Özdeyişler 14

¹Bilge kadınlar evler inşa ettiler, akılsız kadın ise onu kendi elleriyle yerle bir etti.

²Doğru yolda yürüyen Rab'den korkar, yollarında sapan ise saygınlığını yitirecektir.

³Akılsızların ağzından küstahlık değneği çıkar, bilgelerin dudakları ise kendilerini korur.

⁴Öküzlerin olmadığı yerde yemlikler temizdir, bol ürün ise öküzün gücüyle görünür olur.

⁵Güvenilir tanık yalan söylemez, adaletsiz tanık ise yalanlar tutuşturur.

⁶Kötülerin yanında bilgeliği ararsın ama bulamazsın, akıllı olanlar içinse bilgi kolayca edinilir.

⁷Akılsız bir adama her şey karşıttır, bilge dudaklar ise idrakin silahlarıdır.

⁸Tedbirlilerin bilgeliği kendi yollarını anlamaktır, akılsızların deliliği ise sapkınlıktadır.

⁹Yasayı çiğneyenlerin evleri arınma gerektirir, doğruların evleri ise kabul görür.

¹⁰İnsanın hisseden yüreği kendi canının kederini bilir, sevindiğinde ise sevincine küstahlık karışmaz.

¹¹Tanrısızların evleri yok edilecek, doğru yolda yürüyenlerin çadırları ise ayakta kalacaktır.

¹²İnsanlara doğru görünen bir yol vardır, ama onun sonu Hades'in dibine varır.

¹³Sevinçlerin içine keder karışmaz, ama sevincin sonu yasla biter.

¹⁴Küstah yürekli olan kendi yollarının meyvesine doyacaktır, iyi insan ise kendi düşüncelerinin meyvesiyle tatmin olur.

¹⁵Saf kişi her söze inanır, tedbirli olan ise pişmanlığa ve tövbeye yönelir.

¹⁶Bilge kişi korkup kötülükten uzaklaştı, akılsız ise kendine güvenip yasa tanımazla ilişki kurar.

¹⁷Öfkeli insan düşüncesizce davranır, akıllı insan ise pek çok şeye katlanır.

¹⁸Akılsızlar kötülüğü bölüşecekler, tedbirliler ise idraki ellerinde tutacaklar.

¹⁹Kötüler iyilerin önünde sendeleyecekler ve tanrısızlar doğruların kapısında hizmet edecekler.

²⁰Dostlar yoksul dostlarından nefret edecekler, zenginlerin ise dostu çok olur.

²¹Yoksulları aşağılayan günah işler, muhtaçlara merhamet eden ise ne mutludur!

²²Sapanlar kötülük tasarlarlar, iyiler ise merhamet ve gerçeklik tasarlarlar. Kötülük ustaları merhamet ve sadakati bilmezler, merhamet eylemleri ve sadakat ise iyilik ustalarının yanındadır.

²³Her emek verenin kazancı bol olur, zevk düşkünü ve duyarsız olan ise yoksulluğa düşecektir.

²⁴Bilgelerin tacı kendi zenginlikleridir, akılsızların meşguliyeti ise kötüdür.

²⁵Güvenilir tanık canı kötülüklerden kurtaracaktır, hilekar olan ise yalanlar tutuşturur.

²⁶Rab korkusunda güçlü bir güven vardır ve O kendi çocuklarına bir dayanak bırakır.

²⁷Rab'bin buyruğu yaşam pınarıdır ve insanı ölüm tuzağından uzaklaştırır.

²⁸Kalabalık bir ulus kralın görkemidir, halkın yok olması ise hükümdarın yıkımıdır.

²⁹Sabırlı insan sağduyuda büyüktür, sabırsız olan ise son derece akılsızdır.

³⁰Sakin ruhlu insan yüreğin hekimidir, aşırı duyarlı bir yürek ise kemiklerin güvesidir.

³¹Yoksula iftira atan onu Yaratan'ı öfkelendirir, O'nu onurlandıran ise yoksula merhamet eder.

³²Tanrısız kendi kötülüğü yüzünden dışarı sürülecektir, kendi dürüstlüğüne güvenen ise doğrudur.

³³Bilgelik iyi insanın yüreğinde dinlenecektir, akılsızların yüreğinde ise ayırt edilmez.

³⁴Doğruluk bir ulusu yüceltir, günahlar ise halkları zayıflatır.

³⁵Akıllı bir hizmetkar kralın beğenisini kazanır, kendi kıvrak zekasıyla onursuzluğu ortadan kaldırır.

¹ΣΟΦΑΙ γυναῖκες ᾠκοδόμησαν οἴκους, ἡ δὲ ἄφρων κατέσκαψε ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῆς.

