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ΣΟΦΙΑ ΣΑΛΩΜΩΝΟΣ | WISDOM OF SOLOMON - Brenton|RSV | Reference |
| 1 | Τοῖς δὲ ἀσεβέσιν μέχρι τέλους ἀνελεήμων θυμὸς ἐπέστη·
προῄδει γὰρ αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ μέλλοντα,
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But the ungodly were assailed to the end by pitiless anger,
for God knew in advance even their future actions,
| Suicidal stupidity of the Egyptians. Wis.19.1-5 |
| 2 | ὅτι αὐτοὶ ἐπιτρέψαντες τοῦ ἀπιέναι
καὶ μετὰ σπουδῆς προπέμψαντες αὐτοὺς,
διώξουσιν μεταμεληθέντες.
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that, though they themselves had permitted thy people to depart and hastily sent them forth,
they would change their minds and pursue them.
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| 3 | ἔτι γὰρ ἐν χερσὶν ἔχοντες τὰ πένθη
καὶ προσοδυρόμενοι τάφοις νεκρῶν,
ἕτερον ἐπεσπάσαντο λογισμὸν ἀνοίας,
καὶ οὓς ἱκετεύοντες ἐξέβαλον, τούτους ὡς φυγάδας ἐδίωκον.
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For while they were still busy at mourning,
and were lamenting at the graves of their dead,
they reached another foolish decision,
and pursued as fugitives those whom they had begged and compelled to depart.
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| 4 | εἷλκεν γὰρ αὐτοὺς ἡ ἀξία ἐπὶ τοῦτο τὸ πέρας ἀνάγκη,
καὶ τῶν συμβεβηκότων ἀμνηστίαν ἐνέβαλεν,
ἵνα τὴν λείπουσαν ταῖς βασάνοις προσαναπληρώσωσιν κόλασιν,
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For the fate they deserved drew them on to this end, and made them forget what had happened,
in order that they might fill up the punishment which their torments still lacked,
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| 5 | καὶ ὁ μὲν λαός σου παράδοξον ὁδοιπορίαν πειράσῃ,
ἐκεῖνοι δὲ ξένον εὕρωσι θάνατον.
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and that thy people might experience an incredible journey,
but they themselves might meet a strange death.
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| 6 | ὅλη γὰρ ἡ κτίσις ἐν ἰδίῳ γένει πάλιν ἄνωθεν διετυποῦτο,
ὑπηρετοῦσα ταῖς σαῖς ἐπιταγαῖς,
ἵνα οἱ σοὶ παῖδες φυλαχθῶσιν ἀβλαβεῖς.
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For the whole creation in its nature was fashioned anew,
complying with thy commands,
that thy children might be kept unharmed.
| God guides & protects his people. Wis.19.6-12 |
| 7 | ἡ τὴν παρεμβολὴν σκιάζουσα νεφέλη,
ἐκ δὲ προυφεστῶτος ὕδατος ξηρᾶς ἀνάδυσις γῆς ἐθεωρήθη,
ἐξ ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης ὁδὸς ἀνεμπόδιστος,
καὶ χλοηφόρον πεδίον ἐκ κλύδωνος βιαίου·
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The cloud was seen overshadowing the camp, and dry land emerging where water had stood before,
an unhindered way out of the Red Sea,
and a grassy plain out of the raging waves,
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| 8 | δι' οὗ πανεθνεὶ διῆλθον οἱ τῇ σῇ σκεπαζόμενοι χειρὶ,
θεωρήσαντες θαυμαστὰ τέρατα.
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where those protected by thy hand passed through as one nation,
after gazing on marvelous wonders.
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| 9 | ὡς γὰρ ἵπποι ἐνεμήθησαν
καὶ ὡς ἀμνοὶ διεσκίρτησαν αἰνοῦντές σε, Κύριε, τὸν ῥυσάμενον αὐτούς.
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For they ranged like horses,
and leaped like lambs, praising thee, O Lord, who didst deliver them.
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| 10 | ἐμέμνηντο γὰρ ἔτι τῶν ἐν τῇ παροικίᾳ αὐτῶν,
πῶς ἀντὶ μὲν γενέσεως ζῴων ἐξήγαγεν ἡ γῆ σκνῖπα,
ἀντὶ δὲ ἐνύδρων ἐξηρεύξατο ὁ ποταμὸς πλῆθος βατράχων.
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For they still recalled the events of their sojourn,
how instead of producing animals the earth brought forth gnats,
and instead of fish the river spewed out vast numbers of frogs.
