| 1 | When you sit down to eat with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you; |
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εὰνκαθίσηςδειπνεῖνεπὶτραπέζηςδυναστῶν,νοητῶςνόειτὰπαρατιθέμενάσοι
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| 2 | And put a knife to your throat If you are a man given to appetite. |
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καὶεπίβαλλετὴνχεῖράσουειδὼςότιτοιαῦτάσεδεῖπαρασκευάσαι·
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| 3 | Do not desire his delicacies, For they are deceptive food. |
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ειδὲαπληστότεροςεῖ,μὴεπιθύμειτῶνεδεσμάτωναυτοῦ,ταῦταγὰρέχεταιζωῆςψευδοῦς.
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| 4 | Do not overwork to be rich; Because of your own understanding, cease! |
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μὴπαρεκτείνουπένηςὼνπλουσίω,τῆδὲσῆεννοίααπόσχου·
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| 5 | Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle toward heaven. |
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εὰνεπιστήσηςτὸσὸνόμμαπρὸςαυτόν,ουδαμοῦφανεῖται,κατεσκεύασταιγὰραυτῶπτέρυγεςώσπεραετοῦ,καὶυποστρέφειειςτὸνοῖκοντοῦπροεστηκότοςαυτοῦ.
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| 6 | Do not eat the bread of a miser, Nor desire his delicacies; |
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μὴσυνδείπνειανδρὶβασκάνωμηδὲεπιθύμειτῶνβρωμάτωναυτοῦ·
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| 7 | For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, But his heart is not with you. |
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ὸντρόπονγὰρείτιςκαταπίοιτρίχα,ούτωςεσθίεικαὶπίνει.
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| 8 | The morsel you have eaten, you will vomit up, And waste your pleasant words. |
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μηδὲπρὸςσὲεισαγάγηςαυτὸνκαὶφάγηςτὸνψωμόνσουμετ᾿αυτοῦ·εξεμέσειγὰραυτὸνκαὶλυμανεῖταιτοὺςλόγουςσουτοὺςκαλούς.
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| 9 | Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words. |
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ειςῶταάφρονοςμηδὲνλέγε,μήποτεμυκτηρίσητοὺςσυνετοὺςλόγουςσου.
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| 10 | Do not remove the ancient landmark, Nor enter the fields of the fatherless; |
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μὴμεταθῆςόριααιώνια,ειςδὲκτῆμαορφανῶνμὴεισέλθης·
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| 11 | For their Redeemer is mighty; He will plead their cause against you. |
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ογὰρλυτρούμενοςαυτοὺςκύριοςκραταιόςεστινκαὶκρινεῖτὴνκρίσιναυτῶνμετὰσοῦ.
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| 12 | Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to words of knowledge. |
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δὸςειςπαιδείαντὴνκαρδίανσου,τὰδὲῶτάσουετοίμασονλόγοιςαισθήσεως.
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| 13 | Do not withhold correction from a child, For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die. |
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μὴαπόσχηνήπιονπαιδεύειν,ότιεὰνπατάξηςαυτὸνράβδω,ουμὴαποθάνη·
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| 14 | You shall beat him with a rod, And deliver his soul from hell. |
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σὺμὲνγὰρπατάξειςαυτὸνράβδω,τὴνδὲψυχὴναυτοῦεκθανάτουρύση.
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| 15 | My son, if your heart is wise, My heart will rejoice—indeed, I myself; |
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υιέ,εὰνσοφὴγένηταίσουηκαρδία,ευφρανεῖςκαὶτὴνεμὴνκαρδίαν,
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| 16 | Yes, my inmost being will rejoice When your lips speak right things. |
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καὶενδιατρίψειλόγοιςτὰσὰχείληπρὸςτὰεμὰχείλη,εὰνορθὰῶσιν.
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| 17 | Do not let your heart envy sinners, But be zealous for the fear of the LORD all the day; |
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μὴζηλούτωηκαρδίασουαμαρτωλούς,αλλὰενφόβωκυρίουίσθιόληντὴνημέραν·
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| 18 | For surely there is a hereafter, And your hope will not be cut off. |
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εὰνγὰρτηρήσηςαυτά,έσταισοιέκγονα,ηδὲελπίςσουουκαποστήσεται.
