DB1 | Parties. Sir.31.12-32.13 | KNSB Contents | notes| 31 | katapi NEW STUDY BIBLE | Passage | Old Testament in Greek (Septuagint) |
| 12 | Are you seated at the table of a great man? Do not be greedy at it, and do not say, "There is certainly much upon it!" | Parties. Sir.31.12-32.13 | Ἑπὶ τραπέζης μεγάλης ἐκάθισας; μὴ ἀνοίξῃς ἐπ' αὐτῆς φάρυγγά σου, καὶ μὴ εἴπῃς Πολλά γε τὰ ἐπ' αὐτῆς· |
| 13 | Remember that a greedy eye is a bad thing. What has been created more greedy than the eye? Therefore it sheds tears from every face. | ||
| 14 | Do not reach out your hand for everything you see, and do not crowd your neighbour at the dish. | μνήσθητι ὅτι κακὸν ὀφθαλμὸς πονηρός. πονηρότερον ὀφθαλμοῦ τί ἔκτισται; διὰ τοῦτο ἀπὸ παντὸς προσώπου δακρύει. | |
| 15 | Judge your neighbour's feelings by your own, and in every matter be thoughtful. | ||
| 16 | Eat like a human being what is set before you, and do not chew greedily, lest you be hated. | οὗ ἐὰν ἐπιβλέψῃ, μὴ ἐκτείνῃς χεῖρα, καὶ μὴ συνθλίβου αὐτῷ ἐν τρυβλίῳ. | |
| 17 | Be the first to stop eating, for the sake of good manners, and do not be insatiable, lest you give offence. | ||
| 18 | If you are seated among many persons, do not reach out your hand before they do. | νόει τὰ τοῦ πλησίον ἐκ σεαυτοῦ, καὶ ἐπὶ παντὶ πράγματι διανοοῦ. | |
| 19 | How ample a little is for a well-disciplined man! He does not breathe heavily upon his bed. | φάγε ὡς ἄνθρωπος τὰ παρακείμενά σοι, καὶ μὴ διαμασῶ, μὴ μισηθῇς. | |
| 20 | Healthy sleep depends on moderate eating; he rises early, and feels fit. The distress of sleeplessness and of nausea and colic are with the glutton. | παῦσαι πρῶτος χάριν παιδείας, καὶ μὴ ἀπληστεύου, μήποτε προσκόψῃς· | |
| 21 | If you are overstuffed with food, get up in the middle of the meal, and you will have relief. | καὶ εἰ ἀνὰ μέσον πλειόνων ἐκάθισας, πρότερος αὐτῶν μὴ ἐκτείνῃς τὴν χεῖρά σου. | |
| 22 | Listen to me, my son, and do not disregard me, and in the end you will appreciate my words. In all your work be industrious, and no sickness will overtake you. | Ὡς ἱκανὸν ἀνθρώπῳ πεπαιδευμένῳ τὸ ὀλίγον, καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς κοίτης αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἀσθμαίνει. | |
| 23 | Men will praise the one who is liberal with food, and their testimony to his excellence is trustworthy. | ||
| 24 | The city will complain of the one who is niggardly with food, and their testimony to his niggardliness is accurate. | ὕπνος ὑγιείας ἐπὶ ἐντέρῳ μετρίῳ· ἀνέστη πρωί, καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ μετ' αὐτοῦ. πόνος ἀγρυπνίας καὶ χολέρας καὶ στρόφος μετὰ ἀνδρὸς ἀπλήστου· | |
| 25 | Do not aim to be valiant over wine, for wine has destroyed many. | καὶ εἰ ἐβιάσθης ἐν ἐδέσμασιν, ἀνάστα ἔμεσον πόρρω, καὶ ἀναπαύσῃ. | |
| 26 | Fire and water prove the temper of steel, so wine tests hearts in the strife of the proud. | ἄκουσόν μου, τέκνον, καὶ μὴ ἐξουδενήσῃς με, καὶ ἐπ' ἐσχάτων εὑρήσεις τοὺς λόγους μου· ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἔργοις σου γίνου ἐντρεχής, καὶ πᾶν ἀρρώστημα οὐ μή σοι ἀπαντήσῃ. | |
| 27 | Wine is like life to men, if you drink it in moderation. What is life to a man who is without wine? It has been created to make men glad. | ||
| 28 | Wine drunk in season and temperately is rejoicing of heart and gladness of soul. | λαμπρὸν ἐπ' ἄρτοις εὐλογήσει χείλη, καὶ ἡ μαρτυρία τῆς καλλονῆς αὐτοῦ πιστή. | |
| 29 | Wine drunk to excess is bitterness of soul, with provocation and stumbling. | πονηρῷ ἐπ' ἄρτῳ διαγογγύσει πόλις, καὶ ἡ μαρτυρία τῆς πονηρίας αὐτοῦ ἀκριβής. | |
| 30 | Drunkenness increases the anger of a fool to his injury, reducing his strength and adding wounds. | Ἑν οἴνῳ μὴ ἀνδρίζου· πολλοὺς γὰρ ἀπώλεσεν ὁ οἶνος. | |
| 31 | Do not reprove your neighbour at a banquet of wine, and do not despise him in his merrymaking; speak no word of reproach to him, and do not afflict him by making demands of him. | κάμινος δοκιμάζει στόμωμα ἐν βαφῇ, οὕτως οἶνος καρδίας ἐν μάχῃ ὑπερηφάνων. | |