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12 ΣΟΦΙΑ ΣΕΙΡΑΧECCLESIASTICUS - Brenton|RSVReference
1Ἑὰν εὖ ποιῇς, γνῶθι τίνι ποιεῖς, καὶ ἔσται χάρις τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς σου.
 If you do a kindness, know to whom you do it,
and you will be thanked for your good deeds.
 
2εὖ ποίησον εὐσεβεῖ, καὶ εὑρήσεις ἀνταπόδομα,
καὶ εἰ μὴ παρ' αὐτοῦ, ἀλλὰ παρὰ τοῦ ὑψίστου.
 Do good to a godly man, and you will be repaid -
if not by him, certainly by the Most High.
 
3οὐκ ἔσται ἀγαθὰ τῷ ἐνδελεχίζοντι εἰς κακὰ
καὶ τῷ ἐλεημοσύνην μὴ χαριζομένῳ.
 No good will come to the man who persists in evil
or to him who does not give alms.
 
4δὸς τῷ εὐσεβεῖ καὶ μὴ ἀντιλάβῃ τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ.
 Give to the godly man,
but do not help the sinner.
 
5εὖ ποίησον ταπεινῷ καὶ μὴ δῷς ἀσεβεῖ·
ἐμπόδισον τοὺς ἄρτους αὐτοῦ καὶ μὴ δῷς αὐτῷ,
ἵνα μὴ ἐν αὐτοῖς σε δυναστεύσῃ·
διπλάσια γὰρ κακὰ εὑρήσεις
ἐν πᾶσιν ἀγαθοῖς, οἷς ἂν ποιήσῃς αὐτῷ.
 Do good to the humble, but do not give to the ungodly;
hold back his bread, and do not give it to him, lest by means of it he subdue you;
for you will receive twice as much evil for all the good which you do to him.
 
6ὅτι καὶ ὁ ὕψιστος ἐμίσησεν ἁμαρτωλοὺς,
καὶ τοῖς ἀσεβέσιν ἀποδώσει ἐκδίκησιν.
 For the Most High also hates sinners
and will inflict punishment on the ungodly.
 
7δὸς τῷ ἀγαθῷ καὶ μὴ ἀντιλάβῃ τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ.
 Give to the good man,
but do not help the sinner.
 
8Οὐκ ἐκδικηθήσεται ἐν ἀγαθοῖς ὁ φίλος,
καὶ οὐ κρυβήσεται ἐν κακοῖς ὁ ἐχθρός.
 A friend will not be known in prosperity,
nor will an enemy be hidden in adversity.
 
9ἐν ἀγαθοῖς ἀνδρὸς οἱ ἐχθροὶ αὐτοῦ ἐν λύπῃ,
καὶ ἐν τοῖς κακοῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ ὁ φίλος διαχωρισθήσεται.
 A man's enemies are grieved when he prospers,
and in his adversity even his friend will separate from him.
 
10μὴ πιστεύσῃς τῷ ἐχθρῷ σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα·
ὡς γὰρ ὁ χαλκὸς ἰοῦται, οὕτως ἡ πονηρία αὐτοῦ·
 Never trust your enemy,
for like the rusting of copper, so is his wickedness.
 
11καὶ ἐὰν ταπεινωθῇ καὶ πορεύηται συγκεκυφώς,
ἐπίστησον τὴν ψυχήν σου καὶ φύλαξαι ἀπ' αὐτοῦ,
καὶ ἔσῃ αὐτῷ ὡς ἐκμεμαχὼς ἔσοπτρον,
καὶ γνώσῃ ὅτι οὐκ εἰς τέλος κατίωσεν.
 Even if he humbles himself and goes about cringing,
watch yourself, and be on your guard against him;
and you will be to him like one who has polished a mirror,
and you will know that it was not hopelessly tarnished.
 
