Sirak 35

¹Yasayı gözeten kişi sunularını çoğaltır; buyruklara dikkat eden kişi esenlik kurbanı sunar.

²İyiliğe karşılık veren ince un sunar ve sadaka veren kişi övgü kurbanı sunar.

³Kötülükten uzaklaşmak RAB'bin hoşnutluğudur, adaletsizlikten kaçınmak ise bir kefarettir.

⁴RAB'bin huzurunda eli boş görünme, çünkü tüm bunlar buyruğun gereğidir.

⁵Doğru kişinin sunusu sunağı yağlandırır ve onun güzel kokusu Yüceler Yücesi'nin huzuruna ulaşır.

⁶Doğru insanın kurbanı kabul edilir ve onun anma sunusu asla unutulmaz.

⁷RAB'bi cömert bir gözle yücelt ve ellerinin ilk ürününü esirgeme.

⁸Her bağışında yüzünü neşelendir ve ondalığını sevinçle kutsal kıl.

⁹Yüceler Yücesi'ne, O'nun sana verdiğine göre ver; elinin kazancına göre cömert bir gözle bağışta bulun.

¹⁰Çünkü RAB karşılığını geri ödeyendir ve sana yedi katını geri ödeyecektir.

¹¹Rüşvetle O'nu kandırmaya kalkışma, çünkü O bunu kabul etmeyecektir.

¹²Adaletsiz kurbanlara da güvenme; çünkü RAB yargıçtır ve O'nun katında dış görünüşe göre kayırmacılık yoktur.

¹³O, yoksula karşı kayırmacılık yapmaz ve haksızlığa uğrayanın duasını işitir.

¹⁴Öksüzün yakarışını ve feryadını döken dul kadını kesinlikle görmezden gelmez.

¹⁵Dul kadının gözyaşları yanağından süzülmez mi ve feryadı o yaşları akıtana karşı yükselmez mi?

¹⁶Hoşnutlukla tapınan kişi kabul edilir ve onun duası bulutlara kadar ulaşır.

¹⁷Alçakgönüllünün duası bulutları aşar ve Tanrı'ya yaklaşıncaya dek teselli bulmayı kabul etmez.

¹⁸Yüceler Yücesi durumu ziyaret edene dek o dua geri dönmez; O adaletle yargılayacak ve hükmünü yerine getirecektir.

¹⁹Ve RAB gecikmeyecektir, zalimlere karşı sabrı da tükenmeyecektir;

²⁰Ta ki merhametsizlerin belini kırana ve uluslara hak ettikleri cezayı geri ödeyene dek;

²¹Ta ki kibirlilerin kalabalığını yok edene ve adaletsizlerin asalarını kırana dek;

²²Ta ki insana davranışlarına göre karşılık verene ve insanların işlerini tasarılarına göre yargılayana dek;

²³Ta ki kendi halkının davasını görene ve merhametiyle onları sevindirene dek.

²⁴Sıkıntı zamanında gelen merhamet, kuraklık zamanındaki yağmur bulutları gibi güzel ve tam vaktindedir.

¹Ο ΣΥΝΤΗΡΩΝ νόμον πλεονάζει προσφοράς, θυσιάζων σωτηρίου ὁ προσέχων ἐντολαῖς.

²ἀνταποδιδοὺς χάριν προσφέρων σεμίδαλιν, καὶ ὁ ποιῶν ἐλεημοσύνην θυσιάζων αἰνέσεως.

³εὐδοκία Κυρίου ἀποστῆναι ἀπὸ πονηρίας, καὶ ἐξιλασμὸς ἀποστῆναι ἀπὸ ἀδικίας.

⁴μὴ ὀφθῇς ἐν προσώπῳ Κυρίου κενός, πάντα γὰρ ταῦτα χάριν ἐντολῆς.

⁵προσφορὰ δικαίου λιπαίνει θυσιαστήριον, καὶ ἡ εὐωδία αὐτῆς ἔναντι ῾Υψίστου.

⁶θυσία ἀνδρὸς δικαίου δεκτή, καὶ τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτῆς οὐκ ἐπιλησθήσεται.

⁷ἐν ἀγαθῷ ὀφθαλμῷ δόξασον τὸν Κύριον, καὶ μὴ σμικρύνῃς ἀπαρχὴν χειρῶν σου.

⁸ἐν πάσῃ δόσει ἱλάρωσον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου καὶ ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ ἁγίασον δεκάτην.

⁹δὸς ῾Υψίστῳ κατὰ τὴν δόσιν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν ἀγαθῷ ὀφθαλμῷ καθ᾿ εὕρεμα χειρός·

¹⁰ὅτι Κύριος ἀνταποδιδούς ἐστι καὶ ἑπταπλάσια ἀνταποδώσει σοι.

