DB1 | Idols. Wis.14.1-11 | KNSB Contents | notes| 14 | katapi NEW STUDY BIBLE | Passage | Old Testament in Greek (Septuagint) |
| 14 1 | Again, one preparing to sail and about to voyage over raging waves calls upon a piece of wood more fragile than the ship which carries him. | Idols. Wis.14.1-11 | Πλοῦν τις πάλιν στελλόμενος καὶ ἄγρια μέλλων διοδεύειν κύματα τοῦ φέροντος αὐτὸν πλοίου σαθρότερον ξύλον ἐπιβοᾶται. |
| 2 | For it was desire for gain that planned that vessel, and wisdom was the craftsman who built it; | ἐκεῖνο μὲν γὰρ ὄρεξις πορισμῶν ἐπενόησεν, τεχνῖτις δὲ σοφία κατεσκεύασεν· | |
| 3 | but it is your providence, O Father, that steers its course, because you have given it a path in the sea, and a safe way through the waves, | ἡ δὲ σή, πάτερ, διακυβερνᾷ πρόνοια, ὅτι ἔδωκας καὶ ἐν θαλάσσῃ ὁδὸν καὶ ἐν κύμασι τρίβον ἀσφαλῆ | |
| 4 | showing that you can save from every danger, so that even if a man lacks skill, he may put to sea. | δεικνὺς ὅτι δύνασαι ἐκ παντὸς σῴζειν, ἵνα κἂν ἄνευ τέχνης τις ἐπιβῇ. | |
| 5 | It is your will that works of your wisdom should not be without effect; therefore men trust their lives even to the smallest piece of wood, and passing through the billows on a raft they come safely to land. | θέλεις δὲ μὴ ἀργὰ εἶναι τὰ τῆς σοφίας σου ἔργα· διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἐλαχίστῳ ξύλῳ πιστεύουσιν ἄνθρωποι ψυχὰς, καὶ διελθόντες κλύδωνα σχεδίᾳ διεσώθησαν. | |
| 6 | For even in the beginning, when arrogant giants were perishing, the hope of the world took refuge on a raft, and guided by your hand left to the world the seed of a new generation. | καὶ ἀρχῆς γὰρ ἀπολλυμένων ὑπερηφάνων γιγάντων, ἡ ἐλπὶς τοῦ κόσμου ἐπὶ σχεδίας καταφυγοῦσα ἀπέλιπεν αἰῶνι σπέρμα γενέσεως τῇ σῇ κυβερνηθεῖσα χειρί. | |
| 7 | For blessed is the wood by which righteousness comes. | εὐλόγηται γὰρ ξύλον, δι' οὗ γίνεται δικαιοσύνη· | |
| 8 | But the idol made with hands is accursed, and so is he who made it; because he did the work, and the perishable thing was named a god. | τὸ χειροποίητον δέ, ἐπικατάρατον αὐτὸ καὶ ὁ ποιήσας αὐτό, ὅτι ὁ μὲν ἠργάζετο, τὸ δὲ φθαρτὸν θεὸς ὠνομάσθη. | |
| 9 | For equally hateful to God are the ungodly man and his ungodliness, | ἐν ἴσῳ γὰρ μισητὰ θεῷ καὶ ὁ ἀσεβῶν καὶ ἡ ἀσέβεια αὐτοῦ· | |
| 10 | for what was done will be punished together with him who did it. | καὶ γὰρ τὸ πραχθὲν σὺν τῷ δράσαντι κολασθήσεται. | |
| 11 | Therefore there will be a visitation also upon the heathen idols, because, though part of what God created, they became an abomination, and became traps for the souls of men and a snare to the feet of the foolish. | διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἐν εἰδώλοις ἐθνῶν ἐπισκοπὴ ἔσται, ὅτι ἐν κτίσματι θεοῦ εἰς βδέλυγμα ἐγενήθησαν καὶ εἰς σκάνδαλα ψυχαῖς ἀνθρώπων καὶ εἰς παγίδα ποσὶν ἀφρόνων. | |