Özdeyişler 16

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²Alçakgönüllünün bütün işleri Tanrı'nın önünde açıktır, ama tanrısızlar kötü günde yok olacaklar.

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⁵Yüreği kibirli olan herkes Tanrı katında kirlidir; haksız yere el ele veren cezasız kalmayacaktır.

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⁷İyi bir yolun başlangıcı adil davranmaktır; bu, Tanrı katında kurban sunmaktan daha makbuldür.

⁸RAB'bi arayan doğrulukla birlikte bilgi bulur, O'nu dürüstçe arayanlar ise esenlik bulacaklar.

⁹RAB'bin bütün işleri doğrulukladır; tanrısız kişi ise kötü gün için saklanır.

¹⁰Kralın dudaklarında ilahi bir bildiri vardır, yargı dağıtırken ağzı yanılmaz.

¹¹Terazinin dengesi RAB katında doğruluktur, O'nun işleri ise doğru tartı ağırlıklarıdır.

¹²Kötülük yapan kral için iğrençtir, çünkü yönetim tahtı doğrulukla kurulur.

¹³Doğru dudaklar kral için makbuldür, o dürüst sözleri sever.

¹⁴Kralın öfkesi ölüm habcisidir, ama bilge kişi onu yatıştırır.

¹⁵Kralın oğlu yaşam ışığındadır, onun lütfuna erenler ise sonbahar yağmuru getiren bulut gibidir.

¹⁶Bilgeliğin yuvaları altından, anlayışın yuvaları ise gümüşten daha çok seçilmeye değerdir.

¹⁷Yaşam patikaları kötülükten uzaklaşır, doğruluk yolları ise ömrün uzunluğudur. Terbiyeyi kabul eden iyilik içinde olur, azarlara kulak veren ise bilge kılınır. Yollarını koruyan kişi canını korur, canını seven ise ağzını tutar.

¹⁸Yıkımdan önce kibir, düşüşten önce de akılsızlık gelir.

¹⁹Alçakgönüllülerle yumuşak huylu olmak, kibirlilerle yağma malı paylaşmaktan daha iyidir.

²⁰İşlerinde sağduyulu olan iyilik bulur, Tanrı'ya güvenen ise ne mutludur!

²¹Bilgeleri ve anlayışlıları değersiz diye adlandırırlar, ama tatlı dilli olanlar daha çok dinlenir.

²²Sağduyu, ona sahip olanlar için yaşam pınarıdır, aptalların terbiyesi ise kötülüktür.

²³Bilgenin yüreği kendi ağzından çıkanları kavrar ve dudaklarında bilgi taşır.

²⁴Güzel sözler bal peteğidir, tatlılığı cana şifadır.

²⁵İnsana doğru görünen yollar vardır, ama onların sonu ölüler diyarının derinliğine çıkar.

²⁶Emek veren kişi kendisi için emek verir ve kendi yıkımını kendinden uzaklaştırır; sapkın kişi ise kendi ağzında yıkım taşır.

²⁷Aptal adam kendisi için kötülük kazar, dudaklarında ise ateş biriktirir.

²⁸Sapkın adam kötülük yayar, hile meşalesini kötülükle tutuşturur ve dostları birbirinden ayırır.

²⁹Yasa tanımaz adam dostlarını ayartmaya çalışır ve onları iyi olmayan yollara sürükler.

³⁰Gözlerini diken kişi sapkın şeyler tasarlar, dudaklarıyla her türlü kötülüğü belirler; böyle biri kötülük ocağıdır.

³¹Yaşlılık bir övünç tacıdır, doğruluk yollarında bulunur.

³²Sabırlı kişi güçlü olandan iyidir, öfkesini yenen de bir şehri ele geçirenden üstündür.

³³Haksızların koynuna her türlü şey gelir, ama bütün doğru şeyler RAB'dendir.

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²ΠΑΝΤΑ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ ταπεινοῦ φανερὰ παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ, οἱ δὲ ἀσεβεῖς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κακῇ ὀλοῦνται.

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⁵ἀκάθαρτος παρὰ Θεῷ πᾶς ὑψηλοκάρδιος, χειρὶ δὲ χεῖρας ἐμβαλὼν ἀδίκως οὐκ ἀθῳωθήσεται.

