The Bible Wisdom of Sirach Chapter 30
Wisdom of Sirach 30
Σοφία Σειράχ
1 ΠΕΡΙ ΤΕΚΝΩΝ. Ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἐνδελεχήσει μάστιγας αὐτῷ, ἵνα εὐφρανθῇ ἐπ᾿ ἐσχάτῳ αὐτοῦ.
He that loves his son causes him often to feel the rod, that he may have joy of him in the end.
2 ὁ παιδεύων τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ὀνήσεται ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον γνωρίμων ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ καυχήσεται·
He that chastises his son shall have joy in him, and shall rejoice of him amongst his acquaintance.
3 ὁ διδάσκων τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ παραζηλώσει τὸν ἐχθρὸν καὶ ἔναντι φίλων ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ ἀγαλλιάσεται.
He that teaches his son grieves the enemy: and before his friends he shall rejoice of him.
4 ἐτελεύτησεν αὐτοῦ ὁ πατήρ, καὶ ὡς οὐκ ἀπέθανεν· ὅμοιον γὰρ αὐτῷ κατέλιπε μετ᾿ αὐτόν.
Though his father die, yet he is as though he were not dead: for he has left one behind him that is like himself.
5 ἐν τῇ ζωῇ αὐτοῦ εἶδε καὶ εὐφράνθη καὶ ἐν τῇ τελευτῇ αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐλυπήθη.
While he lived, he saw and rejoiced in him: and when he died, he was not sorrowful.
6 ἐναντίον ἐχθρῶν κατέλιπεν ἔκδικον καὶ τοῖς φίλοις ἀνταποδιδόντα χάριν.
He left behind him an avenger against his enemies, and one that shall requite kindness to his friends.
7 περιψύχων υἱὸν καταδεσμεύσει τραύματα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπὶ πάσῃ βοῇ ταραχθήσεται σπλάγχνα αὐτοῦ.
He that makes too much of his son shall bind up his wounds; and his bowels will be troubled at every cry.
8 ἵππος ἀδάμαστος ἀποβαίνει σκληρός, καὶ υἱὸς ἀνειμένος ἐκβαίνει προαλής.
An horse not broken becomes headstrong: and a child left to himself will be wilful.
9 τιθήνησον τέκνον, καὶ ἐκθαμβήσει σε· σύμπαιξον αὐτῷ, καὶ λυπήσει σε.
Cocker your child, and he shall make you afraid: play with him, and he will bring you to heaviness.
10 μὴ συγγελάσῃς αὐτῷ, ἵνα μὴ συνοδυνηθῇς, καὶ ἐπ᾿ ἐσχάτῳ γομφιάσεις τοὺς ὀδόντας σου.
Laugh not with him, lest you have sorrow with him, and lest you gnash your teeth in the end.
11 μὴ δῷς αὐτῷ ἐξουσία ἐν νεότητι· θλάσον τὰς πλευρὰς αὐτοῦ, ὡς ἔστι νήπιος, μήποτε σκληρυνθεὶς ἀπειθήσῃ σοι. [καὶ μὴ παρίδῃς τὰς ἀγνοίας αὐτοῦ.
Give him no liberty in his youth, and wink not at his follies. Bow down his neck while he is young, and beat him on the sides while he is a child, lest he wax stubborn, and be disobedient to you, and so bring sorrow to your heart. (verse 30:11-12 in Brenton's English)
12 κάμψον τὸν τράχηλον αὐτοῦ ἐν νεότητι].
This verse is not in Brenton's English, which follows another reading of the Greek.
13 παίδευσον τὸν υἱόν σου καὶ ἔργασαι ἐν αὐτῷ, ἵνα μὴ ἐν τῇ ἀσχημοσύνῃ αὐτοῦ προσκόψῃς.
Chastise your son, and hold him to labour, lest his lewd behaviour be an offence to you.
Better is the poor, being sound and strong of constitution, than a rich man that is afflicted in his body. (Brenton's 30:14, which the Greek of this edition does not have)
Health and good estate of body are above all gold, and a strong body above infinite wealth. (Brenton's 30:15, which the Greek of this edition does not have)
There is no riches above a sound body, and no joy above the joy of the heart. (Brenton's 30:16, which the Greek of this edition does not have)
Death is better than a bitter life or continual sickness. (Brenton's 30:17, which the Greek of this edition does not have)
Delicates poured upon a mouth shut up are as messes of meat set upon a grave. (Brenton's 30:18, which the Greek of this edition does not have)
What good does the offering to an idol? for neither can it eat nor smell: so is he that is persecuted of the Lord. (Brenton's 30:19, which the Greek of this edition does not have)
He sees with his eyes and groanes, as an eunuch that embraces a virgin and sighs. (Brenton's 30:20, which the Greek of this edition does not have)
Give not over your mind to heaviness, and afflict not yourself in your own counsel. (Brenton's 30:21, which the Greek of this edition does not have)
Greek: the Septuagint as the Orthodox Media Network published it (Mount Athos); 2 Maccabees and the Prayer of Manasseh from Brenton's edition (1851). English: Brenton's translation (1851), its spelling updated by Michael Paul Johnson; public domain. About these texts.