Προτο φιλο ΠΕPΙΕΧΟΜΕΝΟ ΠΡΟΤΟ ΜΕΡΟΣ ΔΕΦΤΕΡΟ ΜΕΡΟΣ Τεταρτο Μερος PEMPTO MEROSPEMPTO MEROS 2

Trito meros

H etoimasia tou Laou tou Theou

Pneumatiki trofi gia tin etimasia tou Laou tou Theou ap’ola ta ethni, filles kai glosses

O Theos tou Israil mou edose etoutoi tin trofi.

Dialekse koimena tis Palaias Diathikis kai tis Kainis Diathikis kai eksigaei ta teleutaia gia na katanoithei pliros to KALO NEO KAI NA ARXISOUME NA NTYNOMASTE TON KAINOURIO ANTHROPO EN XRISTO.

Prepei prot’ap’ola na etoimasteis stin skepsi sou.

Prepei na apofasiseis pragmatika na theleis na gineis ena alithino paidi tou Theou, na to theliseis alithina sto mialo sou kai stin kardia sou.

Tha sas apokalipso oti o kathenas mas, exei konta tou enan i pollous ‘aggeloi filakoi ».

Exoune gia ergo na sas fisiksoune mesa stin psixi sas, mesa stin kardia sas, epiloges pou tha sas epitrepsoune na erthete pio konta apo ton Kurio, kanontas to kalo trigiro sas, kai prosexontas to prosopiko sas litourgima.

Fisika, o diabolos kai h aggeloi tou uparxoune episis, kanane tin epilogi na min dexontai ton Theo san Kuriarxo, kai na apodeiksoune ston Theo oti kai h anthropoi den Ton agapane kai den ekteloun to Thelimma Tou.

Autoi sas eisxoroun sto mualo sas kai stis kardies sas skepseis pio egoistikies, pio upoules, pio ponires, kolakeuoune ton egoismo sas, sas odigoune na isaste anthropi tis sarkas kai oxi pneumatiki anthropi, sas sproxnoune stin katathlipsi, stin psixiki kourasi, klp…

Kai pro pantos sas diagernoune apo tis Theikies Alithies, ap’ton Theo, ap’ton Ihsou Xristo, kai apo tin Agia Grafi, ton Logo tou Theou.

An den protimate tis kales skepseis tou aggelou sas filaka, totes suxna akolouthite tis kakies skepseis ton allon, pou einai para polli dinati, kai gnorizoun para polli kala tis adinamies sas.

P.X., an exete zileia, h exete fobous, tha sas threpsoune mesa stis skepseis sas oste h zileia sas kai h foboi sas na epektathoune toso oste na xasete oli tin energeia sas, oste na eiste dixos kanena kouragio, na eiste skithropoi.

Dioti otan eisaste se neuriki kataptosis, adinami kai kourasmeni psixika, den diakrinete tipote, oute kanete sosti analisis tis katastaseis, kai totes eisaste etoimi na kanete oles tis kakies skepseis pou sas eisxoroun sto mialo, fisika den parousiazontai. Etsi exoune terastia dinameis, upoula einai konta sas.

Gi’auto prepei na mathete na diakrinete tis skepseis sas en pasa stigmi, na niosete oti auti h skepseis den einai aksia sto leitourgima enos paidiou tou Fotos, enos paidiou tou Theou, enos pneumatikou anthropou.

Stin arxi, einai diskolo, suxna peftoume, alla me thelisis kai prospathies kai prosoxi agrupnoi, mporoume na ta kataferoume.

Kai mia kai paroume tin SINHTHEIA, totes einai pragmatika poli pio eukola.

Afiste ton aggelo filaka sas na sas odigisei, autos exei gia apostoli na sas prosexei kai otan proseuxosaste, tou anoigete tin PORTA gia na eisxorisei skepseis se esas pou pragmatika tha sas boithisoune kai tha sas megalosoune pneumatika.

Omos gia na niothete tin odigisi tous sosta, kai na niothete autes tis skepseis, prepei na exete diakrisis, kai gia na exete sosti diakriseis, xreaizete i Gnosis tis Theikies Alithies.

H GNOSIS TOU THEOU KAI O LOGOS TOU THEOU PERIEXOMENH MESA STIN AGIA GRAFH EINAI H TROFH POU ANEKATHEN O THEOS EDOSE STON LAO TOU, XREIAZETE PROSEUXI, XREIAZETE DIABASMA, XREIAZETE MELETH.

Rotiste kai tha sas dothei. Proseuxithite kai tha labete.

Oso auksinosaste stis aretes, oso eisaste pio foteini, toso pio poli o aggelos filakas sas pou einai konta sas einai psula stin ierarxeia tou Theou. Dioti ola epano, exoun ierarxeia.

Prepei na mathete na agapate ton Theo, na mathete na agapate ton eauto sas, kai na mathete na agapate tous allous, me sofia, me diakriseis, me prothumia, me kalosini, me upomoni, na auksenete ta aisthitiria sas pros to sosto, to dikaio, to akeraio, ti sofia, ti gnosi tou kalou kai tou kakou, na mporeite na analisete to leitourgima pou proerxete apo to Pneuma pou einai euaresto ston Theo, kai to litourgima pou proerxetai apo tin sarka, na kseroume teleia ti simainoun auta ta duo pragmata.

Na mathoume na dexomaste tin eleutheria tis epilogis pou o Theos dinei se kathe anthropo.

H eleutheria tis epilogis pou dinei o Theos se olous, se oli tin ourania Taksi kai se olous tous anthropous.

Malista, o Theos epetrepse se oles tis ouranies dinameis na kanoun tin Epilogi tous otan o satanas arxise na kanei to kako.

Kai stous anthropous episeis, o Theos edose tin Etleutheria tis Epilogis.

O Theos agapaei na dialeksoume na Ton agapoume kai na zoume sto Fos tin Alitheias Tou.

DEN THA TO EPIBALEI.

Na mathoume na ipsonomaste pros tin Theiki Alitheia, na mathoume na diakrinoume tis anthropines alithies, kai na kseroume na kanoume tin diafora.

Na mathoume na zoume san paidi tou Theou kathe stigmi, kathe mera, me tin boitheia tis AGAPHS (OI SKEPSEIS MAS, O LOGOS MAS, OI PRAKSEIS MAS).

O Theos tou Israil mas dinei mia methodos ergasias gia ola ta Paidia Tou pou tha apofasisoune na einai melos tou Laou Tou ap’ola ta ethni.

O XRYSOS KANONAS einai na mathoume na agapame ton Theo, ton Pantokratora, ton Dimiourgo ton panton, ton Theo tou Israil, ton Theo tou Abraam, ton Theo tou Mousi, ton Theo tou Ihsou Xristou.

Kai o deuteros XRYSOS KANONAS einai na mathoume na agapame ton plision mas opos ton eauto mas.

Na agapas ton eauto sou kai na agapas tous allous thelei na pei sugkekrimena oti to ORIO pou den prepei potes na kseperaseis einai na BLAPSHS ton eauto sou h na BLAPSHS tous allous.

Auto to ORIO einai para polli simantiko kai einai epigon na to katalabete pluros, dioti potes den tha mporesete na upsotheite pneumatika an den katalabainete auto to ORIO.

Opoios anthropos blaptei ton eauto tou h blaptei tous allous, den tha mporei na einai MELOS TOY LAOY MOY stin kainourgia gi, dioti tipota to AKATHARTO den tha mpei stin Ano Ierousalim.

Auto einai grammeno stin diarkeia tou Logou mou dosmenos se oli tin Agia Grafi, Palaia Diathiki, kai Kaini Diathiki.

H KORIFOSIS TIS TELEIOTHTAS EINAI H AGAPH , kai h AGAPH DEN EPITREPEI KAMIA BLAPSEIS MHTE STIS SKEPSEIS, MHTE STA LOGIA SAS, MHTE STIS PRAKSEIS SAS.

Einai poli dunaton na ftasoume na elexgoume tis skepseis mas, ta logia mas, kai tis prakseis mas kathimerinos.

Auti i trofi einai proorismeni na mas epitrepsei na ginome to paidi tou Theou, opos o Theos tha agapouse na eimaste.

Prota ap’ola, otan skeptosaste, mathainete kathe stigmi na diakrinete ti periexoun oi skepseis sas.

An skeftosaste se arnitikies katastaseis, se anomales katastaseis, auto sas blaptei, dioti den eistai poli foteini otan suntireite katoteres skepseis tis sarkas.

An i skepseis sas einai odigimenes enantion kapoion pou sas eblapse, PROSPATHISETE na min skeptestai allo s’auta pou sas eblapsan, dioti automatos oi skepseis sas sas blaptoune ef’oson briskosaste fulakismeni apo autes tis arnitikies skepseis, kai epikrateite mesa stin skepsi sas to kako pou sunexizei kai sas kanei.

Eleutherotheite, i Alitheia, i dikaiosini eleutheronei to mialo kai tin skepsi.

Mathete na odigeite to mialo sas pros skepseis gemmates agapi kai pros skepseis igihnes pou tha sas ksanaxtisoune, tha sas zontanepsoune esoterika.

Mathete na eiste fotoini, zesti, na zontaneuetai tous allous kai ton eauto sas san ton ilio pou zontaneuei ta panta sto perasma tou.

Ksanabreite ton pneumatiko esoteriko ilio sas, kai doste to me agapi se ola ta paidia tou Theou, se olous tous anthropous.

Mathete na elegxete ton logo sas, mathaite na min blaptete ton eauto sas, kai na min blaptete se kanenan me logous arnitikous kai dieftharmenous.

Min anoigete to stoma gia na peite kakologies, kriseis, aisxrologies, logia pou den einai sosta h logia adika.

Eksaskeithite kai tha apolausete tis sunepeies.

H prakseis sas einai episis anagkaio na tis prosexete apo poli konta.

Ta logia sas, kai h prakseis sas den prepei se kamia periptoseis na blaptoune oute esas, oute tous allous, ta logia sas prepei na einai dikaia, kai ofelima stous allous pou sas akoune.

