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[1] He who loves his son will continue to lay stripes upon him,
that he may have joy from him in the end.
[2] He who chastises his son will have profit from him,
and will brag about him among his acquaintances.
[3] He who teaches his son will provoke his enemy to jealousy.
Before friends, he will rejoice in him.
[4] His father dies, and is as though he had not died;
for he has left one behind him like himself.
[5] In his life, he saw his son and rejoiced.
When he died, it was without regret.
[6] He left behind him an avenger against his enemies,
and one to repay kindness to his friends. [7] He who makes too much of his son will bind up his wounds.
His heart will be troubled at every cry.
[8] An unbroken horse becomes stubborn.
An unrestrained son becomes headstrong.
[9] Pamper your child, and he will make you afraid.
Play with him, and he will grieve you.
[10] Don’t laugh with him, lest you have sorrow with him,
and you gnash your teeth in the end.
[11] Give him no liberty in his youth,
and don’t ignore his follies.ⓘ
[12] ⓘBow down his neck in his youth,
and beat him on the sides while he is a child,
lest he become stubborn, and be disobedient to you,
and there be sorrow to your soul.ⓘ
[13] Chastise your son, and give him work,
lest his shameless behavior be an offense to you. [14] Better is a poor man who is healthy and fit,
than a rich man who is afflicted in his body.
[15] Health and fitness are better than all gold,
and a strong body better than wealth without measure.
[16] There is no wealth better than health of body.
There is no gladness above the joy of the heart.
[17] Death is better than a bitter life,
and eternal rest than a continual sickness. [18] Good things poured out upon a mouth that is closed
are like food offerings laid upon a grave.
[19] What does an offering profit an idol?
For it can’t eat or smell.
So is he who is punished by the Lord,
[20] seeing with his eyes and groaning,
like a eunuch embracing a virgin and groaning. [21] Don’t give your soul to sorrow.
Don’t afflict yourself deliberately.
[22] Gladness of heart is the life of a man.
Cheerfulness of a man lengthens his days.
[23] Love your own soul, and comfort your heart.
Remove sorrow far from you,
for sorrow has destroyed many,
and there is no profit in it.
[24] Envy and wrath shorten life.
Anxiety brings old age before its time.
[25] Those who are cheerful and merry
will benefit from their food.
that he may have joy from him in the end.
[2] He who chastises his son will have profit from him,
and will brag about him among his acquaintances.
[3] He who teaches his son will provoke his enemy to jealousy.
Before friends, he will rejoice in him.
[4] His father dies, and is as though he had not died;
for he has left one behind him like himself.
[5] In his life, he saw his son and rejoiced.
When he died, it was without regret.
[6] He left behind him an avenger against his enemies,
and one to repay kindness to his friends. [7] He who makes too much of his son will bind up his wounds.
His heart will be troubled at every cry.
[8] An unbroken horse becomes stubborn.
An unrestrained son becomes headstrong.
[9] Pamper your child, and he will make you afraid.
Play with him, and he will grieve you.
[10] Don’t laugh with him, lest you have sorrow with him,
and you gnash your teeth in the end.
[11] Give him no liberty in his youth,
and don’t ignore his follies.ⓘ
[12] ⓘBow down his neck in his youth,
and beat him on the sides while he is a child,
lest he become stubborn, and be disobedient to you,
and there be sorrow to your soul.ⓘ
[13] Chastise your son, and give him work,
lest his shameless behavior be an offense to you. [14] Better is a poor man who is healthy and fit,
than a rich man who is afflicted in his body.
[15] Health and fitness are better than all gold,
and a strong body better than wealth without measure.
[16] There is no wealth better than health of body.
There is no gladness above the joy of the heart.
[17] Death is better than a bitter life,
and eternal rest than a continual sickness. [18] Good things poured out upon a mouth that is closed
are like food offerings laid upon a grave.
[19] What does an offering profit an idol?
For it can’t eat or smell.
So is he who is punished by the Lord,
[20] seeing with his eyes and groaning,
like a eunuch embracing a virgin and groaning. [21] Don’t give your soul to sorrow.
Don’t afflict yourself deliberately.
[22] Gladness of heart is the life of a man.
Cheerfulness of a man lengthens his days.
[23] Love your own soul, and comfort your heart.
Remove sorrow far from you,
for sorrow has destroyed many,
and there is no profit in it.
