Özdeyişler 6

¹Ey oğlum, eğer dostuna kefil olursan, kendi elini bir düşmana teslim edeceksin.

²Çünkü insanın kendi dudakları kendisi için güçlü bir tuzaktır ve kendi ağzının sözleriyle ele geçirilir.

³Ey oğlum, sana buyurduklarımı yap ve kendini kurtar; çünkü dostun yüzünden kötülerin eline düştün. Gevşeme, git ve kefil olduğun dostunu da harekete geçir.

⁴Gözlerine uyku, göz kapaklarına uyuklama verme.

⁵Kendini ağlardan kurtulan bir ceylan gibi ve tuzaktan kaçan bir kuş gibi kurtar.

⁶Git karıncaya, ey tembel! Onun yollarını gör de gıpta et ve ondan daha bilge ol.

⁷Onun ne bir tarlası, ne kendisini zorlayan bir yöneticisi, ne de bir efendisi varken,

⁸Yazın yiyeceğini hazırlar, hasat zamanında bolca azık biriktirir.

⁰8a Ya da arıya git ve onun ne kadar çalışkan olduğunu, işini nasıl da onurla yaptığını öğren;

⁰8b Onun emeğini krallar da sıradan insanlar da sağlık için kullanır; o herkes tarafından arzulanır ve saygı görür.

⁰8c Bedence zayıf olmasına rağmen, bilgeliğe değer vererek yücelmiştir.

⁹Ne zamana kadar yatacaksın, ey tembel? Uykundan ne zaman uyanacaksın?

¹⁰Biraz uyur, biraz oturur, biraz uyuklar, ellerini göğsünde kavuşturup biraz dinlenirsin;

¹¹Sonra yoksulluk kötü bir yolcu gibi, yoksunluk ise iyi bir koşucu gibi üzerine gelir.

⁰11a Ama eğer çalışkan olursan, hasadın bir pınar gibi fışkırır, yoksunluk ise kötü bir koşucu gibi senden kaçıp gider.

¹²Akılsız ve yasa tanımaz kişi, iyi olmayan yollarda yürür.

¹³Göz kırpar, ayağıyla işaret eder, parmak hareketleriyle bir şeyler öğretir.

¹⁴Sapkın yüreğiyle kötülük tasarlar, böyle biri her zaman kente kargaşa getirir.

¹⁵Bu yüzden yıkımı ansızın gelecektir; ansızın bozguna uğrayacak ve çaresizce kırılacaktır.

¹⁶Çünkü Tanrı'nın nefret ettiği her şeyden sevinç duyar ve canının murdarlığı yüzünden yıkıma uğrar.

¹⁷Kibirli gözler, haksız dil, doğru kişinin kanını döken eller,

¹⁸Kötü düşünceler tasarlayan yürek, kötülük etmeye seğirten ayaklar,

¹⁹Yalanlar savuran haksız şahit ve kardeşler arasına çekişme sokan kişi.

²⁰Oğlum, babanın yasalarını koru ve annenin kurallarını reddetme.

²¹Onları her zaman canına bağla, gerdanlık gibi boynuna dola.

²²Yürüdüğünde onu yanında taşı ki seninle olsun; uyuduğunda seni korusun ki uyandığında seninle konuşsun.

²³Çünkü buyruk bir çıra, yasa bir ışıktır; terbiye edici azarlar ise yaşam yoludur.

²⁴Seni evli kadından ve yabancı bir dilin iftirasından korumak için.

²⁵Güzellik arzusu seni yenmesin, gözlerinle yakalanma, onun göz kapaklarına tutsak olma.

²⁶Çünkü bir fahişenin bedeli ancak bir somun ekmek kadardır, ama evli kadın insanın değerli canını avlar.

²⁷İnsan koynuna ateş alır da giysileri yanmaz mı?

²⁸Yoksa korların üzerinde yürür de ayakları yanmaz mı?

