DB1 | Foolishness of nature worship. Wis.13.1-9 | KNSB Contents | notes| 13 | katapi NEW STUDY BIBLE | Passage | Old Testament in Greek (Septuagint) |
| 13 1 | For all men who were ignorant of God were foolish by nature; and they were unable from the good things that are seen to know him who exists, nor did they recognize the craftsman while paying heed to his works; | Foolishness of nature worship. Wis.13.1-9 | Μάταιοι μὲν γὰρ πάντες ἄνθρωποι φύσει, οἷς παρῆν θεοῦ ἀγνωσία, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ὁρωμένων ἀγαθῶν οὐκ ἴσχυσαν εἰδέναι τὸν ὄντα, οὔτε τοῖς ἔργοις προσέχοντες ἐπέγνωσαν τὸν τεχνίτην, |
| 2 | but they supposed that either fire or wind or swift air, or the circle of the stars, or turbulent water, or the luminaries of heaven were the gods that rule the world. | ἀλλ' ἢ πῦρ ἢ πνεῦμα ἢ ταχινὸν ἀέρα ἢ κύκλον ἄστρων ἢ βίαιον ὕδωρ ἢ φωστῆρας οὐρανοῦ πρυτάνεις κόσμου θεοὺς ἐνόμισαν. | |
| 3 | If through delight in the beauty of these things men assumed them to be gods, let them know how much better than these is their Lord, for the author of beauty created them. | ὧν εἰ μὲν τῇ καλλονῇ τερπόμενοι ταῦτα θεοὺς ὑπελάμβανον, γνώτωσαν πόσῳ τούτων ὁ δεσπότης ἐστὶ βελτίων, ὁ γὰρ τοῦ κάλλους γενεσιάρχης ἔκτισεν αὐτά· | |
| 4 | And if men were amazed at their power and working, let them perceive from them how much more powerful is he who formed them. | εἰ δὲ δύναμιν καὶ ἐνέργειαν ἐκπλαγέντες, νοησάτωσαν ἀπ' αὐτῶν πόσῳ ὁ κατασκευάσας αὐτὰ δυνα τώτερός ἐστιν· | |
| 5 | For from the greatness and beauty of created things comes a corresponding perception of their Creator. | ἐκ γὰρ μεγέθους καὶ καλλονῆς κτισμάτων ἀναλόγως ὁ γενεσιουργὸς αὐτῶν θεωρεῖται. | |
| 6 | Yet these men are little to be blamed, for perhaps they go astray while seeking God and desiring to find him. | ἀλλ' ὅμως ἐπὶ τούτοις μέμψις ἐστὶν ὀλίγη, καὶ γὰρ αὐτοὶ τάχα πλανῶνται θεὸν ζητοῦντες καὶ θέλοντες εὑρεῖν· | |
| 7 | For as they live among his works they keep searching, and they trust in what they see, because the things that are seen are beautiful. | ἐν γὰρ τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτοῦ ἀναστρεφόμενοι διερευνῶσιν, καὶ πείθονται τῇ ὄψει, ὅτι καλὰ τὰ βλεπόμενα. | |
| 8 | Yet again, not even they are to be excused; | πάλιν δ' οὐδ' αὐτοὶ συγγνωστοί· | |
| 9 | for if they had the power to know so much that they could investigate the world, how did they fail to find sooner the Lord of these things? | εἰ γὰρ τοσοῦτον ἴσχυσαν εἰδέναι ἵνα δύνωνται στοχάσασθαι τὸν αἰῶνα, τὸν τούτων δεσπότην πῶς τάχιον οὐχ εὗρον; | |