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Chapter 24
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| My son, envy not bad men, nor desire to be with them. | Сы́не, не ревнꙋ́й мꙋжє́мъ ѕлы̑мъ, нижѐ возжелѣ́й бы́ти съ ни́ми: |
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| For their heart meditates falsehoods, and their lips speak mischiefs. | лжа́мъ бо поꙋча́етсѧ се́рдце и҆́хъ, и҆ болѣ̑зни оу҆стнѣ̀ и҆́хъ глаго́лютъ. |
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| A house is built by wisdom, and is set up by understanding. | Съ премꙋ́дростїю зи́ждетсѧ до́мъ и҆ съ ра́зꙋмомъ и҆справлѧ́етсѧ. |
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| By discretion the chambers are filled with all precious and excellent wealth. | Съ чꙋ́вствїемъ и҆сполнѧ́ютсѧ сокрѡ́вища ѿ всѧ́кагѡ бога́тства честна́гѡ и҆ до́брагѡ. |
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| A wise man is better than a strong man; and a man who has prudence than a large estate. | Лꙋ́чше мꙋ́дрый крѣ́пкагѡ, и҆ мꙋ́жъ ра́зꙋмъ и҆мѣ́ѧй земледѣ́лца вели́ка. |
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| War is carried on with generalship, and aid is supplied to the heart of a counsellor. | Со оу҆правле́нїемъ быва́етъ бра́нь, по́мощь же съ се́рдцемъ совѣ́тнымъ. |
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| Wisdom and good understanding are in the gates of the wise: the wise turn not aside from the mouth of the Lord, | Премꙋ́дрость и҆ мы́сль бла́га во вратѣ́хъ премꙋ́дрыхъ: смы́сленнїи не оу҆кланѧ́ютсѧ ѿ зако́на гдⷭ҇нѧ, |
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| but deliberate in council. Death befalls uninstructed men. | но совѣ́тꙋютъ въ со́нмищихъ. Ненака́занныхъ срѣта́етъ сме́рть, |
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| The fool also dies in sins; and uncleanness attaches to a pestilent man. | оу҆мира́етъ же безꙋ́мный во грѣсѣ́хъ. Нечистота̀ мꙋ́жꙋ гꙋби́телю: |
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| He shall be defiled in the evil day, and in the day of affliction, until he be utterly consumed. | ѡ҆скверни́тсѧ въ де́нь ѕо́лъ и҆ въ де́нь печа́ли, до́ндеже ѡ҆скꙋдѣ́етъ. |
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| Deliver them that are led away to death, and redeem them that are appointed to be slain; spare not thy help. | И҆зба́ви ведѡ́мыѧ на сме́рть и҆ и҆скꙋпѝ оу҆бива́емыхъ, не щадѝ. |
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| But if thou shouldest say, I know not this man; know that the Lord knows the hearts of all; and he that formed breath for all, he knows all things, who renders to every man according to his works. | А҆́ще же рече́ши: не вѣ́мъ сегѡ̀: разꙋмѣ́й, ꙗ҆́кѡ гдⷭ҇ь всѣ́хъ сердца̀ вѣ́сть, и҆ созда́вый дыха́нїе всѣ̑мъ, се́й вѣ́сть всѧ́чєскаѧ, и҆́же возда́стъ комꙋ́ждо по дѣлѡ́мъ є҆гѡ̀. |
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| My son, eat honey, for the honeycomb is good, that thy throat may be sweetened. | Ꙗ҆́ждь ме́дъ, сы́не, бла́гъ бо є҆́сть со́тъ, да наслади́тсѧ горта́нь тво́й: |
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| Thus shalt thou perceive wisdom in thy soul: for if thou find it, thine end shall be good, and hope shall not fail thee. | си́це оу҆разꙋмѣ́еши премꙋ́дрость дꙋше́ю твое́ю: а҆́ще бо ѡ҆брѧ́щеши, бꙋ́детъ добра̀ кончи́на твоѧ̀, и҆ оу҆пова́нїе не ѡ҆ста́витъ тебѐ. |
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| Bring not an ungodly man into the dwelling of the righteous: neither be deceived by the feeding of the belly. | Не приводѝ нечести́ваго на па́жить првⷣныхъ, нижѐ прельща́йсѧ насыще́нїемъ чре́ва: |
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| For a righteous man will fall seven times, and rise again: but the ungodly shall be without strength in troubles. | седмери́цею бо паде́тъ првⷣный и҆ воста́нетъ, нечести́вїи же и҆знемо́гꙋтъ въ ѕлы́хъ. |
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| If thine enemy should fall, rejoice not over him, neither be elated at his overthrow. | А҆́ще паде́тъ вра́гъ тво́й, не ѡ҆бра́дꙋйсѧ є҆мꙋ̀, въ преткнове́нїи же є҆гѡ̀ не возноси́сѧ: |
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| For the Lord will see it, and it will not please him, and he will turn away his wrath from him. | ꙗ҆́кѡ оу҆́зритъ гдⷭ҇ь, и҆ не оу҆го́дно є҆мꙋ̀ бꙋ́детъ, и҆ ѿврати́тъ ꙗ҆́рость свою̀ ѿ негѡ̀. |
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| Rejoice not in evil-doers, neither be envious of sinners. | Не ра́дꙋйсѧ ѡ҆ ѕлодѣ́ющихъ и҆ не ревнꙋ́й грѣ̑шнымъ, |
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| For the evil man shall have no posterity: and the light of the wicked shall be put out. | не пребꙋ́дꙋтъ бо внꙋ́цы лꙋка́выхъ, свѣти́ло же нечести́выхъ оу҆га́снетъ. |
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| My son, fear God and the king; and do not disobey either of them. | Бо́йсѧ бг҃а, сы́не, и҆ царѧ̀, и҆ ни є҆ди́номꙋ же и҆́хъ проти́висѧ: |
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| For they will suddenly punish the ungodly, and who can know the vengeance inflicted by both? | внеза́пꙋ бо и҆стѧ́жꙋтъ нечести́выхъ, мꙋчє́нїѧ же ѻ҆бои́хъ кто̀ оу҆вѣ́сть; Сло́во сохранѧ́ѧй сы́нъ кромѣ̀ поги́бели бꙋ́детъ: прїе́млѧй же прїѧ́тъ ѻ҆́ное. Ничто́же ло́жно ѿ ѧ҆зы́ка царе́ви да глаго́летсѧ, и҆ ни є҆ди́на лжа̀ ѿ ѧ҆зы́ка є҆гѡ̀ да и҆зы́детъ: ме́чь (є҆́сть) ѧ҆зы́къ царе́въ, а҆ не пло́тѧнъ: и҆ и҆́же а҆́ще пре́данъ бꙋ́детъ, сокрꙋши́тсѧ: а҆́ще бо раздражи́тсѧ ꙗ҆́рость є҆гѡ̀, со жи́лами человѣ́ки гꙋби́тъ, и҆ кѡ́сти человѣ́чєскїѧ поѧда́етъ и҆ сожига́етъ ꙗ҆́кѡ пла́мень, ꙗ҆́кѡ не ꙗ҆дѡ́мымъ бы́ти птенца́ми ѻ҆́рлими. Мои́хъ слове́съ, сы́не, бо́йсѧ, и҆ прїи́мъ ѧ҆̀ пока́йсѧ. |
