DB1 | Begging. Sir.40.28-30 | KNSB Contents | notes| 40 | katapi NEW STUDY BIBLE | Passage | Old Testament in Greek (Septuagint) |
| 28 | My son, do not lead the life of a beggar; it is better to die than to beg. | Begging. Sir.40.28-30 | Τέκνον, ζωὴν ἐπαιτήσεως μὴ βιώσῃς· κρεῖσσον ἀποθανεῖν ἢ ἐπαιτεῖν. |
| 29 | When a man looks to the table of another, his existence cannot be considered as life. He pollutes himself with another man's food, but a man who is intelligent and well instructed guards against that. | ἀνὴρ βλέπων εἰς τράπεζαν ἀλλοτρίαν, οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῦ ὁ βίος ἐν λογισμῷ ζωῆς, ἀλισγήσει ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐδέσμασιν ἀλλοτρίοις· ἀνὴρ δὲ ἐπιστήμων καὶ πεπαιδευμένος φυλάξεται. | |
| 30 | In the mouth of the shameless begging is sweet, but in his stomach a fire is kindled. | ἐν στόματι ἀναιδοῦς γλυκανθήσεται ἐπαίτησις, καὶ ἐν κοιλίᾳ αὐτοῦ πῦρ καήσεται. | |