Özdeyişler 28

¹Tanrısız kişi arkasında kovalayan yokken bile kaçar, doğru kişi ise aslan gibi emniyettedir.

²Tanrısızların günahları yüzünden davalar yükselir, ama kurnaz adam bunları yatıştırır.

³Kötülükler içindeki yiğit kişi yoksullara iftira atar; o, her şeyi sürükleyen şiddetli ve yararsız bir sağanak yağmur gibidir.

⁴Yasayı terk edenler tanrısızlığı över, yasayı sevenler ise kendilerine bir sur örer.

⁵Kötü adamlar adaleti anlamaz, Rab'bi arayanlar ise her şeyi kavrar.

⁶Hakikat içinde yürüyen yoksul kişi, yalancı zenginden daha iyidir.

⁷Akıllı oğul yasayı korur, savurganlığı besleyen ise babasını utandırır.

⁸Servetini faiz ve haksız kazançla çoğaltan kişi, bunu yoksullara acıyan biri için biriktirir.

⁹Kulağını yasayı dinlemekten çevirenin duası bile iğrenç kılınmıştır.

¹⁰Dürüstleri kötü yola saptıran kendi kazdığı çukura düşer; yasasızlar ise iyiliklerden geçip gider ama onlara asla erişemezler.

¹¹Zengin kişi kendini bilge sanır, ama anlayışlı yoksul onu yargılar.

¹²Doğruların yardımıyla büyük bir yücelik doğar, tanrısızların egemen olduğu yerlerde ise insanlar yakalanır.

¹³Kendi kötülüğünü gizleyen başarıya ulaşamaz, ama azarları açıklayan sevilecektir.

¹⁴Dindarlık nedeniyle her şeyden ürperen insana ne mutlu! Yüreğini katılaştıransa belaya düşer.

¹⁵Yoksul bir ulusa hükmeden yoksul hükümdar, aç aslan ve susuz kurt gibidir.

¹⁶Gelirden yoksun kral büyük bir iftiracıdır, haksızlıktan nefret edense uzun yaşar.

¹⁷Cinayet suçlaması altındaki birine kefil olan kişi kaçak olur ve güvenlikte olamaz. 17α. Oğlunu terbiye et, o da seni sever ve canına huzur verir; yasa bilmez bir ulusa asla boyun eğmez.

¹⁸Doğrulukla yürüyene yardım edilir, eğri yollarda yürüyense tuzağa dolaşır.

¹⁹Kendi toprağını işleyenin ekmeği bol olur, aylaklığın peşinden koşansa yoksulluğa doyar.

²⁰Güvenilir kişi bol bereket alır, kötü olansa cezasız kalmaz.

²¹Doğruların yüzünden utanmayan kişi iyi değildir; böylesi bir adam bir lokma ekmek için insanı satar.

²²Kıskanç kişi zengin olmak için acele eder, ama merhametli olanın kendisine üstün geleceğini bilmez.

²³İnsanın yollarını azarlayan kişi, dalkavukluk yapandan daha çok lütuf bulur.

²⁴Anasını babasını reddedip de "Bu günah değil" diyen kişi, tanrısızla ortaktır.

²⁵İnançsız insan rastgele yargılar, Rab'be güvenen ise özenle hareket eder.

²⁶Küstah yüreğine güvenen aptaldır, bilgelikle yürüyense kurtulur.

²⁷Yoksula verenin eksiği olmaz, gözünü ondan çevireense büyük çaresizlik içinde kalır.

²⁸Tanrısızların yerlerinde doğrular inler, onlar yok olunca ise doğrular çoğalır.

¹ΦΕΥΓΕΙ ἀσεβὴς μηδενὸς διώκοντος, δίκαιος δὲ ὥσπερ λέων πέποιθε.

²δι᾿ ἁμαρτίας ἀσεβῶν κρίσεις ἐγείρονται, ἀνὴρ δὲ πανοῦργος κατασβέσει αὐτάς.

