Proverbs 4
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;
1ΑΚΟΥΣΑΤΕ, παῖδες, παιδείαν πατρὸς καὶ προσέχετε γνῶναι ἔννοιαν·
2for I give you sound learning. Don’t forsake my law.
2δῶρον γὰρ ἀγαθὸν δωροῦμαι ὑμῖν, τὸν ἐμὸν νόμον μὴ ἐγκαταλίπητε.
3For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
3υἱὸς γὰρ ἐγενόμην κἀγὼ πατρὶ ὑπήκοος καὶ ἀγαπώμενος ἐν προσώπῳ μητρός,
4He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
4οἳ ἐδίδασκόν με καὶ ἔλεγον· ἐρειδέτω ὁ ἡμέτερος λόγος εἰς σὴν καρδίαν· φύλασσε ἐντολάς, μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ
5Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.
5μηδὲ παρίδῃς ρῆσιν ἐμοῦ στόματος,
6Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.
6μηδὲ ἐγκαταλίπῃς αὐτήν, καὶ ἀνθέξεταί σου· ἐράσθητι αὐτῆς, καὶ τηρήσει σε·
7Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
no verse 7 in this text
8Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor when you embrace her.
8περιχαράκωσον αὐτήν, καὶ ὑψώσει σε· τίμησον αὐτήν, ἵνα σε περιλάβῃ,
9She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you.”
9ἵνα δῷ τῇ σῇ κεφαλῇ στέφανον χαρίτων, στεφάνῳ δὲ τρυφῆς ὑπερασπίσῃ σου.
10Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.
10Ἄκουε, υἱέ, καὶ δέξαι ἐμοὺς λόγους, καὶ πληθυνθήσεται ἔτη ζωῆς σου, ἵνα σοι γένωνται πολλαὶ ὁδοὶ βίου·
11I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.
11ὁδοὺς γὰρ σοφίας διδάσκω σε, ἐμβιβάζω δέ σε τροχιαῖς ὀρθαῖς.
12When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.
12ἐὰν γὰρ πορεύῃ, οὐ συγκλεισθήσεταί σου τὰ διαβήματα, ἐὰν δὲ τρέχῃς οὐ κοπιάσεις.
13Take firm hold of instruction. Don’t let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.
13ἐπιλαβοῦ ἐμῆς παιδείας, μὴ ἀφῇς, ἀλλὰ φύλαξον αὐτὴν σεαυτῷ εἰς ζωήν σου.
14Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil men.
14ὁδοὺς ἀσεβῶν μὴ ἐπέλθῃς, μηδὲ ζηλώσῃς ὁδοὺς παρανόμων·
15Avoid it, and don’t pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
15ἐν ᾧ ἂν τόπῳ στρατοπεδεύσωσι, μὴ ἐπέλθῃς ἐκεῖ, ἔκκλινον δὲ ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν καὶ παράλλαξον.
16For they don’t sleep unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.
16οὐ γὰρ μὴ ὑπνώσωσιν, ἐὰν μὴ κακοποιήσωσιν, ἀφῃ£ρηται ὁ ὕπνος αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐ κοιμῶνται·
17For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
17οἵδε γὰρ σιτοῦνται σῖτα ἀσεβείας, οἴνῳ δὲ παρανόμῳ μεθύσκονται.
18But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.
18αἱ δὲ ὁδοὶ τῶν δικαίων ὁμοίως φωτὶ λάμπουσι, προπορεύονται καὶ φωτίζουσιν, ἕως κατορθώσῃ ἡ ἡμέρα·
19The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.
19αἱ δὲ ὁδοὶ τῶν ἀσεβῶν σκοτειναί, οὐκ οἴδασι πῶς προσκόπτουσιν.
20My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.
20Υἱέ, ἐμῇ ρήσει πρόσεχε, τοῖς δὲ ἐμοῖς λόγοις παράβαλλε σὸν οὖς,
21Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.
21ὅπως μὴ ἐκλίπωσί σε αἱ πηγαί σου, φύλασσε αὐτὰς ἐν καρδίᾳ·
22For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.
22ζωὴ γάρ ἐστι τοῖς εὑρίσκουσιν αὐτὰς καὶ πάσῃ σαρκὶ ἴασις.
23Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
23πάσῃ φυλακῇ τήρει σὴν καρδίαν, ἐκ γὰρ τούτων ἔξοδοι ζωῆς.
24Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.
24περίελε σεαυτοῦ σκολιὸν στόμα καὶ ἄδικα χείλη μακρὰν ἀπὸ σοῦ ἄπωσαι.
25Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.
25οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου ὀρθὰ βλεπέτωσαν, τὰ δὲ βλέφαρά σου νευέτω δίκαια.
26Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.
26ὀρθὰς τροχιὰς ποίει σοῖς ποσὶ καὶ τὰς ὁδούς σου κατεύθυνε.
27Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.
27μὴ ἐκκλίνῃς εἰς τὰ δεξιὰ μηδὲ εἰς τὰ ἀριστερά, ἀπόστρεψον δὲ σὸν πόδα ἀπὸ ὁδοῦ κακῆς· ὁδοὺς γὰρ τὰς ἐκ δεξιῶν οἶδεν ὁ Θεός, διεστραμμέναι δέ εἰσιν αἱ ἐξ ἀριστερῶν· αὐτὸς δὲ ὀρθὰς ποιήσει τὰς τροχιάς σου, τὰς δὲ πορείας σου ἐν εἰρήνῃ προάξει.
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