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Chapter 8
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Κεφάλαιο 8
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| Thou shalt proclaim wisdom, that understanding may be obedient to thee. | ΣΥ τὴν σοφίαν κηρύξεις, ἵνα φρόνησίς σοι ὑπακούσῃ· |
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| For she is on lofty eminences, and stands in the midst of the ways. | ἐπὶ γὰρ τῶν ὑψηλῶν ἄκρων ἐστίν, ἀνὰ μέσον δὲ τῶν τρίβων ἕστηκε· |
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| For she sits by the gates of princes, and sings in the entrances, saying, | παρὰ γὰρ πύλαις δυναστῶν παρεδρεύει, ἐν δὲ εἰσόδοις ὑμνεῖται. |
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| You, O men, I exhort; and utter my voice to the sons of men. | ῾Υμᾶς, ὦ ἄνθρωποι, παρακαλῶ, καὶ προΐεμαι ἐμὴν φωνὴν υἱοῖς ἀνθρώπων· |
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| O ye simple, understand subtlety, and ye that are untaught, imbibe knowledge. | νοήσατε, ἄκακοι, πανουργίαν, οἱ δὲ ἀπαίδευτοι ἔνθεσθε καρδίαν. |
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| Hearken to me; for I will speak solemn truths; and will produce right sayings from my lips. | εἰσακούσατέ μου, σεμνὰ γὰρ ἐρῶ καὶ ἀνοίσω ἀπὸ χειλέων ὀρθά· |
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| For my throat shall meditate truth; and false lips are an abomination before me. | ὅτι ἀλήθειαν μελετήσει ὁ φάρυγξ μου, ἐβδελυγμένα δὲ ἐναντίον ἐμοῦ χείλη ψευδῆ. |
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| All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing in them wrong or perverse. | μετὰ δικαιοσύνης πάντα τὰ ρήματα τοῦ στόματός μου, οὐδὲν ἐν αὐτοῖς σκολιὸν οὐδὲ στραγγαλιῶδες· |
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| They are all evident to those that understand, and right to those that find knowledge. | πάντα ἐνώπια τοῖς συνιοῦσι καὶ ὀρθὰ τοῖς εὑρίσκουσι γνῶσιν. |
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| Receive instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than tried gold. | λάβετε παιδείαν καὶ μὴ ἀργύριον, καὶ γνῶσιν ὑπὲρ χρυσίον δεδοκιμασμένον· |
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| For wisdom is better than precious stones; and no valuable substance is of equal worth with it. | κρείσσων γὰρ σοφία λίθων πολυτελῶν, πᾶν δὲ τίμιον οὐκ ἄξιον αὐτῆς ἐστιν. |
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| I wisdom have dwelt with counsel and knowledge, and I have called upon understanding. | ἐγὼ ἡ σοφία κατεσκήνωσα βουλήν, καὶ γνῶσιν καὶ ἔννοιαν ἐγὼ ἐπεκαλεσάμην. |
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| The fear of the Lord hates unrighteousness, and insolence, and pride, and the ways of wicked men; and I hate the perverse ways of bad men. | φόβος Κυρίου μισεῖ ἀδικίαν, ὕβριν τε καὶ ὑπερηφανίαν καὶ ὁδοὺς πονηρῶν· μεμίσηκα δὲ ἐγὼ διεστραμμένας ὁδοὺς κακῶν. |
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| Counsel and safety are mine: prudence is mine, and strength is mine. | ἐμὴ βουλὴ καὶ ἀσφάλεια, ἐμὴ φρόνησις, ἐμὴ δὲ ἰσχύς· |
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| By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. | δι᾿ ἐμοῦ βασιλεῖς βασιλεύουσι καὶ οἱ δυνάσται γράφουσι δικαιοσύνην· |
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| By me nobles become great, and monarchs by me rule over the earth. | δι᾿ ἐμοῦ μεγιστᾶνες μεγαλύνονται, καὶ τύραννοι δι᾿ ἐμοῦ κρατοῦσι γῆς. |
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| I love those that love me; and they that seek me shall find me. | ἐγὼ τοὺς ἐμὲ φιλοῦντας ἀγαπῶ, οἱ δὲ ἐμὲ ζητοῦντες εὑρήσουσι χάριν. |
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| Wealth and glory belong to me; yea, abundant possessions and righteousness. | πλοῦτος καὶ δόξα ἐμοὶ ὑπάρχει καὶ κτῆσις πολλῶν καὶ δικαιοσύνη. |
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| It is better to have my fruit than to have gold and precious stones; and my produce is better than choice silver. | βέλτιον ἐμὲ καρπίζεσθαι ὑπὲρ χρυσίον καὶ λίθον τίμιον, τὰ δὲ ἐμὰ γεννήματα κρείσσω ἀργυρίου ἐκλεκτοῦ. |
