Chapter 13
| 1 Ὁ ἁπτόμενος πίσσης μολυνθήσεται, καὶ ὁ κοινωνῶν ὑπερηφάνῳ ὁμοιωθήσεται αὐτῷ. | 1 He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith; and he that hath fellowship with a proud man shall be like unto him. |
| 2 βάρος ὑπὲρ σὲ μὴ ἄρῃς καὶ ἰσχυροτέρῳ σου καὶ πλουσιωτέρῳ μὴ κοινώνει τί κοινωνήσει. χύτρα πρὸς λέβητα; αὕτη προσκρούσει, καὶ αὕτη συντριβήσεται. | 2 Burden not thyself above thy power while thou livest; and have no fellowship with one that is mightier and richer than thyself: for how agree the kettle and the earthen pot together? for if the one be smitten against the other, it shall be broken. |
| 3 πλούσιος, ἠδίκησεν καὶ αὐτὸς προσενεβριμήσατο· πτωχὸς ἠδίκηται, καὶ αὐτὸς προσδεηθήσεται. | 3 The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he threateneth withal: the poor is wronged, and he must intreat also. |
| 4 ἐὰν χρησιμεύσῃς, ἐργᾶται ἐν σοί· καὶ ἐὰν ὑστερήσῃς, καταλείψει σὲ | 4 If thou be for his profit, he will use thee: but if thou have nothing, he will forsake thee. |
| 5 ἐὰν ἔχῃς, συμβιώσεταί σοὶ καὶ ἀποκενώσει σε, καὶ αὐτὸς οὐ πονέσει. | 5 If thou have any thing, he will live with thee: yea, he will make thee bare, and will not be sorry for it. |
| 6 χρείαν ἔσχηκέν σου, καὶ ἀποπλανήσει σὲ καὶ προσγελάσεταί σοὶ καὶ δώσει σοὶ ἐλπίδα· λαλήσει σοὶ καλὰ καὶ ἐρεῖ τίς ἡ χρεία σου; | 6 If he have need of thee, he will deceive thee, and smile upon thee, and put thee in hope; he will speak thee fair, and say, What wantest thou? |
| 7 καὶ αἰσχυνεῖ σὲ ἐν τοῖς βρώμασιν αὐτοῦ, ἕως οὗ ἀποκενώσῃ σὲ δὶς ἢ τρίς, καὶ ἐπ' ἐσχάτων καταμωκήσεταί σου· μετὰ ταῦτα ὄψεταί σὲ καὶ καταλείψει σὲ καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ κινήσει ἐπὶ σοί. | 7 And he will shame thee by his meats, until he have drawn thee dry twice or thrice, and at the last he will laugh thee to scorn afterward, when he seeth thee, he will forsake thee, and shake his head at thee. |
| 8 πρόσεχε μὴ ἀποπλανηθῇς καὶ μὴ ταπεινωθῇς ἐν ἀφροσύνῃ σου | 8 Beware that thou be not deceived and brought down in thy jollity. |
| 9 προσκαλεσαμένου σὲ δυνάστου ὑποχωρῶν γίνου, καὶ τόσῳ μᾶλλόν σὲ προσκαλέσεται· | 9 If thou be invited of a mighty man, withdraw thyself, and so much the more will he invite thee. |
| 10 μὴ ἔμπιπτε, μὴ ἀπωσθῇς, καὶ μὴ μακρὰν ἀφίστω, ἵνα μὴ ἐπιλησθῇς. | 10 Press thou not upon him, lest thou be put back; stand not far off, lest thou be forgotten. |
| 11 μὴ ἔπεχε ἰσηγορεῖσθαι μετ' αὐτοῦ καὶ μὴ πίστευε τοῖς πλείοσιν λόγοις αὐτοῦ· ἐκ πολλῆς γὰρ λαλιᾶς πειράσει σὲ καὶ ὡς προσγελῶν ἐξετάσει σε. | 11 Affect not to be made equal unto him in talk, and believe not his many words: for with much communication will he tempt thee, and smiling upon thee will get out thy secrets: |
| 12 ἀνελεήμων ὁ μὴ συντηρῶν λόγους καὶ οὐ μὴ φείσηται περὶ κακώσεως καὶ δεσμῶν. | 12 But cruelly he will lay up thy words, and will not spare to do thee hurt, and to put thee in prison. |
| 13 συντήρησον καὶ πρόσεχε σφοδρῶς, ὅτι μετὰ τῆς πτώσεώς σου περιπατεῖς. | 13 Observe, and take good heed, for thou walkest in peril of thy overthrowing: when thou hearest these things, awake in thy sleep. |
