Ecclesiasticus, 24
1. Wisdom shall praise her own self, and shall be honoured in God, and shall glory in the midst of her people,
1. ἡ σοφία αἰνέσει ψυχὴν αὐτῆς καὶ ἐν μέσῳ λαοῦ αὐτῆς καυχήσεται
2. And shall open her mouth in the churches of the most High, and shall glorify herself in the sight of his power,
2. ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ ὑψίστου στόμα αὐτῆς ἀνοίξει καὶ ἔναντι δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ καυχήσεται
3. And in the midst of her own people she shall be exalted, and shall be ad- mired in the holy assembly.
3. ἐγὼ ἀπὸ στόματος ὑψίστου ἐξῆλθον καὶ ὡς ὁμίχλη κατεκάλυψα γῆν
4. And in the multitude of the elect she shall have praise, and among the blessed she shall be blessed, saying:
4. ἐγὼ ἐν ὑψηλοῖς κατεσκήνωσα καὶ ὁ θρόνος μου ἐν στύλῳ νεφέλης
5. I came out of the mouth of the most High, the firstborn before all creatures:
5. γῦρον οὐρανοῦ ἐκύκλωσα μόνη καὶ ἐν βάθει ἀβύσσων περιεπάτησα
6. I made that in the heavens there should rise light that never faileth, and as a cloud I covered all the earth:
6. ἐν κύμασιν θαλάσσης καὶ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ καὶ ἐν παντὶ λαῷ καὶ ἔθνει ἐκτησάμην
7. I dwelt in the highest places, and my throne is in a pillar of a cloud.
7. μετὰ τούτων πάντων ἀνάπαυσιν ἐζήτησα καὶ ἐν κληρονομίᾳ τίνος αὐλισθήσομαι
8. I alone have compassed the circuit of heaven, and have penetrated into the bottom of the deep, and have walked in the waves of the sea,
8. τότε ἐνετείλατό μοι ὁ κτίστης ἁπάντων καὶ ὁ κτίσας με κατέπαυσεν τὴν σκηνήν μου καὶ εἶπεν ἐν Ιακωβ κατασκήνωσον καὶ ἐν Ισραηλ κατακληρονομήθητι
9. And have stood in all the earth: and in every people,
9. πρὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς ἔκτισέν με καὶ ἕως αἰῶνος οὐ μὴ ἐκλίπω
10. And in every nation I have had the chief rule:
10. ἐν σκηνῇ ἁγίᾳ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ἐλειτούργησα καὶ οὕτως ἐν Σιων ἐστηρίχθην
11. And by my power I have trodden under my feet the hearts of all the high and low: and in all these I sought rest, and I shall abide in the inheritance of the Lord.
11. ἐν πόλει ἠγαπημένῃ ὁμοίως με κατέπαυσεν καὶ ἐν Ιερουσαλημ ἡ ἐξουσία μου
12. Then the creator of all things commanded, and said to me: and he that made me, rested in my tabernacle,
12. καὶ ἐρρίζωσα ἐν λαῷ δεδοξασμένῳ ἐν μερίδι κυρίου κληρονομίας αὐτοῦ
13. And he said to me: Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thy inheritance in Israel, and take root in my elect.
13. ὡς κέδρος ἀνυψώθην ἐν τῷ Λιβάνῳ καὶ ὡς κυπάρισσος ἐν ὄρεσιν Αερμων
14. From the beginning, and before the world, was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be, and in the holy dwelling place I have ministered before him.
14. ὡς φοῖνιξ ἀνυψώθην ἐν Αιγγαδοις καὶ ὡς φυτὰ ῥόδου ἐν Ιεριχω ὡς ἐλαία εὐπρεπὴς ἐν πεδίῳ καὶ ἀνυψώθην ὡς πλάτανος
15. And so was I established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested, and my power was in Jerusalem.
15. ὡς κιννάμωμον καὶ ἀσπάλαθος ἀρωμάτων δέδωκα ὀσμὴν καὶ ὡς σμύρνα ἐκλεκτὴ διέδωκα εὐωδίαν ὡς χαλβάνη καὶ ὄνυξ καὶ στακτὴ καὶ ὡς λιβάνου ἀτμὶς ἐν σκηνῇ
16. And I took root in an honourable people, and in the portion of mg God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of saints.
16. ἐγὼ ὡς τερέμινθος ἐξέτεινα κλάδους μου καὶ οἱ κλάδοι μου κλάδοι δόξης καὶ χάριτος
17. I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree on mount Sion.
17. ἐγὼ ὡς ἄμπελος ἐβλάστησα χάριν καὶ τὰ ἄνθη μου καρπὸς δόξης καὶ πλούτου
18. I was exalted like a palm tree in Cades, and as a rose plant in Jericho:
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19. As a fair olive tree in the plains, and as a plane tree by the water in the streets, was I exalted.