³ἀνδρεῖος ἐν ἀσεβείαις συκοφαντεῖ πτωχούς. ὥσπερ ὑετὸς λάβρος καὶ ἀνωφελής,

⁴οὕτως οἱ ἐγκαταλείποντες τὸν νόμον ἐγκωμιάζουν ἀσέβειαν, οἱ δὲ ἀγαπῶντες τὸν νόμον περιβάλλουσιν ἑαυτοῖς τεῖχος.

⁵ἄνδρες κακοὶ οὐ νοήσουσι κρίμα, οἱ δὲ ζητοῦντες τὸν Κύριον συνήσουσιν ἐν παντί.

⁶κρείσσων πτωχὸς πορευόμενος ἐν ἀληθείᾳ, πλουσίου ψευδοῦς.

⁷φυλάσσει νόμον υἱὸς συνετός, ὃς δὲ ποιμαίνει ἀσωτίαν ἀτιμάζει πατέρα.

⁸ὁ πληθύνων τὸν πλοῦτον αὐτοῦ μετὰ τόκων καὶ πλεονασμῶν, τῷ ἐλεῶντι πτωχοὺς συνάγει αὐτόν.

⁹ὁ ἐκκλίνων τὸ οὖς αὐτοῦ μὴ εἰσακοῦσαι νόμου, καὶ αὐτὸς τὴν προσευχὴν αὐτοῦ ἐβδέλυκται.

¹⁰ὃς πλανᾷ εὐθεῖς ἐν ὁδῷ κακῇ, εἰς διαφθορὰν αὐτὸς ἐμπεσεῖται· οἱ δὲ ἄνομοι διελεύσονται ἀγαθά, καὶ οὐκ εἰσελεύσονται εἰς αὐτά.

¹¹σοφὸς παρ᾿ ἑαυτῷ ἀνὴρ πλούσιος, πένης δὲ νοήμων καταγνώσεται αὐτοῦ.

¹²διὰ βοήθειαν δικαίων πολλὴν γίνεται δόξα, ἐν δὲ τόποις ἀσεβῶν ἁλίσκονται ἄνθρωποι.

¹³ὁ ἐπικαλύπτων ἀσέβειαν ἑαυτοῦ οὐκ εὐοδωθήσεται, ὁ δὲ ἐξηγούμενος ἐλέγχους ἀγαπηθήσεται.

¹⁴μακάριος ἀνήρ, ὃς καταπτήσσει πάντα δι᾿ εὐλάβειαν, ὁ δὲ σκληρὸς τὴν καρδίαν ἐμπεσεῖται κακοῖς.

¹⁵λέων πεινῶν καὶ λύκος διψῶν, ὃς τυραννεῖ, πτωχὸς ὤν, ἔθνους πενιχροῦ.

¹⁶βασιλεὺς ἐνδεὴς προσόδων μέγας συκοφάντης, ὁ δὲ μισῶν ἀδικίαν μακρὸν χρόνον ζήσεται.

¹⁷ἄνδρα τὸν ἐν αἰτίᾳ φόνου ὁ ἐγγυώμενος, φυγὰς ἔσται καὶ οὐκ ἐν ἀσφαλείᾳ. 17α παίδευε υἱὸν καὶ ἀγαπήσει σε, καὶ δώσει κόσμον τῇ σῆ ψυχῇ· οὐ μὴ ὑπακούσει ἔθνει παρανόμῳ.

¹⁸ὁ πορευόμενος δικαίως βεβοήθηται, ὁ δὲ σκολιαῖς ὁδοῖς πορευόμενος ἐμπλακήσεται.

¹⁹ὁ ἐργαζόμενος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γῆν πλησθήσεται ἄρτων, ὁ δὲ διώκων σχολὴν πλησθήσεται πενίας.

²⁰ἀνὴρ ἀξιόπιστος πολλὰ εὐλογηθήσεται, ὁ δὲ κακὸς οὐκ ἀτιμώρητος ἔσται.

²¹ὃς οὐκ αἰσχύνεται πρόσωπα δικαίων, οὐκ ἀγαθός· ὁ τοιοῦτος ψωμοῦ ἄρτου ἀποδώσεται ἄνδρα.

