើយ៖
:
គំនូសចំណាំ
ចែករំលែក
ចម្លង
ចង់ឱ្យគំនូសពណ៌ដែលបានរក្សាទុករបស់អ្នក មាននៅលើគ្រប់ឧបករណ៍ទាំងអស់មែនទេ? ចុះឈ្មោះប្រើ ឬចុះឈ្មោះចូល
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition, copyright © 2021 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.