Löydetty 1957 Tulokset: Poder Em Israel
For Israel, only a test of their faith; only a father’s correction; for Egypt, as from a king, stern scrutiny and stern doom. (Wisdom of Solomon 11, 11)
That the same plague of thirst which had tortured themselves should be the source of Israel’s rejoicing! Then indeed they felt the Lord’s power, then indeed they wondered at the revenge time had brought; (Wisdom of Solomon 11, 14)
Against those earlier plagues, sorcery had hardened their hearts; Israel they recognized for God’s children only when the first-born died. (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 13)
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)
Israel alone is exempt, marked down as God’s patrimony. (Ecclesiasticus 17, 15)
and his command to me was that I should find my home in Jacob, throw in my lot with Israel, take root among his chosen race. (Ecclesiasticus 24, 13)
Have compassion on the people that is called by thy own name, on Israel, owned thy first-born; (Ecclesiasticus 36, 14)
Man’s days are numbered, Israel’s none can number, (Ecclesiasticus 37, 28)
and there, face to face, imparting commandments to him, the law that gives life and wisdom; here, Jacob, was thy covenant, here Israel, the rule thou wast to live by. (Ecclesiasticus 45, 6)
that tinkled still as he walked, echoing through the temple to keep Israel’s name unforgotten! (Ecclesiasticus 45, 11)
What craftsmanship of twisted thread dyed scarlet, of rare stones in a gold setting, engraved with all the gem-cutter’s art, twelve of them to commemorate the twelve tribes of Israel! (Ecclesiasticus 45, 13)
Power was his to administer the divine decrees, a justiciary by right, handing on to Jacob its tradition, giving Israel the law’s light to guide it. (Ecclesiasticus 45, 21)