²⁹Başkasının karısıyla yatan adamın durumu da böyledir; ona dokunan kimse cezasız kalmaz.

³⁰Açken karnını doyurmak için çalan birinin yakalanması şaşılacak bir şey değildir;

³¹Ama yakalanırsa, yedi katını ödemek zorundadır; evinin bütün malını mülkünü vererek kendini kurtarır.

³²Zina eden adam ise sağduudan yoksundur; bunu yapan kendi canını mahveder.

³³Acı ve utanç içinde kalır, uğradığı hakaret asla silinmez.

³⁴Çünkü kadının kocasının öfkesi kıskançlıkla doludur; yargı gününde acımayacaktır.

³⁵Hiçbir fidyeyi kabul etmez, ne kadar çok rüşvet versen de yatışmaz.

¹ΥΙΕ, ἐὰν ἐγγυήσῃ σὸν φίλον, παραδώσεις σὴν χεῖρα ἐχθρῷ·

²παγὶς γὰρ ἰσχυρὰ ἀνδρὶ τὰ ἴδια χείλη, καὶ ἁλίσκεται χείλεσιν ἰδίου στόματος.

³ποίει, υἱέ, ἃ ἐγώ σοι ἐντέλλομαι, καὶ σώζου· ἥκεις γὰρ εἰς χεῖρας κακῶν διὰ σὸν φίλον. ἴσθι μὴ ἐκλυόμενος, παρόξυνε δὲ καὶ τὸν φίλον σου, ὃν ἐνεγγυήσω.

⁴μὴ δῷς ὕπνον σοῖς ὄμμασι, μηδὲ ἐπινυστάξῃς σοῖς βλεφάροις,

⁵ἵνα σώζῃ ὥσπερ δορκὰς ἐκ βρόχων καὶ ὥσπερ ὄρνεον ἐκ παγίδος.

⁶῎Ιθι πρὸς τὸν μύρμηκα, ὦ ὀκνηρέ, καὶ ζήλωσον ἰδὼν τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ γενοῦ ἐκείνου σοφώτερος·

⁷ἐκείνῳ γὰρ γεωργίου μὴ ὑπάρχοντος, μηδὲ τὸν ἀναγκάζοντα ἔχων, μηδὲ ὑπὸ δεσπότην ὤν,

⁸ἑτοιμάζεται θέρους τὴν τροφὴν πολλήν τε ἐν τῷ ἀμητῷ ποιεῖται τὴν παράθεσιν. 8α ἢ πορεύθητι πρὸς τὴν μέλισσαν καὶ μάθε ὡς ἐργάτις ἐστὶ τήν τε ἐργασίαν ὡς σεμνὴν ποιεῖται· 8β ἦς τοὺς πόνους βασιλεῖς καὶ ἰδιῶται πρὸς ὑγίειαν προσφέρονται· ποθεινὴ δέ ἐστι πᾶσι καὶ ἐπίδοξος· 8γ καί περ οὖσα τῇ ῥώμῃ ἀσθενής, τὴν σοφίαν τιμήσασα προήχθη.

⁹ἕως τίνος, ὀκνηρέ, κατάκεισαι; πότε δὲ ἐξ ὕπνου ἐγερθήσῃ;

¹⁰ὀλίγον μὲν ὑπνοῖς, ὀλίγον δὲ κάθησαι, μικρὸν δὲ νυστάζεις, ὀλίγον δὲ ἐναγκαλίζῃ χερσὶ στήθη·

¹¹εἶτ᾿ ἐμπαραγίνεταί σοι ὥσπερ κακὸς ὁδοιπόρος ἡ πενία καὶ ἡ ἔνδεια ὥσπερ ἀγαθὸς δρομεύς. 11α ἐὰν δὲ ἄοκνος ᾖς, ἥξει ὥσπερ πηγὴ ὁ ἀμητός σου, ἡ δὲ ἔνδεια ὥσπερ κακὸς δρομεὺς ἀπαυτομολήσει.