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| 19 | Hear, my son, and be wise; And guide your heart in the way. |
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άκουε,υιέ,καὶσοφὸςγίνουκαὶκατεύθυνεεννοίαςσῆςκαρδίας·
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| 20 | Do not mix with winebibbers, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat; |
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μὴίσθιοινοπότηςμηδὲεκτείνουσυμβολαῖςκρεῶντεαγορασμοῖς·
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| 21 | For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags. |
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πᾶςγὰρμέθυσοςκαὶπορνοκόποςπτωχεύσει,καὶενδύσεταιδιερρηγμένακαὶρακώδηπᾶςυπνώδης.
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| 22 | Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old. |
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άκουε,υιέ,πατρὸςτοῦγεννήσαντόςσεκαὶμὴκαταφρόνειότιγεγήρακένσουημήτηρ.
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| 23 | Buy the truth, and do not sell it, Also wisdom and instruction and understanding. |
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| 24 | The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, And he who begets a wise child will delight in him. |
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καλῶςεκτρέφειπατὴρδίκαιος,επὶδὲυιῶσοφῶευφραίνεταιηψυχὴαυτοῦ·
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| 25 | Let your father and your mother be glad, And let her who bore you rejoice. |
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ευφραινέσθωοπατὴρκαὶημήτηρεπὶσοί,καὶχαιρέτωητεκοῦσάσε.
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| 26 | My son, give me your heart, And let your eyes observe my ways. |
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δόςμοι,υιέ,σὴνκαρδίαν,οιδὲσοὶοφθαλμοὶεμὰςοδοὺςτηρείτωσαν·
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| 27 | For a harlot is a deep pit, And a seductress is a narrow well. |
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πίθοςγὰρτετρημένοςεστὶναλλότριοςοῖκος,καὶφρέαρστενὸναλλότριον·
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| 28 | She also lies in wait as for a victim, And increases the unfaithful among men. |
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οῦτοςγὰρσυντόμωςαπολεῖται,καὶπᾶςπαράνομοςαναλωθήσεται.
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| 29 | Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? |
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τίνιουαί;τίνιθόρυβος;τίνικρίσις;τίνιαηδίαικαὶλέσχαι;τίνισυντρίμματαδιὰκενῆς;τίνοςπέλειοιοιοφθαλμοί;
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| 30 | Those who linger long at the wine, Those who go in search of mixed wine. |
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ουτῶνεγχρονιζόντωνενοίνοις;ουτῶνιχνευόντωνποῦπότοιγίνονται;
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| 31 | Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it swirls around smoothly; |
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μὴμεθύσκεσθεοίνω,αλλὰομιλεῖτεανθρώποιςδικαίοιςκαὶομιλεῖτεενπεριπάτοις·εὰνγὰρειςτὰςφιάλαςκαὶτὰποτήριαδῶςτοὺςοφθαλμούςσου,ύστερονπεριπατήσειςγυμνότεροςυπέρου,
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| 32 | At the last it bites like a serpent, And stings like a viper. |
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τὸδὲέσχατονώσπερυπὸόφεωςπεπληγὼςεκτείνεταικαὶώσπερυπὸκεράστουδιαχεῖταιαυτῶοιός.
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| 33 | Your eyes will see strange things, And your heart will utter perverse things. |
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οιοφθαλμοίσουότανίδωσιναλλοτρίαν,τὸστόμασουτότελαλήσεισκολιά,
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| 34 | Yes, you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, Or like one who lies at the top of the mast, saying: |
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καὶκατακείσηώσπερενκαρδίαθαλάσσηςκαὶώσπερκυβερνήτηςενπολλῶκλύδωνι·
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| 35 | “They have struck me, but I was not hurt; They have beaten me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake, that I may seek another drink?” |
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ερεῖςδέΤύπτουσίνμε,καὶουκεπόνεσα,καὶενέπαιξάνμοι,εγὼδὲουκήδειν·πότεόρθροςέσται,ίναελθὼνζητήσωμεθ᾿ῶνσυνελεύσομαι;
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