top Wisdom of Sirach ch 36

Chapter 36

1 Ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, δέσποτα ὁ θεὸς πάντων, καὶ ἐπίβλεψον καὶ ἐπίβαλε τὸν φόβον σου ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη· 1 Have mercy upon us, O Lord God of all, and behold us: And send thy fear upon all the nations that seek not after thee.
2 ἔπαρον τὴν χεῖρά σου ἐπὶ ἔθνη ἀλλότρια, καὶ ἰδέτωσαν τὴν δυναστείαν σου. 2 Lift up thy hand against the strange nations, and let them see thy power.
3 ὥσπερ ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν ἡγιάσθης ἐν ἡμῖν, οὕτως ἐνώπιον ἡμῶν μεγαλυνθείης ἐν αὐτοῖς· 3 As thou wast sanctified in us before them: so be thou magnified among them before us.
4 καὶ ἐπιγνώτωσάν σε, καθάπερ καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐπέγνωμεν ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν θεὸς πλὴν σοῦ, κύριε. 4 And let them know thee, as we have known thee, that there is no God but only thou, O God.
5 ἐγκαίνισον σημεῖα καὶ ἀλλοίωσον θαυμάσια, δόξασον χεῖρα καὶ βραχίονα δεξιόν· 5 Shew new signs, and make other strange wonders: glorify thy hand and thy right arm, that they may set forth thy wondrous works.
6 ἔγειρον θυμὸν καὶ ἔκχεον ὀργήν ἔξαρον ἀντίδικον καὶ ἔκτριψον ἐχθρόν. 6 Raise up indignation, and pour out wrath: take away the adversary, and destroy the enemy.
7 σπεῦσον καιρὸν καὶ μνήσθητι ὁρκισμοῦ, καὶ ἐκδιηγησάσθωσαν τὰ μεγαλεῖά σου 7 Sake the time short, remember the covenant, and let them declare thy wonderful works.
8 ἐν ὀργῇ πυρὸς καταβρωθήτω ὁ σῳζόμενος, καὶ οἱ κακοῦντες τὸν λαόν σου εὕροισαν ἀπώλειαν. 8 Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire; and let them perish that oppress the people.
9 σύντριψον κεφαλὰς ἀρχόντων ἐχθρῶν λεγόντων οὐκ ἔστιν πλὴν ἡμῶν. 9 Smite in sunder the heads of the rulers of the heathen, that say, There is none other but we.
10 συνάγαγε πάσας φυλὰς Ἰακὼβ καὶ κατακληρονόμησον αὐτοὺς καθὼς ἀπ' ἀρχῆς. 10 Gather all the tribes of Jacob together, and inherit thou them, as from the beginning.
11 ἐλέησον λαόν κύριε, κεκλημένον ἐπ' ὀνόματί σου καὶ Ἰσραήλ, ὃν πρωτογόνῳ ὡμοίωσας. 11 O Lord, have mercy upon the people that is called by thy name, and upon Israel, whom thou hast named thy firstborn.
12 οἰκτίρησον πόλιν ἁγιάσματός σου, Ἱερουσαλὴμ τόπον καταπαύματός σου· 12 O be merciful unto Jerusalem, thy holy city, the place of thy rest.
13 πλῆσον Σιὼν ἀρεταλογίας σου καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς δόξης σου τὸν λαόν σου. 13 Fill Sion with thine unspeakable oracles, and thy people with thy glory:
14 δὸς μαρτύριον τοῖς ἐν ἀρχῇ κτίσμασίν σου καὶ ἔγειρον προφητείας τὰς ἐπ' ὀνόματί σου· 14 Give testimony unto those that thou hast possessed from the beginning, and raise up prophets that have been in thy name.
15 δὸς μισθὸν τοῖς ὑπομένουσίν σε, καὶ οἱ προφῆταί σου ἐμπιστευθήτωσαν. 15 Reward them that wait for thee, and let thy prophets be found faithful.
16 εἰσάκουσον, κύριε, δεήσεως τῶν ἱκετῶν σου κατὰ τὴν εὐλογίαν Ἀαρὼν περὶ τοῦ λαοῦ σου, 16 O Lord, hear the prayer of thy servants, according to the blessing of Aaron over thy people,
17 καὶ γνώσονται πάντες οἱ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὅτι κύριος εἶ ὁ θεὸς τῶν αἰώνων. 17 that all they which dwell upon the earth may know that thou art the Lord, the eternal God.
18 πᾶν βρῶμα φάγεται κοιλία, ἔστιν δὲ βρῶμα βρώματος κάλλιον. 18 The belly devoureth all meats, yet is one meat better than another.
19 φάρυγξ γεύεται βρώματα θήρας, οὕτως καρδία συνετὴ λόγους ψευδεῖς. 19 As the palate tasteth divers kinds of venison: so doth an heart of understanding false speeches.
20 καρδία στρεβλὴ δώσει λύπην, καὶ ἄνθρωπος πολύπειρος ἀνταποδώσει αὐτῷ. 20 A froward heart causeth heaviness: but a man of experience will recompense him.
21 πάντα ἄρρενα ἐπιδέξεται γυνή, ἔστιν δὲ θυγάτηρ θυγατρὸς κρείσσων. 21 A woman will receive every man, yet is one daughter better than another.
22 κάλλος γυναικὸς ἱλαρύνει πρόσωπον καὶ ὑπὲρ πᾶσαν ἐπιθυμίαν ἀνθρώπου ὑπεράγει· 22 The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance, and a man loveth nothing better.
23 εἰ ἔστιν ἐπὶ γλώσσης αὐτῆς ἔλεος καὶ πραΰτης, οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς καθ' υἱοὺς ἀνθρώπων. 23 If there be kindness, meekness, and comfort, in her tongue, then is not her husband like other men.
24 ὁ κτώμενος γυναῖκα ἐνάρχεται κτήσεως, βοηθὸν κατ' αὐτὸν καὶ στῦλον ἀναπαύσεως. 24 He that getteth a wife beginneth a possession, a help like unto himself, and a pillar of rest.
25 οὗ οὐκ ἔστιν φραγμός, διαρπαγήσεται κτῆμα· καὶ οὗ οὐκ ἔστιν γυνή στενάξει πλανώμενος. 25 Where no hedge is, there the possession is spoiled: and he that hath no wife will wander up and down mourning.
26 τίς γὰρ πιστεύσει εὐζώνῳ λῃστῇ ἀφαλλομένῳ ἐκ πόλεως εἰς πόλιν; 26 Who will trust a thief well appointed, that skippeth from city to city?
27 οὕτως ἀνθρώπῳ μὴ ἔχοντι νοσσιὰν καὶ καταλύοντι οὗ ἐὰν ὀψίσῃ. 27 so who will believe a man that hath no house, and lodgeth wheresoever the night taketh him?