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Chapter 43
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Κεφάλαιο 43
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| The pride of the height, the clear firmament, the beauty of heaven, with his glorious shew; | ΜΗ περὶ τούτων αἰσχυνθῇς, καὶ μὴ λάβῃς πρόσωπον τοῦ ἁμαρτάνειν· |
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| the sun when it appeareth, declaring at his rising a marvellous instrument, the work of the most High: | περὶ νόμου ῾Υψίστου καὶ διαθήκης καὶ περὶ κρίματος δικαιῶσαι τὸν ἀσεβῆ, |
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| at noon it parcheth the country, and who can abide the burning heat thereof? | περὶ λόγου κοινωνοῦ καὶ ὁδοιπόρων καὶ περὶ δόσεως κληρονομίας ἑταίρων, |
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| A man blowing a furnace is in works of heat, but the sun burneth the mountains three times more; breathing out fiery vapours, and sending forth bright beams, it dimmeth the eyes. | περὶ ἀκριβείας ζυγοῦ καὶ σταθμίων, περὶ κτήσεως πολλῶν καὶ ὀλίγων, |
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| Great is the Lord that made it; and at his commandment it runneth hastily. | περὶ διαφόρου πράσεως ἐμπόρων καὶ περὶ παιδείας τέκνων πολλῆς καὶ οἰκέτῃ πονηρῷ πλευρὰν αἱμάξαι. |
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| He made the moon also to serve in her season for a declaration of times, and a sign of the world. | ἐπὶ γυναικὶ πονηρᾷ καλὸν σφραγίς, καὶ ὅπου χεῖρες πολλαί, κλεῖσον· |
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| From the moon is the sign of feasts, a light that decreaseth in her perfection. | ὃ ἐὰν παραδίδως, ἐν ἀριθμῷ καὶ σταθμῷ, καὶ δόσις καὶ λῆψις, πάντα ἐν γραφῇ· |
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| The month is called after her name, increasing wonderfully in her changing, being an instrument of the armies above, shining in the firmament of heaven; | περὶ παιδείας ἀνοήτου καὶ μωροῦ καὶ ἐσχατογήρου κρινομένου πρὸς νέους· καὶ ἔσῃ πεπαιδευμένος ἀληθινῶς καὶ δεδοκιμασμένος ἔναντι παντὸς ζῶντος. |
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| the beauty of heaven, the glory of the stars, an ornament giving light in the highest places of the Lord. | Θυγάτηρ πατρὶ ἀπόκρυφος ἀγρυπνία, καὶ ἡ μέριμνα αὐτῆς ἀφιστᾷ ὕπνον· ἐν νεότητι αὐτῆς μήποτε παρακμάσῃ, καὶ συνῳκηκυῖα μήποτε μισηθῇ· |
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| At the commandment of the Holy One they will stand in their order, and never faint in their watches. | ἐν παρθενίᾳ μήποτε βεβηλωθῇ καὶ ἐν τοῖς πατρικοῖς αὐτῆς ἔγκυος γένηται· μετὰ ἀνδρὸς οὖσα μήποτε παραβῇ, καὶ συνῳκηκυῖα, μήποτε στειρωθῇ. |
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| Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it; very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof. | ἐπὶ θυγατρὶ ἀδιατρέπτῳ στερέωσον φυλακήν, μήποτε ποιήσῃ σε ἐπίχαρμα ἐχθροῖς, λαλιὰν ἐν πόλει καὶ ἔκκλητον λαοῦ, καὶ καταισχύνῃ σε ἐν πλήθει πολλῶν. |
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| It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the most High have bended it. | παντὶ ἀνθρώπῳ μὴ ἔμβλεπε ἐν κάλλει καὶ ἐν μέσῳ γυναικῶν μὴ συνέδρευε· |
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| By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, and sendeth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment. | ἀπὸ γὰρ ἱματίων ἐκπορεύεται σὴς καὶ ἀπὸ γυναικὸς πονηρία γυναικός. |
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| Through this the treasures are opened: and clouds fly forth as fowls. | κρείσσων πονηρία ἀνδρὸς ἢ ἀγαθοποιὸς γυνή, καὶ γυνὴ καταισχύνουσα εἰς ὀνειδισμόν. |
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| By his great power he maketh the clouds firm, and the hailstones are broken small. | Μνησθήσομαι δὴ τὰ ἔργα Κυρίου, καὶ ἃ ἑώρακα ἐκδιηγήσομαι· ἐν λόγοις Κυρίου τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ. |