An den eiste ikanoi na agapate ton eauto sas kai n’agapate tous allous, opos sas to zitise o Kurios mas Ihsous Xristos, to ORIO pou o Theos tis Oikoumenis sas apagoreuei na perasete einai na blaptete tous eautous sas kai na blaptete tous allous.

Proton

Oles oi prakseis pou sxetizontai me sas. Skefteite an den sas blaptoune.

Pos mporoune na sas blapsoune esas i praxeis sas;

Katastrefontas ton eauto sas h somatikos, h psixikos, h psixologikos.

Simera, otan apofasiste na praksete, stin arxi, sto ksekinima, mathete na skepteste, na diakrinete ti soi prakseis einai.

Autes oi prakseis pou thelete n’arxisete na ekteleite, tha sas epitrepsoun na zeite armonika me ton eauto sas, tha sas epitrepsoun na ginetai pio kali, i tha sas ferounai monon problimata kai stenaxories.

H poiotita ton prakseon sas prepei na einai se epitiriseis.

Dioti mia aristi asxoleia mporei na metatrapei se blapteroi an den diaxeiristei sosta.

To polli i to katholou i to ligo mporoun na sas blapsoun.

P.X. merika sugkekrimena paradeigmata :

To na ergasteis gia na prosfereis stin oikogeneia sou auta pou xreiazetai gia na zisei, einai poli fusiko kai anagkaio, ma na min stamatas na ergazesai apo to proi mexri to bradi xoris periorismo, oste na eisai anikanos na prosexeis ton eauto sou, ta paidia sou, ton h tin sizigo sou, kai na min exeis kairo na proseuxitheis ton Kurio, mite ton kairo na upsotheis pneumatika, auto sas blaptei esas kai tin oikogeneia sas.

Gi’auto h pleoneksia einai eidololatreia.

To na tros einai anagkaio kai ofelimo, alla na min stamatas na tros olio tin imera ginete epikundino.

To na exeis mia asxolia, ena sport, na zografizeis, einai poli ofelimo gia tin psixologiki kai somatiki katastaseis tou anthropou, alla to na asxoleisai apokleistika m’auto kai oli tin imera, xoris kamia diaxeirisi, einai blaptero gia sas kai gia tin oikogeneia sas, klp.

Oute h skepseis sas, oute o logos sas, oute h prakseis sas na blaptoune se kanenan, kai fisika kai ton eauto sas.

Yparxoune polli eidoi blapsimatos, h somatiki blapsis, h pneumatiki blapseis, kai h psixologiki blapsis.

To somatiko blapsimo einai oles oi prakseis aneuthines pou sas blaptoune somatikos, narkotika, alkool, klp.

Kai to somatiko blapsimo stous allous einai oles oi katastrofikies prakseis pou blaptete tous allous somatika.

H rupansis pano sti gi, na paleuete, na dinette sfaliares, na biazete tous allous, oi skotomoi, na upoxreonetai tous allous somatika, klp.

To Pneumatiko blapsimo einai otan den dinette ston eauto sas tin eukairia kai ton kairo na gnorisete ton Theo kai ton Logo Tou.

To pneumatiko blapsimo pros tous allous einai me to leitourgima sas kai ta epixeirimata sas na empodizete tous allous na upsothoune pros ton Theo, pros ton Logo Tou, pros tis Theikies Alithies, me tin dunami tin somatiki h me tin dinami tou logou sas.

Na tous empodizete na agapane ton Dimiourgo kai na tous empodizete na dexontai na ntuthoune ton kainourio anthropo en Xristo me basei to Kalo Neo tis Kainis Diathikis me anthropines theories kai epixeirimata.

O anthropos pou den einai paidi tou Theou einai pneumatikos nekros.

To psuxologiko blapsimo einai episeis bari stis sunepies gia tous anthropous.

Tha sas doso mia fraseis na meletisete :

H ELEUTHERIA SAS STAMATAEI EKEI POU ARXIZEI H ELEUTHERIA TON ALLON. KAI H DIKH TOUS STAMATAEI EKEI POU ARXIZEI H DIKIA SAS.

Pos mporoume na blapsoume stous allous psixologika, tha sas to eksugiso :

Otan pasxei to prosopiko mas leitourgima kai feromaste xoris dikaiosini, xoris sunesis, xoris akeraiotita, otan ta xeili mas sukofantoun, otan ta xeili mas pseudomartiroun, otan eimaste upokrites, otan kolakeuoume tous allous gia na tous paroume kati, otan mas leipei h timiotita, otan psithurizoume ta mustika, otan eimaste uperoptiki, kai uperifani, otan eimaste axaristi, klp.

Kai epeiseis enoxopoiontas sunexos tous allous, mesa stin Eleutheria pou exoun na zoun tin zoh tous analogos tis epiloges tous, prokeimenou oti den sas blaptoune me kanenan tropo, mite me logous, mite me prakseis.

TO AKRAIO ORIO TOU KALOU KAI TOU KAKOU TOU SOSTOU KAI TOU LATHOUS EINAI TO ORIO POU PERNATE OTAN BLAPTETE SE KAPOION H ME TH SKEPSEIS SAS H ME TOUS LOGOUS SAS H ME THS PRAKSEIS SAS ADIKOS.

Na tous upoxreonete kai na tous upoballete tis sunepies ton kakon sas prakseon, ton kakon epilogon sas.

An oi kakies epiloges sas kataligoun se paraksenes kai arnitikies katastaseis gia sas, kai an apofasizete me tis aitiseis sas, ta parapona sas, tous goggismous sas, tis enoxes sas, na tous desmeusete stis katastrofikies epiptoseis ton kakon prakseon sas kai epilogon sas, totes auti h katastasis kataligei poli grigora arnitiki kai gia tous idious, kai gia tin oikogeneia tous.

Einai basiko na katalabete oti blaptete tous allous otan tous desmeuetai me diaforous methodous, na dextoun na anameixthoune stis sunepeies ton kakon epilogon sas, pou den einai problima tous.

Tous empodizete psixologika, psixika na zisoune tin zoi tous, tis epilogies tous, podopatate tin eleutheria tis zois pou o Theos dorizei se kathe anthropo.

Epipleon, otan epitrepetai stous eautous sas na blaptete tous allous, tous fulakizete psixologika.

Tous pairnete oli tin dinami, olo ton dinamismo tous, olo ton enthousiasmo tous, tin xara apo tin zoi tous.

Den mporei pleon na eleutherothei apo tin psixiki tou filaki, opou kai ton kleisate, dioti to mialo tou den einai pia eleuthero, den stamataei na skeptetai to kako pou tou ginetai.

Ton empodizete na exei to mialo tou eleuthero gia na strafei pros ton Theo, kai pros ton pneumatiko anthropo.

Kai ton empodizete na strafei pros ton eauto tou gia na zisei tin zoi tou, na strafei pros tin oikogeneia tou, pros ton h tin sizugo tou, kai to xeirotero ap’ola pros ta paidia tou.

Dioti otan to mualo einai fulakismeno apo ta blapsimata pou prokaleite, den einai pia eukairos o anthropos, den zei, den blepei tipota ap’auta pou ton trigurizoune, den akouei kanenan, oute kai prosexei ton eauto tou, oute tin oikogenia tou, kai den kserei pia na gelaei, mite na einai foteinos me ta paidia tou, tin gunaika tou kai tous filous tou, kai tous allous.

Einai biaies h zimies pou prokaleite psixikos stous allous otan tous blaptete, EINAI PSIXIKH KAI ESOTERIKH FYLAKH KATHE ADIKIA EINAI FYLAKH.

Koitaxte trigiro sas, oi anthropoi pou einai upoxreomenoi na zoune me tis sunepies ton prakseon kai tis epilogies ton allon anthropon, prosexete guro apo sas, mesa stin oikogeneia sas, mesa stous filous sas, mesa stin sinikoia sas, mesa stin koinonia, kai pano se oli ti gi.

Gia n’apofugete ola auta ta dusaresta, o Kurios ton Dinameon, sas zitei oposdipotes se olous, se ola ta paidia tou na mathoune na exoun autoelexgo, diakriseis, dikaiosuni, sinesis, akairaiotita, sofia, na mathoun ti tha pei KALO KAI KAKO KAI TO ORIO THS BLAPSEOS .

Oles tis morfes tis blapseos, somatiki, psixiki kai pneumatiki.

Agapate xoris periorismous olous tous anthropous, autos einai O XRHSOS KANONAS, kai TO MONADIKO ORIO TO KATOTERO pou den prepei potes se kanena na epitrepseis na prosperasei einai to na se blapsei.

Prosexe kai agrupna, stin arxi, prospathise na diakrineis tin stigmi stin opoian arxizoune na se blaptoune, gia na apofugeis to kako kai tis zimies, na to peis kathara.

An eiste agrupnoi, na min epitrepsete na sas blapsoune, totes den tha eiste fulakismeni psuxika, den tha eisaste katathlimmeni, kai totes, nai, tha mporeite na sunexisete na tous agapate, prota autous, ton eauto sas meta, kai olous tous allous.

Den prepei potes na afisete kapoion na sas adunatisei kai na sas empodisei na sunexisete na zeite tin zoi sas kai tis epilogies sas.

Agapate tous me mia agapi bathia, me mia agapi xoris periorismous, me mia agapi eilikrineis, mia agapi pou dinei zoi, mia agapi pou xtizei, gemiste tous me tin Agapi, kante tous na niosoune oti tous agapate opos einai, mi dinontas simasia ston tropo zois tous kai tis epilogies tous.

Na agapas simainei episis tin ikanotita na dextis xoris kamia krisis ton tropo zois ton allon, ton tropo pou blepoun tin zoi, to eleuthero tis epilogis, nai exoune to dikaioma na dialexoune an theloun i oxi na pistepsoune. Klp. Auto den einai diko sas problima, min tous krinete, kai min tous katakrinete se opoio stadio ki an briskontai.

Exoune to dikaioma na zisoune opos tous aresei.

Ef’oson den sas blaptoune, exoun to dikaioma na einai opos theloune oi idioi, auto den einai problima sas, kai prepei na mathete na tous agapate mesa s’oles tis diafores sas.

Auto einai i pragmatiki i alithini agapi.

