Eclesiástico, 51
1. exomologhsomai soi kurie basileu kai ainesw se qeon ton swthra mou exomologoumai tw onomati sou
1. oratio Jesu filii Sirach confitebor tibi Domine rex et conlaudabo te Deum salvatorem meum
2. oti skepasthV kai bohqoV egenou moi kai elutrwsw to swma mou ex apwleiaV kai ek pagidoV diabolhV glwsshV apo ceilewn ergazomenwn yeudoV kai enanti twn paresthkotwn egenou bohqoV kai elutrwsw me
2. confiteor nomini tuo quoniam adiutor et protector factus es mihi
3. kata to plhqoV eleouV kai onomatoV sou ek brugmwn etoimon eiV brwma ek ceiroV zhtountwn thn yuchn mou ek pleionwn qliyewn wn escon
3. et liberasti corpus meum a perditione a laqueo linguæ iniquæ et a labiis operantium mendacium et in conspectu adstantium factus es mihi adiutor
4. apo pnigmou puraV kukloqen kai ek mesou puroV ou ouk exekausa
4. et liberasti me secundum multitudinem misericordiæ nominis tui a rugientibus paratis ad escam
5. ek baqouV koiliaV adou kai apo glwsshV akaqartou kai logou yeudouV
5. de manibus quærentium animam meam et de portis tribulationis quæ circumdederunt me
6. basilei diabolh glwsshV adikou hggisen ewV qanatou h yuch mou kai h zwh mou hn sunegguV adou katw
6. a pressura flammæ quæ circumdedit me et in medio ignis non sum æstuatus
7. periescon me pantoqen kai ouk hn o bohqwn eneblepon eiV antilhmyin anqrwpwn kai ouk hn
7. de altitudine ventris inferi et a lingua coinquinata et verbo mendacii a rege iniquo et lingua iniusta
8. kai emnhsqhn tou eleouV sou kurie kai thV ergasiaV sou thV ap' aiwnoV oti exairh touV upomenontaV se kai swzeiV autouV ek ceiroV ecqrwn
8. laudavit usque ad mortem anima mea Dominum
9. kai anuywsa apo ghV iketeian mou kai uper qanatou rusewV edehqhn
9. et vita mea adpropinquans erat infero deorsum
10. epekalesamhn kurion patera kuriou mou mh me egkatalipein en hmeraiV qliyewV en kairw uperhfaniwn abohqhsiaV ainesw to onoma sou endelecwV kai umnhsw en exomologhsei
10. circumdederunt me undique et non erat qui adiuvaret respiciens eram ad adiutorium meum et non erat
11. kai eishkousqh h dehsiV mou eswsaV gar me ex apwleiaV kai exeilou me ek kairou ponhrou
11. memoratus sum misericordiæ tuæ Domine et operationis tuæ quæ a sæculo sunt
12. dia touto exomologhsomai soi kai ainesw se kai euloghsw tw onomati kuriou
12. quoniam erues sustinentes te et liberas eos de manibus gentium
13. eti wn newteroV prin h planhqhnai me ezhthsa sofian profanwV en proseuch mou
13. exaltasti super terram habitationem meam et pro morte defluenti deprecatus sum
14. enanti naou hxioun peri authV kai ewV escatwn ekzhthsw authn
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15. ex anqouV wV perkazoushV stafulhV eufranqh h kardia mou en auth epebh o pouV mou en euquthti ek neothtoV mou icneuon authn
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16. eklina oligon to ouV mou kai edexamhn kai pollhn euron emautw paideian
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17. prokoph egeneto moi en auth tw didonti moi sofian dwsw doxan
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18. dienohqhn gar tou poihsai authn kai ezhlwsa to agaqon kai ou mh aiscunqw
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19. diamemacistai h yuch mou en auth kai en poihsei nomou dihkribasamhn taV ceiraV mou exepetasa proV uyoV kai ta agnohmata authV epenqhsa
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20. thn yuchn mou kateuquna eiV authn kai en kaqarismw euron authn kardian ekthsamhn met' authV ap' archV dia touto ou mh egkataleifqw
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21. kai h koilia mou etaracqh tou ekzhthsai authn dia touto ekthsamhn agaqon kthma
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22. edwken kurioV glwssan moi misqon mou kai en auth ainesw auton
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23. eggisate proV me apaideutoi kai aulisqhte en oikw paideiaV
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24. ti oti ustereisqai legete en toutoiV kai ai yucai umwn diywsi sfodra
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25. hnoixa to stoma mou kai elalhsa kthsasqe eautoiV aneu arguriou
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26. ton trachlon umwn upoqete upo zugon kai epidexasqw h yuch umwn paideian egguV estin eurein authn
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27. idete en ofqalmoiV umwn oti oligon ekopiasa kai euron emautw pollhn anapausin
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28. metascete paideiaV en pollw ariqmw arguriou kai polun cruson kthsasqe en auth
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29. eufranqeih h yuch umwn en tw eleei autou kai mh aiscunqeihte en ainesei autou
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30. ergazesqe to ergon umwn pro kairou kai dwsei ton misqon umwn en kairw autou .
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