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| At his sight the mountains are shaken, and at his will the south wind bloweth. | ἥλιος φωτίζων κατὰ πᾶν ἐπέβλεψε, καὶ τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ πλῆρες τὸ ἔργον αὐτοῦ. |
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| The noise of the thunder maketh the earth to tremble: so doth the northern storm and the whirlwind: as birds flying he scattereth the snow, and the falling down thereof is as the lighting of grasshoppers: | οὐκ ἐνεποίησε τοῖς ἁγίοις Κύριος ἐκδιηγήσασθαι πάντα τὰ θαυμάσια αὐτοῦ, ἃ ἐστερέωσε Κύριος ὁ παντοκράτωρ στηριχθῆναι ἐν δόξῃ αὐτοῦ τὸ πᾶν. |
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| the eye marvelleth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the raining of it. | ἄβυσσον καὶ καρδίαν ἐξίχνευσε καὶ ἐν πανουργεύμασιν αὐτῶν διενοήθη· ἔγνω γὰρ ὁ Κύριος πᾶσαν εἴδησιν καὶ ἐνέβλεψεν εἰς σημεῖον αἰῶνος, |
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| The hoarfrost also as salt he poureth on the earth, and being congealed, it becometh sharp peaks. | ἀπαγγέλλων τὰ παρεληλυθότα καὶ ἐπεσόμενα καὶ ἀποκαλύπτων ἴχνη ἀποκρύφων. |
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| When the cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed into ice, it abideth upon every gathering together of water, and clotheth the water as with a breastplate. | οὐ παρῆλθεν αὐτὸν πᾶν διανόημα, οὐκ ἐκρύβη ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ οὐδὲ εἷς λόγος. |
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| It devoureth the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and consumeth the grass as fire. | τὰ μεγαλεῖα τῆς σοφίας αὐτοῦ ἐκόσμησε, καὶ ὡς ἔστι πρὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· οὔτε προσετέθη οὔτε ἠλαττώθη, καὶ οὐ προσεδεήθη οὐδενὸς συμβούλου. |
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| A present remedy of all is a mist coming speedily: a dew coming after heat refresheth. | ὡς πάντα τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ ἐπιθυμητὰ καὶ ὡς σπινθῆρός ἐστι θεωρῆσαι. |
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| By his counsel he appeaseth the deep, and planteth islands therein. | πάντα ταῦτα ζῇ καὶ μένει εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἐν πάσαις χρείαις, καὶ πάντα ὑπακούει. |
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| They that sail on the sea tell of the danger thereof; and when we hear it with our ears, we marvel thereat. | πάντα δισσά, ἓν κατέναντι τοῦ ἑνός, καὶ οὐκ ἐποίησεν οὐδὲν ἐλλεῖπον· |
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| For therein be strange and wondrous works, variety of all kinds of beasts, the race of whales. | ἓν τοῦ ἑνὸς ἐστερέωσε τὰ ἀγαθά, καὶ τίς πλησθήσεται ὁρῶν δόξαν αὐτοῦ; |
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| By him the end of them hath prosperous success, and by his word all things consist. | |
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| We may speak much, and yet come short; wherefore in sum, he is all. | |
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| How shall we be able to magnify him? for he is great above all his works. | |
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| The Lord is terrible and very great, and marvellous is his power. | |
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| When ye glorify the Lord, exalt him as much as ye can; for even yet will he far exceed: and when ye exalt him, put forth all your strength, and be not weary; for ye can never go far enough. | |
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| Who hath seen him, that he might tell us? and who can magnify him as he is? | |
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| There are yet hid greater things than these be, for we have seen but a few of his works. | |
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| For the Lord hath made all things; and to the godly hath he given wisdom. |
