DB1 | A call to repentance. Sir.17.25-32 | KNSB Contents | notes| 17 | katapi NEW STUDY BIBLE | Passage | Old Testament in Greek (Septuagint) |
| 25 | Turn to the Lord and forsake your sins; pray in his presence and lessen your offences. | A call to repentance. Sir.17.25-32 | ὑψίστῳ τίς αἰνέσει ἐν ᾅδου ἀντὶ ζώντων καὶ διδόντων ἀνθομολόγησιν; |
| 26 | Return to the Most High and turn away from iniquity, and hate abominations intensely. | ἀπὸ νεκροῦ ὡς μηδὲ ὄντος ἀπόλλυται ἐξομολόγησις· ζῶν καὶ ὑγιὴς αἰνέσει τὸν κύριον. | |
| 27 | Who will sing praises to the Most High in Hades, as do those who are alive and give thanks? | ||
| 28 | From the dead, as from one who does not exist, thanksgiving has ceased; he who is alive and well sings the Lord's praises. | ὡς μεγάλη ἡ ἐλεημοσύνη τοῦ κυρίου, καὶ ἐξιλασμὸς τοῖς ἐπιστρέφουσιν ἐπ' αὐτόν. | |
| 29 | How great is the mercy of the Lord, and his forgiveness for those who turn to him! | οὐ γὰρ δύναται πάντα εἶναι ἐν ἀνθρώποις, ὅτι οὐκ ἀθάνατος υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου. | |
| 30 | For all things cannot be in men, since a son of man is not immortal. | τί φωτεινότερον ἡλίου; καὶ τοῦτο ἐκλείπει· καὶ πονηρὸν ἐνθυμηθήσεται σὰρξ καὶ αἷμα. | |
| 31 | What is brighter than the sun? Yet its light fails. So flesh and blood devise evil. | δύναμιν ὕψους οὐρανοῦ αὐτὸς ἐπισκέπτεται, καὶ ἄνθρωποι πάντες γῆ καὶ σποδός. | |
| 32 | He marshals the host of the height of heaven; but all men are dust and ashes. | ||