Proverbs 2

1My son, if you receive the words of my commandment And hide them within yourself,

υἱέ ἐὰν δεξάμενος ῥῆσιν ἐμῆς ἐντολῆς κρύψῃς παρὰ σεαυτῷ

2Your ear will be obedient to wisdom, And you will incline your heart to understanding; You will entrust it to your son as an admonition.

ὑπακούσεται σοφίας τὸ οὖς σου καὶ παραβαλεῖς καρδίαν σου εἰς σύνεσιν παραβαλεῖς δὲ αὐτὴν ἐπὶ νουθέτησιν τῷ υἱῷ σου

3For if he calls upon wisdom, And you utter your voice for understanding; If you seek perception with a strong voice,

ἐὰν γὰρ τὴν σοφίαν ἐπικαλέσῃ καὶ τῇ συνέσει δῷς φωνήν σου τὴν δὲ αἴσθησιν ζητήσῃς μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ

4If you seek her as silver And search for her as treasure,

καὶ ἐὰν ζητήσῃς αὐτὴν ὡς ἀργύριον καὶ ὡς θησαυροὺς ἐξερευνήσῃς αὐτήν

5Then you will understand the fear of the Lord And find the knowledge of God.

τότε συνήσεις φόβον κυρίου καὶ ἐπίγνωσιν θεοῦ εὑρήσεις

6For the Lord gives wisdom, And from His face come knowledge and understanding;

ὅτι κύριος δίδωσιν σοφίαν καὶ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ γνῶσις καὶ σύνεσις

7And He stores up salvation for the upright; He will protect their journey,

καὶ θησαυρίζει τοῖς κατορθοῦσι σωτηρίαν ὑπερασπιεῖ τὴν πορείαν αὐτῶν

8That He might guard the ways of His ordinances; And He will carefully guard the way of those who reverence Him.

τοῦ φυλάξαι ὁδοὺς δικαιωμάτων καὶ ὁδὸν εὐλαβουμένων αὐτὸν διαφυλάξει

9Then you will understand righteousness and judgment, And accomplish successfully every good path for yourself.

τότε συνήσεις δικαιοσύνην καὶ κρίμα καὶ κατορθώσεις πάντας ἄξονας ἀγαθούς

10For if wisdom comes into your mind, And the perception in your soul seems to be good,

ἐὰν γὰρ ἔλθῃ ἡ σοφία εἰς σὴν διάνοιαν ἡ δὲ αἴσθησις τῇ σῇ ψυχῇ καλὴ εἶναι δόξῃ

11Then good counsel will guard you, And holy thinking will keep you;

βουλὴ καλὴ φυλάξει σε ἔννοια δὲ ὁσία τηρήσει σε

12That it might rescue you from an evil way And from a man who speaks nothing trustworthy.

ἵνα ῥύσηταί σε ἀπὸ ὁδοῦ κακῆς καὶ ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς λαλοῦντος μηδὲν πιστόν

13Woe to those who forsake the paths of uprightness So they may walk in the ways of darkness,

ὦ οἱ ἐγκαταλείποντες ὁδοὺς εὐθείας τοῦ πορεύεσθαι ἐν ὁδοῖς σκότους

14Who delight in evils And rejoice in evil perversion,

οἱ εὐφραινόμενοι ἐπὶ κακοῖς καὶ χαίροντες ἐπὶ διαστροφῇ κακῇ

15Whose ways are crooked And their paths devious,

ὧν αἱ τρίβοι σκολιαὶ καὶ καμπύλαι αἱ τροχιαὶ αὐτῶν

16So they may cause you to be far from the straight way And a stranger to righteous judgment.

τοῦ μακράν σε ποιῆσαι ἀπὸ ὁδοῦ εὐθείας καὶ ἀλλότριον τῆς δικαίας γνώμης

17My son, do not lay hold of evil counsel, Nor forsake the teaching of your youth And forget the divine covenant;

υἱέ μή σε καταλάβῃ κακὴ βουλὴ ἡ ἀπολείπουσα διδασκαλίαν νεότητος καὶ διαθήκην θείαν ἐπιλελησμένη

18For it establishes its house with death, And its paths beside Hades with the dead;

ἔθετο γὰρ παρὰ τῷ θανάτῳ τὸν οἶκον αὐτῆς καὶ παρὰ τῷ ᾅδῃ μετὰ τῶν γηγενῶν τοὺς ἄξονας αὐτῆς

19All who journey there do not return, Nor do they lay hold of straight paths; For they do not comprehend the years of life.

πάντες οἱ πορευόμενοι ἐν αὐτῇ οὐκ ἀναστρέψουσιν οὐδὲ μὴ καταλάβωσιν τρίβους εὐθείας οὐ γὰρ καταλαμβάνονται ὑπὸ ἐνιαυτῶν ζωῆς

20For if they walked in good paths, They would find the smooth paths of righteousness.

εἰ γὰρ ἐπορεύοντο τρίβους ἀγαθάς εὕροσαν ἂν τρίβους δικαιοσύνης λείους

21The inhabitants of the land will be good, And the simple will be left in it;

χρηστοὶ ἔσονται οἰκήτορες γῆς ἄκακοι δὲ ὑπολειφθήσονται ἐν αὐτῇ ὅτι εὐθεῖς κατασκηνώσουσι γῆν καὶ ὅσιοι ὑπολειφθήσονται ἐν αὐτῇ

22For the upright will dwell in the land, And the holy will be left in it.

ὁδοὶ ἀσεβῶν ἐκ γῆς ὀλοῦνται οἱ δὲ παράνομοι ἐξωσθήσονται ἀπ᾿ αὐτῆς

23The ways of the ungodly shall perish from the land, And the lawless shall be banished from it.

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