1 εργατης μεθυσος ου πλουτισθησεται ο εξουθενων τα ολιγα κατα μικρον πεσειται | 1 He who does so grows no richer; he who wastes the little he has will be stripped bare. |
2 οινος και γυναικες αποστησουσιν συνετους και ο κολλωμενος πορναις τολμηροτερος εσται | 2 Wine and women make the mind giddy, and the companion of harlots becomes reckless. |
3 σηπη και σκωληκες κληρονομησουσιν αυτον και ψυχη τολμηρα εξαρθησεται | 3 Rottenness and worms will possess him, for contumacious desire destroys its owner. |
4 ο ταχυ εμπιστευων κουφος καρδια και ο αμαρτανων εις ψυχην αυτου πλημμελησει | 4 He who lightly trusts in them has no sense, and he who strays after them sins against his own life. |
5 ο ευφραινομενος καρδια καταγνωσθησεται | 5 He who gloats over evil will meet with evil, and he who repeats an evil report has no sense. |
6 και ο μισων λαλιαν ελαττονουται κακια | 6 Never repeat gossip, and you will not be reviled. |
7 μηδεποτε δευτερωσης λογον και ουθεν σοι ου μη ελαττονωθη | 7 Tell nothing to friend or foe; if you have a fault, reveal it not, |
8 εν φιλω και εχθρω μη διηγου και ει μη εστιν σοι αμαρτια μη αποκαλυπτε | 8 For he who hears it will hold it against you, and in time become your enemy. |
9 ακηκοεν γαρ σου και εφυλαξατο σε και εν καιρω μισησει σε | 9 Let anything you hear die within you; be assured it will not make you burst. |
10 ακηκοας λογον συναποθανετω σοι θαρσει ου μη σε ρηξει | 10 When a fool hears something, he is in labor, like a woman giving birth to a child. |
11 απο προσωπου λογου ωδινησει μωρος ως απο προσωπου βρεφους η τικτουσα | 11 Like an arrow lodged in a man's thigh is gossip in the breast of a fool. |
12 βελος πεπηγος εν μηρω σαρκος ουτως λογος εν κοιλια μωρου | 12 Admonish your friend--he may not have done it; and if he did, that he may not do it again. |
13 ελεγξον φιλον μηποτε ουκ εποιησεν και ει τι εποιησεν μηποτε προσθη | 13 Admonish your neighbor--he may not have said it; and if he did, that he may not say it again. |
14 ελεγξον τον πλησιον μηποτε ουκ ειπεν και ει ειρηκεν ινα μη δευτερωση | 14 Admonish your friend--often it may be slander; every story you must not believe. |
15 ελεγξον φιλον πολλακις γαρ γινεται διαβολη και μη παντι λογω πιστευε | 15 Then, too, a man can slip and not mean it; who has not sinned with his tongue? |
16 εστιν ολισθανων και ουκ απο ψυχης και τις ουχ ημαρτεν εν τη γλωσση αυτου | 16 Admonish your neighbor before you break with him; thus will you fulfill the law of the Most High. |
17 ελεγξον τον πλησιον σου πριν η απειλησαι και δος τοπον νομω υψιστου | 17 All wisdom is fear of the LORD; perfect wisdom is the fulfillment of the law. |
18 - | 18 The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom, nor is there prudence in the counsel of sinners. |
19 - | 19 There is a shrewdness that is detestable, while the simple man may be free from sin. |
20 πασα σοφια φοβος κυριου και εν παση σοφια ποιησις νομου | 20 There are those with little understanding who fear God, and those of great intelligence who violate the law. |
21 - | 21 There is a shrewdness keen but dishonest, which by duplicity wins a judgment. |
22 και ουκ εστιν σοφια πονηριας επιστημη και ουκ εστιν οπου βουλη αμαρτωλων φρονησις | 22 There is the wicked man who is bowed in grief, but is full of guile within; |
23 εστιν πανουργια και αυτη βδελυγμα και εστιν αφρων ελαττουμενος σοφια | 23 He bows his head and feigns not to hear, but when not observed, he will take advantage of you: |
24 κρειττων ηττωμενος εν συνεσει εμφοβος η περισσευων εν φρονησει και παραβαινων νομον | 24 Even though his lack of strength keeps him from sinning, when he finds the opportunity, he will do harm. |
25 εστιν πανουργια ακριβης και αυτη αδικος και εστιν διαστρεφων χαριν του εκφαναι κριμα | 25 One can tell a man by his appearance; a wise man is known as such when first met. |
26 εστιν πονηρευομενος συγκεκυφως μελανια και τα εντος αυτου πληρη δολου | 26 A man's attire, his hearty laughter and his gait, proclaim him for what he is. |
27 συγκρυφων προσωπον και εθελοκωφων οπου ουκ επεγνωσθη προφθασει σε | |
28 και εαν υπο ελαττωματος ισχυος κωλυθη αμαρτειν εαν ευρη καιρον κακοποιησει | |
29 απο ορασεως επιγνωσθησεται ανηρ και απο απαντησεως προσωπου επιγνωσθησεται νοημων | |
30 στολισμος ανδρος και γελως οδοντων και βηματα ανθρωπου αναγγελει τα περι αυτου | |