[24] Envy and wrath shorten life.
Anxiety brings old age before its time.
[25] Those who are cheerful and merry
will benefit from their food.
Footnotes
- ⓘ 30:11 This line and the previous two lines are absent from some older MSS.
- ⓘ 30:12a These three lines are absent from the oldest MSS.
- ⓘ 30:12b These three lines are absent from the oldest MSS.
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[1] Ὁ G3588 (T-NSM) ἀγαπῶν G25 (V-PAP-NSM) τὸν G3588 (T-ASM) υἱὸν G5207 (N-ASM) αὐτοῦ G846 (P-GSM) ἐνδελεχήσει (V-FAI-3S) μάστιγας G3148 (N-APF) αὐτῷ, G846 (P-DSM) ἵνα G2443 (CONJ) εὐφρανθῇ G2165 (V-APS-3S) ἐπ’ G1909 (PREP) ἐσχάτων G2078 (A-GPN-S) αὐτοῦ· G846 (P-GSM) [2] ὁ G3588 (T-NSM) παιδεύων G3811 (V-PAP-NSM) τὸν G3588 (T-ASM) υἱὸν G5207 (N-ASM) αὐτοῦ G846 (P-GSM) ὀνήσεται G3685 (V-FMI-3S) ἐπ’ G1909 (PREP) αὐτῷ G846 (P-DSM) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) ἀνὰ G303 (PREP) μέσον G3319 (A-ASN) γνωρίμων (A-GPM) ἐπ’ G1909 (PREP) αὐτῷ G846 (P-DSM) καυχήσεται· G2744 (V-FMI-3S) [3] ὁ G3588 (T-NSM) διδάσκων G1321 (V-PAP-NSM) τὸν G3588 (T-ASM) υἱὸν G5207 (N-ASM) αὐτοῦ G846 (P-GSM) παραζηλώσει G3863 (V-FAI-3S) τὸν G3588 (T-ASM) ἐχθρὸν G2190 (A-ASM) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) ἔναντι G1725 (PREP) φίλων G5384 (A-GPM) ἐπ’ G1909 (PREP) αὐτῷ G846 (P-DSM) ἀγαλλιάσεται. G21 (V-FMI-3S) [4] Ἐτελεύτησεν G5053 (V-AAI-3S) αὐτοῦ G846 (P-GSM) ὁ G3588 (T-NSM) πατήρ, G3962 (N-NSM) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) ὧς G5613 (ADV) οὐκ G3756 (PRT-N) ἀπέθανεν· G599 (V-2AAI-3S) ὅμοιον G3664 (A-ASM) γὰρ G1063 (CONJ) αὐτῷ G846 (P-DSM) κατέλιπεν G2641 (V-2AAI-3S) μετ’ G3326 (PREP) αὐτόν. G846 (P-ASM) [5] Ἐν G1722 (PREP) τῇ G3588 (T-DSF) ζωῇ G2222 (N-DSF) αὐτοῦ G846 (P-GSM) εἶδεν G1492 (V-2AAI-3S) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) εὐφράνθη G2165 (V-API-3S) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) ἐν G1722 (PREP) τῇ G3588 (T-DSF) τελευτῇ G5054 (N-DSF) αὐτοῦ G846 (P-GSM) οὐκ G3756 (PRT-N) ἐλυπήθη· G3076 (V-API-3S) [6] ἐναντίον G1726 (PREP) ἐχθρῶν G2190 (A-GPM) κατέλιπεν G2641 (V-2AAI-3S) ἔκδικον G1558 (A-ASM) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) τοῖς G3588 (T-DPM) φίλοις G5384 (A-DPM) ἀνταποδιδόντα G467 (V-PAP-ASM) χάριν. G5485 (N-ASF) [7] Περιψύχων (V-PAP-NSM) υἱὸν G5207 (N-ASM) καταδεσμεύσει (V-FAI-3S) τραύματα G5134 (N-APN) αὐτοῦ, G846 (P-GSM) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) ἐπὶ G1909 (PREP) πάσῃ G3956 (A-DSF) βοῇ G995 (N-DSF) ταραχθήσεται G5015 (V-FPI-3S) σπλάγχνα G4698 (N-NPN) αὐτοῦ. G846 (P-GSM) [8] Ἵππος G2462 (N-NSM) ἀδάμαστος (A-NSM) ἐκβαίνει (V-PAI-3S) σκληρός, G4642 (A-NSM) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) υἱὸς G5207 (N-NSM) ἀνειμένος G447 (V-RMP-NSM) ἐκβαίνει (V-PAI-3S) προαλής. (A-NSM) [9] Τιθήνησον (V-AAM-2S) τέκνον, G5043 (N-ASN) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) ἐκθαμβήσει (V-FAI-3S) σε· G4571 (P-2AS) σύμπαιξον (V-AAM-2S) αὐτῷ, G846 (P-DSM) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) λυπήσει G3076 (V-FAI-3S) σε. G4571 (P-2AS) [10] Μὴ G3361 (PRT-N) συγγελάσῃς (V-AAS-2S) αὐτῷ, G846 (P-DSM) ἵνα G2443 (CONJ) μὴ G3361 (PRT-N) συνοδυνηθῇς, (V-AAS-2S) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) ἐπ’ G1909 (PREP) ἐσχάτων G2078 (A-GPN-S) γομφιάσεις (V-FAI-2S) τοὺς G3588 (T-APM) ὀδόντας G3599 (N-APM) σου. G4675 (P-2GS) [11] Μὴ G3361 (PRT-N) δῷς G1325 (V-2AAS-2S) αὐτῷ G846 (P-DSM) ἐξουσίαν G1849 (N-ASF) ἐν G1722 (PREP) νεότητι· G3503 (N-DSF) [12] θλάσον (V-AAM-2S) τὰς G3588 (T-APF) πλευρὰς G4125 (N-APF) αὐτοῦ, G846 (P-GSM) ὡς G5613 (ADV) ἔστιν G2076 (V-PAI-3S) νήπιος, G3516 (A-NSM) μήποτε G3379 (ADV-N) σκληρυνθεὶς G4645 (V-APP-NSM) ἀπειθήσῃ G544 (V-AAS-3S) σοι. G4671 (P-2DS) [13] Παίδευσον G3811 (V-AAM-2S) τὸν G3588 (T-ASM) υἱόν G5207 (N-ASM) σου G4675 (P-2GS) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) ἔργασαι G2038 (V-AMM-2S) ἐν G1722 (PREP) αὐτῷ, G846 (P-DSM) ἵνα G2443 (CONJ) μὴ G3361 (PRT-N) ἐν G1722 (PREP) τῇ G3588 (T-DSF) ἀσχημοσύνῃ G808 (N-DSF) αὐτοῦ G846 (P-GSM) προσκόψῃς. G4350 (V-AAS-2S) [14] Κρείσσων G2908 (A-NSM-C) πτωχὸς G4434 (A-NSM) ὑγιὴς G5199 (A-NSM) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) ἰσχύων G2480 (V-PAP-NSM) τῇ G3588 (T-DSF) ἕξει G1838 (N-DSF) ἢ G2228 (PRT) πλούσιος G4145 (A-NSM) μεμαστιγωμένος G3146 (V-REP-NSM) εἰς G1519 (PREP) σῶμα G4983 (N-ASN) αὐτοῦ. G846 (P-GSM) [15] Ὑγίεια (N-NSF) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) εὐεξία (N-NSF) βελτίων (A-NSF-C) παντὸς G3956 (A-GSN) χρυσίου, G5553 (N-GSN) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) σῶμα G4983 (N-NSN) εὔρωστον (A-NSN) ἢ G2228 (PRT) ὄλβος (N-NSM) ἀμέτρητος. (A-NSM) [16] Οὐκ G3756 (PRT-N) ἔστιν G2076 (V-PAI-3S) πλοῦτος G4149 (N-NSM) βελτίων (A-NSM-C) ὑγιείας (N-GSF) σώματος, G4983 (N-GSN) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) οὐκ G3756 (PRT-N) ἔστιν G2076 (V-PAI-3S) εὐφροσύνη G2167 (N-NSF) ὑπὲρ G5228 (PREP) χαρὰν G5479 (N-ASF) καρδίας. G2588 (N-GSF) [17] Κρείσσων G2908 (A-NSM-C) θάνατος G2288 (N-NSM) ὑπὲρ G5228 (PREP) ζωὴν G2222 (N-ASF) πικρὰν G4089 (A-ASF) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) ἀνάπαυσις G372 (N-NSF) αἰῶνος