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| 11 | ἐφ' ὑστέρῳ δὲ εἶδον καὶ γένεσιν νέαν ὀρνέων,
ὅτε ἐπιθυμίᾳ προαχθέντες ᾐτήσαντο ἐδέσματα τρυφῆς·
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Afterward they saw also a new kind of birds,
when desire led them to ask for luxurious food;
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| 12 | εἰς γὰρ παραμυθίαν ἐκ θαλάσσης ἀνέβη αὐτοῖς ὀρτυγομήτρα.
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for, to give them relief, quails came up from the sea. | |
| 13 | Καὶ αἱ τιμωρίαι τοῖς ἁμαρτωλοῖς ἐπῆλθον,
οὐκ ἄνευ τῶν προγεγονότων τεκμηρίων τῇ βίᾳ τῶν κεραυνῶν·
δικαίως γὰρ ἔπασχον ταῖς ἰδίαις αὐτῶν πονηρίαις,
καὶ γὰρ χαλεπωτέραν μισοξενίαν ἐπετήδευσαν.
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The punishments did not come upon the sinners without prior signs in the violence of thunder,
for they justly suffered because of their wicked acts;
for they practiced a more bitter hatred of strangers.
| Punishment of the Egyptians. Wis.19.13-17 |
| 14 | οἱ μὲν γὰρ τοὺς ἀγνοοῦντας οὐκ ἐδέχοντο παρόντας·
οὗτοι δὲ εὐεργέτας ξένους ἐδουλοῦντο.
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Others had refused to receive strangers when they came to them,
but these made slaves of guests who were their benefactors.
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| 15 | καὶ οὐ μόνον, ἀλλ' ἤ τις ἐπισκοπὴ ἔσται αὐτῶν,
ἐπεὶ ἀπεχθῶς προσεδέχοντο τοὺς ἀλλοτρίους·
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And not only so, but punishment of some sort
will come upon the former for their hostile reception of the aliens;
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| 16 | οἱ δὲ μετὰ ἑορτασμάτων
εἰσδεξάμενοι τοὺς ἤδη τῶν αὐτῶν μετεσχηκότας
δικαίων δεινοῖς ἐκάκωσαν πόνοις.
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but the latter,
after receiving them with festal celebrations,
afflicted with terrible sufferings those who had already shared the same rights.
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| 17 | ἐπλήγησαν δὲ καὶ ἀορασίᾳ,
ὥσπερ ἐκεῖνοι ἐπὶ ταῖς τοῦ δικαίου θύραις,
ὅτε ἀχανεῖ περιβληθέντες σκότει
ἕκαστος τῶν ἑαυτοῦ θυρῶν τὴν δίοδον ἐζήτει.
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They were stricken also with loss of sight -
just as were those at the door of the righteous man -
when, surrounded by yawning darkness,
each tried to find the way through his own door.
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| 18 | δι' ἑαυτῶν γὰρ τὰ στοιχεῖα μεθαρμοζόμενα,
ὥσπερ ἐν ψαλτηρίῳ φθόγγοι τοῦ ῥυθμοῦ τὸ ὄνομα διαλλάςσουσιν,
πάντοτε μένοντα ἤχῳ, ὅπερ ἐστὶν εἰκάσαι ἐκ τῆς τῶν γεγονότων ὄψεως ἀκριβῶς·
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For the elements changed places with one another,
as on a harp the notes vary the nature of the rhythm,
while each note remains the same.
This may be clearly inferred from the sight of what took place.
| God's miraculous power. Wis.19.18-22 |
| 19 | χερσαῖα γὰρ εἰς ἔνυδρα μετεβάλλετο,
καὶ νηκτὰ μετέβαινεν ἐπὶ γῆς·
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For land animals were transformed into water creatures,
and creatures that swim moved over to the land.
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| 20 | πῦρ ἴσχυεν ἐν ὕδατι τῆς ἰδίας δυνάμεως,
καὶ ὕδωρ τῆς σβεστικῆς φύσεως ἐπελανθάνετο·
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Fire even in water retained its normal power,
and water forgot its fire-quenching nature.
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| 21 | φλόγες ἀνάπαλιν εὐφθάρτων ζῴων
οὐκ ἐμάραναν σάρκας ἐμπεριπατούντων,
οὐδὲ τηκτὸν κρυσταλλοειδὲς εὔτηκτον γένος ἀμβροσίας τροφῆς.
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Flames, on the contrary,
failed to consume the flesh of perishable creatures that walked among them,
nor did they melt the crystalline,
easily melted kind of heavenly food.
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| 22 | Κατὰ πάντα γάρ, Κύριε, ἐμεγάλυνας τὸν λαόν σου καὶ ἐδόξασας,
καὶ οὐχ ὑπερεῖδες ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ καὶ τόπῳ παριστάμενος.
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For in everything, O Lord, thou hast exalted and glorified thy people;
and thou hast not neglected to help them at all times and in all places. | |
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