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[1] Honor a physician according to your need with the honors due to him,
for truly the Lord has created him.
[2] For healing comes from the Most High,
and he shall receive a gift from the king.
[3] The skill of the physician will lift up his head.
He will be admired in the sight of great men.
[4] The Lord created medicines out of the earth.
A prudent man will not despise them.
[5] Wasn’t water made sweet with wood,
that its power might be known?
[6] He gave men skill
that he might be glorified in his marvelous works.
[7] With them he heals
and takes away pain.
[8] With these, the pharmacist makes a mixture.
God’s works won’t be brought to an end.
From him, peace is upon the face of the earth. [9] My son, in your sickness don’t be negligent,
but pray to the Lord, and he will heal you.
[10] Put away wrong doing, and direct your hands in righteousness.
Cleanse your heart from all sin.
[11] Give a sweet savor and a memorial of fine flour,
and pour oil on your offering, according to your means.
[12] Then give place to the physician, for truly the Lord has created him.
Don’t let him leave you, for you need him.
[13] There is a time when recovery is in their hands.
[14] For they also shall ask the Lord
to prosper them in diagnosis and in healing for the maintenance of life.
[15] He who sins before his Maker,
let him fall into the hands of the physician. [16] My son, let your tears fall over the dead,
and as one who suffers grievously, begin lamentation.
Wind up his body with due honor.
Don’t neglect his burial.
[17] Make bitter weeping and make passionate wailing.
Let your mourning be according to his merit,
for one day or two, lest you be spoken evil of;
and so be comforted for your sorrow.
[18] For from sorrow comes death.
Sorrow of heart saps one’s strength.
[19] In calamity, sorrow also remains.
A poor man’s life is grievous to the heart.
[20] Don’t give your heart to sorrow.
Put it away, remembering the end.
[21] Don’t forget it, for there is no returning again.
You do him no good, and you would harm yourself.
[22] Remember his end, for so also will yours be:
yesterday for him, and today for you.
[23] When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest.
Be comforted for him when his spirit departs from him. [24] The wisdom of the scribe comes by the opportunity of leisure.
He who has little business can become wise.
[25] How could he become wise who holds the plow,
who glories in the shaft of the goad,
who drives oxen and is occupied in their labors,
and who mostly talks about bulls?
[26] He will set his heart upon turning his furrows.
His lack of sleep is to give his heifers their fodder.
[27] So is every craftsman and master artisan
who passes his time by night as by day,
those who cut engravings of signets.
His diligence is to make great variety.
He sets his heart to preserve likeness in his portraiture,
and is careful to finish his work.
[28] So too is the smith sitting by the anvil
and considering the unwrought iron.
The smoke of the fire will waste his flesh.
He toils in the heat of the furnace.
The noise of the hammer deafens his ear.
His eyes are upon the pattern of the object.
He will set his heart upon perfecting his works.
He will be careful to adorn them perfectly.
[29] So is the potter sitting at his work
and turning the wheel around with his feet,
who is always anxiously set at his work.
He produces his handiwork in quantity.
[30] He will fashion the clay with his arm
and will bend its strength in front of his feet.
He will apply his heart to finish the glazing.
He will be careful to clean the kiln. [31] All these put their trust in their hands.
Each becomes skillful in his own work.
[32] Without these no city would be inhabited.
Men wouldn’t reside as foreigners or walk up and down there.
[33] They won’t be sought for in the council of the people.
They won’t mount on high in the assembly.
They won’t sit on the seat of the judge.
They won’t understand the covenant of judgment.
Neither will they declare instruction and judgment.
They won’t be found where parables are.
[34] But they will maintain the fabric of the age.
Their prayer is in the handiwork of their craft.