| 14 ἀκούων αὐτὰ ἐν ὕπνῳ σου γρηγόρησον· πάσῃ ζωῇ σου ἀγάπα τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ἐπικαλοῦ αὐτὸν εἰς σωτηρίαν σου | 14 Love the Lord all thy life, and call upon him for thy salvation. |
| 15 πᾶν ζῷον ἀγαπᾷ τὸ ὅμοιον αὐτῷ καὶ πᾶς ἄνθρωπος τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ· | 15 Every beast loveth his like, and every man loveth his neighbour. |
| 16 πᾶσα σὰρξ κατὰ γένος συνάγεται, καὶ τῷ ὁμοίῳ αὐτοῦ προσκολληθήσεται ἀνήρ. | 16 All flesh consorteth according to kind, and a man will cleave to his like. |
| 17 τί κοινωνήσει λύκος ἀμνῷ; οὕτως ἁμαρτωλὸς πρὸς εὐσεβῆ. | 17 What fellowship hath the wolf with the lamb? so the sinner with the godly. |
| 18 τίς εἰρήνη ὑαίνῃ πρὸς κύνα; καὶ τίς εἰρήνη πλουσίῳ πρὸς πένητα; | 18 What agreement is there between the hyena and a dog? and what peace between the rich and the poor? |
| 19 κυνήγια λεόντων ὄναγροι ἐν ἐρήμῳ· οὕτως νομαὶ πλουσίων πτωχοί. | 19 As the wild ass is the lion's prey in the wilderness: so the rich eat up the poor. |
| 20 βδέλυγμα ὑπερηφάνῳ ταπεινότης· οὕτως βδέλυγμα πλουσίῳ πτωχός. | 20 As the proud hate humility: so doth the rich abhor the poor. |
| 21 πλούσιος σαλευόμενος στηρίζεται ὑπὸ φίλων, ταπεινὸς δὲ πεσὼν προσαπωθεῖται ὑπὸ φίλων. | 21 A rich man beginning to fall is held up of his friends: but a poor man being down is thrust away by his friends. |
| 22 πλουσίου σφαλέντος πολλοὶ ἀντιλήμπτορες· ἐλάλησεν ἀπόρρητα, καὶ ἐδικαίωσαν αὐτόν. ταπεινὸς ἔσφαλεν, καὶ προσεπετίμησαν αὐτῷ· ἐφθέγξατο σύνεσιν, καὶ οὐκ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ τόπος. | 22 When a rich man is fallen, he hath many helpers: he speaketh things not to be spoken, and yet men justify him: the poor man slipped, and yet they rebuked him too; he spake wisely, and could have no place. |
| 23 πλούσιος ἐλάλησεν, καὶ πάντες ἐσίγησαν καὶ τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ ἀνύψωσαν ἕως τῶν νεφελῶν. πτωχὸς ἐλάλησεν καὶ εἶπαν τίς οὗτος; κἂν προσκόψῃ, προσανατρέψουσιν αὐτόν. | 23 When a rich man speaketh, every man holdeth his tongue, and, look, what he saith, they extol it to the clouds: but if the poor man speak, they say, What fellow is this? and if he stumble, they will help to overthrow him. |
| 24 ἀγαθὸς ὁ πλοῦτος, ᾧ μή ἐστιν ἁμαρτία, καὶ πονηρὰ ἡ πτωχεία ἐν στόματι ἀσεβοῦς. | 24 Riches are good unto him that hath no sin, and poverty is evil in the mouth of the ungodly. |
| 25 καρδία ἀνθρώπου ἀλλοιοῖ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ, ἐάν τε[1] εἰς ἀγαθὰ ἐάν τε εἰς κακά. | 25 The heart of a man changeth his countenance, whether it be for good or evil: and a merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance. |
| 26 ἴχνος καρδίας ἐν ἀγαθοῖς πρόσωπον ἱλαρόν, καὶ εὕρεσις παραβολῶν διαλογισμοὶ μετὰ κόπων. | 26 A cheerful countenance is a token of a heart that is in prosperity; and the finding out of parables is a wearisome labour of the mind. |
[1] ἐὰν τε ... ἐὰν τε = whether ... or whether.⇧