Proverbs 8
1 Does wisdom not call? And understanding give forth her voice?
σὺ τὴν σοφίαν κηρύξεις ἵνα φρόνησίς σοι ὑπακούσῃ
2 At the head of high places by the way, She has stood between the paths,
ἐπὶ γὰρ τῶν ὑψηλῶν ἄκρων ἐστίν ἀνὰ μέσον δὲ τῶν τρίβων ἕστηκεν
3 At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, The entrance of the openings, she cries aloud,
παρὰ γὰρ πύλαις δυναστῶν παρεδρεύει ἐν δὲ εἰσόδοις ὑμνεῖται
4 “To you, O men, I call, And my voice [is] to the sons of men.
ὑμᾶς ὦ ἄνθρωποι παρακαλῶ καὶ προΐεμαι ἐμὴν φωνὴν υἱοῖς ἀνθρώπων
5 Understand, you simple ones, prudence, And you fools, understand the heart,
νοήσατε ἄκακοι πανουργίαν οἱ δὲ ἀπαίδευτοι ἔνθεσθε καρδίαν
6 Listen, for I speak noble things, And the opening of my lips [is] uprightness.
εἰσακούσατέ μου σεμνὰ γὰρ ἐρῶ καὶ ἀνοίσω ἀπὸ χειλέων ὀρθά
7 For my mouth utters truth, And wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips.
ὅτι ἀλήθειαν μελετήσει ὁ φάρυγξ μου ἐβδελυγμένα δὲ ἐναντίον ἐμοῦ χείλη ψευδῆ
8 All the sayings of my mouth [are] in righteousness, Nothing in them is contrary and perverse.
μετὰ δικαιοσύνης πάντα τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ στόματός μου οὐδὲν ἐν αὐτοῖς σκολιὸν οὐδὲ στραγγαλῶδες
9 All of them [are] plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.
πάντα ἐνώπια τοῖς συνιοῦσιν καὶ ὀρθὰ τοῖς εὑρίσκουσι γνῶσιν
10 Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.
λάβετε παιδείαν καὶ μὴ ἀργύριον καὶ γνῶσιν ὑπὲρ χρυσίον δεδοκιμασμένον ἀνθαιρεῖσθε δὲ αἴσθησιν χρυσίου καθαροῦ
11 For wisdom [is] better than rubies, Indeed, all delights are not comparable with it.
κρείσσων γὰρ σοφία λίθων πολυτελῶν πᾶν δὲ τίμιον οὐκ ἄξιον αὐτῆς ἐστιν
12 I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, And I find out a knowledge of purposes.
ἐγὼ ἡ σοφία κατεσκήνωσα βουλήν καὶ γνῶσιν καὶ ἔννοιαν ἐγὼ ἐπεκαλεσάμην
13 The fear of YHWH [is] to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a contrary mouth, I have hated.
φόβος κυρίου μισεῖ ἀδικίαν ὕβριν τε καὶ ὑπερηφανίαν καὶ ὁδοὺς πονηρῶν μεμίσηκα δὲ ἐγὼ διεστραμμένας ὁδοὺς κακῶν