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⁷ἀρχὴ ὁδοῦ ἀγαθῆς τὸ ποιεῖν τὰ δίκαια, δεκτὰ δὲ παρὰ Θεῷ μᾶλλον ἢ θύειν θυσίας. [Μασ. 21:3]

⁸ὁ ζητῶν τὸν Κύριον εὑρήσει γνῶσιν μετὰ δικαιοσύνης, οἱ δὲ ὀρθῶς ζητοῦντες αὐτὸν εὑρήσουσιν εἰρήνην.

⁹πάντα τὰ ἔργα τοῦ Κυρίου μετὰ δικαιοσύνης· φυλάσσεται δὲ ὁ ἀσεβὴς εἰς ἡμέραν κακήν. (Μασ. Ι´, 4)

¹⁰μαντεῖον ἐπὶ χείλεσι βασιλέως, ἐν δὲ κρίσει οὐ μὴ πλανηθῇ τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ.

¹¹ῥοπὴ ζυγοῦ δικαιοσύνη παρὰ Κυρίῳ, τὰ δὲ ἔργα αὐτοῦ στάθμια δίκαια.

¹²βδέλυγμα βασιλεῖ ὁ ποιῶν κακά, μετὰ γὰρ δικαιοσύνης ἑτοιμάζεται θρόνος ἀρχῆς.

¹³δεκτὰ βασιλεῖ χείλη δίκαια, λόγους δὲ ὀρθοὺς ἀγαπᾷ.

¹⁴θυμὸς βασιλέως ἄγγελος θανάτου, ἀνὴρ δὲ σοφὸς ἐξιλάσεται αὐτόν.

¹⁵ἐν φωτὶ ζωῆς υἱὸς βασιλέως, οἱ δὲ προσδεκτοὶ αὐτῷ ὥσπερ νέφος ὄψιμον.

¹⁶νοσσιαὶ σοφίας αἱρετώτεραι χρυσίου, νοσσιαί δὲ φρονήσεως αἱρετώτεραι ὑπὲρ ἀργύριον.

¹⁷τρίβοι ζωῆς ἐκκλίνουσιν ἀπὸ κακῶν, μῆκος δὲ βίου ὁδοὶ δικαιοσύνης. ὁ δεχόμενος παιδείαν ἐν ἀγαθοῖς ἔσται, ὁ δὲ φυλάσσων ἐλέγχους σοφισθήσεται. ὅς φυλάσσει τὰς ἑαυτοῦ ὁδούς, τηρεῖ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν, ἀγαπῶν δὲ ζωὴν αὐτοῦ φείσεται στόματος αὐτοῦ.

¹⁸πρὸ συντριβῆς ἡγεῖται ὕβρις, πρὸ δὲ πτώματος κακοφροσύνη.

¹⁹κρείσσων πραΰθυμος μετὰ ταπεινώσεως ἢ ὃς διαιρεῖται σκῦλα μετὰ ὑβριστῶν.

²⁰συνετὸς ἐν πράγμασιν εὑρετὴς ἀγαθῶν, πεποιθὼς δὲ ἐπὶ Θεῷ μακαριστός.

²¹τοὺς σοφοὺς καὶ συνετοὺς φαύλους καλοῦσιν, οἱ δὲ γλυκεῖς ἐν λόγῳ πλείονα ἀκούσονται.

²²πηγὴ ζωῆς ἔννοια τοῖς κεκτημένοις, παιδεία δὲ ἀφρόνων κακή.

²³καρδία σοφοῦ νοήσει τὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἰδίου στόματος, ἐπὶ δὲ χείλεσι φορέσει ἐπιγνωμοσύνην.

²⁴κηρία μέλιτος λόγοι καλοί, γλύκασμα δὲ αὐτοῦ ἴασις ψυχῆς.

²⁵εἰσὶν ὁδοὶ δοκοῦσαι εἶναι ὀρθαὶ ἀνδρί, τὰ μέντοι τελευταῖα αὐτῶν βλέπει εἰς πυθμένα ᾅδου.

²⁶ἀνὴρ ἐν πόνοις πονεῖ ἑαυτῷ καὶ ἐκβιάζεται τὴν ἀπώλειαν ἑαυτοῦ, ὁ μέντοι σκολιὸς ἐπὶ τῷ ἑαυτοῦ στόματι φορεῖ τὴν ἀπώλειαν.