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| I walk in ways of righteousness, and am conversant with the paths of judgment; | ἐν ὁδοῖς δικαιοσύνης περιπατῶ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τρίβων δικαιοσύνης ἀναστρέφομαι, |
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| that I may divide substance to them that love me, and may fill their treasures with good things. | ἵνα μερίσω τοῖς ἐμὲ ἀγαπῶσιν ὕπαρξιν καὶ τοὺς θησαυροὺς αὐτῶν ἐμπλήσω ἀγαθῶν. ἐὰν ἀναγγείλω ὑμῖν τὰ καθ᾿ ἡμέραν γινόμενα, μνημονεύσω τὰ ἐξ αἰῶνος ἀριθμῆσαι. |
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| If I declare to you the things that daily happen, I will remember also to recount the things of old. | |
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| The Lord made me the beginning of his ways for his works. | Κύριος ἔκτισέ με ἀρχὴν ὁδῶν αὐτοῦ εἰς ἔργα αὐτοῦ, |
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| He established me before time was in the beginning, before he made the earth: | πρὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος ἐθεμελίωσέ με ἐν ἀρχῇ, πρὸ τοῦ τὴν γῆν ποιῆσαι |
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| even before he made the depths; before the fountains of water came forth: | καὶ πρὸ τοῦ τὰς ἀβύσους ποιῆσαι, πρὸ τοῦ προελθεῖν τὰς πηγὰς τῶν ὑδάτων, |
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| before the mountains were settled, and before all hills, he begets me. | πρὸ τοῦ ὄρη ἑδρασθῆναι, πρὸ δὲ πάντων βουνῶν γεννᾷ με. |
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| The Lord made countries and uninhabited tracts, and the highest inhabited parts of the world. | Κύριος ἐποίησε χώρας καὶ ἀοικήτους καὶ ἄκρα οἰκούμενα τῆς ὑπ᾿ οὐρανόν. |
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| When he prepared the heaven, I was present with him; and when he prepared his throne upon the winds: | ἡνίκα ἡτοίμαζε τὸν οὐρανόν, συμπαρήμην αὐτῷ, καὶ ὅτε ἀφώριζε τὸν ἑαυτοῦ θρόνον ἐπ᾿ ἀνέμων· |
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| and when he strengthened the clouds above; and when he secured the fountains of the earth: | ἡνίκα ἰσχυρὰ ἐποίει τὰ ἄνω νέφη, καὶ ὡς ἀσφαλεῖς ἐτίθει πηγὰς τῆς ὑπ᾿ οὐρανὸν |
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| and when he strengthened the foundations of the earth: | καὶ ἰσχυρὰ ἐποίει τὰ θεμέλια τῆς γῆς, |
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| I was by him, suiting myself to him, I was that wherein he took delight; and daily I rejoiced in his presence continually. | ἤμην παρ᾿ αὐτῷ ἁρμόζουσα. ἐγὼ ἤμην ᾗ προσέχαιρε, καθ᾿ ἡμέραν δὲ εὐφραινόμην ἐν προσώπῳ αὐτοῦ ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ, |
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| For he rejoiced when he had completed the world, and rejoiced among the children of men. | ὅτε ἐνευφραίνετο τὴν οἰκουμένην συντελέσας, καὶ ἐνευφραίνετο ἐν υἱοῖς ἀνθρώπων. |
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| Now then, my son, hear me: blessed is the man who shall hearken to me, and the mortal who shall keep my ways; | νῦν οὖν, υἱέ, ἄκουέ μου καὶ μακάριοι, οἳ ὁδούς μου φυλάσσοντες, |
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| watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my entrances. | μακάριος ἀνήρ, ὃς εἰσακούεταί μου, καὶ ἄνθρωπος, ὃς τὰς ἐμὰς ὁδοὺς φυλάξει ἀγρυπνῶν ἐπ᾿ ἐμαῖς θύραις καθ᾿ ἡμέραν, τηρῶν σταθμοὺς ἐμῶν εἰσόδων· |
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| For my outgoings are the outgoings of life, and in them is prepared favour from the Lord. | αἱ γὰρ ἔξοδοί μου ἔξοδοι ζωῆς, καὶ ἑτοιμάζεται θέλησις παρὰ Κυρίου. |
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| But they that sin against me act wickedly against their own souls: and they that hate me love death. | οἱ δὲ ἁμαρτάνοντες εἰς ἐμὲ ἀσεβοῦσιν εἰς τὰ ἑαυτῶν ψυχάς, καὶ οἱ μισοῦντές με ἀγαπῶσι θάνατον. |
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