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[1] For they said§ within themselves, with unsound reasoning,
“Our life is short and sorrowful.
There is no healing when a man comes to his end,
and no one was ever known who§ was released from Hades.
[2] Because we were born by mere chance,
and hereafter we will be as though we had never been,
because the breath in our nostrils is smoke,
and reason is a spark kindled by the beating of our heart,
[3] which being extinguished, the body will be turned into ashes,
and the spirit will be dispersed as thin air.
[4] Our name will be forgotten in time.
No one will remember our works.
Our life will pass away as the traces of a cloud,
and will be scattered as is a mist,
when it is chased by the rays of the sun,
and§ overcome by its heat.
[5] For our allotted time is the passing of a shadow,
and our end doesn’t retreat,
because it is securely sealed, and no one§ turns it back. [6] “Come therefore and let’s enjoy the good things that exist.
Let’s use the creation earnestly as in our youth.
[7] Let’s fill ourselves with costly wine and perfumes,
and let no spring flower pass us by.
[8] Let’s crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
[9] Let none of us go without his share in our proud revelry.
Let’s leave tokens of mirth everywhere,
because this is our portion, and this is our lot.
[10] Let’s oppress the righteous poor.
Let’s not spare the widow,
nor regard the gray hair of the old man.
[11] But let our strength be a law of righteousness;
for that which is weak is proven useless.
[12] But let’s lie in wait for the righteous man,
because he annoys us,
is contrary to our works,
reproaches us with sins against the law,
and charges us with sins against our training.
[13] He professes to have knowledge of God,
and calls himself a child of the Lord.
[14] He became to us a reproof of our thoughts.
[15] He is grievous to us even to look at,
because his life is unlike other men’s,
and his paths are strange.
[16] We were regarded by him as something worthless,
and he abstains from our ways as from uncleanness.
He calls the latter end of the righteous happy.
He boasts that God is his father.
[17] Let’s see if his words are true.
Let’s test what will happen at the end of his life.
[18] For if the righteous man is God’s son, he will uphold him,
and he will deliver him out of the hand of his adversaries.
[19] Let’s test him with insult and torture,
that we may find out how gentle he is,
and test his patience.
[20] Let’s condemn him to a shameful death,
for he will be protected, according to his words.” [21] Thus they reasoned, and they were led astray;
for their wickedness blinded them,
[22] and they didn’t know the mysteries of God,
neither did they hope for wages of holiness,