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[1] Τίμα G5091 ἰατρὸν G2395 πρὸς G4314 τὰς G3588 χρείας G5532 αὐτοῦ G846 τιμαῖς G5092 αὐτοῦ, G846 καὶ G2532 γὰρ G1063 αὐτὸν G846 ἔκτισεν G2936 κύριος· G2962 [2] παρὰ G3844 γὰρ G1063 ὑψίστου G5310 ἐστὶν G2076 ἴασις, G2392 καὶ G2532 παρὰ G3844 βασιλέως G935 λήμψεται G2983 δόμα. G1390 [3] Ἐπιστήμη ἰατροῦ G2395 ἀνυψώσει κεφαλὴν G2776 αὐτοῦ, G846 καὶ G2532 ἔναντι G1725 μεγιστάνων G3175 θαυμασθήσεται. G2296 [4] Κύριος G2962 ἔκτισεν G2936 ἐκ G1537 γῆς G1093 φάρμακα, καὶ G2532 ἀνὴρ G435 φρόνιμος G5429 οὐ G3756 προσοχθιεῖ G4360 αὐτοῖς. G846 [5] Οὐκ G3756 ἀπὸ G575 ξύλου G3586 ἐγλυκάνθη ὕδωρ G5204 εἰς G1519 τὸ G3588 γνωσθῆναι G1097 τὴν G3588 ἰσχὺν G2479 αὐτοῦ; G846 [6] Καὶ G2532 αὐτὸς G846 ἔδωκεν G1325 ἀνθρώποις G444 ἐπιστήμην ἐνδοξάζεσθαι G1740 ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 θαυμασίοις G2297 αὐτοῦ· G846 [7] ἐν G1722 αὐτοῖς G846 ἐθεράπευσεν G2323 καὶ G2532 ἦρεν G142 τὸν G3588 πόνον G4192 αὐτοῦ, G846 μυρεψὸς ἐν G1722 τούτοις G5125 ποιήσει G4160 μεῖγμα, G3395 [8] καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 συντελεσθῇ G4931 ἔργα G2041 αὐτοῦ, G846 καὶ G2532 εἰρήνη G1515 παρ’ G3844 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐστιν G2076 ἐπὶ G1909 προσώπου G4383 τῆς G3588 γῆς. G1093 [9] Τέκνον, G5043 ἐν G1722 ἀρρωστήματί σου G4675 μὴ G3361 παράβλεπε, ἀλλ’ G235 εὖξαι G2172 κυρίῳ, G2962 καὶ G2532 αὐτὸς G846 ἰάσεταί G2390 σε· G4571 [10] ἀπόστησον G868 πλημμέλειαν καὶ G2532 εὔθυνον G2116 χεῖρας G5495 καὶ G2532 ἀπὸ G575 πάσης G3956 ἁμαρτίας G266 καθάρισον G2511 καρδίαν· G2588 [11] δὸς G1325 εὐωδίαν G2175 καὶ G2532 μνημόσυνον G3422 σεμιδάλεως G4585 καὶ G2532 λίπανον προσφορὰν G4376 ὡς G5613 μὴ G3361 ὑπάρχων. G5225 [12] Καὶ G2532 ἰατρῷ G2395 δὸς G1325 τόπον, G5117 καὶ G2532 γὰρ G1063 αὐτὸν G846 ἔκτισεν G2936 κύριος, G2962 καὶ G2532 μὴ G3361 ἀποστήτω G868 σου, G4675 καὶ G2532 γὰρ G1063 αὐτοῦ G846 χρεία. G5532 [13] Ἔστιν G2076 καιρὸς G2540 ὅτε G3753 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 χερσὶν G5495 αὐτῶν G846 εὐοδία· [14] καὶ G2532 γὰρ G1063 αὐτοὶ G846 κυρίου G2962 δεηθήσονται, G1189 ἵνα G2443 εὐοδώσῃ G2137 αὐτοῖς G846 ἀνάπαυσιν G372 καὶ G2532 ἴασιν G2392 χάριν G5485 ἐμβιώσεως. [15] Ὁ G3588 ἁμαρτάνων G264 ἔναντι G1725 τοῦ G3588 ποιήσαντος G4160 αὐτὸν G846 ἐμπέσοι G1706 εἰς G1519 χεῖρας G5495 ἰατροῦ. G2395 [16] Τέκνον, G5043 ἐπὶ G1909 νεκρῷ G3498 κατάγαγε G2609 δάκρυα καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 δεινὰ πάσχων G3958 ἔναρξαι G1728 θρήνου, G2355 