| 1 | A good name is better than precious ointment, And the day of death than the day of one’s birth; |
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Αγαθὸνόνομαυπὲρέλαιοναγαθὸνκαὶημέρατοῦθανάτουυπὲρημέρανγενέσεωςαυτοῦ.
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| 2 | Better to go to the house of mourning Than to go to the house of feasting, For that is the end of all men; And the living will take it to heart. |
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αγαθὸνπορευθῆναιειςοῖκονπένθουςὴότιπορευθῆναιειςοῖκονπότου,καθότιτοῦτοτέλοςπαντὸςτοῦανθρώπου,καὶοζῶνδώσειειςκαρδίαναυτοῦ.
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| 3 | Sorrow is better than laughter, For by a sad countenance the heart is made better. |
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αγαθὸνθυμὸςυπὲργέλωτα,ότιενκακίαπροσώπουαγαθυνθήσεταικαρδία.
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| 4 | The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, But the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. |
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καρδίασοφῶνενοίκωπένθους,καὶκαρδίααφρόνωνενοίκωευφροσύνης.
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| 5 | It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise Than for a man to hear the song of fools. |
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αγαθὸντὸακοῦσαιεπιτίμησινσοφοῦυπὲράνδραακούονταᾶσμααφρόνων·
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| 6 | For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, So is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity. |
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ότιωςφωνὴτῶνακανθῶνυπὸτὸνλέβητα,ούτωςγέλωςτῶναφρόνων·καίγετοῦτοματαιότης.
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| 7 | Surely oppression destroys a wise man’s reason, And a bribe debases the heart. |
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ότιησυκοφαντίαπεριφέρεισοφὸνκαὶαπόλλυσιτὴνκαρδίανευτονίαςαυτοῦ.
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| 8 | The end of a thing is better than its beginning; The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. |
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αγαθὴεσχάτηλόγωνυπὲραρχὴναυτοῦ,αγαθὸνμακρόθυμοςυπὲρυψηλὸνπνεύματι.
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| 9 | Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry, For anger rests in the bosom of fools. |
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μὴσπεύσηςενπνεύματίσουτοῦθυμοῦσθαι,ότιθυμὸςενκόλπωαφρόνωναναπαύσεται.
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| 10 | Do not say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not inquire wisely concerning this. |
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μὴείπηςΤίεγένετοότιαιημέραιαιπρότεραιῆσαναγαθαὶυπὲρταύτας;ότιουκενσοφίαεπηρώτησαςπερὶτούτου.
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| 11 | Wisdom is good with an inheritance, And profitable to those who see the sun. |
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αγαθὴσοφίαμετὰκληροδοσίαςκαὶπερισσείατοῖςθεωροῦσιντὸνήλιον·
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| 12 | For wisdom is a defense as money is a defense, But the excellence of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to those who have it. |
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ότιενσκιᾶαυτῆςησοφίαωςσκιὰτοῦαργυρίου,καὶπερισσείαγνώσεωςτῆςσοφίαςζωοποιήσειτὸνπαρ᾿αυτῆς.
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| 13 | Consider the work of God; For who can make straight what He has made crooked? |
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ιδὲτὰποιήματατοῦθεοῦ·ότιτίςδυνήσεταιτοῦκοσμῆσαιὸνὰνοθεὸςδιαστρέψηαυτόν;
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| 14 | In the day of prosperity be joyful, But in the day of adversity consider: Surely God has appointed the one as well as the other, So that man can find out nothing that will come after him. |
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ενημέρααγαθωσύνηςζῆθιεναγαθῶκαὶενημέρακακίαςιδέ·καίγεσὺντοῦτοσύμφωνοντούτωεποίησενοθεὸςπερὶλαλιᾶς,ίναμὴεύρηοάνθρωποςοπίσωαυτοῦμηδέν.
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| 15 | I have seen everything in my days of vanity: There is a just man who perishes in his righteousness, And there is a wicked man who prolongs life in his wickedness. |
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Σὺντὰπάνταεῖδονενημέραιςματαιότητόςμου·έστινδίκαιοςαπολλύμενοςενδικαίωαυτοῦ,καὶέστινασεβὴςμένωνενκακίααυτοῦ.