¹²᾿Ανὴρ ἄφρων καὶ παράνομος πορεύεται ὁδοὺς οὐκ ἀγαθάς·

¹³ὁ δ᾿ αὐτὸς ἐννεύει ὀφθαλμῷ, σημαίνει δὲ ποδί, διδάσκει δὲ ἐννεύμασι δακτύλων.

¹⁴διεστραμμένῃ καρδίᾳ τεκταίνεται κακά, ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ ὁ τοιοῦτος ταραχὰς συνίστησι πόλει.

¹⁵διὰ τοῦτο ἐξαπίνης ἔρχεται ἡ ἀπώλεια αὐτοῦ, διακοπὴ καὶ συντριβὴ ἀνίατος·

¹⁶ὅτι χαίρει πᾶσιν, οἷς μισεῖ ὁ Θεός, συντρίβεται δὲ δι᾿ ἀκαθαρσίαν ψυχῆς.

¹⁷ὀφθαλμὸς ὑβριστοῦ, γλῶσσα ἄδικος, χεῖρες ἐκχέουσαι αἷμα δικαίου

¹⁸καὶ καρδία τεκταινομένη λογισμοὺς κακοὺς καὶ πόδες ἐπισπεύδοντες κακοποιεῖν.

¹⁹ἐκκαίει ψεύδη μάρτυς ἄδικος καὶ ἐπιπέμπει κρίσεις ἀνὰ μέσον ἀδελφῶν.

²⁰Υἱέ, φύλασσε νόμους πατρός σου καὶ μὴ ἀπώσῃ θεσμοὺς μητρός σου·

²¹ἄφαψαι δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ σῇ ψυχῇ διαπαντὸς καὶ ἐγκλοίωσαι περὶ σῷ τραχήλῳ.

²²ἡνίκα ἂν περιπατῇς, ἐπάγου αὐτὴν καὶ μετὰ σοῦ ἔστω· ὡς δ᾿ ἂν καθεύδῃς, φυλασσέτω σε, ἵνα ἐγειρομένῳ συλλαλῇ σοι.

²³ὅτι λύχνος ἐντολὴ νόμου καὶ φῶς, ὁδὸς ζωῆς καὶ ἔλεγχος καὶ παιδεία

²⁴τοῦ διαφυλάσσειν σὲ ἀπὸ γυναικὸς ὑπάνδρου καὶ ἀπὸ διαβολῆς γλώσσης ἀλλοτρίας.

²⁵μή σε νικήσῃ κάλλους ἐπιθυμία, μηδὲ ἀγρευθῇς σοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς, μηδὲ συναρπασθῇς ἀπὸ τῶν αὐτῆς βλεφάρων·

²⁶τιμὴ γὰρ πόρνης ὅση καὶ ἑνὸς ἄρτου, γυνὴ δὲ ἀνδρῶν τιμίας ψυχὰς ἀγρεύει.

²⁷ἀποδήσει τις πῦρ ἐν κόλπῳ, τὰ δὲ ἱμάτια οὐ κατακαύσει;

²⁸ἢ περιπατήσει τις ἐπ᾿ ἀνθράκων πυρός, τοὺς δὲ πόδας οὐ κατακαύσει;

²⁹οὕτως ὁ εἰσελθὼν πρὸς γυναῖκα ὕπανδρον, οὐκ ἀθῳωθήσεται, οὐδὲ πᾶς ὁ ἁπτόμενος αὐτῆς.

³⁰οὐ θαυμαστὸν ἐὰν ἁλῷ τις κλέπτων, κλέπτει γὰρ ἵνα ἐμπλήσῃ τὴν ψυχὴν πεινῶν·

³¹ἐὰν δὲ ἁλῷ, ἀποτίσει ἑπταπλάσια καὶ πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ δοὺς ρύσεται ἑαυτόν.