nor did they discern that there is a prize for blameless souls.
[23] Because God created man for incorruption,
and made him an image of his own everlastingness;
[24] but death entered into the world by the envy of the devil,
and those who belong to him experience it.

Footnotes

  1. § 2:1a Or, among
  2. § 2:1b Or, returned out of Hades
  3. § 2:4 Gr. weighed down.
  4. § 2:5 Or, comes again
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Septuaginta
[1] Εἶπον G2036 γὰρ G1063 ἐν G1722 ἑαυτοῖς G1438 λογισάμενοι G3049 οὐκ G3756 ὀρθῶς G3723 Ὀλίγος G3641 ἐστὶν G2076 καὶ G2532 λυπηρὸς ὁ G3588 βίος G979 ἡμῶν, G2257 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἔστιν G2076 ἴασις G2392 ἐν G1722 τελευτῇ G5054 ἀνθρώπου, G444 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἐγνώσθη G1097 ὁ G3588 ἀναλύσας G360 ἐξ G1537 ᾅδου. G86 [2] Ὅτι G3754 αὐτοσχεδίως ἐγενήθημεν G1096 καὶ G2532 μετὰ G3326 τοῦτο G5124 ἐσόμεθα G2071 ὡς G5613 οὐχ G3756 ὑπάρξαντες· ὅτι G3754 καπνὸς G2586 ἡ G3588 πνοὴ G4157 ἐν G1722 ῥισὶν ἡμῶν, G2257 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 λόγος G3056 σπινθὴρ ἐν G1722 κινήσει G2796 καρδίας G2588 ἡμῶν, G2257 [3] οὗ G3739 σβεσθέντος G4570 τέφρα ἀποβήσεται G576 τὸ G3588 σῶμα G4983 καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 πνεῦμα G4151 διαχυθήσεται ὡς G5613 χαῦνος ἀήρ. G109 [4] Καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 ὄνομα G3686 ἡμῶν G2257 ἐπιλησθήσεται G1950 ἐν G1722 χρόνῳ, G5550 καὶ G2532 οὐθεὶς G3762 μνημονεύσει G3421 τῶν G3588 ἔργων G2041 ἡμῶν· G2257 καὶ G2532 παρελεύσεται G3928 ὁ G3588 βίος G979 ἡμῶν G2257 ὡς G5613 ἴχνη G2487 νεφέλης G3507 καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 ὁμίχλη διασκεδασθήσεται διωχθεῖσα G1377 ὑπὸ G5259 ἀκτίνων ἡλίου G2246 καὶ G2532 ὑπὸ G5259 θερμότητος αὐτοῦ G846 βαρυνθεῖσα. G925 [5] Σκιᾶς G4639 γὰρ G1063 πάροδος G3938 ὁ G3588 καιρὸς G2540 ἡμῶν, G2257 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἔστιν G2076 ἀναποδισμὸς τῆς G3588 τελευτῆς G5054 ἡμῶν, G2257 ὅτι G3754 κατεσφραγίσθη G2696 καὶ G2532 οὐδεὶς G3762 ἀναστρέφει. G390 [6] Δεῦτε G1205 οὖν G3767 καὶ G2532 ἀπολαύσωμεν τῶν G3588 ὄντων G5607 ἀγαθῶν G18 καὶ G2532 χρησώμεθα G5530 τῇ G3588 κτίσει G2937 ὡς G5613 ἐν G1722 νεότητι G3503 σπουδαίως· G4709 [7] οἴνου G3631 πολυτελοῦς G4185 καὶ G2532 μύρων G3464 πλησθῶμεν, G4130 καὶ G2532 μὴ G3361 παροδευσάτω ἡμᾶς G2248 ἄνθος G438 ἔαρος· [8] στεψώμεθα ῥόδων κάλυξιν πρὶν G4250 ἢ G2228 μαρανθῆναι· G3133 [9] μηδεὶς G3367 ἡμῶν G2257 ἄμοιρος ἔστω G2077 τῆς G3588 ἡμετέρας G2251 ἀγερωχίας, πανταχῇ G3837 καταλίπωμεν G2641 σύμβολα τῆς G3588 εὐφροσύνης, G2167 ὅτι G3754 αὕτη G3778 ἡ G3588 μερὶς G3310 ἡμῶν G2257 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 κλῆρος G2819 οὗτος. G3778 [10] Καταδυναστεύσωμεν G2616 πένητα G3993 δίκαιον, G1342 μὴ G3361 