Omos to mono Orio pou den prepei potes na dexteite apo kanenan na prosperasei, einai na se blapsoune, esena, tin oikogeneia sou, tous gurous sou, tous allous.

H Agapi den exei ORIO, oso pio poli ugihna agapame tous allous, toso pio poli mas agapane, mas ektimane, kai psaxnoune tin filia mas kai pro pantos min ksexnate potes oti oso pio poli dinoume agapi, toso pio poli auksanete, h Agapi einai i TELEIOTHTA.

Ma to katotero orio tis agapis einai to na min blapseis.

Dioti an den eimaste ikani n’agapoume, to na min blaptoume simainei na sebomaste, kai fisika na agapame.

Dioti otan agapame, den blaptoume potes me kanenan tropo.

Kai autoi pou eis to onoma tis Agapis fulakizoune tous allous psixika min stamatontas na klegontai, min stamatontas tis enoxopoihseis, einai oso blapteri oso tous allous pou se fulakizoune somatika.

Dioti h somatiki fulaki paramorfonete se psuxiki esoteriki filaki kai tous empodizei na zisoun tin zoi tous kai tin epilogi tous.

Gi’auto o Theos, tha agapouse ta paidia Tou na ksanabroun tin Eleuthria na zisoun, tin Eleuthria ton skepseon, tin Eleutheria tou logou tous, kai tin Eleutheria na praksoun gia na mporesoune na ftasoune na einai O ANTHROPOS OPOS TON DIMHOURGHSE.

Skepseis igihs, logous igihs, prakseis igihs.

Opotes, sto kathimerino, otan prospathoune na sas blapsoune, na eistai agrupnoi, kai mathete na empodizete me tin dinami tou logou tous allous na sas blapsoune.

Auto einai gia ta kathimerina blapsimata.

Alla den thelei oTheos, ta paidia tou na malonoune, gi’auto peste to aplos, kai an den katalabainei, min afinetai ton eauton sas na parasurthei stin fasaria, stin logomaxia, apomakruntheite, xoris na tous antapodinetai to kako, xoris na psithirisetai ta mistika tous se allous.

Empodizontas ton allon kai tous allous na sas blapsei, den einai mia prakseis kakias, den einai mia prakseis anithikotitas, den einai mia prakseis kriseos, den einai mia prakseis apagoreumeni, den einai mia prakseis biaia.

Einai mia prakseis agapis gi’auton, gia sas kai gia tous allous.

Malista! Den tou antapodinete mia prakseis anithikoi, den ton krinete, ton empodizete aploustata na blaptei ton eauto tou, na sas blapsei kai na sunexizei na blaptei tous allous.

Giati einai mia prakseis agapis;

Aploustata, otan agapate to paidi sas, epeidis to agapate, to empodizete na prattoi lathoi, na prattoi blapsimata, na prattei kakies kai biais.

Fusiologika, den tou epitrepete na kanei kai na leei oti thelei gia na min xtipisei, gia na min ponesei, tou mathainete, to paidagogeite na min blaptete kai na min blaptei tous allous.

Mporeite eukolotata na katanoisete auti tin paidagogisis ston eniliko.

Epeidis ton agapate, kai blepete oti h paidagogisis tou den eftase akomi se orimotita gi’auto kai sunexizei kai blaptei ton eauton tou kai tous allous.

Gi’auto einai upoxreotiko na mathete o kathenas sas na min eiste h aitia, to ksekinima mias kakis prakseis, enos kakou logou, adikia, upokriseia, pseudomarturia, kolakeies, anentimotita, sukofanties, psithirismous, klp.

Kai an esus eiste h aitia, na mathete me tapeinosis na angnorizete eutheis ta sfalmata sas, kai na diorthonete me aplotita, kai xilia signomi. Etsi prattontas, o allos tha sas sigxoresei kai tha mporesete na sunexisete mia sxeseis kaliteri.

Tin imera pou tha eisaste stin Kainourgia Gi, tha katalabete oti tha einai ap’auton ton Nomo tis Agapis pou h Agapi kai h Eirini tha basileuoune eis tous aiones ton aionon!

Autos o nomos briskei tin efarmogi tou se osa lete, se oles tis prakseis sas, se olo to litourgima sas, tha anarotiosaste an auti h prakseis, an autos o logos, an autoi h epixiriseis, an auti h asxolia, an auta blaptoun se sas, h stous allous, h stin koinonia, h stin gi.

Kai tha eisaste ikani na katalabete kai na diakrinete.

Tha mathete na eisaste autonomoi, upeuthini, orimoi ton skepseon sas, ton logon sas, kai ton prakseon sas.

AUTO SHMAINEI PRAGMATIKH DIAXEIRISH THS SKEPSEIS, TOY LOGOY KAI THS PRAKSEIS.

Auti h trofi den sas dinete gia na arxisete mia epanastasis pano sti gi, ma toulaxiston kathimerinos mesa stis epafes sas na fthasete na upsotheite eleuthera pros tis Theikies Alutheies, kai pros to Kalo Neo tis Kainis Diathikis, pros ton kainourgio anthropo ntimeno en Xristo, pros ton anthropo tou Pneuma, kai oxi pleon ton anthropo tis sarkas.

H orimotita, h dikaiosini kai h diakrisis sas epitrepoune na niosete to pragmatiko orio pou arxizei h eleutheria sas kai pou arxizei h eleutheria ton allon.

H eleutheria ton allon stamataei otan arxizoune kai sas blaptoune, h blaptoune stin oikogeneia sas h stous gurous sas h stin koinonia sas.

Prospathiste na breite mia luseis mesa ston dialogo, kai an deite oti den uparxei theliseis gia dialogo, gia mia katanoisi pou themelionei, fugete xoris n’antapodosete tin kakia. Kathenas einai eleutheros na zei opos thelei.

Malista, dioti oorimos anthropos kai upeuthinos diekdikei na ton sebontai, na sebontai tin oikogeneia tou, na sebontai tous girous tou, kai tin koinonia.

Idemi, einai ki’autos upeuthinos gia tis zimies pou ginane oso autoi pou tis prokalesane.

To na eisai paidi tou Theou, den simainei na eisai aneuthinos, na eisai animporos na antidraseis mprosta se blaberes kai adikes katastaseis.

Gia na exeis ton sebasmo ton allon, prepei prota o idios na sebese ton eauto sou, na ksereis na sebese tous allous, kai na ksereis na upoxreoneis ton allon na se sebete.

Oposdipotes, omos prepei na ksereis na DIAKRINEIS tis pragmatikotites tis sobares, kai ta sobara themata tis zois.

Auta pou einai barua se sunepeies gia sena kai gia tous allous.

Gia mikropragmata, prepei episeis na mathete na kleinete ta matia, dioti sti zoi uparxoune kai mikres istories tis kathimerinis zois, pou prepei na min tis dinoume simasia gia na min ftasoume sto bathmo na dilitiriasoume tin sxesi mas, na prosarmozomaste.

Ma mprosta se megales upotheseis pou mporoune na prokalesoune megales zimies, na t’afiseis etsi einai aneuthino kai epikindino. Dioti h epiptoseis einai merikies fores adiorthotes, poli baries, kai an afisoume na sunexistoun tha prokalesoune katastaseis poli biaies.

O Nomos tis Eukoleias kai o Nomos tis Siopis den einai kali sumbouloi.

Den lunete tipota otan afinoume tous allous na droun me auton ton tropo, antithetos, sto mellon tha sinexisoune xeirotera.

Na mathete na pairnete pano sas tis epiptoseis ton epilogon sas xoris sunexos na trabate tous allous mazi sas mesa stis apofaseis sas.

Prepei na mathoume na pairnoume tis euthines mas xoris na enoxlountai oi alloi.

Exete to dikaioma na prattete opos sas aresei mesa sta plaisia tis eleutherias sas, omos den exete to dikaioma na diekdikeitai apo tous allous na sas akolouthoun h na fortonontai tis sunepeies ton prakseon sas.

Tin imera pou otan oli auti h kanones tis zois tha exoun katanohthei kai efarmostei, oi sxeseis sas tha einai poli pio eukoles kai pio euxaristes.

Auti h kanones sas dinontai gia na arxisete na upsonosaste pneumatika, na exete ena igihs litourgima, pou tha parei oli tin ektasi sou, oli tin efarmogi tous tin Basileia tou Theou, pano stin kainouria gi.

Arxisete tin etoimasia sas, ginete kaliteri, kai arxisete apo ton eauto sas.

Kai i korifosis tha ginei pano stin kainouria gi, opou oloi i anthropoi tha exoun arxisei auti tin etoimasia tha mporoun na zoun armonika.

H pio poli den kseroune na agapoune, alla epipleon prokaloun toses zimies, pou apo agapi gia ta paidia sas, gia tin oikogeneia sas, gia ola ta paidia pano sti gi, pou prepei na mathete na enantioneste kata tou kakou, gia na stamatithoun oi zimies.

Kaneis den exei to dikaioma na blaptei !

Gia na mporeite na kratate athuktoi tin dinami na agapate olo ton kosmo kai ton eauton sas.

An den kserete na agapate, toulaxiston min blaptete, einai to AKRAIO ORIO THS AGAPHS!

Agapate o enas ton allon, min blaptete o enas ton allon!

AYTO THA EINAI O XRHSOS KANONAS STHN KAINOYGIA GH.

Autos einai o Xrusos kanonas pou oudepotes den tha uperbei stin kainouria gi.

Kai auti pou tha dextoune na leitourgane m’auton ton tropo, einai kalesmeni apo ton Theo kai ton Ihsou Xristo na paroun meros stin kainouria gi.

Doste prosoxi, kai tha deite oti osoi einai s’autin tin alutheia ksexorizoune apo tous allous me kathe eidous aretes, kai pro pantos tin kalosini, tin gennaiodoria, tin afilokerdia, tin diakrisi, tin sofia, tin gnosi tou kalou kai tou kakou, to nohma tis dikaiosinis, tis akeraiotitas, tis sunesis, tis agapi kai ton sebasmo apenanti stous allous, den blaptei potes se kanenan.