³²ὁ δὲ μοιχὸς δι᾿ ἔνδειαν φρενῶν ἀπώλειαν τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτοῦ περιποιεῖται,

³³ὀδύνας τε καὶ ἀτιμίας ὑποφέρει, τὸ δὲ ὄνειδος αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐξαλειφθήσεται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.

³⁴μεστὸς γὰρ ζήλου θυμὸς ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς· οὐ φείσεται ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρίσεως,

³⁵οὐκ ἀνταλλάξεται οὐδενὸς λύτρου τὴν ἔχθραν, οὐδὲ μὴ διαλυθῇ πολλῶν δώρων.

¹[My] son, if thou become surety for thy friend, thou shalt deliver thine hand to an enemy.

²For a man’s own lips become a strong snare to him, and he is caught with the lips of his own mouth.

³[My] son, do what I command thee, and deliver thyself; for on thy friend’s account thou art come into the power of evil [men]: faint not, but stir up even thy friend for whom thou art become surety.

⁴Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber with thine eyelids;

⁵that thou mayest deliver thyself as a doe out of the toils, and as a bird out of a snare.

⁶Go to the ant, O sluggard; and see, and emulate his ways, and become wiser than he.

⁷For whereas he has no husbandry, nor any one to compel him, and is under no master,

⁸he prepares food for himself in the summer, and lays by abundant store in harvest. 8α Or go to the bee, and learn how diligent she is, and how earnestly she is engaged in her work; 8β whose labours kings and private men use for health, and she is desired and respected by all: 8γ though weak in body, she is advanced by honouring wisdom.

⁹How long wilt thou lie, O sluggard? and when wilt thou awake out of sleep?

¹⁰Thou sleepest a little, and thou restest a little, and thou slumberest a short [time], and thou foldest thine arms over thy breast a little.

¹¹Then poverty comes upon thee as an evil traveller, and want as a swift courier: 11α but if thou be diligent, thine harvest shall arrive as a fountain, and poverty shall flee away as a bad courier.

¹²A foolish man and a transgressor goes in ways that are not good.

¹³And the same winks with the eye, and makes a sign with his foot, and teaches with the beckonings of his fingers.

¹⁴[His] perverse heart devises evils: at all times such a one causes troubles to a city.

¹⁵Therefore his destruction shall come suddenly; overthrow and irretrievable ruin.

¹⁶For he rejoices in all things which God hates, and he is ruined by reason of impurity of soul.

¹⁷The eye of the haughty, a tongue unjust, hands shedding the blood of the just;

¹⁸and a heart devising evil thoughts, and feet hastening to do evil,-- [are hateful to God].

¹⁹An unjust witness kindles falsehoods, and brings on quarrels between brethren.

²⁰[My] son, keep the laws of thy father, and reject not the ordinances of thy mother:

²¹but bind them upon thy soul continually, and hang them as a chain about thy neck.

²²Whensoever thou walkest, lead this along and let it be with thee; that it may talk with thee when thou wakest.

²³For the commandment of the law is a lamp and a light; a way of life; reproof also and correction:

²⁴to keep thee continually from a married woman, and from the calumny of a strange tongue.

²⁵Let not the desire of beauty overcome thee, neither be thou caught by thine eyes, neither be captivated with her eyelids.

²⁶For the value of a harlot is as much as of one loaf; and a woman hunts for the precious souls of men.

²⁷Shall any one bind fire in his bosom, and not burn his garments?

²⁸or will any one walk on coals of fire, and not burn his feet?

²⁹So is he that goes in to a married woman; he shall not be held guiltless, neither any one that touches her.

³⁰It is not to be wondered at if one should be taken stealing, for he steals that when hungry he may satisfy his soul:

³¹but if he should be taken, he shall repay sevenfold, and shall deliver himself by giving all his goods.

³²But the adulterer through want of sense procures destruction to his soul.

³³He endures both pain and disgrace, and his reproach shall never be wiped off.

³⁴For the soul of her husband is full of jealousy: he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

³⁵He will not forego [his] enmity for any ransom: neither will he be reconciled for many gifts.