κατὰ G2596 δὲ G1161 τὴν G3588 κρίσιν G2920 αὐτοῦ G846 περίστειλον τὸ G3588 σῶμα G4983 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 μὴ G3361 ὑπερίδῃς G5237 τὴν G3588 ταφὴν G5027 αὐτοῦ. G846 [17] Πίκρανον G4087 κλαυθμὸν G2805 καὶ G2532 θέρμανον G2328 κοπετὸν G2870 καὶ G2532 ποίησον G4160 τὸ G3588 πένθος G3997 κατὰ G2596 τὴν G3588 ἀξίαν αὐτοῦ G846 ἡμέραν G2250 μίαν G3391 καὶ G2532 δύο G1417 χάριν G5485 διαβολῆς καὶ G2532 παρακλήθητι G3870 λύπης G3077 ἕνεκα· G1752 [18] ἀπὸ G575 λύπης G3077 γὰρ G1063 ἐκβαίνει θάνατος, G2288 καὶ G2532 λύπη G3077 καρδίας G2588 κάμψει G2578 ἰσχύν. G2479 [19] Ἐν G1722 ἐπαγωγῇ παραμένει G3887 καὶ G2532 λύπη, G3077 καὶ G2532 βίος G979 πτωχοῦ G4434 κατὰ G2596 καρδίας. G2588 [20] Μὴ G3361 δῷς G1325 εἰς G1519 λύπην G3077 τὴν G3588 καρδίαν G2588 σου, G4675 ἀπόστησον G868 αὐτὴν G846 μνησθεὶς G3415 τὰ G3588 ἔσχατα· G2078 [21] μὴ G3361 ἐπιλάθῃ, G1950 οὐ G3756 γάρ G1063 ἐστιν G2076 ἐπάνοδος, καὶ G2532 τοῦτον G5126 οὐκ G3756 ὠφελήσεις G5623 καὶ G2532 σεαυτὸν G4572 κακώσεις. G2559 [22] Μνήσθητι G3415 τὸ G3588 κρίμα G2917 μου, G3450 ὅτι G3754 οὕτως G3779 καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 σόν· G4674 ἐμοὶ G1699 ἐχθὲς G5504 καὶ G2532 σοὶ G4671 σήμερον. G4594 [23] Ἐν G1722 ἀναπαύσει G372 νεκροῦ G3498 κατάπαυσον G2664 τὸ G3588 μνημόσυνον G3422 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 παρακλήθητι G3870 ἐν G1722 αὐτῷ G846 ἐν G1722 ἐξόδῳ G1841 πνεύματος G4151 αὐτοῦ. G846 [24] Σοφία G4678 γραμματέως G1122 ἐν G1722 εὐκαιρίᾳ G2120 σχολῆς, G4981 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 ἐλασσούμενος G1642 πράξει G4234 αὐτοῦ G846 σοφισθήσεται. G4679 [25] Τί G5101 σοφισθήσεται G4679 ὁ G3588 κρατῶν G2902 ἀρότρου G723 καὶ G2532 καυχώμενος G2744 ἐν G1722 δόρατι κέντρου, G2759 βόας G1016 ἐλαύνων G1643 καὶ G2532 ἀναστρεφόμενος G390 ἐν G1722 ἔργοις G2041 αὐτῶν, G846 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 διήγησις G1335 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐν G1722 υἱοῖς G5207 ταύρων; G5022 [26] Καρδίαν G2588 αὐτοῦ G846 δώσει G1325 ἐκδοῦναι G1554 αὔλακας, καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 ἀγρυπνία G70 αὐτοῦ G846 εἰς G1519 χορτάσματα G5527 δαμάλεων. G1151 [27] Οὕτως G3779 πᾶς G3956 τέκτων G5045 καὶ G2532 ἀρχιτέκτων, G753 ὅστις G3748 νύκτωρ ὡς G5613 ἡμέρας G2250 διάγει· G1236 οἱ G3588 γλύφοντες γλύμματα σφραγίδων, G4973 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 ἐπιμονὴ αὐτοῦ G846 ἀλλοιῶσαι ποικιλίαν· καρδίαν G2588 αὐτοῦ G846 δώσει G1325 εἰς