14 Counsel and substance [are] mine, I [am] understanding, I have might.
ἐμὴ βουλὴ καὶ ἀσφάλεια ἐμὴ φρόνησις ἐμὴ δὲ ἰσχύς
15 By me kings reign, and princes decree righteousness,
δῑ ἐμοῦ βασιλεῖς βασιλεύουσιν καὶ οἱ δυνάσται γράφουσιν δικαιοσύνην
16 By me chiefs rule, and nobles, All judges of earth.
δῑ ἐμοῦ μεγιστᾶνες μεγαλύνονται καὶ τύραννοι δῑ ἐμοῦ κρατοῦσι γῆς
17 I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly find me.
ἐγὼ τοὺς ἐμὲ φιλοῦντας ἀγαπῶ οἱ δὲ ἐμὲ ζητοῦντες εὑρήσουσιν
18 Wealth and honor [are] with me, Lasting substance and righteousness.
πλοῦτος καὶ δόξα ἐμοὶ ὑπάρχει καὶ κτῆσις πολλῶν καὶ δικαιοσύνη
19 My fruit [is] better than gold, even fine gold, And my increase than choice silver.
βέλτιον ἐμὲ καρπίζεσθαι ὑπὲρ χρυσίον καὶ λίθον τίμιον τὰ δὲ ἐμὰ γενήματα κρείσσω ἀργυρίου ἐκλεκτοῦ
20 I cause to walk in a path of righteousness, In midst of paths of judgment,
ἐν ὁδοῖς δικαιοσύνης περιπατῶ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τρίβων δικαιώματος ἀναστρέφομαι
21 To cause my lovers to inherit substance, Indeed, I fill their treasures.
ἵνα μερίσω τοῖς ἐμὲ ἀγαπῶσιν ὕπαρξιν καὶ τοὺς θησαυροὺς αὐτῶν ἐμπλήσω ἀγαθῶν ἐὰν ἀναγγείλω ὑμῖν τὰ καθ’ ἡμέραν γινόμενα μνημονεύσω τὰ ἐξ αἰῶνος ἀριθμῆσαι
22 YHWH possessed me—the beginning of His way, Before His works since then.
κύριος ἔκτισέν με ἀρχὴν ὁδῶν αὐτοῦ εἰς ἔργα αὐτοῦ
23 I was anointed from the age, from the first, From former states of the earth.
πρὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος ἐθεμελίωσέν με ἐν ἀρχῇ
24 In there being no depths, I was brought forth, In there being no fountains heavy [with] waters,
πρὸ τοῦ τὴν γῆν ποιῆσαι καὶ πρὸ τοῦ τὰς ἀβύσσους ποιῆσαι πρὸ τοῦ προελθεῖν τὰς πηγὰς τῶν ὑδάτων
25 Before mountains were sunk, Before heights, I was brought forth.
πρὸ τοῦ ὄρη ἑδρασθῆναι πρὸ δὲ πάντων βουνῶν γεννᾷ με
26 While He had not made the earth, and out-places, And the top of the dusts of the world.
κύριος ἐποίησεν χώρας καὶ ἀοικήτους καὶ ἄκρα οἰκούμενα τῆς ὑπ’ οὐρανόν
27 In His preparing the heavens I [am] there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,
ἡνίκα ἡτοίμαζεν τὸν οὐρανόν συμπαρήμην αὐτῷ καὶ ὅτε ἀφώριζεν τὸν ἑαυτοῦ θρόνον ἐπ’ ἀνέμων
28 In His strengthening clouds above, In His making strong fountains of the deep,
ἡνίκα ἰσχυρὰ ἐποίει τὰ ἄνω νέφη καὶ ὡς ἀσφαλεῖς ἐτίθει πηγὰς τῆς ὑπ’ οὐρανὸν
29 In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters do not transgress His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,
καὶ ἰσχυρὰ ἐποίει τὰ θεμέλια τῆς γῆς
30 Then I am near Him, a workman, And I am a delight—day by day. Rejoicing before Him at all times,
ἤμην παρ’ αὐτῷ ἁρμόζουσα ἐγὼ ἤμην ᾗ προσέχαιρεν καθ’ ἡμέραν δὲ εὐφραινόμην ἐν προσώπῳ αὐτοῦ ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ
31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights [are] with the sons of men.
ὅτε εὐφραίνετο τὴν οἰκουμένην συντελέσας καὶ ἐνευφραίνετο ἐν υἱοῖς ἀνθρώπων
32 And now, you sons, listen to me, Indeed, blessed are they who keep my ways.
νῦν οὖν υἱέ ἄκουέ μου
33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and do not slight.
34 O the blessedness of the man listening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the doorposts of my entrance.
μακάριος ἀνήρ ὃς εἰσακούσεταί μου καὶ ἄνθρωπος ὃς τὰς ἐμὰς ὁδοὺς φυλάξει ἀγρυπνῶν ἐπ’ ἐμαῖς θύραις καθ’ ἡμέραν τηρῶν σταθμοὺς ἐμῶν εἰσόδων
35 For whoever is finding me, has found life, And brings out goodwill from YHWH.
αἱ γὰρ ἔξοδοί μου ἔξοδοι ζωῆς καὶ ἑτοιμάζεται θέλησις παρὰ κυρίου
36 And whoever is missing me, is wronging his soul, All hating me have loved death!”
οἱ δὲ εἰς ἐμὲ ἁμαρτάνοντες ἀσεβοῦσιν τὰς ἑαυτῶν ψυχάς καὶ οἱ μισοῦντές με ἀγαπῶσιν θάνατον