O Theos sas leei doste, doste tin agapi sas, ton kairo sas, tin sofia sas, tin diakrisi sas, doste s’autous pou peinane, pou kruonoune, pou einai arosti, doste kai s’autous pou prospathoun na sas blapsoune, ma empodizontas tous gia na mon xasete dinami kai na min sas empodisoun na sunexizetai na dinete kai s’autous kai stous allous.

Xreiazete tolmi gia na peite, oxi, auto me blaptei, alla i dinamis tou logou tis alitheias stamataei tis zimies.

To “OXI” einai prostateutiko metro, einai protimoteri h PROSTASIA ANTI H GIATREIA.

Ef’oson prepei na tous agapame opos ton eauto mas, tha dexosoun na blaptite, oxi, kai h alli den exoune auto to dikaioma.

Me auto to ORIO tha bgei mia kai kali to kako.

Apo AGAPH pros tous allous, briskoume tin DINAMH NA POUME TIN ALHTHEIA GIA NA TOUS PROSTATEPSOYME, oikogeneia, paidia, filous, ta ponemena paidia, tous ponemenous anthropous, tis anomales katastaseis.

Apo agapi gia tous allous, eimaste ikani na sikosoume bouna!

H etoimasia sas sunexizetai pano ston Logo tou Theou mesa apo tin Palaia Diathiki.

Merika koimena pou xreiazontai prosoxi kai meleti, kai eutheis meta h etoimasia sas pano ston Logo tou Kalou Neou tis Kainis Diathikis dosmenos gia tous anthropous.

Prepei na ntitheite ton kainourgio anthropo en Xristo, na ginetai paidia tou Theou, anthropoi tou Pneumatos kai oxi pleon anthropoi tis sarkas.

To litourgima sas prepei na einai prosexmeno ospou na ftasete na bionete san paidia tou Theou, paidia tou Fotos.

PALAIA DIATHIKH

Sofia Seirax

Kefalaion a’

H eulabeia pros ton Theon pigi sofias. O Theos xorigei tin sofia

Kathe fora exei pigin kai proeleusin tis ton Kurion kai eis auton kai me auton uparxei aionios.

2 Poios imporei na metrisi tous kokkous tis ammou ton thalasson, tas stagonas tis broxis, ta meras tou xronou, pou exei idi parelthei ;

3 Poios imporei na eksixniasi to upsos tou ouranou, to platos tis gis, ta bathi ton thalasson kai tin sofian eis olin autis tin ektasin ;

4 H sofia edimiourgithi para tou Theou tou Ypsistou kai oi dromoi autis einai aionioi kai analloiotoi.

5 Pigi sofias einai o logos tou Theou tou Ypsistou kai oi dromoi autis einai aionioi kai analloiotoi.

6 H riza tis sofias eis poion exei apokalufthi eks oloklirou ; Kai poios eos tora egnorise ta sofa autis sxedia kai erga ;

7 H epignosis tis sofias eis poion apekalufthi ; Poios tin egnorise eis bathos kai to polupleuron tis gnoseos tis poios to katenohsen ;

8 Enas einai o apolutos sofos, o polu foberos, ekeinos o opoios kathetai epi tou thronou tou.

9 O Kurios, autos o idios edimiourgise tin sofian. Tin eide, tin eksireunise leptomeros kai tin eskorpisen eis ola ta erga tou.

10 Tin enethesen eis kathe zontanon organismon sumfona me to metron tis doreas tou. Idios omos tin exorigisen eis tous anthropous, oi opoioi ton agapoun.

11 H eulabeia pros ton Kurion einai dia ton anthropon doksa, kauxima, xara kai stefanos agalliaseos.

12 O sebasmos pros ton Kurion terpei tin kardian, didei eufrosunin kai xaran kai makrohmereusin.

13 Eis ton foboumenon ton Kurion tha dothoun kala teli zohs. Kata de tin imeran tou thanatou tou tha euri xarin enopion tou Theou.

14 Arxi kai pigi tis sofias einai to na fobitai kai na sebetai kaneis ton Kurion. Auti de h sofia sunodeuei tous anthropous apo tin koilian akomi tis mitros ton.

15 H sofia kateskeuase ton oikon tis aionion metaksi ton anthropon kai tha parameini auti pisti eis tous apogonous ton.

16 Ploutos sofias einai to na eulabitai kaneis ton Kurion. Apo tous karpous de tis sofias xortainoun kai eufrainontai ekeinoi, oi opoioi tin katexoun.

17 Olon ton oikon, eis ton opoion auti tha katoikisi, tha ton gemisi apo epithimitous thisaurous kai tas apothikas apo ta proionta tis.

18 Oloklirosis kai stefanos sofias einai h eulabeia pros ton Kurion. Auti blastanei sunexos eirinin kai somatos ugeian.

19 O Kurios monos egnorisen apolutos kai aksixniase tin sofia. Autos skorpizei os broxin eis tous anthropous epistimin kai gnosin. Autos eksupsonei kai doksazei ekeinous, oi opoioi katexoun tin sofian.

20 Riza kai arxi tis sofias einai na eulabitai kaneis ton Kurion. Oi kladoi tou dendrou tis einai makrohmereusis.

21 O sebasmos pros ton Kurion apomakrinei ta amartimata. Otan de monimos enthronisthi eis tin kardian, apomakrunei apo ton anthropon kathe orgin.

22 Anthropos, pou kratei mesa tou thumon adikon kai exthrotita, den tha euri dikaiosin, dioti h ormi tou thumou tou apotelei di’auton ptosin kai katadikin.

23 O makrothumos epi oligon kairon tha deiksi upomonin, usteron de tha dothi eis auton os amoibi xara kai eufrosuni.

24 Mexris orismenou kairou tha krupti entos autou kai tha krati en ti makrothumia tou tous logous tou. Epeita omos ta stomata ton eusebon anthropon tha dihgountai tin sunesin autou.

25 Eis tous thusaurous tis sofias uparxoun ta sofa apofthegmata. Eis de ton amartolon h pros ton Theon eusebeia einai polu misiti.

26 Epithumeis na apoktisis sofian ; Fulasse ta entolas tou Theou kai o Kurios tha sou xorigisi autin.

27 Dioti h sofia kai h morfosis pigazoun apo ton sebasmon pros ton Kurion, h pistis de kai h praotis einai xarismata tis idikis tou kalosunis.

28 Mi ginesai apeithis eis ton fobon tou Kuriou kai mi proserxesai pros auton me palimboulon kai diprosopon kardian.

29 Mi upokrinesai enopion ton anthropon kai prosexe eis tous logus sou.

30 Mi alazoneuesai, dia na mi pesis kai prosapsis eis tin zohn sou entropin. O de Kurios tha apokalupsi ta krupta sou erga kai tha se tapeinosi en meso sunathroiseos tou laou.

Dioti den prosilthes me eulabeian plision tou Kuriou, alla tounantion h kardia sou ito gemati doliotita.

Kefalaion B’

SEBASMOS KAI EMPISTOSYNH PROS TON THEON KATA TO DIASTHMA TON THLIPSEON 

Paidi mou, ean proserxesai na upiretisis ton Kurion, etoimase ton eauton sou dia diaforous dokimasias.

2 Na exis eutheian kai eilikrini tin kardian sou. Oplise ton eauton sou me upomonin kai tharros kai na mi parasurthis makran apo ton Kurion eis periodon duskolion.

3 Mene proskollimenos eis ton Theon, mi apomakrunthis apo auton, dia na doksasthis kai megalunthis katopin.

4 Kathe peirasmon kai duskolon peristasin, pou tha ekspasi epano sou, deksou ta me upomonin. Eis de tas metaptoseis kai enallagas ton thlipseon sou deikse makrothumian.

5 dioti, opos me tin fotian katharizetai kai ginetai lamproteros o xrusos, etsi kai oi anthropoi ginontai dektoi enopion tou Kuriou dia mesou tis kaminou ton thlipseon.

6 Empisteusou ton eauton sou eis ton Kurion kai autos tha se prostateusi. Frontise na einai eilikrineis kai eutheiai ai odoi kai oi tropoi tis zohs sou kai stirikse eis Ekeinon tas elpidas sou.

7 Osoi fobeisthe ton Kurion, anameinate tin ekbasin, pou Ekeinos tha dosi kai mi parekklinete apo ton dromon tou Kuriou, dia na mi pesete kai suntribite.

8 Oloi osoi fobountai ton Kurion as empisteuthoun ton eauton ton eis ekeinon kai h amoibi tin upomonis ton dent ha xathi.

9 Seis, pou fobeisthe ton Kurion, na exete tin elpida, oti tha apolausete to eleos tou, ta agatha kai tin aionian xaran.

10 Paratirisate eis tas arxaias geneas ton anthropon kai idete, poios apo ekeinous, pou enepisteuthisan ton eauton ton eis ton Kurion, entropiastike ; H poios emeinen aklonitos eis ton sebasmon pros auton kai egkateleifthi apo Ekeinon ; H poios parekalese ton Kurin kai o Kurios tou edeiksen adiaforian kai egkateleipsin ;

11 Dioti o Kurios einai oiktirmon kai elehmon, sugxorei tas amartias kai sozei tous anthropous eis periodon thlipseon kai peirasmon.

12 Alloimonon eis tas deilas kardias, eis ta paralelumena xeria kai eis ton amartolon, o opoios prospathei na badizi duo dromous, ena tou Theou kai ena tou ponirou.

13 Alloimonon eis tin atonon kai paralelumenin kardian, dioti den pisteuei eis ton Theon. Eks aitias de tis apistias tis den tha tethi upo tin skepin kai prostasian tou Kuriou.

14 Alloimonon eis sas, pou exete xasei tin upomonin ! Ti ti tha kamete, otan sas episkefthi o Kurios me dokimasias kai thlipseis ;

15 Ekeinoi, pou sebontai ton Kurion, den tha deiksoun anipakohn eis tous logous tou. Oi de agapontes auton tha tirisoun pistos tas entolas tou.

16 Osoi fobountai ton Kurion tha zitisoun kai tha euroun tin kalosunin kai tas doreas tou. Ekeinoi de, pou ton agapoun, tha xortasoun me to parapano apo tin meletin kai efarmogin tou Nomou tou.

