Septuaginta, Proverbs, ed. Henry Barclay Swete D.D., 3

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Υἰέ, ἐμῶν νομίμων μὴ ἐπλανθάνου,

τὰ δὲ ῥήματά μου τηρείτω σὴ καρδία·

μῆκος γὰρ βίου καὶ ἔτη ζωῆς καὶ εἰρήνην προσθήσουσίν σοι.

ἐλεημοσύναι καὶ πίστεις μὴ ἐκλιπέτωσάν σε,

ἄφαψαι δὲ αὐτὰς ἐπὶ σῷ τραχήλῳ, καὶ εὑρήσεις χάριν·

καὶ προνοοῦ καλὰ ἐνώπιον Κυρίου καὶ ἀνθρώπων.

ἴσθι πεποιθὼς ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ καρδίᾳ ἐπὶ θεῷ,

ἐπὶ δὲ σῇ σοφίᾳ μὴ ἐπαίρου·

πάσαις ὁδοῖς σου γνώριζε αὐτήν,

ἴνα ὀρθοτομῇ τὰς ὁδούς σου.

μὴ ἴσθι φρόνιμος παρὰ σεαυτῷ,

φοβοῦ δὲ τὸν θεὸν καὶ ἔκκλινε ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοῦ·

τότε ἴασις ἔσται τῷ σώματί σου,

καὶ ἐπιμέλεια τοῖς ὀστέοις σου.

τίμα τὸκύριον ἀπὸ σῶν δικαίων πόνων,

καὶ ἀπάρχου αὐτῷ ἀπὸ σῶν καρπῶν δικαιοσύνης·

ἴνα πίμπληται τὰ ταμεῖά σου πλησμονῆς σίτῳ,

οἴνῳ δὲ αἱ ληνοί σου ἐκβλύζωσιν.

Υἱέ, μὴ ὀλιγώρει παιδείας Κυρίου,

μηδὲ ἐκλύου ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ ἐλεγχόμενος·

ὃν γὰρ ἀγαπῷ Κύριος ἐλέγχει.

μαστιγοῖ δὲ πάντα υἱὸν ὃν παραδέχεται.

μακάριος ἄνθρωπος ὃς εὗρεν σοφίαν,

καὶ θνητὸς ὃς εἶδεν φρόνησιν.

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κρεῖττον γὰρ αὐτὴν ἐμπορεύεσθαι

ἢ χρυσίου καὶ ἀργυρίου θησαυρούς.

τιμιωτέρα δέ ἐστιν λίθων πολυτελῶν·

οὐκ ἀντιτάξεται αὐτῇ οὐδὲν πονηρόν.

εὔγνωστός ἐστιν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἐγγίζουσιν αὐτῇ,

πᾶν δὲ τίμιον οὐκ ἄξιον αὐτῆς ἐστιν.

μῆκος γὰρ βίου καὶ ἔτη ζωῆς ἐν τῆ δεξιῷ αὐτῆς,

ἐν δὲ τῆ ἀριστερῷ αὐτῆς πλοῦτος καὶ δόξα·

a ¹⁶aἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτῆς ἐκπορεύεται δικαιοσύνη,

νόμον δὲ καὶ ἔλεον ἐπὶ γλώσσης φορεῖ.

αἱ ὁδοὶ αὐτῆς ὁδοὶ καλαί,

καὶ πάντες οἱ τρίβοι αὐτῆς ἐν εἰρήνῃ·

ξύλον ζωῆς ἐστι πᾶσι τοῖς ἀντεχομένοις αὐτῆς,

καὶ τοῖς ἐπερειδομένοις ἐπʼ αὐτὴν ὡς ἐπὶ Κύριον.

ὁ θεὸς τῆ σοφίᾳ ἐθεμελίωσεν τὴν γῆν,

ἡτοίμασεν δὲ οὐρανοὺς φρονήσει·

ἐν αἰσθήσει ἄβυσσοι ἐρράγησαν.

νέφη δὲ ἐρρύησαν δρόσους.

