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then, when I had scarce left them, I found him, so tenderly loved; and now that he is mine I will never leave him, never let him go, till I have brought him into my own mother’s house, into the room that saw my birth. (Song of Solomon 3, 4)
So with us it was all one, our coming to birth and our ceasing to be; no trace might we leave behind us of a life well lived; we spent ourselves on ill-doing. (Wisdom of Solomon 5, 13)
What wisdom is, whence came its birth, I will now make known to you. Not for me to withhold the secret; from first to last I will tell the story of her origin, bring to light all that may be known of her, no word of the truth passed by. (Wisdom of Solomon 6, 24)
Was I moved by noble birth? No better claim than hers, who dwells in God’s palace, marked out by the Ruler of the world as his favourite; (Wisdom of Solomon 8, 3)
gentle birth above the common had endowed me with a body free from blemish.✻ (Wisdom of Solomon 8, 20)
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 if thyself God should disregard, when thou art in their company? Then shall this ill custom of thine strike thee dumb✻ and bring thee to great dishonour; thou wilt wish thou hadst never been, and rue the day of thy birth. (Ecclesiasticus 23, 19)
I am that word, she says, that was uttered by the mouth of the most High, the primal birth before ever creation began. (Ecclesiasticus 24, 5)
It is I that give birth to all noble loving, all reverence, all true knowledge, and the holy gift of hope. (Ecclesiasticus 24, 24)
born of an unholy birth, an unholy death your destiny! (Ecclesiasticus 41, 12)
The lessons of discernment and of true knowledge in this book contained were written down by Jesus, the son of Sirach, of Jerusalem; his heart ever a fountain of true wisdom. (Ecclesiasticus 50, 29)
A prayer uttered by Jesus, son of Sirach. O Lord, my king, I give thee thanks, O God, my deliverer, I praise thee; (Ecclesiasticus 51, 1)