²²σπεύδει πλουτεῖν ἀνὴρ βάσκανος, καὶ οὐκ οἶδεν ὅτι ἐλεήμων κρατήσει αὐτοῦ.

²³ὁ ἐλέγχων ἀνθρώπου ὁδοὺς χάριτας ἕξει μᾶλλον τοῦ γλωσσοχαριτοῦντος.

²⁴ὃς ἀποβάλλεται πατέρα ἢ μητέρα, καὶ δοκεῖ μὴ ἁμαρτάνειν, οὗτος κοινωνός ἐστιν ἀνδρὸς ἀσεβοῦς.

²⁵ἄπιστος ἀνὴρ κρίνει εἰκῆ, ὃς δὲ πέποιθεν ἐπὶ Κύριον ἐν ἐπιμελείᾳ ἔσται.

²⁶ὃς πέποιθε θρασείᾳ καρδίᾳ, ὁ τοιοῦτος ἄφρων· ὃς δὲ πορεύεται σοφίᾳ σωθήσεται.

²⁷ὃς δίδωσι πτωχοῖς, οὐκ ἐνδεηθήσεται, ὃς δὲ ἀποστρέφει τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν αὐτοῦ, ἐν πολλῇ ἀπορίᾳ ἔσται.

²⁸ἐν τόποις ἀσεβῶν στένουσι δίκαιοι, ἐν δὲ τῇ ἐκείνων ἀπωλείᾳ πληθυνθήσονται δίκαιοι.

¹The ungodly [man] flees when no one pursues: but the righteous is confident as a lion.

²By reason of the sins of ungodly men quarrels arise; but a wise man will quell them.

³A bold man oppresses the poor by ungodly deeds. As an impetuous and profitable rain,

⁴so they that forsake the law praise ungodliness; but they that love the law fortify themselves with a wall.

⁵Evil men will not understand judgment: but they that seek the Lord will understand everything.

⁶A poor man walking in truth is better than a rich liar.

⁷A wise son keeps the law: but he that keeps up debauchery dishonours his father.

⁸He that increases his wealth by usuries and [unjust] gains, gathers it for him that pities the poor.

⁹He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, even he has made his prayer abominable.

¹⁰He that causes upright men to err in an evil way, himself shall fall into destruction: transgressor also shall pass by prosperity, but shall not enter into it.

¹¹A rich man is wise in his own conceit; but an intelligent poor man will condemn him.

¹²By reason of the help of righteous men great glory arises: but in the places of the ungodly men are caught.

¹³He that covers his own ungodliness shall not prosper: but he that blames [himself] shall be loved.

¹⁴Blessed is the man who religiously fears always: but the hard of heart shall fall into mischiefs.

¹⁵A hungry lion and a thirsty wolf [is he], who, being poor, rules over a poor nation.

¹⁶A king in need of revenues is a great oppressor: but he that hates injustice shall live a long time.

¹⁷He that becomes surety for a man charged with murder shall be an exile, and not in safety. 17α Chasten thy son, and he shall love thee, and give honour to thy soul: he shall not obey a sinful nation.

¹⁸He that walks justly is assisted: but he that walks in crooked ways shall be entangled [therein].

¹⁹He that tills his own land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that follows idleness shall have plenty of poverty.

²⁰A man worthy of credit shall be much blessed: but the wicked shall not be unpunished.

²¹He that reverences not the persons of the just is not good: such a one will sell a man for a morsel of bread.

²²An envious man makes haste to be rich, and knows not that the merciful man will have the mastery over him.

²³He that reproves a man’s ways shall have more favour than he that flatters with the tongue.

²⁴He that casts off father or mother, and thinks he sins not; the same is partaker with an ungodly man.

²⁵An unbelieving man judges rashly: but he that trusts in the Lord will act carefully.

²⁶He that trusts to a bold heart, such an one is a fool: but he that walks in wisdom shall be safe.

²⁷He that gives to the poor shall not be in want: but he that turns away his eye [from him] shall be in great distress.

²⁸In the places of ungodly [men] the righteous mourn: but in their destruction the righteous shall be multiplied.