< Proverbs 2 >
1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and treasure my commandments with thee;
υἱέ ἐὰν δεξάμενος ῥῆσιν ἐμῆς ἐντολῆς κρύψῃς παρὰ σεαυτῷ
2 So that thou incline thy ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding;
ὑπακούσεται σοφίας τὸ οὖς σου καὶ παραβαλεῖς καρδίαν σου εἰς σύνεσιν παραβαλεῖς δὲ αὐτὴν ἐπὶ νουθέτησιν τῷ υἱῷ σου
3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
ἐὰν γὰρ τὴν σοφίαν ἐπικαλέσῃ καὶ τῇ συνέσει δῷς φωνήν σου τὴν δὲ αἴσθησιν ζητήσῃς μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ
4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
καὶ ἐὰν ζητήσῃς αὐτὴν ὡς ἀργύριον καὶ ὡς θησαυροὺς ἐξερευνήσῃς αὐτήν
5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
τότε συνήσεις φόβον κυρίου καὶ ἐπίγνωσιν θεοῦ εὑρήσεις
6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
ὅτι κύριος δίδωσιν σοφίαν καὶ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ γνῶσις καὶ σύνεσις
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a shield to them that walk uprightly.
καὶ θησαυρίζει τοῖς κατορθοῦσι σωτηρίαν ὑπερασπιεῖ τὴν πορείαν αὐτῶν
8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
τοῦ φυλάξαι ὁδοὺς δικαιωμάτων καὶ ὁδὸν εὐλαβουμένων αὐτὸν διαφυλάξει
9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; and, every good path.
τότε συνήσεις δικαιοσύνην καὶ κρίμα καὶ κατορθώσεις πάντας ἄξονας ἀγαθούς
10 When wisdom entereth into thy heart, and knowledge is pleasant to thy soul;
ἐὰν γὰρ ἔλθῃ ἡ σοφία εἰς σὴν διάνοιαν ἡ δὲ αἴσθησις τῇ σῇ ψυχῇ καλὴ εἶναι δόξῃ
11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
βουλὴ καλὴ φυλάξει σε ἔννοια δὲ ὁσία τηρήσει σε
12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh perverse things;
ἵνα ῥύσηταί σε ἀπὸ ὁδοῦ κακῆς καὶ ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς λαλοῦντος μηδὲν πιστόν
13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
ὦ οἱ ἐγκαταλείποντες ὁδοὺς εὐθείας τοῦ πορεύεσθαι ἐν ὁδοῖς σκότους
14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of the wicked;
οἱ εὐφραινόμενοι ἐπὶ κακοῖς καὶ χαίροντες ἐπὶ διαστροφῇ κακῇ
15 Whose ways are crooked, and they are perverse in their paths:
ὧν αἱ τρίβοι σκολιαὶ καὶ καμπύλαι αἱ τροχιαὶ αὐτῶν
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the adulteress who flattereth with her words;
τοῦ μακράν σε ποιῆσαι ἀπὸ ὁδοῦ εὐθείας καὶ ἀλλότριον τῆς δικαίας γνώμης
17 Who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
υἱέ μή σε καταλάβῃ κακὴ βουλὴ ἡ ἀπολείπουσα διδασκαλίαν νεότητος καὶ διαθήκην θείαν ἐπιλελησμένη
18 For her house inclineth to death, and her paths to the dead.
ἔθετο γὰρ παρὰ τῷ θανάτῳ τὸν οἶκον αὐτῆς καὶ παρὰ τῷ ᾅδῃ μετὰ τῶν γηγενῶν τοὺς ἄξονας αὐτῆς
19 None that go to her return again, neither do they take hold of the paths of life.
πάντες οἱ πορευόμενοι ἐν αὐτῇ οὐκ ἀναστρέψουσιν οὐδὲ μὴ καταλάβωσιν τρίβους εὐθείας οὐ γὰρ καταλαμβάνονται ὑπὸ ἐνιαυτῶν ζωῆς
20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
εἰ γὰρ ἐπορεύοντο τρίβους ἀγαθάς εὕροσαν ἂν τρίβους δικαιοσύνης λείους
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
χρηστοὶ ἔσονται οἰκήτορες γῆς ἄκακοι δὲ ὑπολειφθήσονται ἐν αὐτῇ ὅτι εὐθεῖς κατασκηνώσουσι γῆν καὶ ὅσιοι ὑπολειφθήσονται ἐν αὐτῇ
22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
ὁδοὶ ἀσεβῶν ἐκ γῆς ὀλοῦνται οἱ δὲ παράνομοι ἐξωσθήσονται ἀπ’ αὐτῆς