Özdeyişler 13

¹Kurnaz bir oğul babasına boyun eğer, söz dinlemeyen oğul ise yıkım içindedir.

²İyi insan doğruluğun meyvelerinden yer, yasasızların canları ise vaktinden önce yok olur.

³Kendi ağzını koruyan kendi canını muhafaza eder, dudaklarıyla düşüncesizce davranan ise kendi üzerine dehşet getirir.

⁴Her tembel insan arzular içindedir, yiğitlerin elleri ise özen ve gayretle doludur.

⁵Doğru kişi adaletsiz sözden nefret eder, tanrısız kişi ise utanır ve topluluk önünde konuşma cesareti olmaz.

⁷Hiçbir şeyi olmadığı halde kendini zengin gösterenler vardır, büyük servet içinde olup da kendini mütevazı kılanlar vardır.

⁸Bir adamın kendi serveti canının fidyisidir, fakir ise hiçbir tehdide karşı durmak zorunda kalmaz.

⁹Doğruların ışığı her zaman parlar, tanrısızların ışığı ise söner. 9α Hilekar canlar günahlar içinde sapar, doğrular ise acır ve merhamet eder.

¹⁰Kötü insan küstahlıkla kötülük yapar, kendi sınırlarını bilenler ise bilgedir.

¹¹Yasasızlıkla acele kazanılan servet azalır, dindarlıkla kendisi için biriktirenin ise serveti çoğalır; doğru kişi acır ve ödünç verir.

¹²Yürekle yardım etmeye başlayan, sadece vaat edip umut verenden daha iyidir; çünkü iyi bir arzu yaşam ağacıdır.

¹³Bir işi hor gören, o iş tarafından hor görülür; buyruktan korkan ise esenliktedir. 13α Hilekar oğula hiçbir iyilik gelmez, bilge hizmetkarın işleri ise başarıya ulaşır ve yolu doğrultulur.

¹⁴Bilgenin yasası yaşam kaynağıdır, akılsız ise bir tuzakla ölecektir.

¹⁵İyi bir sağduyu lütuf kazandırır, yasayı bilmek ise iyi bir anlayışın gereğidir; hor görenlerin yolları ise yıkıma gider.

¹⁶Her kurnaz kişi bilgiyle hareket eder, akılsız ise kendi kötülüğünü sergiler.

¹⁷Küstah bir kral belaya düşer, bilge bir elçi ise onu kurtarır.

¹⁸Terbiye yoksulluğu ve utancı kişiden uzaklaştırır, azarlamayı dikkate alan ise onurlandırılır.

¹⁹Dindarların arzuları canı şenlendirir, tanrısızların işleri ise bilgiden uzaktır.

²⁰Bilgelerle birlikte yürüyen bilge olur, akılsızlarla birlikte yürüyen ise onlar gibi tanınır.

²¹Günahkarları kötülük kovalar, doğruları ise iyilik bulup yakalar.

²²İyi bir insan torunlarına miras bırakır, tanrısızların serveti ise doğrular için biriktirilir.

²³Doğrular servet içinde uzun yıllar geçirecektir, haksızlar ise ansızın yok olacaktır.

²⁴Değneğini esirgeyen oğlundan nefret eder, onu seven ise özenle eğitir.

²⁵Doğru kişi yiyerek canını doyurur, tanrısızların canları ise açlık ve mahrumiyet içinde kalır.

¹ΥΙΟΣ πανοῦργος ὑπήκοος πατρί, υἱὸς δὲ ἀνήκοος ἐν ἀπωλείᾳ.

²ἀπὸ καρπῶν δικαιοσύνης φάγεται ἀγαθός, ψυχαὶ δὲ παρανόμων ὀλοῦνται ἄωροι.

³ὃς φυλάσσει τὸ ἑαυτοῦ στόμα, τηρεῖ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν, ὁ δὲ προπετὴς χείλεσι πτοήσει ἑαυτόν.

⁴ἐν ἐπιθυμίαις ἐστὶ πᾶς ἀεργός, χεῖρες δὲ ἀνδρείων ἐν ἐπιμελείᾳ.

⁵λόγον ἄδικον μισεῖ δίκαιος, ἀσεβὴς δὲ αἰσχύνεται καὶ οὐχ ἕξει παρρησίαν.

⁷εἰσὶν οἱ πλουτίζοντες ἑαυτοὺς μηδὲν ἔχοντες, καί εἰσιν οἱ ταπεινοῦντες ἑαυτοὺς ἐν πολλῷ πλούτῳ.

⁸λύτρον ἀνδρὸς ψυχῆς ὁ ἴδιος πλοῦτος, πτωχὸς δὲ οὐχ ὑφίσταται ἀπειλήν.

⁹φῶς δικαίοις διαπαντός, φῶς δὲ ἀσεβῶν σβέννυται. 9α ψυχαὶ δόλιαι πλανῶνται ἐν ἁμαρτίαις, δίκαιοι δὲ οἰκτείρουσι καὶ ἐλεοῦσι.

¹⁰κακὸς μεθ᾿ ὕβρεως πράσσει κακά, οἱ δὲ ἑαυτῶν ἐπιγνώμονες σοφοί.

¹¹ὕπαρξις ἐπισπουδαζομένη μετὰ ἀνομίας ἐλάσσων γίνεται, ὁ δὲ συνάγων ἑαυτῷ μετ᾿ εὐσεβείας πληθυνθήσεται· δίκαιος οἰκτείρει καὶ κιχρᾷ.

