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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)
comfort it brings to the heart, happiness and content and a long life bestows; (Ecclesiasticus 1, 12)
root of her is fear of the Lord, and long life the fruit of her. (Ecclesiasticus 1, 25)
Wait for God, cling to God and wait for him; at the end of it, thy life shall blossom anew. (Ecclesiasticus 2, 3)
Accept all that comes to thee, patient in sorrow, humiliation long enduring; (Ecclesiasticus 2, 4)
A lover of God will fall to prayer over his sins and sin no more; so, all his life long, his prayer shall find audience. (Ecclesiasticus 3, 4)
A father honoured is long life won; a father well obeyed is a mother’s heart comforted. (Ecclesiasticus 3, 7)
None that fears the Lord but honours the parents who gave him life, slave to master owes no greater service. (Ecclesiasticus 3, 8)
so thou shalt have his blessing, a blessing that will endure to thy life’s end. (Ecclesiasticus 3, 10)
My son, when thy father grows old, take him to thyself; long as he lives, never be thou the cause of his repining. (Ecclesiasticus 3, 14)
New life wisdom breathes into her children, befriends all that have recourse to her, and guides them in the right way. (Ecclesiasticus 4, 12)
Love her, as thou lovest life; wait early at her doors, if thou wouldst win her sweet embrace. (Ecclesiasticus 4, 13)
