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Eva wrote: 
> could you guys translate Sirach 30:17 for me. I translated it and it does 
> not
> make since. I do not think the traditional translation makes since eighter
> Eva Ritsema
 
Is that verse in Sirach one that we have a Hebrew fragment for? If you happen 
to have the Hebrew characters for what should be translated, that would 
certainly help. I know parts of it are extant in Hebrew.

Harold, you added this comment in your answer:
> Sirach is not Scripture and so I don't have to agree with it.

That's merely an opinion of no relevance to answering her question. This is 
after all b-Hebrew, not b-protestant canon. A Scripture is but a Writing, and 
a 
vast majority of people that read Sirach are convinced it is a Hebrew Writing 
on par with the Tanakh as accepted by non-Christian Jews.

Peter Jackson.