Proverbs · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Proverbs 1 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Παροιμίαι Σολομώντος, υιού του Δαβίδ, βασιλέως του Ισραήλ,
1 The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:
2 διά να γνωρίση τις σοφίαν και παιδείαν, διά να νοήση λόγους φρονήσεως,
2 to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;
3 διά να λάβη διδασκαλίαν συνέσεως, δικαιοσύνης και κρίσεως και ευθύτητος,
3 to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;
4 διά να δώση νόησιν εις τους απλούς, και εις τον νέον μάθησιν και διάγνωσιν.
4 to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young man—
5 Ο σοφός ακούων θέλει γείνει σοφώτερος, και ο νοήμων θέλει αποκτήσει επιστήμην κυβερνήσεως·
5 that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel;
6 ώστε να εννοή παροιμίαν και σκοτεινόν λόγον, ρήσεις σοφών και αινίγματα αυτών.
6 to understand a proverb and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.
7 Αρχή σοφίας φόβος Κυρίου· οι άφρονες καταφρονούσι την σοφίαν και την διδασκαλίαν.
7 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge, but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
8 Άκουε, υιέ μου, την διδασκαλίαν του πατρός σου, και μη απορρίψης τον νόμον της μητρός σου.
8 My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching;
9 Διότι ταύτα θέλουσιν είσθαι στέφανος χαρίτων εις την κορυφήν σου και περιδέραιον περί τον τράχηλόν σου.
9 for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.
10 Υιέ μου, εάν θελήσωσιν οι αμαρτωλοί να σε δελεάσωσι, μη θελήσης·
10 My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.
11 εάν είπωσιν, Ελθέ μεθ' ημών, ας ενεδρεύσωμεν δι' αίμα, ας επιβουλευθώμεν αναιτίως τον αθώον,
11 If they say, “Come with us. Let’s lie in wait for blood. Let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.
12 Ας καταπίωμεν αυτούς ζώντας, ως ο άδης, και ολοκλήρους ως τους καταβαίνοντας εις τον λάκκον·
12 Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.
13 θέλομεν ευρεί παν πολύτιμον αγαθόν, θέλομεν γεμίσει τους οίκους ημών από λαφύρων·
13 We’ll find all valuable wealth. We’ll fill our houses with plunder.
14 θες τον κλήρόν σου μεταξύ ημών, εν βαλάντιον ας ήναι εις πάντας ημάς·
14 You shall cast your lot among us. We’ll all have one purse”—
15 υιέ μου, μη περιπατήσης εν οδώ μετ' αυτών· άπεχε τον πόδα σου από των τρίβων αυτών·
15 my son, don’t walk on the path with them. Keep your foot from their path,
16 διότι οι πόδες αυτών τρέχουσιν εις το κακόν, και σπεύδουσιν εις το να χύσωσιν αίμα.
16 for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.
17 Διότι ματαίως εξαπλόνεται δίκτυον έμπροσθεν των οφθαλμών παντός πτερωτού.
17 For the net is spread in vain in the sight of any bird;
18 Διότι ούτοι ενεδρεύουσι κατά του ιδίου αυτών αίματος, επιβουλεύονται τας εαυτών ψυχάς·
18 but these lay in wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.
19 Τοιαύται είναι αι οδοί παντός πλεονέκτου· η πλεονεξία αφαιρεί την ζωήν των κυριευομένων υπ' αυτής.
19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.
20 Η σοφία φωνάζει έξω, εκπέμπει την φωνήν αυτής εν ταις πλατείαις·
20 Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.
21 Κράζει επί κεφαλής των αγορών, εν ταις εισόδοις των πυλών· απαγγέλλει τους λόγους αυτής διά της πόλεως, λέγουσα,
21 She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:
22 Έως πότε, μωροί, θέλετε αγαπά την μωρίαν, και οι χλευασταί θέλουσιν ηδύνεσθαι εις τους χλευασμούς αυτών, και οι άφρονες θέλουσι μισεί την γνώσιν;
22 “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?
23 Επιστρέψατε προς τους ελέγχους μου· ιδού, εγώ θέλω εκχέει το πνεύμά μου εφ' υμάς, θέλω σας κάμει να νοήσητε τους λόγους μου.
23 Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.
24 Επειδή εγώ έκραζον, και σεις δεν υπηκούετε· εξέτεινον την χείρα μου, και ουδείς προσείχεν·
24 Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;
25 Αλλά κατεφρονείτε πάσας τας συμβουλάς μου και τους ελέγχους μου δεν εδέχεσθε·
25 but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;
26 διά τούτο και εγώ θέλω επιγελάσει εις τον όλεθρόν σας· θέλω καταχαρή, όταν επέλθη ο φόβος σας.
26 I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you,
27 Όταν ο φόβος σας επέλθη ως ερήμωσις και η καταστροφή σας εφορμήση ως ανεμοστρόβιλος, όταν η θλίψις και η στενοχωρία έλθωσιν εφ' υμάς·
27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come on you.
28 τότε θέλουσι με επικαλεσθή, αλλά δεν θέλω αποκριθή· επιμόνως θέλουσι με εκζητήσει, αλλά δεν θέλουσι με ευρεί.
28 Then they will call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me,
29 Διότι εμίσησαν την γνώσιν και τον φόβον του Κυρίου δεν εξέλεξαν·
29 because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of Yahweh.
30 δεν ηθέλησαν τας συμβουλάς μου· κατεφρόνησαν πάντας τους ελέγχους μου·
30 They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
31 διά τούτο θέλουσι φάγει από των καρπών της οδού αυτών και θέλουσι χορτασθή από των κακοβουλιών αυτών.
31 Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.