²⁷ἀνὴρ ἄφρων ὀρύσσει ἑαυτῷ κακά, ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ χειλέων θησαυρίζει πῦρ.

²⁸ἀνὴρ σκολιὸς διαπέμπεται κακά, καὶ λαμπτῆρα δόλου πυρσεύει κακοῖς καὶ διαχωρίζει φίλους.

²⁹ἀνὴρ παράνομος ἀποπειρᾶται φίλων καὶ ἀπάγει αὐτοὺς ὁδοὺς οὐκ ἀγαθάς.

³⁰στηρίζων δὲ ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ διαλογίζεται διεστραμμένα, ὁρίζει δὲ τοῖς χείλεσιν αὐτοῦ πάντα τὰ κακά· οὗτος κάμινός ἐστι κακίας.

³¹στέφανος καυχήσεως γῆρας, ἐν δὲ ὁδοῖς δικαιοσύνης εὑρίσκεται.

³²κρείσσων ἀνὴρ μακρόθυμος ἰσχυροῦ, ὁ δὲ κρατῶν ὀργῆς κρείσσων καταλαμβανομένου πόλιν.

³³εἰς κόλπους ἐπέρχεται πάντα τοῖς ἀδίκοις, παρὰ δὲ Κυρίου πάντα τὰ δίκαια.

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²[See Appendix ] All the works of the humble [man] are manifest with God; but the ungodly shall perish in an evil day.

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⁵Every one that is proud in heart is unclean before God, and he that unjustly strikes hands with hand shall not be held guiltless.

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⁷The beginning of a good way is to do justly; and it is more acceptable with God than to offer sacrifices. [cf. Proverbs 21:3 (MT)]

⁸He that seeks the Lord shall find knowledge with righteousness: and they that rightly seek him shall find peace.

⁹All of the works of the Lord [are done] with righteousness; and the ungodly [man] is kept for the evil day. [Proverbs 10,

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¹⁰[There is] an oracle upon the lips of a king; and his mouth shall not err in judgment.

¹¹The poise of the balance is righteousness with the Lord; and his works are righteous measures.

¹²An evil-doer is an abomination to a king; for the throne of rule is established by righteousness.

¹³Righteous lips are acceptable to a king; and he loves right words.

¹⁴The anger of a king is a messenger of death; but a wise man will pacify him.

¹⁵The son of a king is in the light of life; and they that are in favour with him are as a cloud of latter rain.

¹⁶The brood of wisdom is more to be chosen than gold, and the brood of prudence more to be chosen than silver.

¹⁷The paths of life turn aside from evil; and the ways of righteousness are length of life. He that receives instruction shall be in prosperity; and he that regards reproofs shall be made wise. He that keeps his ways, preserves his own soul; and he that loves his life will spare his mouth.

¹⁸Pride goes before destruction, and folly before a fall.

¹⁹Better is a meek-spirited [man] with lowliness, than one who divides spoils with the proud.

²⁰[He who is] skillful in business finds good: but he that trusts in God is most blessed.

²¹[Men] call the wise and understanding evil: but they that are pleasing in speech shall hear more.

²²Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessors; but the instruction of fools is evil.

²³The heart of the wise will discern the [things which proceed] from his own mouth; and on his lips he will wear knowledge.

²⁴Good words are honeycombs, and the sweetness thereof is a healing of the soul.

²⁵There are ways that seem to be right to a man, but the end of them looks to the depth of hell.

²⁶A man who labours, labours for himself, and drives from [him] his own ruin.

²⁷But the perverse bears destruction upon his own mouth: a foolish man digs up evil for himself, and treasures fire on his own lips.

²⁸A perverse man spreads mischief, and will kindle a torch of deceit with mischiefs; and he separates friends.

²⁹A transgressor tries [to ensnare] friends, and leads them in ways [that are] not good.

³⁰And the man that fixes his eyes devises perverse things, and marks out with his lips all evil: he is a furnace of wickedness.

³¹Old age is a crown of honour, but it is found in the ways of righteousness.

³²A man slow to anger is better than a strong [man]; and he that governs [his] temper better than he that takes a city.

³³All [evils] come upon the ungodly into [their] bosoms; but all righteous things [come] of the Lord.