Proverbs · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Proverbs 23 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 Όταν καθήσης να φάγης μετά άρχοντος, παρατήρει επιμελώς τα παρατιθέμενα έμπροσθέν σου·
1 When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;
2 και βάλε μάχαιραν εις τον λαιμόν σου, εάν ήσαι αδηφάγος·
2 put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.
3 μη επιθύμει τα εδέσματα αυτού· διότι ταύτα είναι τροφή δολιότητος.
3 Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.
4 Μη μερίμνα διά να γείνης πλούσιος· άπεχε από της σοφίας σου.
4 Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
5 Θέλεις επιστήσει τους οφθαλμούς σου εις το μη υπάρχον; διότι ο πλούτος κατασκευάζει βεβαίως εις εαυτόν πτέρυγας ως αετού και πετά προς τον ουρανόν.
5 Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
6 Μη τρώγε τον άρτον του φθονερού, μηδέ επιθύμει τα εδέσματα αυτού·
6 Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies,
7 διότι καθώς φρονεί εν τη ψυχή αυτού, τοιούτος είναι· φάγε και πίε, λέγει προς σέ· αλλ' η καρδία αυτού δεν είναι μετά σου.
7 for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
8 Το ψωμίον, το οποίον έφαγες, θέλεις εξεμέσει και θέλεις χάσει τας γλυκείας συνομιλίας σου.
8 You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
9 Μη λάλει εις τα ώτα του άφρονος· διότι θέλει καταφρονήσει την σοφίαν των λόγων σου.
9 Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
10 Μη μετακίνει όρια αρχαία· και μη εισέλθης εις τους αγρούς των ορφανών·
10 Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
11 διότι ο Λυτρωτής αυτών είναι ισχυρός· αυτός θέλει εκδικάσει την δίκην αυτών εναντίον σου.
11 for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
12 Προσκόλλησον την καρδίαν σου εις την παιδείαν και τα ώτα σου εις τους λόγους της γνώσεως.
12 Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
13 Μη φείδου να παιδεύης το παιδίον· διότι εάν κτυπήσης αυτό διά της ράβδου, δεν θέλει αποθάνει·
13 Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
14 συ κτυπών αυτό διά της ράβδου, θέλεις ελευθερώσει την ψυχήν αυτού εκ του άδου.
14 Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.
15 Υιέ μου, εάν η καρδία σου γείνη σοφή, θέλει ευφραίνεσθαι και η καρδία εμού·
15 My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine.
16 και τα νεφρά μου θέλουσιν αγάλλεσθαι, όταν τα χείλη σου λαλώσιν ορθά.
16 Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
17 Ας μη ζηλεύη η καρδία σου τους αμαρτωλούς· αλλ' έσο εν τω φόβω του Κυρίου όλην την ημέραν·
17 Don’t let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear Yahweh all day long.
18 διότι βεβαίως είναι αμοιβή, και η ελπίς σου δεν θέλει εκκοπή.
18 Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.
19 Άκουε συ, υιέ μου, και γίνου σοφός, και κατεύθυνε την καρδίαν σου εις την οδόν.
19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!
20 Μη έσο μεταξύ οινοποτών, μεταξύ κρεοφάγων ασώτων·
20 Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat;
21 διότι ο μέθυσος και ο άσωτος θέλουσι πτωχεύσει· και ο υπνώδης θέλει ενδυθή ράκη.
21 for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
22 Υπάκουε εις τον πατέρα σου, όστις σε εγέννησε· και μη καταφρόνει την μητέρα σου, όταν γηράση.
22 Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
23 Αγόραζε την αλήθειαν και μη πώλει· την σοφίαν και την παιδείαν και την σύνεσιν.
23 Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
24 Ο πατήρ του δικαίου θέλει χαρή σφόδρα· και όστις γεννά σοφόν υιόν, θέλει ευφραίνεσθαι εις αυτόν.
24 The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
25 Ο πατήρ σου και η μήτηρ σου θέλουσιν ευφραίνεσθαι· μάλιστα εκείνη, ήτις σε εγέννησε, θέλει χαίρει.
25 Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!
26 Υιέ μου, δος την καρδίαν σου εις εμέ, και ας προσέχωσιν οι οφθαλμοί σου εις τας οδούς μου·
26 My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.
27 διότι η πόρνη είναι λάκκος βαθύς· και η αλλοτρία γυνή στενόν φρέαρ.
27 For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
28 Αυτή προσέτι ενεδρεύει ως ληστής και πληθύνει τους παραβάτας μεταξύ των ανθρώπων.
28 Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
29 Εις τίνα είναι ουαί; εις τίνα στεναγμοί; εις τίνα έριδες; εις τίνα ματαιολογίαι; εις τίνα κτυπήματα άνευ αιτίας; εις τίνα φλόγωσις οφθαλμών;
29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
30 Εις τους εγχρονίζοντας εν τω οίνω· εις εκείνους οίτινες διάγουσιν ανιχνεύοντες οινοποσίας.
30 Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.
31 Μη θεώρει τον οίνον ότι κοκκινίζει, ότι δίδει το χρώμα αυτού εις το ποτήριον, ότι καταβαίνει ευαρέστως.
