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Ἀκούσατε, παῖδες, παιδείαν πατρός,

καὶ προσέχετε γνῶναι ἔννοιαν.

δῶρον γὰρ ἀγαθὸν δωροῦμαι ὑμῖν,

τὸν ἐμὸν νόμον μὴ ἐγκαταλίπητε.

υἱὸς γὰρ ἐγενόμην κἀγὼ πατρὶ ὑπήκοος

καὶ ἀγαπώμενος ἐν προσώπῳ μητρός,

οἳ ἔλεγον καὶ ἐδίδασκόν με

Ἐρειδέτω ὁ ἡμένερος λόγος εἰς σὴν καρδίαν·

φύλασσε ἐντολάς, ⁵μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ·

μηδὲ παρίδῃς ῥῆσιν ἐμοῦ στόματος

μηδὲ ἐγκαταλίπῃς αὐτήν, καὶ ἀνθέξεταί σου·

ἐράσθητι αὐτῆς, καὶ τηρήσει σε.

περιχαράκαωσον αὐτήν, καὶ ὑψώσει σε·

τίμησον αὐτήν, ἴνα σε περιλάβῃ·

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ἵνα δῷ τῇ σῇ κεφαλῇ στέφανον χαρίτων.

στεφάνῳ δέ τρυφῆς ὑπερασπίσῃ σου.

Ἄκουε, υἱέ, καὶ δέξαι ἐμοὺς λόγους.

καὶ πληθυνθήσεται ἔτη ζωῆς σου,

ἴνα σοι γένωνται πολλαὶ ὁδοὶ βίου.

ὁδοὺς γὰρ σοφίας διδάσκω σε.

ἐμββάζω δέ σε τροχιαῖς ὀρθαῖς.

ἐὰν γὰρ πορεύῃ, οὐ συνκλεισθήσεταί σου τὰ διαβήματα·

ἐὰν δέ τρέχῃς, οὐ κοπιάσεις.

ἐπιλαβοῦ ἐμῆς παιδείας. μὴ ἀφῇς,

ἀλλὰ φύλαξον αὐτὴν σεαυτῷ εἰς ζωὴν σου.

ὁδοὺς ἀσεβῶν μὴ ἐπέλθῃς,

μηδέ ζηλώσῃς ὁδοὺς παρανόμων·

ἐν ᾧ ἂν τόπῳ στρατοπεδεύσωσιν, μὴ ἐπέλθῃς ἐκει.

ἔκκλινον δὲ ἀπʼ αὐτῶν καὶ παράλλαξον.

οὐ γὰρ μὴ ὑπνώσωσιν, ἐὰν μὴ κακοποιήσωσιν·

ἀφήρηται ὁ ὕπνος αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐ κοιμῶνται·

οἵδε γὰρ σιτοῦνται σῖτα ἀσεβείας,

οἴνῳ δὲ παρανόμῳ μεθύσκονται.

αἱ δὲ ὁδοὶ τῶν δικαίων ὁμοίως φωτὶ λάμπουσιν,

προπορεύονται καὶ φωτίζουσιν ἕως κατορθώσῃ ἡ ἡμέρα.

αἱ δὲ ὁδοὶ τῶν ἀσεβῶν σκοτειναί,

οὐκ οἴδασιν πῶς προσκόπτουσιν.

Υἱέ, ἐμῇ ῥήσει πρόσεχε,

τοῖς δὲ ἐμοῖς λόγοις παράβαλε σὸν οὖς,

ὅπως μὴ ἐκλίπωσίν σε αἱ πηγαί σου,

φύλασσε αὐτὰς ἐν καρδίᾳ·

ζωὴ γάρ ἐστιν τοῖς εὑρίσκουσιν αὐτήν,

καὶ πάσῃ σαρκὶ ἴασις.

πάσῃ φυλακῇ τήρει σὴν καρδίαν·

ἐκ γὰρ τούτων ἔξοδοι ζωῆς.

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περίελε σεαυτοῦ σκολιὸν στόμα,

καὶ ἄδικα χείλη ἀπὸ σοῦ μακρὰν ἄπωσαι.

οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου ὀρθὰ βλεπέτωσαν,

τὰ δὲ βλέφαρά σου νευέτω δίκαια.

ὀρθὰς τροχιὰς ποίει σοῖς ποσίν,

καὶ τὰς ὁδοὺς σου κατεύθυνε.

μὴ ἐκκλίνῃς εἰς τὰ δεξιὰ μηδὲ εἰς τὰ ἀριστερά,

ἀπόστρεψον δὲ σὸν πόδα ἀπὸ ὁδοῦ κακῆς.

aὁδοὺς γὰρ τὰς ἐκ δεξῶν οἶδεν ὁ θεός,

διεστραμμέναι δέ εἰσιν αἱ ἐξ ἀριστερῶν·

ᵇαὐτὸς δὲ ὀρθὰς ποιήσει τὰς τροχιάς σου,

τὰς δὲ πορείας σου ἐν εἰρήνῃ προάξει.

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.)

Translations (1)

Proverbs Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 4 focus

Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;

For I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law.

For I was a son to my father, Tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.

He taught me, and said to me: "Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.

Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.

Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.

Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.

She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you."

Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.

I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.

When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.

Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.

Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men.

Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.

For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, That shines more and more until the perfect day.

The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over.

My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.

Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart.

For they are life to those who find them, And health to their whole body.

Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it is the wellspring of life.

Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.

Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

Notes on the current edition

Proverbs

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