Proverbs, 8

1. Doth not wisdom cry aloud, and prudence put forth her voice ?

1. σὺ τὴν σοφίαν κηρύξεις ἵνα φρόνησίς σοι ὑπακούσῃ

2. Standing in the top of the highest places by the way, in the midst of the paths.

2. ἐπὶ γὰρ τῶν ὑψηλῶν ἄκρων ἐστίν ἀνὰ μέσον δὲ τῶν τρίβων ἕστηκεν

3. Beside the gates of the city, in the very doors she speaketh, saying:

3. παρὰ γὰρ πύλαις δυναστῶν παρεδρεύει ἐν δὲ εἰσόδοις ὑμνεῖται

4. O ye men, to you I call, and my voice is to the sons of men.

4. ὑμᾶς ὦ ἄνθρωποι παρακαλῶ καὶ προΐεμαι ἐμὴν φωνὴν υἱοῖς ἀνθρώπων

5. O little ones, understand subtilty, and ye unwise, take notice.

5. νοήσατε ἄκακοι πανουργίαν οἱ δὲ ἀπαίδευτοι ἔνθεσθε καρδίαν

6. Hear, for I will speak of great things: and my lips shall be opened to preach right things.

6. εἰσακούσατέ μου σεμνὰ γὰρ ἐρῶ καὶ ἀνοίσω ἀπὸ χειλέων ὀρθά

7. My mouth shall meditate truth, and my lips shall hate wickedness.

7. ὅτι ἀλήθειαν μελετήσει ὁ φάρυγξ μου ἐβδελυγμένα δὲ ἐναντίον ἐμοῦ χείλη ψευδῆ

8. All my words are just, there is nothing wicked nor perverse in them.

8. μετὰ δικαιοσύνης πάντα τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ στόματός μου οὐδὲν ἐν αὐτοῖς σκολιὸν οὐδὲ στραγγαλῶδες

9. They are right to them that understand, and just to them that find knowledge.

9. πάντα ἐνώπια τοῖς συνιοῦσιν καὶ ὀρθὰ τοῖς εὑρίσκουσι γνῶσιν

10. Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather than gold.

10. λάβετε παιδείαν καὶ μὴ ἀργύριον καὶ γνῶσιν ὑπὲρ χρυσίον δεδοκιμασμένον ἀνθαιρεῖσθε δὲ αἴσθησιν χρυσίου καθαροῦ

11. 11For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to

11. κρείσσων γὰρ σοφία λίθων πολυτελῶν πᾶν δὲ τίμιον οὐκ ἄξιον αὐτῆς ἐστιν

12. I wisdom dwell in counsel, and am present in learned thoughts.

12. ἐγὼ ἡ σοφία κατεσκήνωσα βουλήν καὶ γνῶσιν καὶ ἔννοιαν ἐγὼ ἐπεκαλεσάμην

13. The fear of the Lord hateth evil: I hate arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.

13. φόβος κυρίου μισεῖ ἀδικίαν ὕβριν τε καὶ ὑπερηφανίαν καὶ ὁδοὺς πονηρῶν μεμίσηκα δὲ ἐγὼ διεστραμμένας ὁδοὺς κακῶν

14. Counsel and equity is mine, prudence is mine, strength is mine.

14. ἐμὴ βουλὴ καὶ ἀσφάλεια ἐμὴ φρόνησις ἐμὴ δὲ ἰσχύς

15. By me kings reign, and lawgivers decree just things,

15. δι’ ἐμοῦ βασιλεῖς βασιλεύουσιν καὶ οἱ δυνάσται γράφουσιν δικαιοσύνην

16. By me princes rule, and the mighty decree justice.

16. δι’ ἐμοῦ μεγιστᾶνες μεγαλύνονται καὶ τύραννοι δι’ ἐμοῦ κρατοῦσι γῆς

17. I love them that love me: and they that in the morning early watch for me, shall find me.

17. ἐγὼ τοὺς ἐμὲ φιλοῦντας ἀγαπῶ οἱ δὲ ἐμὲ ζητοῦντες εὑρήσουσιν

18. With me are riches and glory, glorious riches and justice.

18. πλοῦτος καὶ δόξα ἐμοὶ ὑπάρχει καὶ κτῆσις πολλῶν καὶ δικαιοσύνη

19. For my fruit is better than gold and the precious stone, and my blossoms than choice silver.

19. βέλτιον ἐμὲ καρπίζεσθαι ὑπὲρ χρυσίον καὶ λίθον τίμιον τὰ δὲ ἐμὰ γενήματα κρείσσω ἀργυρίου ἐκλεκτοῦ