¹²κρείσσων ἐναρχόμενος βοηθῶν καρδίᾳ τοῦ ἐπαγγελλομένου καὶ εἰς ἐλπίδα ἄγοντος· δένδρον γὰρ ζωῆς ἐπιθυμία ἀγαθή.

¹³ὃς καταφρονεῖ πράγματος, καταφρονηθήσεται ὑπ᾿ αὐτοῦ· ὁ δὲ φοβούμενος ἐντολήν, οὗτος ὑγιαίνει. 13α υἱῷ δολίῳ οὐδὲν ἔσται ἀγαθόν, οἰκέτῃ δὲ σοφῷ εὔοδοι ἔσονται πράξεις, καὶ κατευθυνθήσεται ἡ ὁδὸς αὐτοῦ.

¹⁴νόμος σοφοῦ πηγὴ ζωῆς, ὁ δὲ ἄνους ὑπὸ παγίδος θανεῖται.

¹⁵σύνεσις ἀγαθὴ δίδωσι χάριν, τὸ δὲ γνῶναι νόμον διανοίας ἐστὶν ἀγαθῆς, ὁδοὶ δὲ καταφρονούντων ἐν ἀπωλείᾳ.

¹⁶πᾶς πανοῦργος πράσσει μετὰ γνώσεως, ὁ δὲ ἄφρων ἐξεπέτασεν ἑαυτοῦ κακίαν.

¹⁷βασιλεὺς θρασὺς ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς κακά, ἄγγελος δὲ σοφὸς ῥύσεται αὐτόν.

¹⁸πενίαν καὶ ἀτιμίαν ἀφαιρεῖται παιδεία, ὁ δὲ φυλάσσων ἐλέγχους δοξασθήσεται.

¹⁹ἐπιθυμίαι εὐσεβῶν ἡδύνουσι ψυχήν, ἔργα δὲ ἀσεβῶν μακρὰν ἀπὸ γνώσεως.

²⁰ὁ συμπορευόμενος σοφοῖς σοφὸς ἔσται, ὁ δὲ συμπορευόμενος ἄφροσι γνωσθήσεται.

²¹ἁμαρτάνοντας καταδιώξεται κακά, τοὺς δὲ δικαίους καταλήψεται ἀγαθά.

²²ἀγαθὸς ἀνὴρ κληρονομήσει υἱοὺς υἱῶν, θησαυρίζεται δὲ δικαίοις πλοῦτος ἀσεβῶν.

²³δίκαιοι ποιήσουσιν ἐν πλούτῳ ἔτη πολλά, ἄδικοι δὲ ἀπολοῦνται συντόμως.

²⁴ὃς φείδεται τῆς βακτηρίας μισεῖ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, ὁ δὲ ἀγαπῶν ἐπιμελῶς παιδεύει.

²⁵δίκαιος ἔσθων ἐμπιπλᾷ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ, ψυχαὶ δὲ ἀσεβῶν ἐνδεεῖς.

¹A wise son is obedient to his father: but a disobedient son will be destroyed.

²A good [man] shall eat of the fruits of righteousness: but the lives of transgressors shall perish before their time.

³He that keeps his own mouth keeps his own life: but he that is hasty with his lips shall bring terror upon himself.

⁴Every slothful man desires, but the hands of the active are diligent.

⁵A righteous man hates an unjust word: but an ungodly man is ashamed, and will have no confidence.

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⁷There are [some] who, having nothing, enrich themselves: and there are [some] who bring themselves down in [the midst of] much wealth.

⁸A man’s own wealth is the ransom of his life: but the poor endures not threatening.

⁹The righteous always have light: but the light of the ungodly is quenched. 9α Crafty souls go astray in sins: but just men pity, and are merciful.

¹⁰A bad man does evil with insolence: but they that are judges of themselves are wise.

¹¹Wealth gotten hastily with iniquity is diminished: but he that gathers for himself with godliness shall be increased. The righteous is merciful, and lends.

¹²Better is he that begins to help heartily, than he that promises and leads [another] to hope: for a good desire is a tree of life.

¹³He that slights a matter shall be slighted of it: but he that fears the commandment has health [of soul]. 13α To a crafty son there shall be nothing good: but a wise servant shall have prosperous doings, and his way shall be directed aright.

¹⁴The law of the wise is fountain of life: but the man void of understanding shall die by a snare.

¹⁵Sound discretion gives favour, and to know the law is the part of a sound understanding: but the ways of scorners tend to destruction.

¹⁶Every prudent man acts with knowledge: but the fool displays his own mischief.

¹⁷A rash king shall fall into mischief: but a wise messenger shall deliver him.

¹⁸Instruction removes poverty and disgrace: but he that attends to reproofs shall be honoured.

¹⁹The desires of the godly gladden the soul, but the works of the ungodly are far from knowledge.

²⁰If thou walkest with wise men thou shalt be wise: but he that walks with fools shall be known.

²¹Evil shall pursue sinners; but good shall overtake the righteous.

²²A good man shall inherit children’s children; and the wealth of ungodly men is laid up for the just.

²³The righteous shall spend many years in wealth: but the unrighteous shall perish suddenly.

²⁴He that spares the rod hates his son: but he that loves, carefully chastens [him].

²⁵A just [man] eats and satisfies his soul: but the souls of the ungodly are in want.