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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)
(What is wisdom’s fount? God’s word above. What is her course? His eternal commandments.✻ ) (Ecclesiasticus 1, 5)
too high her teaching to be plainly revealed, too manifold her movements to be understood. (Ecclesiasticus 1, 7)
The fear of the Lord is wisdom’s fulfilment, yields the deep draught that satisfies; (Ecclesiasticus 1, 20)
Wisdom it is that imparts to us all our knowledge, all our powers of discernment; hold her fast, and she will set thee on a pinnacle of renown; (Ecclesiasticus 1, 24)
Hidden in wisdom’s treasure-house is the secret of all discernment; (Ecclesiasticus 1, 31)
My son, if on wisdom thy heart is set, keep the commandments, and God will grant thy wish; (Ecclesiasticus 1, 33)
Do not play false in thy dealings with men, nor suffer thy own words to ensnare thee. (Ecclesiasticus 1, 37)
for gold and silver the crucible, it is in the furnace of humiliation men shew themselves worthy of his acceptance. (Ecclesiasticus 2, 5)
Held fast to his commandments, and was forsaken, prayed to him, and found the prayer unregarded? (Ecclesiasticus 2, 12)
Out upon the men who have given up hope, forsaking the right path, and to false paths betaking them; (Ecclesiasticus 2, 16)
Fear the Lord, and not study to know his will? Love him, and not find contentment in his law? (Ecclesiasticus 2, 19)
