ΠΑΡΟΙΜΙΑΙ 31
Septuagint (Brenton Greek text, with Apocrypha)Original language
Septuagint (Brenton Greek text, with Apocrypha)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
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1The words of king Lamuel. The vision wherewith his mother instructed him.
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2What, O my beloved, what, O the beloved of my womb, what, O the beloved of my vows?
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3Give not thy substance to women, and thy riches to destroy kings.
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4Give not to kings, O Lamuel, give not wine to kings: because there is no secret where drunkenness reigneth:
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5And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor.
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6Give strong drink to them that are sad: and wine to them that are grieved in mind:
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7Let them drink, and forget their want, and remember their sorrow no more.
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8Open thy mouth for the dumb, and for the causes of all the children that pass.
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9Open thy mouth, decree that which is just, and do justice to the needy and poor.
10Γυναῖκα ἀνδρείαν τίς εὑρήσει; τιμιωτέρα δέ ἐστι λίθων πολυτελῶν ἡ τοιαύτη.
10Who shall find a valiant woman? far and from the uttermost coasts is the price of her.
11Θαρσεῖ ἐπʼ αὐτῇ ἡ καρδία τοῦ ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς· ἡ τοιαύτη καλῶν σκύλων οὐκ ἀπορήσει.
11The heart of her husband trusteth in her, and he shall have no need of spoils.
12Ἐνεργεῖ γὰρ τῷ ἀνδρὶ εἰς ἀγαθὰ πάντα τὸν βίον.
12She will render him good, and not evil, all the days of her life.
13Μηρυομένη ἔρια καὶ λινὸν, ἐποίησεν εὔχρηστον ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῆς.
13She hath sought wool and flax, and hath wrought by the counsel of her hands.
14Ἐγένετο ὡσεὶ ναῦς ἐμπορευομένη μακρόθεν, συνάγει δὲ αὕτη τὸν βίον.
14She is like the merchant’s ship, she bringeth her bread from afar.
15Καὶ ἀνίσταται ἐκ νυκτῶν, καὶ ἔδωκε βρώματα τῷ οἴκῳ, καὶ ἔργα ταῖς θεραπαίναις.
15And she hath risen in the night, and given a prey to her household, and victuals to her maidens.
16Θεωρήσασα γεώργιον ἐπρίατο, ἀπὸ δὲ καρπῶν χειρῶν αὐτῆς κατεφύτευσεν κτῆμα.
16She hath considered a field, and bought it: with the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard.
17Ἀναζωσαμένη ἰσχυρῶς τὴν ὀσφῦν αὐτῆς ἤρεισε τοὺς βραχίονας αὐτῆς εἰς ἔργον.
17She hath girded her loins with strength, and hath strengthened her arm.
18Καὶ ἐγεύσατο ὅτι καλόν ἐστι τὸ ἐργάζεσθαι, καὶ οὐκ ἀποσβέννυται ὁ λύχνος αὐτῆς ὅλην τὴν νύκτα.
18She hath tasted and seen that her traffic is good: her lamp shall not be put out in the night.
19τοὺς πήχεις αὐτῆς ἐκτείνει ἐπὶ τὰ συμφέροντα, τὰς δὲ χεῖρας αὐτῆς ἐρείδει εἰς ἄτρακτον.
19She hath put out her hand to strong things, and her fingers have taken hold of the spindle.
20Χεῖρας δὲ αὐτῆς διήνοιξε πένητι, καρπὸν δὲ ἐξέτεινεν πτωχῷ.
20She hath opened her hand to the needy, and stretched out her hands to the poor.
21Οὐ φροντίζει τῶν ἐν οἴκῳ ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς ὅταν που χρονίζῃ, πάντες γὰρ οἱ παρʼ αὐτῆς ἐνδεδυμένοι εἰαί.
21She shall not fear for her house in the cold of snow: for all her domestics are clothed with double garments.
22Δισσὰς χλαίνας ἐποίησε τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς, ἐκ δὲ βύσσου καὶ πορφύρας ἑαυτῇ ἐνδύματα.
22She hath made for herself clothing of tapestry: fine linen, and purple is her covering.
23Περίβλεπτος δὲ γίνεται ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς ἐν πύλαις, ἡνίκα ἂν καθίσῃ ἐν συνεδρίῳ μετὰ τῶν γερόντων κατοίκων τῆς γῆς.
23Her husband is honourable in the gates, when he sitteth among the senators of the land.
24Σινδόνας ἐποίησε καὶ ἀπέδοτο περιζώματα τοῖς Χαναναίοις. στόμα αὐτῆς διήνοιξε προσεχόντως καὶ ἐννόμως, καὶ τάξιν ἐστείλατο τῇ γλώσσῃ αὐτῆς.
24She made fine linen, and sold it, and delivered a girdle to the Chanaanite.
25Ἰσχὺν καὶ εὐπρέπειαν ἐνεδύσατο, καὶ εὐφράνθη ἐν ἡμέραις ἐσχάταις.
25Strength and beauty are her clothing, and she shall laugh in the latter day.
26Στεγναὶ διατριβαὶ οἴκων αὐτῆς, σῖτα δὲ ὀκνηρὰ οὐκ ἔφαγεν.
26She hath opened her mouth to wisdom, and the law of clemency is on her tongue.
27Τὸ στόμα δὲ ἀνοίγει σοφῶς καὶ νομοθέσμως. Ἡ δὲ ἐλεημοσύνη αὐτῆς
27She hath looked well to the paths of her house, and hath not eaten her bread idle.
28ἀνέστησε τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς καὶ ἐπλούτησαν, καὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς ᾔνεσεν αὐτήν.
28Her children rose up, and called her blessed: her husband, and he praised her.
29Πολλαὶ θυγατέρες ἐκτήσαντο πλοῦτον, πολλαὶ ἐποίησαν δύναμιν· σὺ δὲ ὑπέρκεισαι, ὑπερῇρας πάσας.
29Many daughters have gathered together riches: thou hast surpassed them all.
30Ψευδεῖς ἀρέσκειαι, καὶ μάταιον κάλλος γυναικος· γυνὴ γὰρ συνετὴ εὐλογεῖται, φόβον δὲ Κυρίου αὕτη αἰνείτω.
30Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: the woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
31Δότε αὐτῇ ἀπὸ καρπῶν χειλέων αὐτῆς, καὶ αἰνείσθω ἐν πύλαις ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς.
31Give her of the fruit of her hands: and let her works praise her in the gates.
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