φεισώμεθα G5339 χήρας G5503 μηδὲ G3366 πρεσβύτου G4246 ἐντραπῶμεν G1788 πολιὰς πολυχρονίους· [11] ἔστω G2077 δὲ G1161 ἡμῶν G2257 ἡ G3588 ἰσχὺς G2479 νόμος G3551 τῆς G3588 δικαιοσύνης, G1343 τὸ G3588 γὰρ G1063 ἀσθενὲς G772 ἄχρηστον G890 ἐλέγχεται. G1651 [12] Ἐνεδρεύσωμεν G1748 τὸν G3588 δίκαιον, G1342 ὅτι G3754 δύσχρηστος ἡμῖν G2254 ἐστιν G2076 καὶ G2532 ἐναντιοῦται τοῖς G3588 ἔργοις G2041 ἡμῶν G2257 καὶ G2532 ὀνειδίζει G3679 ἡμῖν G2254 ἁμαρτήματα G265 νόμου G3551 καὶ G2532 ἐπιφημίζει ἡμῖν G2254 ἁμαρτήματα G265 παιδείας G3809 ἡμῶν· G2257 [13] ἐπαγγέλλεται G1861 γνῶσιν G1108 ἔχειν G2192 θεοῦ G2316 καὶ G2532 παῖδα G3816 κυρίου G2962 ἑαυτὸν G1438 ὀνομάζει· G3687 [14] ἐγένετο G1096 ἡμῖν G2254 εἰς G1519 ἔλεγχον G1650 ἐννοιῶν G1771 ἡμῶν, G2257 βαρύς G926 ἐστιν G2076 ἡμῖν G2254 καὶ G2532 βλεπόμενος, G991 [15] ὅτι G3754 ἀνόμοιος τοῖς G3588 ἄλλοις G243 ὁ G3588 βίος G979 αὐτοῦ, G846 καὶ G2532 ἐξηλλαγμέναι αἱ G3588 τρίβοι G5147 αὐτοῦ· G846 [16] εἰς G1519 κίβδηλον ἐλογίσθημεν G3049 αὐτῷ, G846 καὶ G2532 ἀπέχεται τῶν G3588 ὁδῶν G3598 ἡμῶν G2257 ὡς G5613 ἀπὸ G575 ἀκαθαρσιῶν· G167 μακαρίζει G3106 ἔσχατα G2078 δικαίων G1342 καὶ G2532 ἀλαζονεύεται πατέρα G3962 θεόν. G2316 [17] Ἴδωμεν G1492 εἰ G1487 οἱ G3588 λόγοι G3056 αὐτοῦ G846 ἀληθεῖς, G227 καὶ G2532 πειράσωμεν G3985 τὰ G3588 ἐν G1722 ἐκβάσει G1545 αὐτοῦ· G846 [18] εἰ G1487 γάρ G1063 ἐστιν G2076 ὁ G3588 δίκαιος G1342 υἱὸς G5207 θεοῦ, G2316 ἀντιλήμψεται G482 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 ῥύσεται G4506 αὐτὸν G846 ἐκ G1537 χειρὸς G5495 ἀνθεστηκότων. G436 [19] Ὕβρει G5196 καὶ G2532 βασάνῳ G931 ἐτάσωμεν αὐτόν, G846 ἵνα G2443 γνῶμεν G1097 τὴν G3588 ἐπιείκειαν G1932 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 δοκιμάσωμεν G1381 τὴν G3588 ἀνεξικακίαν αὐτοῦ· G846 [20] θανάτῳ G2288 ἀσχήμονι G809 καταδικάσωμεν G2613 αὐτόν, G846 ἔσται G2071 γὰρ G1063 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐπισκοπὴ G1984 ἐκ G1537 λόγων G3056 αὐτοῦ. G846 [21] Ταῦτα G5023 ἐλογίσαντο, G3049 καὶ G2532 ἐπλανήθησαν· G4105 ἀπετύφλωσεν γὰρ G1063 αὐτοὺς G846 ἡ G3588 κακία G2549 αὐτῶν, G846 [22] καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἔγνωσαν G1097 μυστήρια G3466 θεοῦ G2316 οὐδὲ G3761 μισθὸν G3408 ἤλπισαν G1679 ὁσιότητος G3742 οὐδὲ G3761 ἔκριναν G2919 γέρας ψυχῶν G5590 ἀμώμων. G299 [23] Ὅτι G3754 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 ἔκτισεν G2936 τὸν G3588 ἄνθρωπον G444 ἐπ’ G1909 ἀφθαρσίᾳ G861 καὶ G2532 εἰκόνα G1504 τῆς G3588 ἰδίας G2398 ἀιδιότητος ἐποίησεν G4160 αὐτόν· G846 [24] φθόνῳ G5355 δὲ G1161 διαβόλου G1228 θάνατος G2288 εἰσῆλθεν G1525 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 κόσμον, G2889 πειράζουσιν G3985 δὲ G1161 αὐτὸν G846 οἱ G3588 τῆς G3588 ἐκείνου G1565 μερίδος G3310 ὄντες. G5607
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament