ΣΟΦΙΑ ΣΕΙΡΑΧ - Siracide - Sirach 13

LXX	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 ο απτομενος πισσης μολυνθησεται και ο κοινωνων υπερηφανω ομοιωθησεται αυτω	1 Whoever touches pitch will be contaminated by it. And whoever associates with the arrogant will be clothed by arrogance.
2 βαρος υπερ σε μη αρης και ισχυροτερω σου και πλουσιωτερω μη κοινωνει τι κοινωνησει χυτρα προς λεβητα αυτη προσκρουσει και αυτη συντριβησεται	2 Whoever associates with those more honorable than himself sets a burden on himself. And so, you should have no fellowship with someone who is wealthier than you.
3 πλουσιος ηδικησεν και αυτος προσενεβριμησατο πτωχος ηδικηται και αυτος προσδεηθησεται	3 What will the cooking pot have in common with the earthen vessel? And when they collide with one another, one will be broken.
4 εαν χρησιμευσης εργαται εν σοι και εαν υστερησης καταλειψει σε	4 The rich man has suffered no injustice, and yet he fumes. But the poor man, though he has been wounded, will remain silent.
5 εαν εχης συμβιωσεται σοι και αποκενωσει σε και αυτος ου πονεσει	5 If you are generous, he will take you up; and when you have nothing, he will cast you aside.
6 χρειαν εσχηκεν σου και αποπλανησει σε και προσγελασεται σοι και δωσει σοι ελπιδα λαλησει σοι καλα και ερει τις η χρεια σου	6 If you possess, he will feast with you, and he will empty you, and he will not grieve over you.
7 και αισχυνει σε εν τοις βρωμασιν αυτου εως ου αποκενωση σε δις η τρις και επ' εσχατων καταμωκησεται σου μετα ταυτα οψεται σε και καταλειψει σε και την κεφαλην αυτου κινησει επι σοι	7 If he has need of you, he will deceive you; and while smiling, he will give you hope. He will converse with you pleasantly, and he will say: “What is it that you need?”
8 προσεχε μη αποπλανηθης και μη ταπεινωθης εν αφροσυνη σου	8 And he will impress you with his foods, until he has drained you two or three times, and in the very end, he will ridicule you. And afterward, when he sees you, he will abandon you, and he will shake his head at you.
9 προσκαλεσαμενου σε δυναστου υποχωρων γινου και τοσω μαλλον σε προσκαλεσεται	9 Humble yourself before God, and wait for his hands.
10 μη εμπιπτε μη απωσθης και μη μακραν αφιστω ινα μη επιλησθης	10 Be careful. Otherwise, having been seduced into foolishness, you will be humiliated.
11 μη επεχε ισηγορεισθαι μετ' αυτου και μη πιστευε τοις πλειοσιν λογοις αυτου εκ πολλης γαρ λαλιας πειρασει σε και ως προσγελων εξετασει σε	11 Do not choose to be low in your wisdom, otherwise, having been brought low, you will be seduced into foolishness.
12 ανελεημων ο μη συντηρων λογους και ου μη φεισηται περι κακωσεως και δεσμων	12 If you are invited by someone who is more powerful than you, you should decline. Otherwise, he will invite you all the more.
13 συντηρησον και προσεχε σφοδρως οτι μετα της πτωσεως σου περιπατεις	13 You cannot be rude to him, lest you be pushed away. And you cannot stray far from him, lest you be forgotten.
14 -	14 You cannot hold a discussion with him as with an equal. You should not trust his many words. For by much talking, he will probe you, and while smiling, he will question you about your secrets.
15 παν ζωον αγαπα το ομοιον αυτω και πας ανθρωπος τον πλησιον αυτου	15 His cruel mind will store up your words; and he will not spare you from affliction, nor from prison.
16 πασα σαρξ κατα γενος συναγεται και τω ομοιω αυτου προσκολληθησεται ανηρ	16 Be cautious of yourself, and attend diligently to what you are hearing. For you are walking toward your own destruction.
17 τι κοινωνησει λυκος αμνω ουτως αμαρτωλος προς ευσεβη	17 Yet truly, while listening to these things, consider it as if it were a dream, and you will awaken.
18 τις ειρηνη υαινη προς κυνα και τις ειρηνη πλουσιω προς πενητα	18 Love God for your entire life, and call upon him for your salvation.
19 κυνηγια λεοντων οναγροι εν ερημω ουτως νομαι πλουσιων πτωχοι	19 Every animal loves its own kind; so also every man loves those closest to himself.
20 βδελυγμα υπερηφανω ταπεινοτης ουτως βδελυγμα πλουσιω πτωχος	20 All flesh will join with whatever is similar to itself, and every man will associate with whomever is similar to himself.
21 πλουσιος σαλευομενος στηριζεται υπο φιλων ταπεινος δε πεσων προσαπωθειται υπο φιλων	21 If a wolf would at any time have fellowship with a lamb, so also would a sinner have fellowship with the just.
22 πλουσιου σφαλεντος πολλοι αντιλημπτορες ελαλησεν απορρητα και εδικαιωσαν αυτον ταπεινος εσφαλεν και προσεπετιμησαν αυτω εφθεγξατο συνεσιν και ουκ εδοθη αυτω τοπος	22 What fellowship does a holy man have with a dog? Or what portion do the wealthy have with the poor?
23 πλουσιος ελαλησεν και παντες εσιγησαν και τον λογον αυτου ανυψωσαν εως των νεφελων πτωχος ελαλησεν και ειπαν τις ουτος καν προσκοψη προσανατρεψουσιν αυτον	23 In the desert, the wild donkey is the prey of the lion. So also are the poor the pasture of the rich.
24 αγαθος ο πλουτος ω μη εστιν αμαρτια και πονηρα η πτωχεια εν στοματι ασεβους	24 And just as humility is an abomination to the arrogant, so also does the rich man abhor the poor man.
25 καρδια ανθρωπου αλλοιοι το προσωπον αυτου εαν τε εις αγαθα εαν τε εις κακα	25 When a wealthy man has been shaken, he is strengthened by his friends. But when a lowly man has fallen, he is expelled even by those who know him well.
26 ιχνος καρδιας εν αγαθοις προσωπον ιλαρον και ευρεσις παραβολων διαλογισμοι μετα κοπων	26 When a rich man has been deceived, many will help him recover; he has spoken arrogantly, and yet they justify him.
	27 When a poor man has been deceived, in addition he is rebuked; he has spoken with understanding, and no place is given to him.
	28 The rich man has spoken, and all remain silent, and they repeat his words, even to the clouds.
	29 The poor man has spoken, and they say: “Who is this?” And if he stumbles, they will overthrow him.
	30 Substance is good for him who has no sin on his conscience. And poverty is called very wicked by the mouth of the impious.
	31 The heart of a man changes his face, either for better or for worse.
	32 You will find, with difficulty and much labor, the sign of a good heart and a good face.