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ΣΟΦΙΑ ΣΑΛΩΜΩΝΟΣ | WISDOM OF SOLOMON - Brenton|RSV | Reference |
| 1 | Σὺ δέ, ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν, χρηστὸς καὶ ἀληθής,
μακρόθυμος καὶ ἐλέει διοικῶν τὰ πάντα.
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But thou, our God, art kind and true,
patient, and ruling all things in mercy.
| The true god gives immortality. Wis.15.1-6 |
| 2 | καὶ γὰρ ἐὰν ἁμάρτωμεν, σοί ἐσμεν, εἰδότες σου τὸ κράτος·
οὐχ ἁμαρτησόμεθα δέ, εἰδότες ὅτι σοὶ λελογίσμεθα.
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For even if we sin we are thine, knowing thy power;
but we will not sin, because we know that we are accounted thine.
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| 3 | τὸ γὰρ ἐπίστασθαί σε ὁλόκληρος δικαιοσύνη,
καὶ εἰδέναι σου τὸ κράτος ῥίζα ἀθανασίας.
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For to know thee is complete righteousness,
and to know thy power is the root of immortality.
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| 4 | οὔτε γὰρ ἐπλάνησεν ἡμᾶς ἀνθρώπων κακότεχνος ἐπίνοια,
οὐδὲ σκιαγράφων πόνος ἄκαρπος,
εἶδος σπιλωθὲν χρώμασιν διηλλαγμένοις,
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For neither has the evil intent of human art misled us,
nor the fruitless toil of painters,
a figure stained with varied colors,
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| 5 | ὧν ὄψις ἄφροσιν εἰς ὄρεξιν ἔρχεται,
ποθεῖ τε νεκρᾶς εἰκόνος εἶδος ἄπνουν.
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whose appearance arouses yearning in fools,
so that they desire the lifeless form of a dead image.
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| 6 | κακῶν ἐρασταὶ ἄξιοί τε τοιούτων ἐλπίδων
καὶ οἱ δρῶντες καὶ οἱ ποθοῦντες καὶ οἱ σεβόμενοι.
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Lovers of evil things and fit for such objects of hope are those who either make or desire or worship them. | |
| 7 | Καὶ γὰρ κεραμεὺς ἁπαλὴν γῆν θλίβων ἐπίμοχθον
πλάσσει πρὸς ὑπηρεσίαν ἡμῶν ἓν ἕκαστον·
ἀλλ' ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ πηλοῦ ἀνεπλάσατο
τά τε τῶν καθαρῶν ἔργων δοῦλα σκεύη
τά τε ἐναντία, πάντα ὁμοίως·
τούτων δὲ ἑτέρου τίς ἑκάστου ἐστὶν ἡ χρῆσις,
κριτὴς ὁ πηλουργός.
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For when a potter kneads the soft earth
and labouriously molds each vessel for our service,
he fashions out of the same clay both the vessels that serve clean uses and those for contrary uses,
making all in like manner;
but which shall be the use of each of these the worker in clay decides.
| The potter. Wis.15.7-13 |
| 8 | καὶ κακόμοχθος θεὸν μάταιον ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ πλάσσει πηλοῦ,
ὃς πρὸ μικροῦ ἐκ γῆς γενηθεὶς
μετ' ὀλίγον πορεύεται ἐξ ἧς ἐλήμφθη,
τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀπαιτηθεὶς χρέος.
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With misspent toil, he forms a futile god from the same clay -
this man who was made of earth a short time before and after a little while goes to the earth from which he was taken,
when he is required to return the soul that was lent him.
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| 9 | ἀλλ' ἔστιν αὐτῷ φροντὶς οὐχ ὅτι μέλλει κάμνειν,
οὐδ' ὅτι βραχυτελῆ βίον ἔχει,
ἀλλ' ἀντερείδεται μὲν χρυσουργοῖς καὶ ἀργυροχόοις,
χαλκοπλάστας τε μιμεῖται,
καὶ δόξαν ἡγεῖται ὅτι κίβδηλα πλάσσει.
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But he is not concerned that he is destined to die or that his life is brief,
but he competes with workers in gold and silver, and imitates workers in copper;
and he counts it his glory that he molds counterfeit gods.