²ὁ πορευόμενος ὀρθῶς φοβεῖται τὸν Κύριον, ὁ δὲ σκολιάζων ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτοῦ ἀτιμασθήσεται.

³ἐκ στόματος ἀφρόνων βακτηρία ὕβρεως, χείλη δὲ σοφῶν φυλάσσει αὐτούς.

⁴οὗ μή εἰσι βόες, φάτναι καθαραί· οὗ δὲ πολλὰ γεννήματα, φανερὰ βοὸς ἰσχύς.

⁵μάρτυς πιστὸς οὐ ψεύδεται, ἐκκαίει δὲ ψευδῆ μάρτυς ἄδικος.

⁶ζητήσεις σοφίαν παρὰ κακοῖς καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσεις, αἴσθησις δὲ παρὰ φρονίμοις εὐχερής.

⁷πάντα ἐναντία ἀνδρὶ ἄφρονι, ὅπλα δὲ αἰσθήσεως χείλη σοφά.

⁸σοφία πανούργων ἐπιγνώσεται τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῶν, ἄνοια δὲ ἀφρόνων ἐν πλάνῃ.

⁹οἰκίαι παρανόμων ὀφειλήσουσι καθαρισμόν, οἰκίαι δὲ δικαίων δεκταί.

¹⁰καρδία ἀνδρὸς αἰσθητική, λυπηρὰ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ· ὅταν δὲ εὐφραίνηται, οὐκ ἐπιμίγνυται ὕβρει.

¹¹οἰκίαι ἀσεβῶν ἀφανισθήσονται, σκηναὶ δὲ κατορθούντων στήσονται.

¹²ἔστιν ὁδός, ἣ δοκεῖ παρὰ ἀνθρώποις ὀρθὴ εἶναι, τὰ δὲ τελευταῖα αὐτῆς ἔρχεται εἰς πυθμένα ᾄδου.

¹³ἐν εὐφροσύναις οὐ προσμίγνυται λύπη, τελευταῖα δὲ χαρὰ εἰς πένθος ἔρχεται.

¹⁴τῶν ἑαυτοῦ ὁδῶν πλησθήσεται θρασυκάρδιος, ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν διανοημάτων αὐτοῦ ἀνὴρ ἀγαθός.

¹⁵ἄκακος πιστεύει παντὶ λόγῳ, πανοῦργος δὲ ἔρχεται εἰς μετάνοιαν.

¹⁶σοφὸς φοβηθεὶς ἐξέκλινεν ἀπὸ κακοῦ, ὁ δὲ ἄφρων ἑαυτῷ πεποιθὼς μίγνυται ἀνόμῳ.

¹⁷ὀξύθυμος πράσσει μετὰ ἀβουλίας, ἀνὴρ δὲ φρόνιμος πολλὰ ὑποφέρει.

¹⁸μεριοῦνται ἄφρονες κακίαν, οἱ δὲ πανοῦργοι κρατήσουσιν αἰσθήσεως.

¹⁹ὀλισθήσουσι κακοὶ ἔναντι ἀγαθῶν, καὶ ἀσεβεῖς θεραπεύσουσι θύρας δικαίων.

²⁰φίλοι μισήσουσι φίλους πτωχούς, φίλοι δὲ πλουσίων πολλοί.

²¹ὁ ἀτιμάζων πένητας ἁμαρτάνει, ἐλεῶν δὲ πτωχοὺς μακαριστός.

²²πλανώμενοι τεκταίνουσι κακά, ἔλεον δὲ καὶ ἀλήθειαν τεκταίνουσιν ἀγαθοί. οὐκ ἐπίστανται ἔλεον καὶ πίστιν τέκτονες κακῶν, ἐλεημοσύναι δὲ καὶ πίστεις παρὰ τέκτοσιν ἀγαθοῖς.

²³ἐν παντὶ μεριμνῶντι ἔνεστι περισσόν, ὁ δὲ ἡδὺς καὶ ἀνάλγητος ἐν ἐνδείᾳ ἔσται.

²⁴στέφανος σοφῶν πλοῦτος αὐτῶν, ἡ δὲ διατριβὴ ἀφρόνων κακή.

²⁵ῥύσεται ἐκ κακῶν ψυχὴν μάρτυς πιστός, ἐκκαίει δὲ ψεύδη δόλιος.

²⁶ἐν φόβῳ Κυρίου ἐλπὶς ἰσχύος, τοῖς δὲ τέκνοις αὐτοῦ καταλείπει ἔρεισμα.

²⁷πρόσταγμα Κυρίου πηγὴ ζωῆς, ποιεῖ δὲ ἐκκλίνειν ἐκ παγίδος θανάτου.