31 Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
32 Εν τω τέλει αυτού δάκνει ως όφις και κεντρόνει ως βασιλίσκος·
32 In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.
33 οι οφθαλμοί σου θέλουσι κυττάξει αλλοτρίας γυναίκας, και η καρδία σου θέλει λαλήσει αισχρά·
33 Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.
34 και θέλεις είσθαι ως κοιμώμενος εν μέσω θαλάσσης, και ως κοιτώμενος επί κορυφής, καταρτίου·
34 Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
35 με έτυπτον, θέλεις ειπεί, και δεν επόνεσα· με έδειραν, και δεν ησθάνθην· πότε θέλω εγερθή, διά να υπάγω να ζητήσω αυτόν πάλιν;
35 “They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don’t feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I will look for more.”
Cross references (34)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Genesis 43:32–34; Jude 12
- 2 Philippians 3:19; Matthew 18:8–9; 1 Corinthians 9:27
- 3 Proverbs 23:6; Psalm 141:4; Luke 21:34; Ephesians 4:22; Daniel 1:8
- 4 Hebrews 13:5; Proverbs 28:20; 1 Timothy 6:8–10; Matthew 6:19; Proverbs 3:5
- 5 Proverbs 27:24; 1 John 2:16; Matthew 6:19; James 5:1–2; 1 Timothy 6:17
- 6 Psalm 141:4; Proverbs 23:3; Daniel 1:8–10; Deuteronomy 15:9; Matthew 20:15
- 7 Psalm 12:2; Psalm 55:21; Judges 16:15; Matthew 9:3–4; Luke 11:37–54
- 9 Proverbs 9:7–8; Matthew 7:6; Proverbs 26:4–5; Proverbs 1:7; Acts 13:45–46
- 10 Zechariah 7:10; Proverbs 22:28; Jeremiah 22:3; Deuteronomy 27:17; James 1:27
- 11 Proverbs 22:23; Job 19:25; Exodus 22:22–24; Deuteronomy 27:19; Psalm 12:5
- 12 Proverbs 5:1–2; Proverbs 2:2–6; Proverbs 23:19; James 1:21–25; Ezekiel 33:31
- 13 Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 29:15; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 29:17
- 14 1 Corinthians 5:5; Proverbs 22:15; 1 Corinthians 11:32
- 15 Proverbs 23:24–25; 2 John 4; Zephaniah 3:17; 3 John 3–4; Proverbs 29:3
- 16 Proverbs 8:6; Ephesians 5:4; James 3:2; Ephesians 4:29; Colossians 4:4
- 17 Proverbs 28:14; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Proverbs 15:16; 1 Peter 1:17; Ecclesiastes 5:7
- 18 Hebrews 10:35; Jeremiah 29:11; Psalm 9:18; Proverbs 24:14; Philippians 1:20
- 19 Proverbs 23:26; Proverbs 23:12; Proverbs 4:10–23; Proverbs 6:6; Proverbs 9:6
- 20 Luke 21:34; Ephesians 5:18; Isaiah 5:22; Romans 13:13; Isaiah 5:11
- 21 Proverbs 21:17; Philippians 3:19; Proverbs 19:15; Deuteronomy 21:20; Galatians 5:21
- 22 Proverbs 30:17; Proverbs 1:8; John 19:26–27; Proverbs 6:20; Ephesians 6:1–2
- 23 Proverbs 18:15; Matthew 13:44; Psalm 119:72; Proverbs 16:16; Isaiah 55:1
- 24 Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20; Proverbs 23:15–16; Proverbs 29:3; Philemon 20
- 25 Proverbs 17:25; Luke 1:58; Luke 11:27–28; 1 Chronicles 4:9–10; Luke 1:40–47
- 26 Psalm 119:2; Psalm 119:9–11; Deuteronomy 6:5; Matthew 10:37–38; Proverbs 4:25–27
- 27 Proverbs 22:14
- 28 Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 7:12; 1 Corinthians 10:8; Hosea 4:11; Proverbs 22:14
- 29 Ephesians 5:18; 1 Samuel 25:36–37; Isaiah 5:11; Isaiah 5:22; 2 Samuel 13:28
- 30 Ephesians 5:18; Isaiah 5:11; Proverbs 20:1; Proverbs 9:2; Amos 6:6
- 31 1 John 2:16; Psalm 119:37; 2 Samuel 11:2; Proverbs 6:25; Mark 9:47
- 32 Isaiah 28:7–8; Isaiah 28:3; Luke 16:25–26; Exodus 7:12; Amos 5:19
- 33 Jude 12–13; Proverbs 31:5; Proverbs 2:12; Hosea 7:5; Genesis 19:32–38
- 34 1 Thessalonians 5:2–7; 1 Kings 16:9; Luke 21:34; Luke 17:27–29; Matthew 24:38
- 35 Jeremiah 5:3; Isaiah 56:12; 1 Corinthians 15:32–34; 2 Peter 2:22; Proverbs 26:11
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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).
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“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).
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