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| 10 | σποδὸς ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ, καὶ γῆς εὐτελεστέρα ἡ ἐλπὶς αὐτοῦ,
πηλοῦ τε ἀτιμότερος ὁ βίος αὐτοῦ,
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His heart is ashes, his hope is cheaper than dirt,
and his life is of less worth than clay,
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| 11 | ὅτι ἠγνόησεν τὸν πλάσαντα αὐτὸν
καὶ τὸν ἐμπνεύσαντα αὐτῷ ψυχὴν ἐνεργοῦσαν
καὶ ἐμφυσήσαντα πνεῦμα ζωτικόν,
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because he failed to know the one who formed him
and inspired him with an active soul
and breathed into him a living spirit.
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| 12 | ἀλλ' ἐλογίσαντο παίγνιον εἶναι τὴν ζωὴν ἡμῶν
καὶ τὸν βίον πανηγυρισμὸν ἐπικερδῆ,
δεῖν γάρ φησιν ὅθεν δή, κἂν ἐκ κακοῦ, πορίζειν.
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But he considered our existence an idle game,
and life a festival held for profit,
for he says one must get money however one can, even by base means.
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| 13 | οὗτος γὰρ παρὰ πάντας οἶδεν ὅτι ἁμαρτάνει,
ὕλης γεώδους εὔθραυστα σκεύη καὶ γλυπτὰ δημιουργῶν.
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For this man, more than all others, knows that he sins
when he makes from earthy matter fragile vessels and graven images.
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| 14 | πάντες δὲ ἀφρονέστατοι καὶ τάλανες ὑπὲρ ψυχὴν νηπίου,
οἱ ἐχθροὶ τοῦ λαοῦ σου καταδυναστεύσαντες αὐτόν,
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But most foolish, and more miserable than an infant,
are all the enemies who oppressed thy people.
| Punishment of the Egyptians. Wis.15.14-16.14 |
| 15 | ὅτι καὶ πάντα τὰ εἴδωλα τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐλογίσαντο θεούς,
οἷς οὔτε ὀμμάτων χρῆσις εἰς ὅρασιν,
οὔτε ῥῖνες εἰς συνολκὴν ἀέρος οὔτε ὦτα ἀκούειν οὔτε δάκτυλοι χειρῶν εἰς ψηλάφησιν καὶ οἱ πόδες αὐτῶν ἀργοὶ πρὸς ἐπίβασιν.
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For they thought that all their heathen idols were gods,
though these have neither the use of their eyes to see with,
nor nostrils with which to draw breath,
nor ears with which to hear,
nor fingers to feel with,
and their feet are of no use for walking.
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| 16 | ἄνθρωπος γὰρ ἐποίησεν αὐτούς, καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα δεδανεισμένος ἔπλασεν αὐτούς·
οὐδεὶς γὰρ αὐτῷ ὅμοιον ἄνθρωπος ἰσχύει πλάσαι θεόν·
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For a man made them, and one whose spirit is borrowed formed them;
for no man can form a god which is like himself.
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| 17 | θνητὸς δὲ ὢν νεκρὸν ἐργάζεται χερσὶν ἀνόμοις·
κρείττων γάρ ἐστιν τῶν σεβασμάτων αὐτοῦ,
ὧν αὐτὸς μὲν ἔζησεν, ἐκεῖνα δὲ οὐδέποτε. -
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He is mortal, and what he makes with lawless hands is dead,
for he is better than the objects he worships,
since he has life, but they never have.
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| 18 | καὶ τὰ ζῷα δὲ τὰ ἔχθιστα σέβονται·
ἀνοίᾳ γὰρ συγκρινόμενα τῶν ἄλλων ἐστὶ χείρονα·
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The enemies of thy people worship even the most hateful animals,
which are worse than all others, when judged by their lack of intelligence;
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| 19 | οὐδ' ὅσον ἐπιποθῆσαι ὡς ἐν ζῴων ὄψει καλὰ τυγχάνει,
ἐκπέφευγεν δὲ καὶ τὸν τοῦ θεοῦ ἔπαινον καὶ τὴν εὐλογίαν αὐτοῦ.
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and even as animals they are not so beautiful in appearance that one would desire them,
but they have escaped both the praise of God and his blessing. | |
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