G1519 ὁμοιῶσαι G3666 ζωγραφίαν, καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 ἀγρυπνία G70 αὐτοῦ G846 τελέσαι G5055 ἔργον. G2041 [28] Οὕτως G3779 χαλκεὺς G5471 καθήμενος G2521 ἐγγὺς G1451 ἄκμονος καὶ G2532 καταμανθάνων G2648 ἔργα G2041 σιδήρου· G4604 ἀτμὶς G822 πυρὸς G4442 τήξει G5080 σάρκας G4561 αὐτοῦ, G846 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 θέρμῃ G2329 καμίνου G2575 διαμαχήσεται· G1264 φωνῇ G5456 σφύρης κλινεῖ G2827 τὸ G3588 οὖς G3775 αὐτοῦ, G846 καὶ G2532 κατέναντι G2713 ὁμοιώματος G3667 σκεύους G4632 οἱ G3588 ὀφθαλμοὶ G3788 αὐτοῦ· G846 καρδίαν G2588 αὐτοῦ G846 δώσει G1325 εἰς G1519 συντέλειαν G4930 ἔργων, G2041 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 ἀγρυπνία G70 αὐτοῦ G846 κοσμῆσαι G2885 ἐπὶ G1909 συντελείας. G4930 [29] Οὕτως G3779 κεραμεὺς G2763 καθήμενος G2521 ἐν G1722 ἔργῳ G2041 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 συστρέφων G4962 ἐν G1722 ποσὶν G4228 αὐτοῦ G846 τροχόν, G5164 ὃς G3739 ἐν G1722 μερίμνῃ G3308 κεῖται G2749 διὰ G1223 παντὸς G3956 ἐπὶ G1909 τὸ G3588 ἔργον G2041 αὐτοῦ, G846 καὶ G2532 ἐναρίθμιος πᾶσα G3956 ἡ G3588 ἐργασία G2039 αὐτοῦ· G846 [30] ἐν G1722 βραχίονι G1023 αὐτοῦ G846 τυπώσει πηλὸν G4081 καὶ G2532 πρὸ G4253 ποδῶν G4228 κάμψει G2578 ἰσχὺν G2479 αὐτοῦ· G846 καρδίαν G2588 ἐπιδώσει G1929 συντελέσαι G4931 τὸ G3588 χρῖσμα, G5545 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 ἀγρυπνία G70 αὐτοῦ G846 καθαρίσαι G2511 κάμινον. G2575 [31] Πάντες G3956 οὗτοι G3778 εἰς G1519 χεῖρας G5495 αὐτῶν G846 ἐνεπίστευσαν, καὶ G2532 ἕκαστος G1538 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 ἔργῳ G2041 αὐτοῦ G846 σοφίζεται· G4679 [32] ἄνευ G427 αὐτῶν G846 οὐκ G3756 οἰκισθήσεται πόλις, G4172 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 παροικήσουσιν G3939 οὐδὲ G3761 περιπατήσουσιν. G4043 [33] Ἀλλ’ G235 εἰς G1519 βουλὴν G1012 λαοῦ G2992 οὐ G3756 ζητηθήσονται G2212 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 ἐκκλησίᾳ G1577 οὐχ G3756 ὑπεραλοῦνται· ἐπὶ G1909 δίφρον δικαστοῦ G1348 οὐ G3756 καθιοῦνται G2523 καὶ G2532 διαθήκην G1242 κρίματος G2917 οὐ G3756 διανοηθήσονται. [34] Οὐδὲ G3761 μὴ G3361 ἐκφάνωσιν παιδείαν G3809 καὶ G2532 κρίμα G2917 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 παραβολαῖς G3850 οὐχ G3756 εὑρεθήσονται, G2147 ἀλλὰ G235 κτίσμα G2938 αἰῶνος G165 στηρίσουσιν, G4741 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 δέησις G1162 αὐτῶν G846 ἐν G1722 ἐργασίᾳ G2039 τέχνης. G5078
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