20. I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of judgment,

20. ἐν ὁδοῖς δικαιοσύνης περιπατῶ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τρίβων δικαιώματος ἀναστρέφομαι

21. That I may enrich them that love me, and may fill their treasures.

21. ἵνα μερίσω τοῖς ἐμὲ ἀγαπῶσιν ὕπαρξιν καὶ τοὺς θησαυροὺς αὐτῶν ἐμπλήσω ἀγαθῶν (21a) ἐὰν ἀναγγείλω ὑμῖν τὰ καθ’ ἡμέραν γινόμενα μνημονεύσω τὰ ἐξ αἰῶνος ἀριθμῆσαι

22. The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made any thing from the beginning.

22. κύριος ἔκτισέν με ἀρχὴν ὁδῶν αὐτοῦ εἰς ἔργα αὐτοῦ

23. I was set up from eternity, and of old before the earth was made.

23. πρὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος ἐθεμελίωσέν με ἐν ἀρχῇ

24. The depths were not as yet, and I was already conceived. neither had the fountains of waters as yet sprung out:

24. πρὸ τοῦ τὴν γῆν ποιῆσαι καὶ πρὸ τοῦ τὰς ἀβύσσους ποιῆσαι πρὸ τοῦ προελθεῖν τὰς πηγὰς τῶν ὑδάτων

25. The mountains with their huge bulk had not as yet been established: before the hills I was brought forth:

25. πρὸ τοῦ ὄρη ἑδρασθῆναι πρὸ δὲ πάντων βουνῶν γεννᾷ με

26. He had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of the world.

26. κύριος ἐποίησεν χώρας καὶ ἀοικήτους καὶ ἄκρα οἰκούμενα τῆς ὑπ’ οὐρανόν

27. When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law and compass he enclosed the depths:

27. ἡνίκα ἡτοίμαζεν τὸν οὐρανόν συμπαρήμην αὐτῷ καὶ ὅτε ἀφώριζεν τὸν ἑαυτοῦ θρόνον ἐπ’ ἀνέμων

28. When he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters:

28. ἡνίκα ἰσχυρὰ ἐποίει τὰ ἄνω νέφη καὶ ὡς ἀσφαλεῖς ἐτίθει πηγὰς τῆς ὑπ’ οὐρανὸν

29. When he compassed the sea with its bounds, and set a law to the waters that they should not pass their limits: when be balanced the foundations of the earth;

29. καὶ ἰσχυρὰ ἐποίει τὰ θεμέλια τῆς γῆς

30. I was with him forming all things: and was delighted every day, playing before him at all times;

30. ἤμην παρ’ αὐτῷ ἁρμόζουσα ἐγὼ ἤμην ᾗ προσέχαιρεν καθ’ ἡμέραν δὲ εὐφραινόμην ἐν προσώπῳ αὐτοῦ ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ

31. Playing in the world: and my delights were to be with the children of men.

31. ὅτε εὐφραίνετο τὴν οἰκουμένην συντελέσας καὶ ἐνευφραίνετο ἐν υἱοῖς ἀνθρώπων

32. Now therefore, ye children, hear me: Blessed are they that keep my ways.

32. νῦν οὖν υἱέ ἄκουέ μου

33. Hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.

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34. Blessed is the man that heareth me, and that watcheth daily at my gates, and waiteth at the posts of my doors.

34. μακάριος ἀνήρ ὃς εἰσακούσεταί μου καὶ ἄνθρωπος ὃς τὰς ἐμὰς ὁδοὺς φυλάξει ἀγρυπνῶν ἐπ’ ἐμαῖς θύραις καθ’ ἡμέραν τηρῶν σταθμοὺς ἐμῶν εἰσόδων

35. He that shall find me, shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord:

35. αἱ γὰρ ἔξοδοί μου ἔξοδοι ζωῆς καὶ ἑτοιμάζεται θέλησις παρὰ κυρίου

36. But he that shall sin against me, shall hurt his own soul. All that hate me love death.

36. οἱ δὲ εἰς ἐμὲ ἁμαρτάνοντες ἀσεβοῦσιν τὰς ἑαυτῶν ψυχάς καὶ οἱ μισοῦντές με ἀγαπῶσιν θάνατον