17 Oi foboumenoi ton Kurion as exoun etoimous tas kardias ton na upostoun peirasmous.

Kai enopion tou Kuriou as upotaksoun kai tapeinosoun tous eautous ton legontes :

18 « tha paradothomen eis ta xeria tou Kuriou mallon kai oxi eis ta xeria ton anthropon. Dioti oson megali kai aprosmetritos einai h megaloprepeia tou, etsi mega kai aprosmetriton einai to eleos tou ».

Kefalaion G’

Kathikonta pros tous goneis. H aksia tis tapeinofrosunis kai ai sumforai tou uperifanou. Storgi pros tous ptoxous.

Paidia mou, akousate eme ton patera sas kai praksate ekeino, to opoion ego sas lego, dia na eurete sotirian kai xaran.

2 Dioti o Kurios edoksase kai katestise sebaston ton patera eis ta tekna tou, estereose de kai enisxuse to kuros kai ta dikaiomata tis mitros apenanti ton paidion tis.

3 Ekeinos pou tima ton patera tou upakouon etsi eis ton Theon eksileonei tas amartias tou.

4 Ekeinos de pou tima kai sebetai tin mitera tou, omoiazei me anthropon, o opoios apotamieuei thisaurous.

5 Ekeinos pou tima kai sebetai ton patera tou, tha eufranthi kai o idios ek merous ton teknon tou. Kai eis imeran, kata tin opoian tha proseuxithi, tha gini akousti h proseuxi tou.

6 Autos, pou tima kai sebetai ton patera, tha makrohmereusi epi tis gis. Kai ekeinos, o opoios upakouei eis ton Kurion, tha epanapauh kai tha eufraini tin mitera tou.

7 O storgikos uios tha upireti tous goneis tou, os ean auoi einai oi kurioi kai authentai tou.

8 Me ta erga kai me ta logia sou na timas ton patera sou, dia na elthi eis se h eulogia tou.

9 Dioti h eulogia tou patros stirizei tous oikous ton paidion tou. Eks antithetou de h katara tis mitros katastrefei ta spitia ton uion ek themelion.

10 Mi epidiokis na doksasthis me tin dusfimisin tou patros sou. Dioti h doksa tou paidiou pigazei apo tin upolipsin kai to kalon onoma tou patros. Eks’antithetou einai kataisxuni dia ta tekna h anupolipsia tis mitros ton.

12 Paidi mou, gine stirigma tou patros sou eis ta geramata tou kai mi ton lupisis katholou kata to diastima tis zohs tou.

13 Kai ean akomi h dianoia tou kai fronisis eksasthenisoun, su na eisai megalokardos kai epieikis apenanti tou. Mi ton ekseutelisis kai mi ton disfimisis, otan su tha euriskesai eis tin akmin ton dunameon sou.

14 H splagxniki sou sumperifora pros ton patera sou den tha lismonithi apo ton Theon.

Kai anti na se timorisi o Theos dia tas allas amartias sou, tha apokatastisi eutuxismenon kai statheron ton oikon sou.

15 Eis periodon dokimasion kai peirasmon o Kurios tha se enthumithi. Kai opos o hlioloustos kairos dialuei ton pagon, kata paromoion tropon tha dialuthoun kai tha eksafanisthoun ai amartiai sou.

16 To paidi, pou egkataleipei abohthiton ton patera tou, einai omoion me ton anthropon ekeinon, pou blasfimei ton Theon. Katiramenos de einai apo ton Kurion ekeinos, o opoios me tin aprepi sumperiforan tou eksorgizei tin mitera tou.

17 Teknon mou, pratte pantote ta erga sou me praotita kai etsi tha ektimithis kai tha agapithis apo kathe kalon anthropon.

18 Oson megas kai endoksos eisai, toson perissoteron na tapeinonis ton eauton sou kai etsi tha euris xarin enopion tou Kuriou.

20 Dioti megali einai h eksousia kai h megaloprepeia tou Kuriou, kai doksazetai pantote apo tous tapeinous anthropous.

21 Mi epizitis duskatorthota pragmata, kai anotera apo tas dunameis sou mi ta eksetazis katholou.

22 Ekeina, dia ta opoia exeis labei entolin kai dunasai na ta ektelesis, auta na skeptesai pantote. Dioti den uparxei kammia anagki na ereunas tas kruptas boulas tou Theou.

23 Mi periergazesai upertera erga apo ekeina, pou sou exoun anatethi dioti ta osa exeis didaxthi kai gnorizeis, uperbainoun tin dianoian ton anthropon.

24 Polloi anthropoi exoun paraplanithi apo tin aparsin ton kai enoxos diathesis paresure tas dianoias ton eis olisthimata.

25 Ean den exis ugieis tas koras ton ofthalmon sou, tha xasis monon to fos. Ean omos meinis ageustos tis ugious gnoseos kai sofias, mi epixeiris tipote, dioti ta panta einai xamena dia se.

26 O skliros kai thrasus kata tin kardian, eis to telos, tha katastrafi. Ekeinos de o opoios agapa na ektithetai eis paratolmous kindunous, tha peripesi eis kindunous kai den tha imporesi na glutosi.

27 Anthopos esklirummenos kai egopathis tha katabarunthi me pollas talaiporias. Kai o amartolos autos tha prostheti sunexos tin mian amartian epano eis tas allas amartias tou.

28 H thlipsis kai h talaiporia tou uperifanou einai atherapeutos dioti ena futon kakotitos exei rizosei mesa tou.

29 Eks antithetou h kardia tou sunetou tha skeptetai pantote sofia gnomika. Kai enas anthropos sofos epithumei na exi pantote prosektikon to auti tou eis auta, pou akouei.

30 To nero sbinei tas flogas tou piros. Etsi kai h elehmosuni eksileonei tas amartias.

31 Ekeinos o opoios antapodidei eugnomosunin kai xarin dia tas euergesias, pou elabe, tha mnimoneuetai kai eis to mellon. Eis de kairon dustixias kai thlipseos tha euri bohtheian.

KEFALAION D’

Kalosuni pros tous ptoxous. H sofia pou morfonei kai doksazei. Kali kai kaki entropi.

Paidi mou, mi sterisis ton ptoxon apo osa tou xreiazontai dia tin zohn tou kai mi anabalis tin bohtheian sou eis matia, ta opoia se kuttazoun iketeutikos.

2 Anthropon, pou peina, mi ton lupisis. Mi eksorgizis anthropon, o opoios eurisketai eis anagkin.

3 Mi taraksis perissoteron kardian, tin opoian exei anastatosei h orgi, kai mi anabalis tin bohtheian sou eis anthropon, pou exei tin anagkin sou.

4 Mi apothis anthropon, pou thlibetai kai o opoios se parakalei. Kai mi apostrepsis to prosopon sou apo ptoxon anthropon.

5 Mi apostrepsis ta matia sou apo anthropon, pou eurisketai eis anagkin, kai mi didis eis kanena aformin, na se katarasthi.

6 dioti, otan autos upo to kratos tis psuxikis tou stenoxorias se katarasthi, o Kurios, o opoios ton eplase, tha akousi tin dehsin tou.

7 Kame ton eauton sou agapiton eis tin koinonian ton anthropon. Kai skupse tapeinofronos to kefali sou empros eis tous arxontas.

8 Skupse kai akouse ton ptoxon kai na apokrithis pros auton me eirinin kai praotita.

9 Bgale apo ta xeria adikountos ton adikoumenon kai mi deiliasis, otan eisai dikastis, na apodosis to dikaion.

10 Gine osan pateras eis ta orfanan kai osan suzigos eis tin xiran mitera ton. Etsi de tha ginis kai tha eisai uios tou Ypsistou, o opoios tha se agapisi polu perissoteron, apo oson se igapisen h mitera sou.

11 H sofia anadeiknuei kai doksazei ta paidia tis kai frontizei di’ekeinous, oi opoioi zitoun na tin apoktisoun.

12 Ekeinos pou agapa tin sofian, agapa eis tin pragmatikotita tin eirinikin zohn tou. Kai osoi eksupnoun proi proi pros xarin autis, tha gemisoun apo xaran.

13 Ekeinos pou katexei tin sofian kai zi sumfona me tas entolas tis, tha apoktisi doksan. O de Kurios tha eulogi pantote tin oikian, eis tin opoian auti tha eiserxetai.

14 Osoi upiretoun tin sofian, prosferoun latreian eis ton agion Theon. Ekeinoi de oi opoioi tin agapoun, tha agapithoun apo ton Kurion.

15 Ekeinos pou upakouei eis tas entolas tis sofias, tha anadeixthi arxon laon. Kai opoios prosexei eis autin, tha katoiki eis tin oikian tou asfalis.

16 Ean empisteuthi kaneis ton eauton tou eis tin sofian, tha gini klironomos kai katoxos tis kai oi apogonoi tout ha einai metoxoi eis autin.

17 H sofia kat’arxas badizei mazi me ton katoxon autis dia mesou pollon duskolion kai di’odon stenopon. Tha tou feri kapoion fobon kai deilian kai me tin diapaidagogisin tis tha ton talaipori, mexris otou empneusi eis tin psuxin tou tin empistosunin tis. Kai tha dokimasi auton dia mesou ton entolon tis.

18 Tha epanelthi omos katopin pros auton kat’eutheian kai xoris peristrofas tha tou xarisi eufrosunin kai tha apokalupsi eis auton ta mustika tis.

19 Ean omos o anthropos tin egkataleipsi kai ekousios paraplanithi, auti episis tha ton egkataleipsi kai tha ton paradosi abohthiton eis tin katastrofin.

20 Na prosexis kai na ektimas tas ekastote peristaseis fulakse tin psuxin sou apo to poniron kai eis zitimata, ta opoia aforoun tin proodon kai sotirian tis psuxis sou, mi entrapis kanena.

21 Dioti uparxei entropi, h opoia odigei eis tin amartian. Yparxei de kai entropi, h opoia einai doksa kai xaris.

22 Mi, dia logous sustolis pros kapoio prosopon ksenon pros tin alitheian tou Theou, amartisis enantion tis psuxis sou kai mi logo tis kakos nooumenis entropis pros anthropon, pesis eis kapoio paraptoma.