G165 (N-GSM) ἢ G2228 (PRT) ἀρρώστημα (N-NSN) ἔμμονον. (A-NSN) [18] Ἀγαθὰ G18 (A-NPN) ἐκκεχυμένα G1632 (V-RMP-NPN) ἐπὶ G1909 (PREP) στόματι G4750 (N-DSN) κεκλεισμένῳ G2808 (V-RMP-DSN) θέματα (N-NPN) βρωμάτων G1033 (N-GPN) παρακείμενα G3873 (V-PNP-NPN) ἐπὶ G1909 (PREP) τάφῳ. G5028 (N-DSM) [19] Τί G5101 (I-ASN) συμφέρει G4851 (V-PAI-3S) κάρπωσις (N-NSF) εἰδώλῳ; G1497 (N-DSN) Οὔτε G3777 (CONJ-N) γὰρ G1063 (CONJ) ἔδεται (V-FDI-3S) οὔτε G3777 (CONJ-N) μὴ G3361 (PRT-N) ὀσφρανθῇ· (V-APS-3S) οὕτως G3779 (ADV) ὁ G3588 (T-NSM) ἐκδιωκόμενος G1559 (V-PEP-NSM) ὑπὸ G5259 (PREP) κυρίου. G2962 (N-GSM) [20] Βλέπων G991 (V-PAP-NSM) ἐν G1722 (PREP) ὀφθαλμοῖς G3788 (N-DPM) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) στενάζων G4727 (V-PAP-NSM) ὥσπερ G5618 (ADV) εὐνοῦχος G2135 (N-NSM) περιλαμβάνων (V-PAP-NSM) παρθένον G3933 (N-ASF) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) στενάζων. G4727 (V-PAP-NSM) [21] Μὴ G3361 (PRT-N) δῷς G1325 (V-2AAS-2S) εἰς G1519 (PREP) λύπην G3077 (N-ASF) τὴν G3588 (T-ASF) ψυχήν G5590 (N-ASF) σου G4675 (P-2GS) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) μὴ G3361 (PRT-N) θλίψῃς G2346 (V-AAS-2S) σεαυτὸν G4572 (F-2ASM) ἐν G1722 (PREP) βουλῇ G1012 (N-DSF) σου. G4675 (P-2GS) [22] Εὐφροσύνη G2167 (N-NSF) καρδίας G2588 (N-GSF) ζωὴ G2222 (N-NSF) ἀνθρώπου, G444 (N-GSM) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) ἀγαλλίαμα (N-NSN) ἀνδρὸς G435 (N-GSM) μακροημέρευσις. (N-NSF) [23] Ἀπάτα G538 (V-PAM-2S) τὴν G3588 (T-ASF) ψυχήν G5590 (N-ASF) σου G4675 (P-2GS) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) παρακάλει G3870 (V-PAM-2S) τὴν G3588 (T-ASF) καρδίαν G2588 (N-ASF) σου G4675 (P-2GS) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) λύπην G3077 (N-ASF) μακρὰν G3112 (ADV) ἀπόστησον G868 (V-AAM-2S) ἀπὸ G575 (PREP) σοῦ· G4675 (P-2GS) πολλοὺς G4183 (A-APM) γὰρ G1063 (CONJ) ἀπώλεσεν G622 (V-AAI-3S) ἡ G3588 (T-NSF) λύπη, G3077 (N-NSF) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) οὐκ G3756 (PRT-N) ἔστιν G2076 (V-PAI-3S) ὠφέλεια G5622 (N-NSF) ἐν G1722 (PREP) αὐτῇ. G846 (P-DSF) [24] Ζῆλος G2205 (N-NSM) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) θυμὸς G2372 (N-NSM) ἐλαττοῦσιν G1642 (V-PAI-3P) ἡμέρας, G2250 (N-APF) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) πρὸ G4253 (PREP) καιροῦ G2540 (N-GSM) γῆρας G1094 (N-ASN) ἄγει G71 (V-PAI-3S) μέριμνα. G3308 (N-NSF) [25] Λαμπρὰ G2986 (A-NSF) καρδία G2588 (N-NSF) καὶ G2532 (CONJ) ἀγαθὴ G18 (A-NSF) ἐπὶ G1909 (PREP) ἐδέσμασιν (N-DPN) τῶν G3588 (T-GPN) βρωμάτων G1033 (N-GPN) αὐτῆς G846 (P-GSF) ἐπιμελήσεται. G1959 (V-FDI-3S)