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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)
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)
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)
and yet such a man the Lord will look upon with favour, rescue him from neglect and greatly advance him, to the world’s amazement, and the greater honour of God. (Ecclesiasticus 11, 13)
Bethink thee that death waits not; there is no putting off thy tryst with the grave; nothing in this world, but its death-warrant is out already. (Ecclesiasticus 14, 12)
and he is wisest who walks timorously, shunning carelessness in a world where sins abound. (Ecclesiasticus 18, 27)
All the world shall witness his shame, that left the fear of the Lord unregarded. (Ecclesiasticus 23, 31)
A curse on every tale-bearer and traducer that disturbs the world’s peace! (Ecclesiasticus 28, 15)
that claim the blessing Aaron pronounced over thy people; guide us into the right path; let all the world know that thou art God, watching us eternally. (Ecclesiasticus 36, 19)
such health comes of his gift, all the world over. (Ecclesiasticus 38, 8)
