DB1 | Punishment of the Egyptians. Wis.19.13-17 | KNSB Contents | notes| 19 | katapi NEW STUDY BIBLE | Passage | Old Testament in Greek (Septuagint) |
| 13 | 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 | 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. |
| 14 | Others had refused to receive strangers when they came to them, but these made slaves of guests who were their benefactors. | οἱ μὲν γὰρ τοὺς ἀγνοοῦντας οὐκ ἐδέχοντο παρόντας· οὗτοι δὲ εὐεργέτας ξένους ἐδουλοῦντο. | |
| 15 | And not only so, but punishment of some sort will come upon the former for their hostile reception of the aliens; | οἱ δὲ μετὰ ἑορτασμάτων εἰσδεξάμενοι τοὺς ἤδη τῶν αὐτῶν μετεσχηκότας δικαίων δεινοῖς ἐκάκωσαν πόνοις. | |
| 16 | but the latter, after receiving them with festal celebrations, afflicted with terrible sufferings those who had already shared the same rights. | ἐπλήγησαν δὲ καὶ ἀορασίᾳ, ὥσπερ ἐκεῖνοι ἐπὶ ταῖς τοῦ δικαίου θύραις, ὅτε ἀχανεῖ περιβληθέντες σκότει ἕκαστος τῶν ἑαυτοῦ θυρῶν τὴν δίοδον ἐζήτει. | |
| 17 | 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. | 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· | |