The Bible Wisdom of Sirach Chapter 36
Wisdom of Sirach 36
Σοφία Σειράχ
1 ΕΛΕΗΣΟΝ ἡμᾶς, δέσποτα ὁ Θεὸς πάντων, καὶ ἐπίβλεψον καὶ ἐπίβαλε τὸν φόβον σου ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη·
Have mercy upon us, O Lord God of all, and behold us:
And send your fear upon all the nations that seek not after you. (Brenton's 36:2, which the Greek of this edition does not have)
2 ἔπαρον τὴν χεῖρά σου ἐπὶ ἔθνη ἀλλότρια, καὶ ἰδέτωσαν τὴν δυναστείαν σου.
Lift up your hand against the strange nations, and let them see your power. (verse 3 in Brenton's English)
3 ὥσπερ ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν ἡγιάσθης ἐν ἡμῖν, οὕτως ἐνώπιον ἡμῶν μεγαλυνθείης ἐν αὐτοῖς·
As you were sanctified in us before them: so be you magnified amongst them before us. (verse 4 in Brenton's English)
4 καὶ ἐπιγνώτωσάν σε, καθάπερ καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐπέγνωμεν, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστι Θεὸς πλὴν σοῦ, Κύριε.
And let them know you, as we have known you, that there is no God but only you, O God. (verse 5 in Brenton's English)
5 ἐγκαίνισον σημεῖα καὶ ἀλλοίωσον θαυμάσια, δόξασον χεῖρα καὶ βραχίονα δεξιόν·
Show new signs, and make other strange wonders: glorify your hand and your right arm, that they may set forth your wondrous works. (verse 6 in Brenton's English)
6 ἔγειρον θυμὸν καὶ ἔκχεον ὀργήν, ἔξαρον ἀντίδικον καὶ ἔκτριψον ἐχθρόν.
Raise up indignation, and pour out wrath: take away the adversary, and destroy the enemy. (verse 7 in Brenton's English)
7 σπεῦσον καιρὸν καὶ μνήσθητι ὁρκισμοῦ, καὶ ἐκδιηγησάσθωσαν τὰ μεγαλεῖά σου.
Sake the time short, remember the covenant, and let them declare your wonderful works. (verse 8 in Brenton's English)
8 ἐν ὀργῇ πυρὸς καταβρωθήτω ὁ σῳζόμενος, καὶ οἱ κακοῦντες τὸν λαόν σου εὕροισαν ἀπώλειαν.
Let him that escapes be consumed by the rage of the fire; and let them perish that oppress the people. (verse 9 in Brenton's English)
9 σύντριψον κεφαλὰς ἀρχόντων ἐχθρῶν λεγόντων· οὐκ ἔστι πλὴν ἡμῶν.
Strike in sunder the heads of the rulers of the heathen, that say, There is none other but we. (verse 10 in Brenton's English)
10 συνάγαγε πάσας φυλὰς Ἰακώβ, καὶ κατεκληρονόμησα αὐτοὺς καθὼς ἀπ᾿ ἀρχῆς.
Gather all the tribes of Jacob together, and inherit you them, as from the beginning. Though I was the last to wake up, yet I received their inheritance as from the beginning. (verse 11 in Brenton's English)
11 ἐλέησον λαόν, Κύριε, κεκλημένον ἐπ᾿ ὀνόματί σου καὶ Ἰσραήλ, ὃν πρωτογόνῳ ὡμοίωσας.
O Lord, have mercy upon the people that is called by your name, and upon Israel, whom you have named your firstborn. (verse 12 in Brenton's English)
12 οἰκτείρησον πόλιν ἁγιάσματός σου Ἱερουσαλήμ, πόλιν καταπαύματός σου.
O be merciful to Jerusalem, your holy city, the place of your rest. (verse 13 in Brenton's English)
13 πλῆσον Σιὼν ἀρεταλογίας σου, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς δόξης σου τὸν λαόν σου.
Fill Sion with your unspeakable oracles, and your people with your glory: (verse 14 in Brenton's English)
14 δὸς μαρτύριον τοῖς ἐν ἀρχῇ κτίσματί σου καὶ ἔγειρον προφητείας τὰς ἐπ᾿ ὀνόματί σου·
Give testimony to those that you have possessed from the beginning, and raise up prophets that have been in your name. (verse 15 in Brenton's English)
15 δὸς μισθὸν τοῖς ὑπομένουσί σε, καὶ οἱ προφῆταί σου ἐμπιστευθήτωσαν.
Reward them that wait for you, and let your prophets be found faithful. (verse 16 in Brenton's English)
16 εἰσάκουσον, Κύριε, δεήσεως ἱκετῶν σου, κατὰ τὴν εὐλογίαν Ἀαρὼν περὶ τοῦ λαοῦ σου,
O Lord, hear the prayer of your servants, according to the blessing of Aaron over your people, that all they which dwell upon the earth may know that you are the Lord, the eternal God. (verse 17 in Brenton's English)
17 καὶ γνώσονται πάντες οἱ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὅτι σὺ Κύριος εἶ ὁ Θεὸς τῶν αἰώνων.
In the English, this verse is part of verse 16.
18 Πᾶν βρῶμα φάγεται κοιλία, ἔστι δὲ βρῶμα βρώματος κάλλιον.
The belly devours all meats, yet is one meat better than another.
19 φάρυγξ γεύεται βρώματα θήρας, οὕτως καρδία συνετὴ λόγους ψευδεῖς.
As the palate tastes various kinds of venison: so does an heart of understanding false speeches.
20 καρδία στρεβλὴ δώσει λύπην, καὶ ἄνθρωπος πολύπειρος ἀνταποδώσει αὐτῷ.
A froward heart causes heaviness: but a man of experience will recompense him.
21 πάντα ἄρρενα ἐπιδέξεται γυνή, ἔστι δὲ θυγάτηρ θυγατρὸς κρείσσων.
A woman will receive every man, yet is one daughter better than another.
22 κάλλος γυναικὸς ἱλαρύνει πρόσωπον καὶ ὑπὲρ πᾶσαν ἐπιθυμίαν ἀνθρώπου ὑπεράγει·
The beauty of a woman cheers the countenance, and a man loves nothing better.
23 εἰ ἔστιν ἐπὶ γλώσσης αὐτῆς ἔλεος καὶ πραυ±της, οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς καθ᾿ υἱοὺς ἀνθρώπων.
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 στύλον ἀναπαύσεως.
He that gets a wife begins a possession, a help like to himself, and a pillar of rest.
25 οὗ οὐκ ἔστι φραγμός, διαρπαγήσεται κτῆμα, καὶ οὗ οὐκ ἔστι γυνή, στενάξει πλανώμενος.
Where no hedge is, there the possession is spoiled: and he that has no wife will wander up and down mourning.
26 τίς γὰρ πιστεύσει εὐζώνῳ λῃστῇ σφαλλομένῳ ἐκ πόλεως εἰς πόλιν;
Who will trust a thief well appointed, that skips from city to city? so [who will believe] a man that has no house, and lodges wherever the night takes him?
27 οὕτως ἀνθρώπῳ μὴ ἔχοντι νοσσιὰν καὶ καταλύοντι οὗ ἐὰν ὀψίσῃ.
In the English, this verse is part of verse 26.
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.