¹¹Μὴ δωροκόπει, οὐ γὰρ προσδέξεται·

¹²καὶ μὴ ἔπεχε θυσίᾳ ἀδίκῳ, ὅτι Κύριος κριτής ἐστι, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι παρ᾿ αὐτῷ δόξα προσώπου.

¹³οὐ λήψεται πρόσωπον ἐπὶ πτωχοῦ καὶ δέησιν ἠδικημένου εἰσακούσεται·

¹⁴οὐ μὴ ὑπερίδῃ ἱκετείαν ὀρφανοῦ καὶ χήραν, ἐὰν ἐκχέῃ λαλιάν·

¹⁵οὐχὶ δάκρυα χήρας ἐπὶ σιαγόνα καταβαίνει καὶ ἡ καταβόησις ἐπὶ τῷ καταγαγόντι αὐτά;

¹⁶θεραπεύων ἐν εὐδοκίᾳ δεχθήσεται, καὶ ἡ δέησις αὐτοῦ ἕως νεφελῶν συνάψει.

¹⁷προσευχὴ ταπεινοῦ νεφέλας διῆλθε, καὶ ἕως συνεγγίσῃ, οὐ μὴ παρακληθῇ·

¹⁸καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποστῇ, ἕως ἐπισκέψηται ὁ ῞Υψιστος. καὶ κρινεῖ δικαίως καὶ ποιήσει κρίσιν.

¹⁹καὶ ὁ Κύριος οὐ μὴ βραδύνῃ, οὐδὲ μὴ μακροθυμήσῃ ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῖς,

²⁰ἕως ἂν συντρίψῃ ὀσφὺν ἀνελεημόνων, καὶ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἀνταποδώσει ἐκδίκησιν,

²¹ἕως ἐξάρῃ πλῆθος ὑβριστῶν καὶ σκῆπτρα ἀδίκων συντρίψῃ·

²²ἕως ἀνταποδῷ ἀνθρώπῳ κατὰ τὰς πράξεις αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ ἔργα τῶν ἀνθρώπων κατὰ τὰ ἐνθυμήματα αὐτῶν·

²³ἕως κρίνῃ τὴν κρίσιν τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ εὐφρανεῖ αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ ἐλέει αὐτοῦ.

²⁴ὡραῖον ἔλεος ἐν καιρῷ θλίψεως αὐτοῦ, ὡς νεφέλαι ὑετοῦ ἐν καιρῷ ἀβροχίας.

¹He that keepeth the law bringeth offerings enough: he that taketh heed to the commandment offereth a peace offering.

²He that requiteth a good turn offereth fine flour; and he that giveth alms sacrificeth praise.

³To depart from wickedness is a thing pleasing to the Lord; and to forsake unrighteousness is a propitiation.

⁴Thou shalt not appear empty before the Lord.

⁵For all these things are to be done because of the commandment.

⁶The offering of the righteous maketh the altar fat, and the sweet savour thereof is before the most High.

⁷The sacrifice of a just man is acceptable. and the memorial thereof shall never be forgotten.

⁸Give the Lord his honour with a good eye, and diminish not the firstfruits of thine hands.

⁹In all thy gifts shew a cheerful countenance, and dedicate thy tithes with gladness.

¹⁰Give unto the most High according as he hath enriched thee; and as thou hast gotten, give with a cheerful eye.

¹¹For the Lord recompenseth, and will give thee seven times as much.

¹²Do not think to corrupt with gifts; for such he will not receive: and trust not to unrighteous sacrifices; for the Lord is judge, and with him is no respect of persons.

¹³He will not accept any person against a poor man, but will hear the prayer of the oppressed.

¹⁴He will not despise the supplication of the fatherless; nor the widow, when she poureth out her complaint.

¹⁵Do not the tears run down the widow’s cheeks? and is not her cry against him that causeth them to fall?

¹⁶He that serveth the Lord shall be accepted with favour, and his prayer shall reach unto the clouds.

¹⁷The prayer of the humble pierceth the clouds: and till it come nigh, he will not be comforted;

¹⁸and will not depart, till the most High shall behold to judge righteously, and execute judgment.

¹⁹For the Lord will not be slack, neither will the Mighty be patient toward them,

²⁰till he have smitten in sunder the loins of the unmerciful, and repayed vengeance to the heathen;

²¹till he have taken away the multitude of the proud, and broken the sceptre of the unrighteous;

²²Till he have rendered to every man according to his deeds, and to the works of men according to their devices;

²³till he have judged the cause of his people, and made them to rejoice in his mercy.

²⁴Mercy is seasonable in the time of affliction, as clouds of rain in the time of drought.