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15 ΣΟΦΙΑ ΣΕΙΡΑΧECCLESIASTICUS - Brenton|RSVReference
1Ὁ φοβούμενος κύριον ποιήσει αὐτό,
καὶ ὁ ἐγκρατὴς τοῦ νόμου καταλήμψεται αὐτήν·
 The man who fears the Lord will do this,
and he who holds to the law will obtain wisdom.
 
2καὶ ὑπαντήσεται αὐτῷ ὡς μήτηρ,
καὶ ὡς γυνὴ παρθενίας προσδέξεται αὐτόν·
 She will come to meet him like a mother,
and like the wife of his youth she will welcome him.
 
3ψωμιεῖ αὐτὸν ἄρτον συνέσεως,
καὶ ὕδωρ σοφίας ποτίσει αὐτόν·
 She will feed him with the bread of understanding,
and give him the water of wisdom to drink.
 
4στηριχθήσεται ἐπ' αὐτὴν καὶ οὐ μὴ κλιθῇ,
καὶ ἐπ' αὐτῆς ἐφέξει καὶ οὐ μὴ καταισχυνθῇ·
 He will lean on her and will not fall,
and he will rely on her and will not be put to shame.
 
5καὶ ὑψώσει αὐτὸν παρὰ τοὺς πλησίον αὐτοῦ,
καὶ ἐν μέσῳ ἐκκλησίας ἀνοίξει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ·
 She will exalt him above his neighbours,
and will open his mouth in the midst of the assembly.
 
6εὐφροσύνην καὶ στέφανον ἀγαλλιάματος εὑρήσει,
καὶ ὄνομα αἰῶνος κατακληρονομήσει.
 He will find gladness and a crown of rejoicing,
and will acquire an everlasting name.
 
7οὐ μὴ καταλήμψονται αὐτὴν ἄνθρωποι ἀσύνετοι,
καὶ ἄνδρες ἁμαρτωλοὶ οὐ μὴ ἴδωσιν αὐτήν·
 Foolish men will not obtain her,
and sinful men will not see her.
 
8μακράν ἐστιν ὑπερηφανίας,
καὶ ἄνδρες ψεῦσται οὐ μὴ μνησθήσονται αὐτῆς.
 She is far from men of pride,
and liars will never think of her.
 
9Οὐχ ὡραῖος αἶνος ἐν στόματι ἁμαρτωλοῦ,
ὅτι οὐ παρὰ κυρίου ἀπεστάλη·
 A hymn of praise is not fitting on the lips of a sinner,
for it has not been sent from the Lord.
 
10ἐν γὰρ σοφίᾳ ῥηθήσεται αἶνος,
καὶ ὁ κύριος εὐοδώσει αὐτόν.
 For a hymn of praise should be uttered in wisdom,
and the Lord will prosper it.
 
11μὴ εἴπῃς ὅτι Διὰ κύριον ἀπέστην·
ἃ γὰρ ἐμίσησεν, οὐ ποιήσει.
 Do not say, "Because of the Lord I left the right way";
for he will not do what he hates.
Free will. Sir.15.11-20
12μὴ εἴπῃς ὅτι Αὐτός με ἐπλάνησεν·
οὐ γὰρ χρείαν ἔχει ἀνδρὸς ἁμαρτωλοῦ.
 Do not say, "It was he who led me astray";
for he had no need of a sinful man.
 
13πᾶν βδέλυγμα ἐμίσησεν ὁ Κύριος,
καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀγαπητὸν τοῖς φοβουμένοις αὐτόν.
 The Lord hates all abominations,
and they are not loved by those who fear him.
 
14αὐτὸς ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἐποίησεν ἄνθρωπον,
καὶ ἀφῆκεν αὐτὸν ἐν χειρὶ διαβουλίου αὐτοῦ.
 It was he who created man in the beginning,
and he left him in the power of his own inclination.
 
15ἐὰν θέλῃς, συντηρήσεις ἐντολὰς,
καὶ πίστιν ποιῆσαι εὐδοκίας.
 If you will, you can keep the commandments,
and to act faithfully is a matter of your own choice.
 
16παρέθηκέν σοι πῦρ καὶ ὕδωρ·
οὗ ἐὰν θέλῃς, ἐκτενεῖς τὴν χεῖρά σου.
 He has placed before you fire and water:
stretch out your hand for whichever you wish.
 
17ἔναντι ἀνθρώπων ἡ ζωὴ καὶ ὁ θάνατος,
καὶ ὃ ἐὰν εὐδοκήσῃ, δοθήσεται αὐτῷ.
 Before a man are life and death,
and whichever he chooses will be given to him.
 
18ὅτι πολλὴ ἡ σοφία τοῦ κυρίου·
ἰσχυρὸς ἐν δυναστείᾳ καὶ βλέπων τὰ πάντα,
 For great is the wisdom of the Lord;
he is mighty in power and sees everything;
 
19καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τοὺς φοβουμένους αὐτόν,
καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπιγνώσεται πᾶν ἔργον ἀνθρώπου.
 his eyes are on those who fear him,
and he knows every deed of man.
 
20οὐκ ἐνετείλατο οὐδενὶ ἀσεβεῖν,
καὶ οὐκ ἔδωκεν ἄνεσιν οὐδενὶ ἁμαρτάνειν.
 He has not commanded any one to be ungodly,
and he has not given any one permission to sin.		 
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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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