Ecclesiasticus, 2

1. Son, when thou comest to the service of God, stand in justice and in fear, and prepare thy soul for temptation.

1. τέκνον εἰ προσέρχῃ δουλεύειν κυρίῳ ἑτοίμασον τὴν ψυχήν σου εἰς πειρασμόν

2. Humble thy heart, and endure: incline thy ear, and receive the words of understanding: and make not haste in the time of clouds.

2. εὔθυνον τὴν καρδίαν σου καὶ καρτέρησον καὶ μὴ σπεύσῃς ἐν καιρῷ ἐπαγωγῆς

3. Wait on God with patience: join thyself to God, and endure, that thy life may be increased in the latter end.

3. κολλήθητι αὐτῷ καὶ μὴ ἀποστῇς ἵνα αὐξηθῇς ἐπ’ ἐσχάτων σου

4. Take all that shall be brought upon thee: and in thy sorrow endure, and in thy humiliation keep patience.

4. πᾶν ὃ ἐὰν ἐπαχθῇ σοι δέξαι καὶ ἐν ἀλλάγμασιν ταπεινώσεώς σου μακροθύμησον

5. For gold and silver are tried in the fire, but acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.

5. ὅτι ἐν πυρὶ δοκιμάζεται χρυσὸς καὶ ἄνθρωποι δεκτοὶ ἐν καμίνῳ ταπεινώσεως

6. Believe God, and he will recover thee: and direct thy way, and trust in him. Keep his fear, and grow old therein.

6. πίστευσον αὐτῷ καὶ ἀντιλήμψεταί σου εὔθυνον τὰς ὁδούς σου καὶ ἔλπισον ἐπ’ αὐτόν

7. Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy: and go not aside from him, lest ye fall.

7. οἱ φοβούμενοι τὸν κύριον ἀναμείνατε τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ καὶ μὴ ἐκκλίνητε ἵνα μὴ πέσητε

8. Ye that fear the Lord, believe him: and your reward shall not be made void.

8. οἱ φοβούμενοι κύριον πιστεύσατε αὐτῷ καὶ οὐ μὴ πταίσῃ ὁ μισθὸς ὑμῶν

9. Ye that fear the Lord, hope in him: and mercy shall come to you for your delight.

9. οἱ φοβούμενοι κύριον ἐλπίσατε εἰς ἀγαθὰ καὶ εἰς εὐφροσύνην αἰῶνος καὶ ἔλεος

10. Ye that fear the Lord, love him, and your hearts shall be enlightened.

10. ἐμβλέψατε εἰς ἀρχαίας γενεὰς καὶ ἴδετε τίς ἐνεπίστευσεν κυρίῳ καὶ κατῃσχύνθη ἢ τίς ἐνέμεινεν τῷ φόβῳ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐγκατελείφθη ἢ τίς ἐπεκαλέσατο αὐτόν καὶ ὑπερεῖδεν αὐτόν

11. My children behold the generations of men: and know ye that no one hath hoped in the Lord, and hath been confounded.

11. διότι οἰκτίρμων καὶ ἐλεήμων ὁ κύριος καὶ ἀφίησιν ἁμαρτίας καὶ σῴζει ἐν καιρῷ θλίψεως

12. For who hath continued in his commandment, and hath been forsaken? or who hath called upon him, and he despised him?

12. οὐαὶ καρδίαις δειλαῖς καὶ χερσὶν παρειμέναις καὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ ἐπιβαίνοντι ἐπὶ δύο τρίβους

13. For God is compassionate and merciful, and will forgive sins in the day of tribulation: and he is a protector to all that seek him in truth.

13. οὐαὶ καρδίᾳ παρειμένῃ ὅτι οὐ πιστεύει διὰ τοῦτο οὐ σκεπασθήσεται

14. Woe to them that are of a double heart and to wicked lips, and to the hands that do evil, and to the sinner that goeth on the earth two ways.

14. οὐαὶ ὑμῖν τοῖς ἀπολωλεκόσιν τὴν ὑπομονήν καὶ τί ποιήσετε ὅταν ἐπισκέπτηται ὁ κύριος

15. Woe to them that are fainthearted, who believe not God: and therefore they shall not be protected by him.

15. οἱ φοβούμενοι κύριον οὐκ ἀπειθήσουσιν ῥημάτων αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ ἀγαπῶντες αὐτὸν συντηρήσουσιν τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ

16. Woe to them that have lost patience, and that have forsaken the right ways, and have gone aside into crooked ways.

16. οἱ φοβούμενοι κύριον ζητήσουσιν εὐδοκίαν αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ ἀγαπῶντες αὐτὸν ἐμπλησθήσονται τοῦ νόμου

17. And what will they do, when the Lord shall begin to examine?

17. οἱ φοβούμενοι κύριον ἑτοιμάσουσιν καρδίας αὐτῶν καὶ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ταπεινώσουσιν τὰς ψυχὰς αὐτῶν

18. They that fear the Lord, will not be incredulous to his word: and they that love him, will keep his way.

18. ἐμπεσούμεθα εἰς χεῖρας κυρίου καὶ οὐκ εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπων ὡς γὰρ ἡ μεγαλωσύνη αὐτοῦ οὕτως καὶ τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ

19. They that fear the Lord, will seek after the things that are well pleasing to him: and they that love him, shall be filled with his law.

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20. They that fear the Lord, will prepare their hearts, and in his sight will sanctify their souls.

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21. They that fear the Lord, keep his Commandments, and will have patience even until his visitation,

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22. Saying: If we do not penance, we shall fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men.

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23. For according to his greatness, so also is his mercy with him.

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