19. προσέλθετε πρός με οἱ ἐπιθυμοῦντές μου καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν γενημάτων μου ἐμπλήσθητε
20. I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon. and aromatical balm: I yielded a sweet odour like the best myrrh:
20. τὸ γὰρ μνημόσυνόν μου ὑπὲρ τὸ μέλι γλυκύ καὶ ἡ κληρονομία μου ὑπὲρ μέλιτος κηρίον
21. And I perfumed my dwelling as storax, and galbanum, and onyx, and aloes, and as the frankincense not cut, and my odour is as the purest balm.
21. οἱ ἐσθίοντές με ἔτι πεινάσουσιν καὶ οἱ πίνοντές με ἔτι διψήσουσιν
22. I have stretched out my branches as the turpentine tree, and my branches are of honour and grace.
22. ὁ ὑπακούων μου οὐκ αἰσχυνθήσεται καὶ οἱ ἐργαζόμενοι ἐν ἐμοὶ οὐχ ἁμαρτήσουσιν
23. As the vine I have brought forth a pleasant odour: and my flowers are the fruit of honour and riches.
23. ταῦτα πάντα βίβλος διαθήκης θεοῦ ὑψίστου νόμον ὃν ἐνετείλατο ἡμῖν Μωυσῆς κληρονομίαν συναγωγαῖς Ιακωβ
24. I am the mother of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope.
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25. In me is all grace of the way and of the truth, in me is all hope of life and of virtue.
25. ὁ πιμπλῶν ὡς Φισων σοφίαν καὶ ὡς Τίγρις ἐν ἡμέραις νέων
26. Come over to me, all ye that desire me, and be filled with my fruits.
26. ὁ ἀναπληρῶν ὡς Εὐφράτης σύνεσιν καὶ ὡς Ιορδάνης ἐν ἡμέραις θερισμοῦ
27. For my spirit is sweet above honey, and my inheritance above honey and the honeycomb.
27. ὁ ἐκφαίνων ὡς φῶς παιδείαν ὡς Γηων ἐν ἡμέραις τρυγήτου
28. My memory is unto everlasting generations.
28. οὐ συνετέλεσεν ὁ πρῶτος γνῶναι αὐτήν καὶ οὕτως ὁ ἔσχατος οὐκ ἐξιχνίασεν αὐτήν
29. They that eat me, shall yet hunger: and they that drink me, shall yet thirst.
29. ἀπὸ γὰρ θαλάσσης ἐπληθύνθη διανόημα αὐτῆς καὶ ἡ βουλὴ αὐτῆς ἀπὸ ἀβύσσου μεγάλης
30. He that hearkeneth to me, shall not be confounded: and they that work by me, shall not sin.
30. κἀγὼ ὡς διῶρυξ ἀπὸ ποταμοῦ καὶ ὡς ὑδραγωγὸς ἐξῆλθον εἰς παράδεισον
31. They that explain me shall have life everlasting.
31. εἶπα ποτιῶ μου τὸν κῆπον καὶ μεθύσω μου τὴν πρασιάν καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγένετό μοι ἡ διῶρυξ εἰς ποταμόν καὶ ὁ ποταμός μου ἐγένετο εἰς θάλασσαν
32. All these things are the book of life, and the covenant of the most High, and the knowledge of truth.
32. ἔτι παιδείαν ὡς ὄρθρον φωτιῶ καὶ ἐκφανῶ αὐτὰ ἕως εἰς μακράν
33. Moses commanded a law in the precepts of justices, and an inheritance to the house of Jacob, and the promises to Israel.
33. ἔτι διδασκαλίαν ὡς προφητείαν ἐκχεῶ καὶ καταλείψω αὐτὴν εἰς γενεὰς αἰώνων
34. He appointed to David his servant to raise up of him a most mighty king, and sitting on the throne of glory for ever.
34. ἴδετε ὅτι οὐκ ἐμοὶ μόνῳ ἐκοπίασα ἀλλ’ ἅπασιν τοῖς ἐκζητοῦσιν αὐτήν
35. Who filleth up wisdom as the Phison, and as the Tigris in the days of the new fruits.
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36. Who maketh understanding to abound as the Euphrates, who multiplieth it as the Jordan in the time of harvest.
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37. Who sendeth knowledge as the light, and riseth up as Gehon in the time of the vintage.
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38. Who first hath perfect knowledge of her, and a weaker shall not search her out.
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39. For her thoughts are more vast than the sea, and her counsels more deep than the great ocean.
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40. I, wisdom, have poured out rivers.
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41. I, like a brook out of a river of a mighty water; I, like a channel of a river. and like an aqueduct, came out of paradise.
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42. I said: I will water my garden of plants, and I will water abundantly the fruits of my meadow.
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43. And behold my brook became a great river, and my river came near to a sea:
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44. For I make doctrine to shine forth to all as the morning light, and I will declare it afar off.
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45. I will penetrate to all the lower parts of the earth, and will behold all that sleep, and will enlighten all that hope in the Lord.
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46. I will yet pour out doctrine as prophecy, and will leave it to them that seek wisdom, and will not cease to instruct their offspring even to the holy age.
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47. See ye that I have not laboured for myself only, but for all that seek out the truth.
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