12μὴ στήσῃς αὐτὸν παρὰ σεαυτῷ,
μὴ ἀνατρέψας σε στῇ ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον σου·
μὴ καθίσῃς αὐτὸν ἐκ δεξιῶν σου,
μή ποτε ζητήσῃ τὴν καθέδραν σου,
καὶ ἐπ' ἐσχάτων ἐπιγνώσῃ τοὺς λόγους μου,
καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ῥημάτων μου κατανυγήσῃ.
 Do not put him next to you,
lest he overthrow you and take your place;
do not have him sit at your right,
lest he try to take your seat of honour,
and at last you will realize the truth of my words,
and be stung by what I have said.
 
13τίς ἐλεήσει ἐπαοιδὸν ὀφιόδηκτον
καὶ πάντας τοὺς προσάγοντας θηρίοις;
 Who will pity a snake charmer bitten by a serpent,
or any who go near wild beasts?
 
14οὕτως τὸν προσπορευόμενον ἀνδρὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ
καὶ συμφυρόμενον ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις αὐτοῦ.
 So no one will pity a man who associates with a sinner
and becomes involved in his sins.
 
15ὥραν μετὰ σοῦ διαμενεῖ, καὶ ἐὰν ἐκκλίνῃς,
οὐ μὴ καρτερήσῃ.
 He will stay with you for a time, but if you falter,
he will not stand by you.
 
16καὶ ἐν τοῖς χείλεσιν αὐτοῦ γλυκανεῖ ὁ ἐχθρὸς,
καὶ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ βουλεύσεται ἀνατρέψαι σε εἰς βόθρον·
ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ δακρύσει ὁ ἐχθρός,
καὶ ἐὰν εὕρῃ καιρόν, οὐκ ἐμπλησθήσεται ἀφ' αἵματος.
 An enemy will speak sweetly with his lips,
but in his mind he will plan to throw you into a pit;
an enemy will weep with his eyes,
but if he finds an opportunity
his thirst for blood will be insatiable.
 
17κακὰ ἐὰν ὑπαντήσῃ σοι, εὑρήσεις αὐτὸν πρότερον ἐκεῖ σου,
καὶ ὡς βοηθῶν ὑποσχάσει πτέρναν σου·
 If calamity befalls you, you will find him there ahead of you;
and while pretending to help you, he will trip you by the heel;
 
18τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ
κινήσει καὶ ἐπικροτήσει ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ
καὶ πολλὰ διαψιθυρίσει καὶ ἀλλοιώσει τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ.
 he will shake his head,
and clap his hands,
and whisper much, and change his expression.		 
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Notes:

The Old Testament in Greek is Rahlf's LXX available in Word format at the Tyndale website, adapted to database format.
The alternative readings of the LXX - Judges (Alexandrinus), Daniel, Susanna & Bel (LXX received text), and Tobit (Sinaiticus [not printed in Swete]) as separate book references so that they can be viewed as an alternative text in parallel with the primary text.
(I have reversed the Swete presentation for Daniel, Susanna, Bel by listing in the later Theodotion LXX text as the main text. )
The LXX cross references to the Hebrew Bible have been extensively revised using those set out in Swete's 'Old Testament in Greek' publications between 1894 and 1909, amended in part to agree with verses as printed in the Biblia Hebraica (1937 publication).
Some verse cross references in Swete's had to be amended to agree with the BHS verse numbering, and there may well be some mismatches that I haven't yet picked up on. (If you find any errors please e-mail me.)
Hebrew Bible has been adapted from the BHS in Word format at Tyndale.
The Septuagint in English ( translated by Sir Lancelot CL Brenton) - is used here only for the books of the Hebrew Bible.
The Revised Standard Version: This generally follows the Hebrew Bible for the canonical OT so I have included the RSV Aprocrypha for the Greek books not covered by Brenton.
Ecclesiasticus - Sirach Chs.30-36: The text of these chapters from 30.24 to 36.16, is disordered.
I have followed Swete's verse numbering for the greek text.
Also, the RSV verse numbering differs from the NRSV.
The NRSV appears to have followed Swete's numbering here, so I have re-ordered the RSV to agree with both the NRSV & Swete for these chapters.
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