23 Mi, dia logous palin sustolis kratis ton logon tou Theou eis peristasin, kata tin opoian autos legomenos tha feri sotirian, eis osous ton akousoun.

24 Dioti me ton logon ton suneton ginetai gnosti h sofia. Kai me glossan, h opoia omilei logous Theou, prosferetai h morfosis.

25 Mi, dia logous prosopikis prokatalipseos antilegis pros tin alitheian dia tin agnoian sou kai tin elleipsin morfoseos prepei na entrepesai.

26 Mi entrapis na omologisis ta sfalmata sou kai mi antitithesai eis tin fusikin rohn ton pragmaton.

27 Mi, dia logous entropis, upotaxthis kai pesis prinis eis anthropon amualon kai asebi kai mi epireasthis pote apo prosopa, pou katexoun aksiomata, oste na parekkinis apo tin alitheian.

28 Mexri tis teleutaias sou anapnohs na agonizesai dia tin alitheian kai o Kurios tha polemisi meta sou kai uper sou.

29 Mi ginesai taxus eis logous, eis uposxeseis kai sxedia oraia, amelis de kai argokinitos eis erga kala.

30 Mi ginesai san liontarei mesa eis to spiti sou, fantasiokopon kai kauxomenos anamesa eis tous upiretas sou.

31 As mi einai to xeri sou aplomeno, dia na lambani, sfikto de kai aprothumon eis to na didi.

KEFALAION E

Oi kindunoi apo ton plouton kai tin propeteian. Statheros kai sunepis eis ton logon sou.

Mi stirizesai eis ta xrimata sou kai mi eipis kauxomenos « exo arketa xrimata ».

2 Mi akolouthis tous amartolous pothous tis psuxis sou kai mi stirizesai eis tin dunamin sou, oste na poreuesai sumfona pros tas kakas epithumias tis kardias sou.

3 Mi eipis «  poios exei eksousian kai kuriotita epano mou ; » Dioti o Kurios austiros tha se timorisi.

4 Mi eipis « imartisa kai loipon ti kakon mou sunebi pros timorian mou ; » Den etimorithis dioti o Kurios einai makrothumos.

5 Mi stirizesau eis tin sugxorisin, pou didei o Theos, kai mi ginesai afobos apenanti tis amartias kai etsi prosthetis amartias epano eis amartias.

6 Mi eipis « mega kai polu einai to eleos tou Theou kai osondipote plithos amartion kai an exo diapraksei, tha me sugxorisi o Kurios ». Mi lismonis omos, oti para to Theo uparxei bebaios to eleos alla kai h orgi. Enantion de ekeinon, oi opoioi afobos amartanoun, tha epipesi h orgi tou Theou.

7 Mi bradunis anamenon katallilon taxa kairon, dia na epistrepsis pros ton Kurion, kai mi anaballis tin metanoian kai diorosin sou apo tin mian imeran eis tin allin. Dioti aifnidios tha epelthi enantion sou h orgi tou Kuriou kai kata ton kairon tis dikaias para tou Theou timorias tha katastrafis.

8 Mi stirizesai eis xrimata adika dioti auta tipote den tha se ofelisoun kata tin imeran ton sumforon kai tis orgis tou Theou.

9 Mi lixnizis to sitari sou me kathe anemon kai mi badizis eis kathe dromon, pou parousiazetai empros sou. Etsi prattei o diprosopos kai anthropareskos amartolos.

10 Na eisai statheros eis tas sunetas kai orthas pepoithiseis kai apofaseis sou kai o logos sou na einai enas.

11 Na eisai taxus eis to na akouhs, bradus de eis to na didis apantiseis.

12 Ean exeis sunetin apantisin, apokrisou eis ton plision sou ei de allos bale to xeri eis to stoma sou, oste na mi omilisis.

13 Doksa kai ekseutelismos uparxoun eis tin omilian, analogos ton oson legei o anthropos. H de akritos kai aprosektos glossa odigei eis ptoseis kai duskolias ton anthropon.

14 Mi feresai etsi, oste na se onomasoun koutsompolin kai psithuristin me tin glossan sou de mi stinis pagidas eis baros ton allon. Dioti, ean dia ton kleptin epifulassetai kataisxuni, gia ton diploprosopon kai katalalon epifulassetai austira katadiki.

15 Kai ta megala kai ta mikra eksetaze ta me pollin prosoxin, oste na mi ta agnohs.

KEFALAION ST’

H filia. O zilos dia tin alithinin sofian didei aksian eis ton anthropon.

Anti filou mi ginesai me tin kakin sumperiforan sou exthros pros ton filon sou, dioti etsi tha apoktisis kakin fimin, entropin kai oneidos. Tetoios einai o diprosopos amartolos.

2 Mi parasurthis kai dothis eis tas kakas ekrikseis tis kardias sou, dia na mi anastatothi kai katastrafi os apo mainomenon tauron h zoh sou.

3 Ean katabroxthizis kai katastrefis ta fulla tis zohs sou, tha xasis kai tous karpous sou. Kai en telei tha kamis kai tha afisis ton eauton sou os ena ksiron ksilon.

4 H ponira psuxi katastrefei auton, pou tin exei, kai tha ton kami perigelon eis tous exthrous tou.

5 O glukis omos logos tha pluthini tous filous tou. Kai glossa, h opoia omilei kala, tha elkusi plithos apo eugeneis kai kalas apantiseis.

6 Oi anthropoi, me tous opoious euriskesai eis eirinikas sxeseis, as einai poluarithmoi. Oi sumbouloi sou omos as eklegontai meta prosoxis, enan anamesa eis xilious.

7 Ean thelis na apoktisis filon, apoktise ton katopin dokimasias kai eksetaseos, kai pantos mi empisteusaei ton eauton sou eis ekeinon amesos

8 dioti uparxoun filoi prosorinoi kai proskairoi autoi omos den tha parameinoun konta sou os filoi eis perioson tis dustixias sou.

9 Yparxoun filoi, oi opoioi metaballoun suntomos eis exthran tin filian, apokaluptoun eis tous allous ta trota tou xaraktiros kai tis zohs sou, oste na prokaloun enantion sou maxin kai oneidismon.

10 Yparxoun alloi, oi opoioi menoun filoi, ef’oson trogoun eis tin trapezan sou. Den tha meinoun omos konta sou eis periodon anagkis kai dokimasias sou.

11 Oi pseudeis kai aneilikrineis autoi filoi tha xrisimopoioun ta agatha sou, os ean einai idika ton. Kai tha omiloun me eksousian pros tous upiretas sou, os ean autoi einai oi kurioi ton.

12 Otan omos ekpesis kai eurethis eis anagkin, tha strafoun enantion sou kai tha fugoun apo empros sou kai tha krufthoun.

13 Na apomakrinthis apo tous exthrous sou kai apo kati tetoious filous na prosexis.

14 O pistos filos einai isxura prostasia. Ekeinos de pou euren ena tetoion filon eure thisauron.

15 Me tipote den antallassetai enas pistos filos, kai me kanena tropon den imporei kaneis na zugisi kai ektimisi tin aksian tou.

16 O pistos filos einai farmakon, pou didei zohn. Osoi de fobountai ton Kurion, tha euroun tetoion filon.

17 Ekeinos pou eulabeitai ton Kurion, einai euthis kai eilikrinis eis tin filian tou. Opos einai autos, etsi tha einai kai o filos, ton opoion ekselekse.

18 Paidi mou, apo tin nearin sou ilikian dialekse kai protimise tin ugian morfosin. Etsi de tha euris kai tha katexis tin alithinin sofian, eos otou asprisoun ai trixes tis kefalis sou.

19 Opos ekeinos pou organei kai speirei, kopiazei, etsi kai su proselthe pros tin alithi morfosin me tin apofasin na kopiasis kai perimene tous kalous autis karpous. Dioti, otan ergazesai dia tin apoktisin autis, tha kopiasis bebaia oligon, polu suntoma omos tha geuthis tous kalous karpous tis.

20 Poson omos duskolos einai di’ekeinous, pou den exoun oute theloun paideian kai morfosin ! Anthropos de xoris eugeni kardian kai anohtos dent ha epimeini, dia na apoktisi tin sofian.

21 Dioti h sofia tou einai osan baris lithos, pou ton katabarunei kai ton piezei kai den tha bradini autos na tin aporripsi.

22 H sofia einai aksia tou lamprou onomatos tis. Alla den ginetai fanera kai gnosti eis tous pollous.

23 akouse, paidi mou, deksai tin gnomin mou kai mi aparneisai tin sumboulin mou.

24 These ta podia sou eis ta desma tis kai ton traxilon sou eis to siderenio perilaimion tis.

25 Xamilose tous omous sou, fortosou tin kai bastakse tin kai mi dusforisis dia ta desma tis.

26 Me olin sou tin kardian plisiase pros autin kai me olin sou tin dinamin fulakse tous dromous tis.

27 Akolouthise ta ixni tis, anazitise tin kai tha tin euris, tha gini gnosti eis se. Kai otan pleon tin apoktisis, mi tin afisis pote.

28 Dioti eis to telos ton prospatheion kai ton kopon sou tha euris anapausin apo autin, Auti tha metablithi kai tha gini dia se xara kai eufrosuni.

29 Ta pedouklia tis, ta opoia prohgoumenos se estenoxorousan, tha einai tora dia se isxura prostasia. Kai ta siderenia tis perilaimia tha einai endoksos stoli sou.

30 O zigos tis tha einai oloxrison kosmima dia se kai ta desma tis klosmenes kuanes oraies tainies.

31 Tha enduthis autin os oraian endokson stolin kai tha tin thesis epano eis to kefali sou osan ena stefanon xaras kai doksis.

32 Ean, paidi mou, thelisis kai agapisis tin sofian, tha ekpaideuthis kai tha morfothis me autin kai an tis dosis tin kardian sou, tha ginis polu sofos.

33 Ean tin agapisis kai thelisis na tin akouhs, tha didaxthis apo autin polla. Kai ean me prosoxin kai endiaferon klinis to auti sou pros autin, tha ginis sofos.

34 Anamesa eis sugkentrosin presbuteron kai empeiron anthropon stasou orthios kai afou eksetasis, poios apo autous einai o sofoteros, proskollisou eis auton.

