Kniha Sirachovcova

1 (CPDV) God created man from the earth, and he made him according to his own image.
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2 (CPDV) And he returned him again to it, and he clothed him with virtue according to himself.
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3 (CPDV) He gave him the number and time of his days, and he gave him authority over all the things that are upon the earth.
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4 (CPDV) He placed the fear of him over all flesh, and he had dominion over wild beasts and flying things.
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5 (CPDV) He created from him a helper, similar to himself. He gave them counsel, and language, and sight, and hearing, and a heart, in order to think. And he filled them with the discipline of understanding.
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6 (CPDV) He created within them the knowledge of the spirit. He filled their heart with understanding, and he showed them both good and evil.
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7 (CPDV) He set his eye upon their hearts, to reveal to them the greatness of his works,
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8 (CPDV) so that they might highly praise the name of sanctification, and give glory to his wonders, so that they might declare the greatness of his works.
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9 (CPDV) In addition, he gave them discipline and the law of life, as their inheritance.
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10 (CPDV) He established an eternal covenant with them, and he revealed to them his justice and judgments.
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11 (CPDV) And their eye saw the greatness of his honor, and their ears heard the honor of his voice, and he said to them: “Beware of all iniquity.”
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12 (CPDV) And he commanded each one concerning his neighbor.
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13 (CPDV) Their ways are always in his sight; they are not hidden from his eyes.
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14 (CPDV) Over each and every people, he has appointed a ruler.
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15 (CPDV) And Israel was made to be the manifest portion of God.
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16 (CPDV) And in the sight of God, all their works are like the sun. And his eyes, without ceasing, inspect their ways.
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17 (CPDV) The covenants are not hidden by their iniquity, and all their iniquities are in the sight of God.
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18 (CPDV) The almsgiving of a man is like a seal upon him, which will guard the grace of a man like the pupil of an eye.
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19 (CPDV) And afterward, it will rise up and repay them their reward, each one upon his head, and it will return to the hidden places of the earth.
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20 (CPDV) Now, to the repentant, he has given the way of justice, and he has strengthened those lacking in patience, and he has fastened them to a destiny of truth.
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21 (CPDV) Convert to the Lord, and relinquish your sins.
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22 (CPDV) Make supplication before the face of the Lord, and diminish your offenses.
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23 (CPDV) Return to the Lord, and turn away from your injustice, and have immense hatred for abomination.
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24 (CPDV) And acknowledge the justices and judgments of God, and stand firm in the circumstances set before you and in prayer to the most high God.
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25 (CPDV) Go to the side of the holy generation, to those who live in order to give praise to God.
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26 (CPDV) You should not linger in the error of the impious; confess before death. Confession perishes from the dead as if it were nothing.
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27 (CPDV) Confess while living; you should give thanks while you are still alive and healthy. And you should praise God and glory in his compassion.
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28 (CPDV) How great is the mercy of the Lord, and his forgiveness, for those who convert to him!
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29 (CPDV) For not all things can be in men, because the son of man is not immortal, and because they are pleased by the emptiness of malice.
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30 (CPDV) What is brighter than the sun? Yet this will fail. Or what is more wicked than that which flesh and blood has invented? And this will be reproved.
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31 (CPDV) He beholds the power of the heights of heaven. And all men are earth and ashes.
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