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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)
court paid to her, worship paid to the Holy One; love given to her, God’s love made thine in return for it! (Ecclesiasticus 4, 15)
covered the face of it✻ with the living things that breathe there, and into its bosom bade them return. (Ecclesiasticus 16, 31)
Gift given may bring thee nothing in return, or twice its worth. (Ecclesiasticus 20, 10)
they have a deliverer they can trust in, and God’s eye watches over them in return for their love. (Ecclesiasticus 34, 15)
the Lord is a good master, and thou shalt have sevenfold in return. (Ecclesiasticus 35, 13)
Do not fancy that the dead can return; by torturing thyself thou canst nothing avail him. (Ecclesiasticus 38, 22)
All that is of earth, to earth must needs return, and all waters find their way back to the sea; (Ecclesiasticus 40, 11)
All that is of earth, to earth must needs return; from ban to bale is the cycle of a life ill lived. (Ecclesiasticus 41, 13)
Right and justice shall be done, when Sion is redeemed, when her exiles return; (Isaiah 1, 27)
Days when the Lord will whistle up those plagues of his, yonder flies that hatch by the last rivers of Egypt; yonder bees, that hive in the land of Assur. (Isaiah 7, 18)
Countless though Israel be as the sea sand, only a remnant of it will return; there must be a sharp reckoning first, before we are restored, abundantly, to his favour.✻ (Isaiah 10, 22)