32 Διότι η αποστασία των μωρών θέλει θανατώσει αυτούς, και η αμεριμνησία των αφρόνων θέλει αφανίσει αυτούς.
32 For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.
33 Όστις όμως ακούει εμού, θέλει κατοικήσει εν ασφαλεία· και θέλει ησυχάζει, μη φοβούμενος κακόν.
33 But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm.”
Cross references (32)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 10:1; 1 Chronicles 22:9; 1 Chronicles 28:5; Ecclesiastes 1:1; Proverbs 25:1
- 2 Proverbs 7:4; Deuteronomy 4:5–6; Proverbs 17:16; 2 Timothy 3:15–17; 1 Kings 3:9–12
- 3 Proverbs 2:1–9; Job 22:22; 1 Kings 3:28; Proverbs 8:10–11
- 4 Proverbs 8:5; Proverbs 8:17; Psalm 119:9; Psalm 119:130; Proverbs 8:32
- 5 Proverbs 12:1; Proverbs 9:9; 1 Corinthians 10:15; Job 34:10; Job 34:16
- 6 Psalm 78:2; Mark 4:11; Psalm 49:4; Hebrews 5:14; Acts 8:30–31
- 7 Job 28:28; Proverbs 9:10; Psalms 111:10–112:1; Ecclesiastes 12:13; Proverbs 15:33
- 8 Proverbs 6:20; Proverbs 30:17; Proverbs 5:1–2; Proverbs 31:1; 2 Timothy 1:5
- 9 Proverbs 4:9; Daniel 5:29; Genesis 41:42; Proverbs 6:20–21; Proverbs 3:22
- 10 Ephesians 5:11; Proverbs 16:29; Psalm 1:1; Proverbs 13:20; Deuteronomy 13:8
- 11 Proverbs 1:18; Jeremiah 5:26; Proverbs 12:6; Jeremiah 18:18–20; Acts 25:3
- 12 Psalm 124:3; Psalm 28:1; Romans 3:13; Micah 3:2–3; Psalm 5:9
- 13 1 Timothy 6:9–10; Luke 12:15; Job 24:2–3; Nahum 2:12; Isaiah 10:13–14
- 15 Psalm 119:101; Psalm 1:1; Proverbs 4:14–15; Proverbs 4:27; Psalm 26:4–5
- 16 Isaiah 59:7; Proverbs 6:18; Proverbs 4:16; Romans 3:5
- 17 Job 35:11; Jeremiah 8:7; Proverbs 7:23; Isaiah 1:3
- 18 Psalm 9:16; Esther 7:10; Proverbs 28:17; Proverbs 5:22–23; Psalm 7:14–16
- 19 Proverbs 15:27; 2 Peter 2:3; Proverbs 23:3–4; Jeremiah 22:17–19; Habakkuk 2:9
- 20 Proverbs 9:3; Colossians 2:3; Proverbs 8:1–5; Luke 11:49; 1 Corinthians 1:24
- 21 Acts 5:20; Matthew 10:27; Proverbs 9:3; Matthew 13:2; John 18:20
- 22 Proverbs 1:29; Proverbs 5:12; John 3:20; 2 Peter 3:3; Psalm 1:1
- 23 Acts 3:19; Ezekiel 33:11; Ezekiel 18:27–30; Acts 2:36–38; Joel 2:28
- 24 Romans 10:21; Isaiah 65:12; Jeremiah 7:13; Isaiah 66:4; Hebrews 12:25–26
- 25 Luke 7:30; Psalm 81:11; Proverbs 1:30; Proverbs 12:1; Psalm 107:11
- 26 Proverbs 10:24; Psalm 37:13; Psalm 2:4; Proverbs 6:15; Luke 14:24
- 27 Proverbs 3:25–26; Psalm 69:22–28; Psalm 58:9; Proverbs 10:24–25; Romans 2:9
- 28 Micah 3:4; Zechariah 7:13; James 4:3; Jeremiah 11:11; Isaiah 1:15
- 29 Proverbs 6:23; Proverbs 1:22; Job 21:14–15; Hebrews 11:25; Isaiah 27:11
- 30 Psalm 81:11; Proverbs 1:25; Luke 14:18–20; Jeremiah 8:9; Psalm 119:173
- 31 Proverbs 14:14; Jeremiah 6:19; Job 4:8; Proverbs 22:8; Galatians 6:7–8
- 32 Proverbs 8:36; John 3:36; Jeremiah 2:19; Luke 16:19–25; Hebrews 12:25
- 33 Psalm 25:12–13; Isaiah 26:3; Psalm 112:7–8; John 10:27–29; Proverbs 14:26
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
For it is better for you that ye should occupy a humble but honourable place in the flock of Christ, than that, being highly exalted, ye should be cast out from the hope of His people. For thus speaketh all-virtuous Wisdom: "Behold, I will bring forth to you the words of My Spirit, and I will teach you My speech.
Now, "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;" the sense of sin leads to repentance, and God bestows His compassion upon those who are penitent.
… what we read in the Proverbs of impious men saying, "Let us unrighteously hide in the earth the righteous man; yea, let us swallow him up alive as hell, and let us take away his memory from the earth: let us seize his precious possession," is not so obscure that it may not be understood, without laborious exposition, of Christ …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… and therefore the "wisdom" of God, by means of which she saves all men, "is declared in [its] going forth; it uttereth [its voice] faithfully in the streets, is preached on the tops of the walls, and speaks continually in the gates of the city." For the Church preaches the truth everywhere, and she is the seven-branched candlestick which bears …
… by ought of their own; but that wisdom was in them, of which it is written in a certain book, she shall say to those that despised her, when they have fallen upon the evils which she threatened them; "I will laugh over your destruction." What wonder then is it, that the wise mock the foolish virgins?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)