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| A son that keeps the commandment shall escape destruction; for such an one has fully received it. | |
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| Let no falsehood be spoken by the king from the tongue; yea, let no falsehood proceed from his tongue. | |
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| The king's tongue is a sword, and not one of flesh; and whosoever shall be given up to it shall be destroyed: | |
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| for if his wrath should be provoked, he destroys men with cords, | |
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| and devours men's bones, and burns them up as a flame, so that they are not even fit to be eaten by the young eagles. | |
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| My son, reverence my words, and receive them, and repent. These things says the man to them that trust in God; and I cease. | |
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| For I am the most simple of all men, and there is not in me the wisdom of men. | |
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| God has taught me wisdom, and I know the knowledge of the holy. | |
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| Who has gone up to heaven, and come down? who has gathered the winds in his bosom? who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? who has dominion of all the ends of the earth? what is his name? or what is the name of his children? | |
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| For all the words of God are tried in the fire, and he defends those that reverence him. | |
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| Add not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be made a liar. | |
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| Two things I ask of thee; take not favour from me before I die. | |
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| Remove far from me vanity and falsehood: and give me not wealth or poverty; but appoint me what is needful and sufficient: | |
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| lest I be filled and become false, and say, Who sees me? or be poor and steal, and swear vainly by the name of God. | |
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| Deliver not a servant into the hands of his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be utterly destroyed. | |
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| A wicked generation curse their father, and do not bless their mother. | |
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| A wicked generation judge themselves to be just, but do not cleanse their way. | |
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| A wicked generation have lofty eyes, and exalt themselves with their eyelids. | |
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| A wicked generation have swords for teeth and jaw-teeth as knives, so as to destroy and devour the lowly from the earth, and the poor of them from among men. | |
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| And this thing I say to you that are wise for you to learn: It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. | Сїѧ̑ же ва́мъ смы́слєннымъ глаго́лю разꙋмѣ́ти: срамлѧ́тисѧ лица̀ на сꙋдѣ̀ не добро̀. |
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| He that says of the ungodly, He is righteous, shall be cursed by peoples, and hateful among the nations. | Глаго́лѧй нечести́ваго, ꙗ҆́кѡ пра́веденъ є҆́сть, про́клѧтъ ѿ люді́й бꙋ́детъ и҆ возненави́дѣнъ во ꙗ҆зы́цѣхъ: |
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| But they that reprove him shall appear more excellent, and blessing shall come upon them; | ѡ҆блича́ющїи же лꙋ́чшїи ꙗ҆вѧ́тсѧ, на нѧ́же прїи́детъ благослове́нїе бла́го: |
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| and men will kiss lips that answer well. | и҆ оу҆стнѣ̀ ѡ҆блобыза́ютъ ѿвѣща́ющыѧ словеса̀ бла̑га. |
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| Prepare thy works for thy going forth, and prepare thyself for the field; and come after me, and thou shalt rebuild thine house. | Оу҆готовлѧ́й на и҆схо́дъ дѣла̀ твоѧ̑, и҆ оу҆гото́висѧ на село̀, и҆ ходѝ в̾слѣ́дъ менє̀, и҆ сози́ждеши до́мъ тво́й. |
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| Be not a false witness against thy fellow citizen, neither exaggerate with thy lips. | Не бꙋ́ди свидѣ́тель лжи́въ на твоего̀ граждани́на, нижѐ пространѧ́йсѧ твои́ма оу҆стна́ма. |
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| Say not, As he has treated me, so will I treat him, and I will avenge myself on him for that wherein he has injured me. | Не рцы̀: и҆́мже ѡ҆́бразомъ сотвори́ ми, сотворю̀ є҆мꙋ̀ и҆ ѿмщꙋ̀ є҆мꙋ̀, и҆́миже мѧ̀ преѡби́дѣ. |
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| A foolish man is like a farm, and a senseless man is like a vineyard. | Ꙗ҆́коже ни́ва мꙋ́жъ безꙋ́мный, и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ вїногра́дъ человѣ́къ скꙋдоꙋ́мный: |
