Septuaginta, Proverbs, ed. Henry Barclay Swete D.D., 5

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Υἱέ, ἐμῇ σοφίᾳ πρόσεχε,

ἐμοῖς δὲ λόγοις παράβαλλε σὸν οὗς,

ἴνα φυλάξῃς ἔννοιαν ἀγαθήν·

αἴσθησις δὲ ἐμῶν χειλέων ἐντέλλεταί σοι.

μὴ πρόσεχε φαύλῃ γυναικί

μέλι γὰρ ἀποστάζει ἀπὸ χειλέων γυναικὸς πόρνης,

ἣ πρὸς καιρὸν λιπαίνει σὸν φάρυγγα·

ὕστερον μέντοι πικρότερον χολῆς εὑρήσεις

καὶ ἠκονημένον μᾶλλον μαχαίρας διστόμου.

τῆς γὰρ ἀφροσύνης οἱ πόδες κατάγουσιν

τοὺς χραομένους αὐτῇ μετὰ θανάτου εἰς τὸν ἄδήν,

τὰ δέ ἴχνη αὐτῆς οὐκ ἐρείδεται

ὁδοὺς γὰρ ζωῆς οὐκ ἐπέρχεται,

σφαλεραὶ δέ αἱ τροχιαὶ αὐτῆς καὶ οὐκ εὔγνωστοι.

νῦν οὗν, υἱέ, ἄκουέ μου,

καὶ μὴ ἀκύρους ποιήσῃς ἐμοὺς λόγους.

μακρὰν ποίησον ἀπʼ αὐτῆς σὴν ὁδόν,

μὴ ἐγγίσῃς πρὸς θύραις οἴκων αὐτῆς·

ἵνα μὴ πρόῃ ἄλλοις ζωήν σου,

καὶ σὸν βίον ἀνελεήμοσιν·

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ἵνα μὴ πλησθῶσιν ἀλλότριοι σῆς ἰσχύος,

οἱ δὲ σοὶ πόνοι εἰς οἴκους ἀλλοτρίων ἔλθωσιν·

καὶ μεταμεληθήσῃ ἐπʼ ἐσχάτων,

ἡνίκα ἂν κατατριβῶσιν σάρκες σώματός σου,

καὶ ἐρεῖς Πῶς ἐμίσησα παιδείαν,

καὶ ἐλέγχους ἐξέκλινεν ἡ καρδία μου·

οὐκ ἤκουον φωνὴν παιδεύοντός με καὶ διδάσκοντός με.

οὐδὲ παρέβαλλον τὸ οὖς μου·

παρʼ ὀλίγον ἐγενόμην ἐν παντὶ κακῷ

ἐν μέσῳ ἐκκλησίας καὶ συναγωγῆς.

πῖνε ὕδατα ἀπὸ σῶν ἀγγείων

καὶ ἀπὸ σῶν φρεάτων πηγῆς.

μὴ ὑπερεκχείσθω σοι ὕδατα ἐκ τῆς σῆς πηγῆς.

εἰς δὲ σὰς πλατείας διαπορευέσθω τὰ σὰ ὕδατα·

ἔστω σοι μόνα ὑπάρχοντα.

καὶ μηδεὶς ἀλλότριος μετασχέτω σοι·

ἡ πηγή σου τοῦ ὕδατος ἔστω σοι ἰδία,

καὶ συνευφραίνου μετὰ γυναικὸς τῆς ἐκ νεότητός σου.

ἔλαφος φιλίας καὶ πῶλος σῶν χαρίτων ὁμιλείτω σοι,

ἡ δὲ ἰδία ἡγείσθω σου καὶ συνέστω σοι ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ

ἐν γὰρ τῇ ταύτης φιλίᾳ συνπεριφερόμενος πολλοστὸς ἔσῃ.

μὴ πολὺς ἴσθι πρὸς ἀλλοτρίαν.

μηδὲ συνέρχου ἀγκάλαις τῆς μὴ ἰδίας·

ἐνώπιον γάρ εἰσιν τῶν τοῦ θεοῦ ὀφθαλμῶν ὁδοὶ ἀνδρός,

εἰς δὲ πάσας τὰς τροχιὰς αὐτοῦ σκοπεύει.

παρανομίαι ἄνδρα ἀγρεύουσιν,

σειραῖς δὲ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ ἁμαρτιῶν ἕκαστος σφίγγεται

οὗτος τελευτῷ μετὰ ἀπαιδεύτων,

ἐκ δὲ πλήθους τῆς ἑαυτοῦ βιότητος ἐξερίφη

καὶ ἀπώλετο δι᾿ ἀφροσύνην.

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.) — 5 focus

My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:

That you may maintain discretion, That your lips may preserve knowledge.

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, And as sharp as a two-edged sword.

Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol.

She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it.

Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don't depart from the words of my mouth.

Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house,

Lest you give your honor to others, And your years to the cruel one;

Lest strangers feast on your wealth, And your labors enrich another man's house.

You will groan at your latter end, When your flesh and your body are consumed,

And say, "How I have hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;

Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!

I have come to the brink of utter ruin, In the midst of the gathered assembly."

Drink water out of your own cistern, Running water out of your own well.

Should your springs overflow in the streets, Streams of water in the public squares?

Let them be for yourself alone, Not for strangers with you.

Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.

A loving hind and a pleasant doe — Let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.

For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths.

The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

Notes on the current edition

Proverbs

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