Talált 2204 Eredmények: End
Name we all these, name we never the idols whose worship is the cause, the beginning and end, of all these! (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 27)
Despise we not the potter’s toil, that works the pliant earth between his fingers, and makes a cup here, a dish there for our use. Serve they noble ends or base, all alike come from the same clay, and what employment each of them shall find, it is the potter’s right to determine. (Wisdom of Solomon 15, 7)
A peerless champion they found, in Aaron, that quickly took up the shield of his appointed ministry; the power of intercession that was his, and the atoning incense, held thy wrath in check, and brought the calamity to an end; none could doubt now he was the man of thy choice! (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 21)
It is one thing to be called to account for unfriendly treatment of alien folk; (Wisdom of Solomon 19, 14)
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)
The fear of the Lord lends wisdom that piety which is hers; (Ecclesiasticus 1, 17)
Well it shall be indeed for the man who fears the Lord; at his last end he shall win blessing. (Ecclesiasticus 1, 19)
Submissive be thy heart, and ready to bear all; to wise advice lend a ready ear, and be never hasty when ill times befall thee. (Ecclesiasticus 2, 2)
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)
so thou shalt have his blessing, a blessing that will endure to thy life’s end. (Ecclesiasticus 3, 10)
Heart that will not mend shall be weighed down by its own troubles; the sinner is ever ready for one sin more. (Ecclesiasticus 3, 29)