35 Me olin sou tin thelisin akoue theian didaskalian kai istorian. Ta de sofa gnomika as mi sou diafeugoun pote.

36 Ean euris ena suneton anthropon, pigaine apo polu proi pros auton kai me tin suxnin sou foitisin, as triboun apo ta podia sou ta skalopatia tis thuras tou spitiou tou.

37 Na exis pantote eis tin dianoian sou kai na skeptesai ta prostagmata tou Kuriou kai tas entolas autou na ta meletas pantote. Autos tha stiriksi kai tha enisxusi tin kardian sou kai h sofia, tin opoian epithumeis, tha sou dothi.

KEFALAION Z

Polutimoi sumboulai. H sumperifora entos tou spitiou. Eulabeia pros ton Theon, timi pros tous iereis, storgi pros tous ptoxous kai thlibomenous.

Mi prattis to kakon kai kakon pote den tha se euri.

2 Fuge makrua apo to adikon, kai to adikon tha apomakrunthi apo se.

3 Paidi mou, mi spernis eis aulakia adikias kai aksiomata, oute endoksous theseis apo ton basileia.

4 Mi zitis apo ton Kurion eksousias kai aksiomata, oute endoksous theseis apo ton basilea.

5 Mi prospathis na dikaiologithis kai fanis dikaios enopion tou Kuriou, oute kai na thelis na fanis sofos enopion tou basileos.

6 Mi epizitis na ginis dikastis, mipos tuxon den imporesis na eksaleipsis tas adikias.

Yparxei de o kindunos, apo fobon kai sustoli pros to prosopon tou arxontos thesis enopion sou empodia, opou tha skontapsi h eilikrineia sou.

7 Mi diaprattis adikias eis baros tou plithous tis poleos kai mi erxesai antimetopos pros auto. Oute palin na ptohsai kai ksepeftis enopion tou oxlou.

8 Mi epanalabis deuteran foran tin amartian kai desmeuthis palin apo autin, dioti kai tis mias monis amartias den tha apofugis tin timorian.

9 Mi eipis, oti « o Kurios tha labi up’opsin tou to plithos ton doron mou kai o Theos o upsistos tha ta prosdexthi, otan ego ta prosfero, kai etsi tha eksileotho enopion tou”.

10 Mi apokamis kai mi oligopsixisis eis tin proseuxin sou kai mi paramelis, ef’oson dunasai, na kanis elehmosunin.

11 Mi perigelas anthropon, o opoios eurisketai eis psuxikin stenoxorian, dioti uparxei o Kurios, o opoios tapeinonei kai anupsonei.

12 Mi kalliergis pseudi eis baros tou adelfou sou, oute na kamis to idion eis ton filon sou.

13 Prosexe na mi eipis kanena pseudos, dioti tis pseudologias h sunexeia pote den tha kataliksi eis to kalon.

14 Mi legis polla kai askopa logia enopion pollon megaliteron sou kai mi epanalambanis askopos ta idia logia kai fluaris etsi eis tin proseuxin sou.

15 Mi misisis kai apostrafis kopiodi ergasian, oute tin georgian, dioti auti exei kathierothi kai epiblithi apo ton Theon.

16 Mi sugkatalegis ton eauton sou me ta plithi ton amartolon exe up’opsin sou, oti h orgi tou Kuriou den tha bradini na ekdilothi.

17 Tapeinose bathitata ton eauton sou enopion tou Theou, dioti h katadiki tou asebous ek merous tou Theou tha einai pir kai skoliks.

18 Mi allaksis kai mi egkatalipis ton filon sou eneka sumferontos. Oute kai gnision adelfon sou, esto kai me to politimon kai gnision xrusafi Soufeir.

19 Mi adiaforis dia tin sunetin kai agathin sizigon sou, dioti h xaris ton areton tis einai anotera apo xrusafi.

20 Mi kakopoihsis upiretin, o opoios ergazetai me eilikrineian dia se, oute imeromisthion ergatin, o opoios sou exei dosei tin psixin tou.

21 Doulon sineton kai fronimon agapise ton me olin sou tin kardian kai mi sterisis auton apo tin eleutherian tou.

22 Ean exis ktini, frontize di’auta, kai ean auta sou einai xrisima, fulakse ta konta sou.

23 Ean exis paidia, diapaidagogise ta kai morfose ta kai mathe ta na kuptoun ton traxilon ton eis ton zigon ton theion entolon.

24 Ean exis thugateras, prosexe tin somatikin ugeian kai agnotita, alla kai deixne tous prosopon austiron.

25 Pantrepse kala tin korin sou kai tha katorthosis etsi mega ergon. Dorise tin eis andra suneton.

26 Exeis labei sizigon kata tin epithimian tis kardias sou ; Mi tin ekdioksis. Eis gunaika de, dia tin opoian trefeis apostrofin kai misos, mi empisteuthis kai paradosis ton eauton sou.

27 Me olin sou tin kardian na sebesai kai na timas ton patera sou kai pote na mi lismonis tous ponous, pou edokimasen h mitera sou, otan se egennise.

28 Na enthimisai, oti dia mesou ton dio auton goneon sou ilthes eis ton kosmon. Kai ti imporeis su na antapodosis pros autous en sugkrisei pros ekeina, pou ekeinoi ekaman eis se ;

29 Me olin sou tin psixin na eulabisai ton Kurion kai na sebesai tou iereis tou.

30 Me olin tin dinamin tis kardias kai tis dianoias sou agapise ton Plastin sou kai mi egkataleipsis tous leitourgous tou.

31 Na eulabisai ton Kurion, na doksasis ton ierea kai na didis eis auton tin merida tou, opos exei orisei o Nomos tas aparxas ton proionton sou, ta temaxia ap tas eksilastirious thusias, pou prosfereis, tous deksious mirous, tin anaimakton thisian tou agiasmou kai tas aparxas ton ieron prosforon.

32 Aplose elehmona tin xeira sou kai pros ton ptoxon, dia na einai pliris kai teleia h eulogia tou Theou pros se.

33 H gennaiodoria sou as ekdilonetai pros kathe zonta kai pros auton akoma ton nekron na deiksis eleos.

34 Mi paraleipis na sumparistasai eis tous klaiontas, penthise de kai su mazi me tous penthountas.

35 Mi eisai nothros kai aprothimos eis to na episkeptesai ton arroston, dioti apo kati tetoia erga tha agapithis apo ton Theon kai apo tous anthropous.

36 Eis ola ta erga kai ta logia sou na enthimisai pantote to telos tis zohs sou, kai etsi pote den tha parasirthis eis amartias.

KEFALAION H

Prosoxi eis tin sumperiforan pros tous isxirous, pros tous kakous, pros tous ksenous kai pros tous sofous.

Mi filoneikis kai mi diapliktizesai me anthropon, pou exei eksousian, mipos tixon kai pesis eis ta xeria tou.

2 Mi diapliktizesai me plousion anthropon, mipos autos xrisimopoihsi ton plouton tou enantion sou. Dioti pollous exei katastrepsei o xrisos kai kardias akomi basileon exei parekklinei apo tin eutheian odon.

3 Mi maxesai enantion anthropou athirostomou kai authadous, kai mi me ta logia kai tin sumperiforan stoibazis ksila eis tin fotian ton pathon, pou einai anammeni mesa tou.

4 Mi asteiologis me agroikon anthropon, dia na mi idis ubrizomenous tous progonous sou.

5 Mi empaiksis pote anthropon, o opoios epistrefei en metanoia apo tin amartian. Exe de pantote up’opsin sou, oti oloi eimetha upodikoi timorion enopion tou Theou.

6 Mi katafronisis kai mi ekseutelisis anthropon eis to giras autou, dioti apo imas, kathos perna o kairos, proerxontai oi gerontes.

7 Mi se katalabi moxthira xara dia nekron, o opoios endexomenos ipirksen exthros sou. Exe de pantote up’opsin sou, oti oloi badizomen pros ton thanaton.

8 Mi aprosektisis eis didaskalias kai dihgiseis sofon, alla ta sofa gnomika ton na ta exis os diarki apasxolisin sou dioti apo auta tha didaxthis kai tha morfotheis, oste na ginis ikanos na upiretis arxontas.

9 Mi adiaforis eis ta logia ton geronton, dioti auta, pou ekeinoi gnorizoun, ta emathan apo tous progonous ton. Apo tous gerontas tha didaxthis sunesin kai en kairo anagkis sou tha gnorizis na didis tas katallilous apantiseis.

10 Mi anaptis anthrakas pathon eis tin kardian tou amartolou mipos kai su kahs apo tin floga ton.

11 Mi eksanastis kai mi apantiseis enantion tou ibristou, mipos kai sou stisi pagida eis ta logia tou stomatos sou.

12 Mi dosis daneion eis ton isxuroteron sou. Ean de kai tou dosis, na theoris auto os xamenon.

13 Mi didis egguhsin megaliteron apo tas dinameis sou. Ean omos kai dosis eggihsin, as etoimasthis os ean prokeitai na plirosis o idios.

14 Mi erxesai eis antidikian me dikastin, dioti oi dikastai, pou tha dikasoun tin diaforan sas, tha krinoun sumfona me tin gnomin tou sunadelfou ton.

15 Me thrasin kai aperiskeptos tolmiron mi badizis eis ton idion dromon, dia na mi pesi epano sou to baros ekeinou. Dioti autos tha pratti pantote sumfona me to thelima tou, xoris na akouh kanena. Etsi de me tin aperiskepsian ekeinou tha katastrafis kai su.

16 Me thimodi anthropon mi anoigis filoneikias kai maxas kai mi badizis mazi tou eis erimikon dromon, dioti autos den didei simasian eis to anthropinon aima kai den tha distasi na se foneusi ekei, opou dia tin erimian tou topou den einai dinaton na sou parasxethi kammia bohtheia.

17 Mi zitis sumboulas apo moron anthropon kai mi empisteuesai eis auton ton eauton sou, dioti ekeinos den tha imporesi na kratisi mistikon ton logon sou.

18 Enopion enos ksenou kai agnostou anthropou mi kamis kati, to opoion prepei na meini mustikon, dioti den gnorizeis tit ha epakolouthisi.