²⁸ἐν πολλῷ ἔθνει δόξα βασιλέως, ἐν δὲ ἐκλείψει λαοῦ συντριβὴ δυνάστου.

²⁹μακρόθυμος ἀνὴρ πολὺς ἐν φρονήσει, ὁ δὲ ὀλιγόψυχος ἰσχυρῶς ἄφρων.

³⁰πραΰθυμος ἀνὴρ καρδίας ἰατρός, σὴς δὲ ὀστέων καρδία αἰσθητική.

³¹ὁ συκοφαντῶν πένητα παροξύνει τὸν ποιήσαντα αὐτόν, ὁ δὲ τιμῶν αὐτὸν ἐλεεῖ πτωχόν.

³²ἐν κακίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἀπωσθήσεται ἀσεβής, ὁ δὲ πεποιθὼς τῇ ἑαυτοῦ ὁσιότητι δίκαιος.

³³ἐν καρδίᾳ ἀγαθῇ ἀνδρὸς ἀναπαύσεται σοφίᾳ, ἐν δὲ καρδίᾳ ἀφρόνων οὐ διαγινώσκεται.

³⁴δικαιοσύνη ὑψοῖ ἔθνος, ἐλασσονοῦσι δὲ φυλὰς ἁμαρτίαι.

³⁵δεκτὸς βασιλεῖ ὑπηρέτης νοήμων, τῇ δὲ ἑαυτοῦ εὐστροφίᾳ ἀφαιρεῖται ἀτιμίαν.

¹Wise women build houses: but a foolish one digs [hers] down with her hands.

²He that walks uprightly fears the Lord; but he that is perverse in his ways shall be dishonoured.

³Out of the mouth of fools [comes] a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise preserve them.

⁴Where no oxen are, the cribs are clean; but where there is abundant produce, the strength of the ox is apparent.

⁵A faithful witness does not lie; but an unjust witness kindles falsehoods.

⁶Thou shalt seek wisdom with bad men, and shalt not find it; but discretion is easily available with the prudent.

⁷All things are adverse to a foolish man; but wise lips are the weapons of discretion.

⁸The wisdom of the prudent will understand their ways; but the folly of fools leads astray.

⁹The houses of transgressors will need purification; but the houses of the just are acceptable.

¹⁰[If] a man’s mind is intelligent, his soul is sorrowful; and when he rejoices, he has no fellowship with pride.

¹¹The houses of ungodly men shall be utterly destroyed; but the tabernacles of them that walk uprightly shall stand.

¹²There is a way which seems to be right with men, but the ends of it reach to the depths of hell.

¹³Grief mingles not with mirth; and joy in the end comes to grief.

¹⁴A stout-hearted [man] shall be filled with his own ways; and a good man with his own thoughts.

¹⁵The simple believes every word: but the prudent man betakes himself to after-thought.

¹⁶A wise man fears, and departs from evil; but the fool trusts in himself, and joins himself with the transgressor.

¹⁷A passionate man acts inconsiderately; but a sensible man bears up under many things.

¹⁸Fools shall have mischief for their portion; but the prudent shall take fast hold of understanding.

¹⁹Evil men shall fall before the good; and the ungodly shall attend at the gates of the righteous.

²⁰Friends will hate poor friends; but the friends of the rich are many.

²¹He that dishonours the needy sins: but he that has pity on the poor is most blessed.

²²They that go astray devise evils: but the good devise mercy and truth. The framers of evil do not understand mercy and truth: but compassion and faithfulness are with the framers of good.

²³With every one [who is] careful there is abundance: but the pleasure-taking and indolent shall be in want.

²⁴A prudent man is the crown of the wise: but the occupation of fools is evil.

²⁵A faithful witness shall deliver a soul from evil: but a deceitful [man] kindles falsehoods.

²⁶In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and he leaves his children a support.

²⁷The commandment of the Lord is a fountain of life; and it causes [men] to turn aside from the snare of death.

²⁸In a populous nation is the glory of a king: but in the failure of people is the ruin of a prince.

²⁹A man slow to wrath abounds in wisdom: but a man of impatient spirit is very foolish.

³⁰A meek-spirited man is a healer of the heart: but a sensitive heart is a corruption of the bones.

³¹He that oppresses the needy provokes his Maker: but he that honours him has pity upon the poor.

³²The ungodly shall be driven away in his wickedness: but he who is secure in his own holiness is just.

³³There is wisdom in the good heart of a man: but in the heart of fools it is not discerned.

³⁴Righteousness exalts a nation: but sins diminish tribes.

³⁵An understanding servant is acceptable to a king; and by his good behaviour he removes disgrace.