Greek: Rahlfs — Proverbs
1 υἱέ φύλασσε ἐμοὺς λόγους τὰς δὲ ἐμὰς ἐντολὰς κρύψον παρὰ σεαυτῷ
My son, keep my words, And hide with thee my commandments.
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1a υἱέ τίμα τὸν κύριον καὶ ἰσχύσεις πλὴν δὲ αὐτοῦ μὴ φοβοῦ ἄλλον
My son, honor the Lord, and thou shalt be strong; And fear none but him:
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2 φύλαξον ἐμὰς ἐντολάς καὶ βιώσεις τοὺς δὲ ἐμοὺς λόγους ὥσπερ κόρας ὀμμάτων
Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live; And keep my words as the pupils of thine eyes.
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3 περίθου δὲ αὐτοὺς σοῖς δακτύλοις ἐπίγραψον δὲ ἐπὶ τὸ πλάτος τῆς καρδίας σου
And bind them on thy fingers, And write them on the table of thy heart.
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4 εἶπον τὴν σοφίαν σὴν ἀδελφὴν εἶναι τὴν δὲ φρόνησιν γνώριμον περιποίησαι σεαυτῷ
Say that wisdom is thy sister, And gain prudence as an acquaintance for thyself;
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5 ἵνα σε τηρήσῃ ἀπὸ γυναικὸς ἀλλοτρίας καὶ πονηρᾶς ἐάν σε λόγοις τοῖς πρὸς χάριν ἐμβάληται
That she may keep thee from the strange and wicked woman, If she should assail thee with flattering words.
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6 ἀπὸ γὰρ θυρίδος ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτῆς εἰς τὰς πλατείας παρακύπτουσα
For she looks from a window out of her house into the streets, At one whom she may see of the senseless ones, A young man void of understanding,
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7 ὃν ἂν ἴδῃ τῶν ἀφρόνων τέκνων νεανίαν ἐνδεῆ φρενῶν
Passing by the corner in the passages near her house,
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8 παραπορευόμενον παρὰ γωνίαν ἐν διόδοις οἴκων αὐτῆς
And speaking, in the dark of the evening,
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9 καὶ λαλοῦντα ἐν σκότει ἑσπερινῷ ἡνίκα ἂν ἡσυχία νυκτερινὴ ᾖ καὶ γνοφώδης
When there happens to be the stillness of night and of darkness:
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10 ἡ δὲ γυνὴ συναντᾷ αὐτῷ εἶδος ἔχουσα πορνικόν ἣ ποιεῖ νέων ἐξίπτασθαι καρδίας
And the woman meets him having the appearance of a harlot, That causes the hearts of young men to flutter.
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11 ἀνεπτερωμένη δέ ἐστιν καὶ ἄσωτος ἐν οἴκῳ δὲ οὐχ ἡσυχάζουσιν οἱ πόδες αὐτῆς
And she is fickle, and debauched, And her feet abide not at home.
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12 χρόνον γάρ τινα ἔξω ῥέμβεται χρόνον δὲ ἐν πλατείαις παρὰ πᾶσαν γωνίαν ἐνεδρεύει
For at one time she wanders without, And at another time she lies in wait in the streets, at every corner.
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13 εἶτα ἐπιλαβομένη ἐφίλησεν αὐτόν ἀναιδεῖ δὲ προσώπῳ προσεῖπεν αὐτῷ
Then she caught him, and kissed him, And with an impudent face said to him,
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14 θυσία εἰρηνική μοί ἐστιν σήμερον ἀποδίδωμι τὰς εὐχάς μου
I have a peace offering; Today I pay my vows:
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15 ἕνεκα τούτου ἐξῆλθον εἰς συνάντησίν σοι ποθοῦσα τὸ σὸν πρόσωπον εὕρηκά σε
Therefore I came forth to meet thee, desiring thy face; And I have found thee.
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16 κειρίαις τέτακα τὴν κλίνην μου ἀμφιτάποις δὲ ἔστρωκα τοῖς ἀπ᾿ Αἰγύπτου
I have spread my bed with sheets, And I have covered it with double tapestry from Egypt.
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17 διέρραγκα τὴν κοίτην μου κρόκῳ τὸν δὲ οἶκόν μου κινναμώμῳ
I have sprinkled my couch with saffron, And my house with cinnamon.
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18 ἐλθὲ καὶ ἀπολαύσωμεν φιλίας ἕως ὄρθρου δεῦρο καὶ ἐγκυλισθῶμεν ἔρωτι
Come, and let us enjoy love until the morning; Come, and let us embrace in love.
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19 οὐ γὰρ πάρεστιν ὁ ἀνήρ μου ἐν οἴκῳ πεπόρευται δὲ ὁδὸν μακρὰν
For my husband is not at home, But is gone on a long journey,
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20 ἔνδεσμον ἀργυρίου λαβὼν ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ δι᾿ ἡμερῶν πολλῶν ἐπανήξει εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ
Having taken in his hand a bundle of money: After many days he will return to his house.
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21 ἀπεπλάνησεν δὲ αὐτὸν πολλῇ ὁμιλίᾳ βρόχοις τε τοῖς ἀπὸ χειλέων ἐξώκειλεν αὐτόν
So with much converse she prevailed on him to go astray, And with the snares of her lips she forced him from the right path.
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22 ὁ δὲ ἐπηκολούθησεν αὐτῇ κεπφωθείς ὥσπερ δὲ βοῦς ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἄγεται καὶ ὥσπερ κύων ἐπὶ δεσμοὺς
And he followed her, being gently led on, And that as an ox is led to the slaughter, And as a dog to bonds, Or as a hart shot in the liver with an arrow:
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23 ἢ ὡς ἔλαφος τοξεύματι πεπληγὼς εἰς τὸ ἧπαρ σπεύδει δὲ ὥσπερ ὄρνεον εἰς παγίδα οὐκ εἰδὼς ὅτι περὶ ψυχῆς τρέχει
And he hastens as a bird into a snare, Not knowing that he is running for his life.
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24 νῦν οὖν υἱέ ἄκουέ μου καὶ πρόσεχε ῥήμασιν στόματός μου
Now then, my son, hearken to me, And attend to the words of my mouth.
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25 μὴ ἐκκλινάτω εἰς τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῆς ἡ καρδία σου
Let not thy heart turn aside to her ways:
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26 πολλοὺς γὰρ τρώσασα καταβέβληκεν καὶ ἀναρίθμητοί εἰσιν οὓς πεφόνευκεν
For she has wounded and cast down many, And those whom she has slain are innumerable.
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27 ὁδοὶ ᾅδου ὁ οἶκος αὐτῆς κατάγουσαι εἰς τὰ ταμίεια τοῦ θανάτου
Her house is the way of hell, Leading down to the chambers of death.
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