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Such blazonings he bore; what meant that long robe of his but the whole world’s orbit, the four rows of gems but the great deeds of our first fathers, the mitre on his head but thy own greatness? (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 24)
PREFACE: Many are the important truths conveyed to us by the law, by the prophets and by those other writers who have followed them. Israel must be given credit for its own philosophical tradition, suited not only to instruct those who talk its language, but to reach, in spoken or written form, the outside world too, and bring it great enlightenment. No wonder if my own grandfather, Jesus, who had devoted himself to the careful study of the law, the prophets, and our other ancestral records, had a mind to put something in writing himself that should bear on this philosophical tradition, to claim the attention of eager students who had already mastered it, and to encourage their observance of the law. I must beg its readers to come well-disposed to their task, and to follow me closely, making allowances for me wherever I seem to have failed in the right marshalling of words, as I pass on wisdom at second hand. Hebrew words lose their force when they are translated into another language; moreover, when the Hebrews read out the law, the prophets, and the other books among themselves, they read them out in a greatly different form. It was in my thirty-eighth year,✻ in the reign of Euergetes, that I went to Egypt and spent some time there. When I found writings preserved there which were of high doctrinal value, it seemed to me right and fitting that I, too, should be at some pains; I would set about translating this book. Learning I gave to the task and long labour, and so brought it to an end; and so I offer the book to all who are ready to apply their minds to it, and learn how a man must frame his conduct if he would live by the divine law. (Ecclesiasticus 1, 0)
Sand thou mayst count, or the rain-drops, or the days of the world’s abiding; heaven-height thou mayst measure, or the wide earth, or the depth of the world beneath, (Ecclesiasticus 1, 2)
A word from her, and the world is at thy feet, a sight of her face, and thou shalt dwell ever secure; (Ecclesiasticus 4, 16)
let him behave modestly, and rid thee of his presence, and there shall be true and tried friendship between you.✻ (Ecclesiasticus 6, 12)
True friendship, sure protection and rare treasure found; (Ecclesiasticus 6, 14)
true friendship, a thing beyond compare, its tried loyalty outweighing gold and silver; (Ecclesiasticus 6, 15)
true friendship, elixir of life, and of life eternal! Only those who fear God will come by it; (Ecclesiasticus 6, 16)
the fear of God gives friendship evenly shared, friend matched with friend. (Ecclesiasticus 6, 17)
New friendship, new wine; it must ripen ere thou canst love the taste of it. (Ecclesiasticus 9, 15)
Whole nations of the world the Lord has overthrown, rased them to the ground; (Ecclesiasticus 10, 19)
yonder bee is an inconsiderable creature, and yet there is a world of sweetness in the harvest she wins. (Ecclesiasticus 11, 3)