Υἱέ. μὴ παραρυῇς,

τήρησον δὲ ἐμὴν βουλὴν καὶ ἔννοιαν·

ἵνα ζήσῃ ἡ ψυχὴ σου. καὶ χάρις ᾖ περὶ σῷ τραχήλῳ.

aἔσται δὲ ἴασις ταῖς σαρξί σου,

καὶ ἐπιμέλεια τοῖς σοῖς ὀστέοις·

ἴνα πορεύῃ πεποιθὼς ἐν εἰρήνῃ πάσας τὰς ὁδούς σου,

ὁ δὲ πούς σου οὐ μὴ προσκόψῃ.

ἐὰν γὰρ κάθῃ, ἄφοβος ἔσῃ,

ἐὰν δὲ καθεύδῃς, ἡδέως ὑπνώσεις·

καὶ οὐ φοβηθήσῃ πτόησιν ἐπελθοῦσαν

οὐδὲ ὁρμὰς ἀσεβῶν ἐπερχομένας·

ὁ γὰρ Κύριος ἔσται ἐπὶ πασῶν ὁδῶν σου,

καὶ ἐρείσει σὸν πόδα ἵνα μὴ σαλευθῇς.

μὴ ἀπόσχῃ εὖ ποιεῖν ἐνδεῆ,

ἡνίκα ἂν ἔχῃ ἡ χείρ σου βοηθεῖν.

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μὴ εἴπῃς Ἐπανελθὼν ἐπάνηκε, αὔριον δώσω,

δυνατοῦ σου ὄντος εἶ ποιεῖν·

οὐ γὰρ οἶδας τί τέξεται ἡ ἐπιοῦσα.

μὴ τεκτήνῃ ἐπὶ σὸν φίλον κακά,

παροικοῦντα καὶ πεποιθότα ἐπὶ σοί.

μὴ φιλεχθρήσῃς πρὸς ἄνθρωπον μάτην,

μή τί σε ἐργάσηται κακόν.

μὴ κτήσῃ κακῶν ἀνδρῶν ὀνείδη,

μηδέ ζηλώσῃς τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῶν.

ἀκάθαρτος γὰρ ἔναντι Κυρίου πᾶς παράνομος,

ἐν δὲ δικαίοις οὐ συνεδριάζει.

κατάρα θεοῦ ἐν οἴκοις ἀσεβῶν,

ἐπαύλεις δὲ δικαίων εὐλογοῦνται.

Κύριος ὑπερηφάνοις ἀντιτάσσεται,

ταπεινοῖς δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν.

δόξαν σοφοὶ κληρονομήσουσιν,

οἱ δὲ ἀσεβεῖς ὕψωσαν ἀτιμίαν.

Proverbs. Septuaginta. ed. Henry Barclay Swete D.D.. United States. 2017.

Funding provided by Harvard Library Arcadia Fund.

Current edition First1KGreek

Παροιμίαι (Greek) (Septuaginta. The Old Testament in Greek According to the Septuagint. Volume 2: I Chronicles-Tobit. Swete, Henry Barclay, editor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1896.)

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Proverbs Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 3 focus

My son, don't forget my teaching; But let your heart keep my commandments:

For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to you.

Don't let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

So you will find favor, And good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, And don't lean on your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge him, And he will direct your paths.

Don't be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.

It will be health to your body, And nourishment to your bones.

Honor Yahweh with your substance, With the first fruits of all your increase:

So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine.

My son, don't despise Yahweh's discipline, Neither be weary of his reproof:

For whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; Even as a father the son in whom he delights.

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, The man who gets understanding.

For her good profit is better than getting silver, And her return is better than fine gold.

She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.

Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.

By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.

By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew.

My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

So they will be life to your soul, And grace for your neck.

Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won't stumble.

When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

Don't be afraid of sudden fear, Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes:

For Yahweh will be your confidence, And will keep your foot from being taken.

Don't withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in the power of your hand to do it.

Don't say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again, Tomorrow I will give it to you," When you have it by you.

Don't devise evil against your neighbor, Seeing he dwells securely by you.

Don't strive with a man without cause, If he has done you no harm.

Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.

For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, But his friendship is with the upright.

Yahweh's curse is in the house of the wicked, But he blesses the habitation of the righteous.

Surely he mocks the mockers, But he gives grace to the humble.

The wise will inherit glory, But shame will be the promotion of fools.

Notes on the current edition

Proverbs

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