Παροιμίαι 2
1 υἱέ ἐὰν δεξάμενος ῥῆσιν ἐμῆς ἐντολῆς κρύψῃς παρὰ σεαυτῷ
My son, if thou wilt receive my sayings, and, my commandments, wilt treasure up by thee;
2 ὑπακούσεται σοφίας τὸ οὖς σου καὶ παραβαλεῖς καρδίαν σου εἰς σύνεσιν παραβαλεῖς δὲ αὐτὴν ἐπὶ νουθέτησιν τῷ υἱῷ σου
So that thou direct, unto wisdom, thine ear, bend thy heart, unto understanding;
3 ἐὰν γὰρ τὴν σοφίαν ἐπικαλέσῃ καὶ τῇ συνέσει δῷς φωνήν σου τὴν δὲ αἴσθησιν ζητήσῃς μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ
Yea if, for understanding, thou cry aloud, for knowledge, utter thy voice;
4 καὶ ἐὰν ζητήσῃς αὐτὴν ὡς ἀργύριον καὶ ὡς θησαυροὺς ἐξερευνήσῃς αὐτήν
If thou seek her as silver, and, like hid treasure, thou search for her,
5 τότε συνήσεις φόβον κυρίου καὶ ἐπίγνωσιν θεοῦ εὑρήσεις
Then, shalt thou understand the reverence of Yahweh, and, the knowledge of God, shalt thou find.
6 ὅτι κύριος δίδωσιν σοφίαν καὶ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ γνῶσις καὶ σύνεσις
For, Yahweh, giveth wisdom, out of his mouth, knowledge and understanding;
7 καὶ θησαυρίζει τοῖς κατορθοῦσι σωτηρίαν ὑπερασπιεῖ τὴν πορείαν αὐτῶν
Yea he treasureth, for the upright, safety, A shield [is he] to them who walk in integrity,
8 τοῦ φυλάξαι ὁδοὺς δικαιωμάτων καὶ ὁδὸν εὐλαβουμένων αὐτὸν διαφυλάξει
To him that observeth the paths of justice, yea, the way of his men of lovingkindness, he doth guard.
9 τότε συνήσεις δικαιοσύνην καὶ κρίμα καὶ κατορθώσεις πάντας ἄξονας ἀγαθούς
Then, shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, and equity—every noble course.
10 ἐὰν γὰρ ἔλθῃ ἡ σοφία εἰς σὴν διάνοιαν ἡ δὲ αἴσθησις τῇ σῇ ψυχῇ καλὴ εἶναι δόξῃ
When wisdom entereth thy heart, and, knowledge, to thy soul, is sweet,
11 βουλὴ καλὴ φυλάξει σε ἔννοια δὲ ὁσία τηρήσει σε
Discretion, shall watch over thee, understanding, shall preserve thee: —
12 ἵνα ῥύσηταί σε ἀπὸ ὁδοῦ κακῆς καὶ ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς λαλοῦντος μηδὲν πιστόν
To rescue thee from the way of the wrongful, from the man that speaketh perverse things;
13 ὦ οἱ ἐγκαταλείποντες ὁδοὺς εὐθείας τοῦ πορεύεσθαι ἐν ὁδοῖς σκότους
From them who forsake the paths of rectitude, to walk in the ways of darkness;
14 οἱ εὐφραινόμενοι ἐπὶ κακοῖς καὶ χαίροντες ἐπὶ διαστροφῇ κακῇ
Who rejoice to do wrong, exult in the perversities of the wrongful;
15 ὧν αἱ τρίβοι σκολιαὶ καὶ καμπύλαι αἱ τροχιαὶ αὐτῶν
Whose paths, are twisted, and they are tortuous in their tracks:
16 τοῦ μακράν σε ποιῆσαι ἀπὸ ὁδοῦ εὐθείας καὶ ἀλλότριον τῆς δικαίας γνώμης
To rescue thee, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who with her speeches seduceth;
17 υἱέ μή σε καταλάβῃ κακὴ βουλὴ ἡ ἀπολείπουσα διδασκαλίαν νεότητος καὶ διαθήκην θείαν ἐπιλελησμένη
Who forsaketh the friend of her youth, and, the covenant of her God, hath forgotten;
18 ἔθετο γὰρ παρὰ τῷ θανάτῳ τὸν οἶκον αὐτῆς καὶ παρὰ τῷ ᾅδῃ μετὰ τῶν γηγενῶν τοὺς ἄξονας αὐτῆς
For she hath appointed, unto death, her house, and unto the shades, her courses;
19 πάντες οἱ πορευόμενοι ἐν αὐτῇ οὐκ ἀναστρέψουσιν οὐδὲ μὴ καταλάβωσιν τρίβους εὐθείας οὐ γὰρ καταλαμβάνονται ὑπὸ ἐνιαυτῶν ζωῆς
None who go in unto her, come back, neither attain they unto the paths of life:
20 εἰ γὰρ ἐπορεύοντο τρίβους ἀγαθάς εὕροσαν ἂν τρίβους δικαιοσύνης λείους
To the end that thou walk in the way of good men, and, the paths of the righteous, that thou observe.
21 χρηστοὶ ἔσονται οἰκήτορες γῆς ἄκακοι δὲ ὑπολειφθήσονται ἐν αὐτῇ ὅτι εὐθεῖς κατασκηνώσουσι γῆν καὶ ὅσιοι ὑπολειφθήσονται ἐν αὐτῇ
For, the upright, shall abide on the earth, —and, the men of integrity, shall remain therein;
22 ὁδοὶ ἀσεβῶν ἐκ γῆς ὀλοῦνται οἱ δὲ παράνομοι ἐξωσθήσονται ἀπ’ αὐτῆς
But, the lawless, out of the earth, shall be cut off, and, traitors, shall they tear away therefrom.