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| 16 | Do not be overly righteous, Nor be overly wise: Why should you destroy yourself? |
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μὴγίνουδίκαιοςπολὺκαὶμὴσοφίζουπερισσά,μήποτεεκπλαγῆς.
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| 17 | Do not be overly wicked, Nor be foolish: Why should you die before your time? |
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μὴασεβήσηςπολὺκαὶμὴγίνουσκληρός,ίναμὴαποθάνηςενουκαιρῶσου.
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| 18 | It is good that you grasp this, And also not remove your hand from the other; For he who fears God will escape them all. |
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αγαθὸντὸαντέχεσθαίσεεντούτω,καίγεαπὸτούτουμὴανῆςτὴνχεῖράσου,ότιφοβούμενοςτὸνθεὸνεξελεύσεταιτὰπάντα.
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| 19 | Wisdom strengthens the wise More than ten rulers of the city. |
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Ησοφίαβοηθήσειτῶσοφῶυπὲρδέκαεξουσιάζονταςτοὺςόνταςεντῆπόλει·
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| 20 | For there is not a just man on earth who does good And does not sin. |
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ότιάνθρωποςουκέστινδίκαιοςεντῆγῆ,ὸςποιήσειαγαθὸνκαὶουχαμαρτήσεται.
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| 21 | Also do not take to heart everything people say, Lest you hear your servant cursing you. |
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καίγεειςπάνταςτοὺςλόγους,οὺςλαλήσουσιν,μὴθῆςκαρδίανσου,όπωςμὴακούσηςτοῦδούλουσουκαταρωμένουσε,
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| 22 | For many times, also, your own heart has known That even you have cursed others. |
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ότιπλειστάκιςπονηρεύσεταίσεκαὶκαθόδουςπολλὰςκακώσεικαρδίανσου,όπωςκαίγεσὺκατηράσωετέρους.
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| 23 | All this I have proved by wisdom. I said, “I will be wise”; But it was far from me. |
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Πάνταταῦταεπείρασαεντῆσοφία·εῖπαΣοφισθήσομαι,
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| 24 | As for that which is far off and exceedingly deep, Who can find it out? |
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καὶαυτὴεμακρύνθηαπ᾿εμοῦμακρὰνυπὲρὸῆν,καὶβαθὺβάθος,τίςευρήσειαυτό;
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| 25 | I applied my heart to know, To search and seek out wisdom and the reason of things, To know the wickedness of folly, Even of foolishness and madness. |
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εκύκλωσαεγώ,καὶηκαρδίαμουτοῦγνῶναικαὶτοῦκατασκέψασθαικαὶζητῆσαισοφίανκαὶψῆφονκαὶτοῦγνῶναιασεβοῦςαφροσύνηνκαὶσκληρίανκαὶπεριφοράν.
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| 26 | And I find more bitter than death The woman whose heart is snares and nets, Whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God shall escape from her, But the sinner shall be trapped by her. |
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καὶευρίσκωεγὼπικρότερονυπὲρθάνατον,σὺντὴνγυναῖκα,ήτιςεστὶνθηρεύματακαὶσαγῆναικαρδίααυτῆς,δεσμοὶχεῖρεςαυτῆς·αγαθὸςπρὸπροσώπουτοῦθεοῦεξαιρεθήσεταιαπ᾿αυτῆς,καὶαμαρτάνωνσυλλημφθήσεταιεναυτῆ.
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| 27 | Here is what I have found,” says the Preacher, “Adding one thing to the other to find out the reason, |
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ιδὲτοῦτοεῦρον,εῖπενοΕκκλησιαστής,μίατῆμιᾶτοῦευρεῖνλογισμόν,
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| 28 | Which my soul still seeks but I cannot find: One man among a thousand I have found, But a woman among all these I have not found. |
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ὸνέτιεζήτησενηψυχήμουκαὶουχεῦρον·άνθρωπονένααπὸχιλίωνεῦρονκαὶγυναῖκαενπᾶσιτούτοιςουχεῦρον.
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| 29 | Truly, this only I have found: That God made man upright, But they have sought out many schemes.” |
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πλὴνιδὲτοῦτοεῦρον,ὸεποίησενοθεὸςσὺντὸνάνθρωπονευθῆ,καὶαυτοὶεζήτησανλογισμοὺςπολλούς.
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