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| If thou let him alone, he will altogether remain barren and covered with weeds; and he becomes destitute, and his stone walls are broken down. | а҆́ще ѡ҆ста́виши є҆го̀, ѡ҆пꙋстѣ́етъ и҆ траво́ю порасте́тъ ве́сь, и҆ бꙋ́детъ ѡ҆ста́вленъ, ѡ҆гра̑ды же ка́мєнныѧ є҆гѡ̀ раскопа́ютсѧ. |
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| Afterwards I reflected, I looked that I might receive instruction. | Послѣдѝ а҆́зъ пока́ѧхсѧ, воззрѣ́хъ и҆збра́ти наказа́нїе: |
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| The sluggard says, I slumber a little, and I sleep a little, and for a little while I fold my arms across my breast. | ма́лѡ дремлю̀, ма́лѡ же сплю̀ и҆ ма́лѡ ѡ҆б̾е́млю рꙋка́ма пє́рси: |
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| But if thou do this, thy poverty will come speedily; and thy want like a swift courier. | а҆́ще же сїѐ твори́ши, прїи́детъ пред̾идꙋ́щи нищета̀ твоѧ̀ и҆ скꙋ́дость твоѧ̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ бла́гъ тече́цъ. |
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| The horse-leech had three dearly-beloved daughters: and these three did not satisfy her; and the fourth was not contented so as to say, Enough. | |
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| The grave, and the love of a woman, and the earth not filled with water; water also and fire will not say, It is enough. | |
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| The eye that laughs to scorn a father, and dishonours the old age of a mother, let the ravens of the valleys pick it out, and let the young eagles devour it. | |
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| Moreover there are three things impossible for me to comprehend, and the fourth I know not: | |
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| the track of a flying eagle; and the ways of a serpent on a rock; and the paths of a ship passing through the sea; and the ways of a man in youth. | |
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| Such is the way of an adulterous woman, who having washed herself from what she has done, says she has done nothing amiss. | |
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| By three things the earth is troubled, and the fourth it cannot bear: | |
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| if a servant reign; or a fool be filled with food; | |
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| or if a maid-servant should cast out her own mistress; and if a hateful woman should marry a good man. | |
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| And there are four very little things upon the earth, but these are wiser than the wise: | |
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| the ants which are weak, and yet prepare their food in summer; | |
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| the rabbits also are a feeble race, who make their houses in the rocks. | |
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| The locusts have no king, and yet march orderly at one command. | |
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| And the eft, which supports itself by its hands, and is easily taken, dwells in the fortresses of kings. | |
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| And there are three things which go well, and a fourth which passes along finely. | |
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| A lion's whelp, stronger than all other beasts, which turns not away, nor fears any beast; | |
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| and a cock walking in boldly among the hens, and a goat leading the herd; and a king publicly speaking before a nation. | |
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| If thou abandon thyself to mirth, and stretch forth thine hand in a quarrel, thou shalt be disgraced. | |
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| Milk out milk, and there shall be butter, and if thou wring one's nostrils there shall come out blood: so if thou extort words, there will come forth quarrels and strifes. | |
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| My words have been spoken by God—the oracular answer of a king, whom his mother instructed. | |
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| What wilt thou keep, my son, what? the words of God. My firstborn son, I speak to thee: what? son of my womb? what? son of my vows? | |
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| Give not thy wealth to women, nor thy mind and living to remorse. Do all things with counsel: drink wine with counsel. | |
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| Princes are prone to anger: let them then not drink wine: | |
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| lest they drink, and forget wisdom, and be not able to judge the poor rightly. | |
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| Give strong drink to those that are in sorrow, and the wine to drink to those in pain: | |
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| that they may forget their poverty, and may not remember their troubles any more. | |
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| Open thy mouth with the word of God, and judge all fairly. | |
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| Open thy mouth and judge justly, and plead the cause of the poor and weak. |
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