| 21 θυσιάζων ἐξ ἀδίκου προσφορὰ μεμωμημένη καὶ οὐκ εἰς εὐδοκίαν δωρήματα ἀνόμων 22 23 οὐκ εὐδοκεῖ ὁ ὕψιστος ἐν προσφοραῖς ἀσεβῶν οὐδὲ ἐν πλήθει θυσιῶν ἐξιλάσκεται ἁμαρτίας 24 θύων υἱὸν ἔναντι τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ προσάγων θυσίαν ἐκ χρημάτων πενήτων 25 ἄρτος ἐπιδεομένων ζωὴ πτωχῶν ὁ ἀποστερῶν αὐτὴν ἄνθρωπος αἱμάτων 26 φονεύων τὸν πλησίον ὁ ἀφαιρούμενος ἐμβίωσιν 27 καὶ ἐκχέων αἷμα ὁ ἀποστερῶν μισθὸν μισθίου 28 εἷς οἰκοδομῶν καὶ εἷς καθαιρῶν τί ὠφέλησαν πλεῖον ἢ κόπους 29 εἷς εὐχόμενος καὶ εἷς καταρώμενος τίνος φωνῆς εἰσακούσεται ὁ δεσπότης 30 βαπτιζόμενος ἀπὸ νεκροῦ καὶ πάλιν ἁπτόμενος αὐτοῦ τί ὠφέλησεν ἐν τῷ λουτρῷ αὐτοῦ 31 οὕτως ἄνθρωπος νηστεύων ἐπὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ πάλιν πορευόμενος καὶ τὰ αὐτὰ ποιῶν τῆς προσευχῆς αὐτοῦ τίς εἰσακούσεται καὶ τί ὠφέλησεν ἐν τῷ ταπεινωθῆναι αὐτόν |
21 Tainted is every sacrifice that comes of goods ill gotten; a mockery, this, of sacrifice, that shall win no favour. 22 For those who wait upon him in loyal duty, the Lord alone is God.[4] 23 Should the most High accept the offerings of sinners, take the gifts of the wrong-doer into his reckoning, and pardon their sins because their sacrifices are many? 24 Who robs the poor and then brings sacrifice, is of their fellowship that would immolate some innocent child before the eyes of his father. 25 Poor man’s bread is poor man’s life; cheat him of it, and thou hast slain him; 26 sweat of his brow, or his life’s blood, what matters? 27 Disappoint the hireling, and thou art own brother to a murderer. 28 Build while another pulls down, and toil is its own reward. 29 Pray while another curses, and which of you shall find audience with God? 30 Cleanse thyself from dead body’s contamination, and touch it again, what avails thy cleansing? 31 So it is when a man fasts for his sins, yet will not leave his sinning; vain is the fast, the prayer goes unanswered. |
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Immolantis ex iniquo oblatio est maculata,
et non sunt beneplacitæ subsannationes injustorum. 22
Dominus solus sustinentibus se
in via veritatis et justitiæ. 23
Dona iniquorum non probat Altissimus,
nec respicit in oblationes iniquorum,
nec in multitudine sacrificiorum eorum propitiabitur peccatis. 24
Qui offert sacrificium ex substantia pauperum,
quasi qui victimat filium in conspectu patris sui. 25
Panis egentium vita pauperum est:
qui defraudat illum homo sanguinis est. 26
Qui aufert in sudore panem,
quasi qui occidit proximum suum. 27
Qui effundit sanguinem,
et qui fraudem facit mercenario, fratres sunt. 28
Unus ædificans, et unus destruens:
quid prodest illis, nisi labor? 29
Unus orans, et unus maledicens:
cujus vocem exaudiet Deus? 30
Qui baptizatur a mortuo, et iterum tangit eum,
quid proficit lavatio illius? 31
Sic homo qui jejunat in peccatis suis,
et iterum eadem faciens:
quid proficit humiliando se?
orationem illius quis exaudiet? |