19 Mi anoigis tin kardian sou eis oiondipote anthropon kai mi zitisis na labis apo auton kammian ekdouleusin.

KEFALAION TH’

Prosoxi eis tin sumperiforan pros gunaikas. H sumperifora sou pros filous, pros enaretous, pros kakous.

Mi zilotupis tin gunaika sou, pou anapauetai eis tin agkalin sou. Kai mi embalis eis ton eauton sou poniras skepseis.

2 alla kai mi paradidis eks’oloklirou tin kardian sou eis tin suzigon sou, dia na mi gini auti kuria epi tis dinameos sou.

3 Mi epizitis sunantiseis me etairan, mipos peripesis eis tas pagidas tis.

4 Mi suxnazis kai mi sunanastrafesai me tragoudistrian, dia na mi peripesis kai kurieuthis eis ta texnasmata tis.

5 Mi periergazesai parthenon, dia na mi skandalisthis kai pesis eis tin autin mazi tis amartian kai timorian.

6 Mi paradidis tin kardian sou eis pornas, dia na mi xasis tin periousian sou.

7 Mi eis tas odous tis poleos strefis edo kai ekei to blemma sou kai eis dromous opou den uparxoun anthropoi mi periplanasai.

8 Gurise allou to blemma sou apo oraian gunaika kai mi periergazesai kallos ksenon. Dioti apo to kallos tis gunaikos polloi andres eplanithisan kai paresurthisan eis to kakon. Apo to kallos tis osan fotia anaptei o eros.

9 Mi kathesai katholou mazi me upandron gunaika kai mi parakathisis mazi tis eis euoxian kai oinoposian, mipos parekklini h kardia sou kai upokupsi eis to kallos autis kai olisthisis psuxikos kai katastrafis.

10 Mi afinis filon palaion kai dokimasmenon xarin enos neou dioti o neos den einai dinaton na einai isaksios me ekeinon. O neos filos omoiazei pros to neo krasi. Ean to krasi gini palaion, tha to pinis me pollin euxaristisin.

11 Mi zileusis tin doksan tou amartolou anthropou, dioti den gnorizeis poia kai poson megali tha einai h katastrofi tou.

12 Mi didis tin kardian sou eis tas terpseis ton asebon anthropon. Exe up’opsin sou oti mexri kai tou adou den tha meinoun autoi atimoritoi.

13 Feuge makria apo anthropon, o opoios exei tin eksousian na diatassi fonon kai na ekteli fonon, kai na mi se katalabi kammia for a o fobos kai h agonia tou thanatou. Konta tou mi diapraksis pote kanena sfalma, dia na mi afairesi tin zohn sou. Kath’on xronon meneis mazi tou, exe safos up’opsin sou, oti badizeis en meso pagidon kai peripateis epano eis epikindinous epalkseis teixon poleos.

14 Me olin tin dinamin tis dianoias sou eksetakse tous anthropous, pou euriskontai konta sou, ean einai eusebeis kai aksiopistoi. Kai na zitis sumboulon monon apo tous sofous.

15 As suskeptesai kai as sunomilis me sinetous anthropous kai prosexe, oste kathe sunomilia sou na anaferetai eis ton Nomon tou Ypsistou Theou.

16 Oi dikaioi anthropoi as einai sundaitumones sou, kauxima de kai doksa sou as uparxi pantote eis ton sebasmon pros ton Kurion.

17 Oraion ergon, pou bgainei apo ta xeria texniton, epaineitai, kai o sunetos arxigos tou laou tha fani apo ta logia tou.

18 Epikindinos kai foberos einai eis tin polin o kakoglossos kai athurostomos anthropos ekeinos de pou einai akritos kai taxis eis ta logia tou tha misithi.

KEFALAION I’

H aksia tou sinetou arxontos. Enantion tis alazoneias. Oi aksioi timis.

Sofos arxon paidagogei kai morfonei ton laon tou h eksousia de kai h kibernisis tou sinetou arxontos einai orthos taktopoihmeni.

2 Opoios tis einai o arxon enos laou, tetoioi tha einai kai oi up’auton aksiomatouxoi. Kai opoios einai o arxon mias poleos, tetoioi tha einai kai oi katoikoi autis.

3 Amorfotos kai asinetos basileus odigei ton lao tou eis tin katastrofin eks’antithetou apokta pollous katoikous mias polis kai euhmerei xaris eis tin sinesin ton kalon arxonton.

4 Apo to xeri tou Kuriou xorigeitai kathe eksousia epano eis tin gin, ton de xrisimon kai kalon arxonta ep’autis tha anadeiksi o Kurios eis ton katallilon kairon.

5 Eis to xeri tou pantodinamou Kuriou einai h kateuodosis pantos anthropou eis ta erga tou. Kai eis to prosopon tou dikaiou nomothetou tha apothesi o Theos tin doksan tou.

6 Oiandipote adikian kai an sou kami o plision, mi mnisikakisis enantion tou kai mi kamis tipote eis tin ormin tou pathous.

7 H uperifaneia einai misiti enopion Theou kai anthropon kai enopion amfoteron o uperifanos tha diapraksi pollas adikias.

8 H basileia perierxetai apo to ena ethnos eis to allo eks aitias ton adikion, tis uperifaneias kai tou adikou ploutismou.

9 Diati uperifaneuetai o anthropos, pou einai xoma kai stakti; Dioti tou uperifanou anthropou, kath’on xronon akomi ezouse, ego erripsa ta entosthia tou kato.

10 Makran astheneian, h opoia den ferei ton thanaton alla oute kai therapeuetai, tin empaizei kai o iatros. Kai o asthenon basileus simeron uparxei, aurion de apothniskei.

11 Otan de apothani o anthropos, tha ton klironomisoun kai tha ton paralaboun ta erpeta kai ta thiria kai ta skoulikia.

12 H arxi kai proti aitia tis apomakrinseos tou anthropou apo ton Kurion einai h uperifaneia. H kardia tou uperifanou exei apomakrinthi apo ton dimiourgon tou.

13 Epeidi de arxi kai pigi kathe amartias einai o egoismos, ekeinos o opoios kratei ton egoismon tou kai kuriarxeitai apo auton, tha ksexisi osan broxin apo mesa tou bdelirotitas. Dia touto o Kurios tha tou aposteili tromeras timorias kai tha ton katastrepsi eks oloklirou.

14 O Kurios ekrimnise thronous arxonton kai anti ekeinon egkatestise praous anthropous os arxontas.

15 Rizas alazonikon ethnon ekserrizosen o Kurios kai efuteusen anti ekeinon tapeinous anthropous.

16 Xoras uperifanon ethnon tas katestrepsen o Kurios.

17 Eksirane tin zohn ton, eksolothreuse tous katoikous ton kai esbise tin anamnisin ton apo tin gin.

18 O egoismos den einai proorismenos kai tairiastos dia ton anthropon, oute o thimos kai h orgi dia ta tekna ton gunaikon.

19 Poion genos einai entimon kai endokson enopion tou Theou ;

To genos ton anthropon.

Poion genos anthropon kai poioi anthropoi einai entimoi kai doksasmenoi plision tou Theou ;

Ekeinoi monon, pou fobountai ton Kurion.

Poion genos metaksi ton zonton dimiourgimaton einai dinaton na katantisi katafronimenon kai adokson ;

To genos ton anthropon.

Poioi apo to genos auto peripiptoun eis adoksian kai katafronisin ;

Ekeinoi pou parabainoun tas entolas tou Theou.

20 Arxon apolambanei dikaian timin kai doksan en meso monon anthropon, pou theoroun o enas ton allon adelfon ton. Autos de as exi pantote pro ofthalmon kai as tima ekeinous, pou eulabountai ton Kurion.

22 Kai dia ton plousion kai dia ton endokson kai dia ton ptoxon to kauxima prepei na einai o sebasmos pros ton Theon.

23 Den einai dikaion na theoritai anaksios timis o sinetos, dioti einai ptoxos. Oute de na timatai kai na doksazetai o amartolos anthropos epeidi einai plousios.

24 Oi megistanes kai oi kritai kai oi arxontes doksazontai, alla kaneis apo autous den einai anoteros apo ekeinon, pou fobeitai ton Kurion.

25 Anthropoi eleutheroi tha ginoun upiretai eis doulon sofon. O de sinetos kai morfomenos anthropos den tha goggisi di’auto.

26 Mi alazoneuesai, oti tha kamis erga megala anotera apo tas dinameis sou. Kai eis kairon diskolion kai stenoxorion mi epideiknuesai apokrupton tin pragmatikin sou katastasin.

27 Kaliteros einai ekeinos, pou ergazetai kai etsi antapokrinetai eis olas autou tas biotikas anagkas, para ekeinos pou peripattei kauxisiologon kath’on xronon stereitai kai apo auto to psomi tou.

28 Paidi mou, na timas ton eauton sou me tin praotita sou kai na apodidis eis ton eauton sou tin timin kai tin thesin, pou sou aksizei.

29 Ekeinon pou diaprattei amartimata enantion tis psixis tou, poios tha eurethi na ton dikaiosi ; Kai poios tha doksasi ekeinon, o opoios katekseutelizei ton eauton tou me tin aprepi diagogin tou ;

30 O ptoxos apokta doksan me tin gnosin kai me tin sofian tou. O plousios apokta doksas me ton plouton tou. Protimoteros omos einai o protos.

31 Ean o ptoxos einai sofos kai doksazetai, poson perissoteron tha doksasthi otan apoktisi kai plouton ; Ean o plousios den exi tin doksan tis sofias, poson adoksos tha einai, otan katantisi ptoxos ;

KEFALAION IA’

Mi parasuresai apo ta fainomena. Meta sinetis bradititos. Me empistosinin eis ton Theon. Na duspistis pros ton poniron.

H sofia tou tapeinofronos anthropou ton doksazei kai ton tima, en meso de episimon anthropon tha tou dosi thesin.

2 Mi epainesis anthropon dia tin oraiotita tou, oute kai na apostrafis allon anthropon, dioti to prosopon tou den einai oraion.

3 H melissa apo apopseos somatikis emfaniseos kai isxios einai makria metaksi ton pteroton, alla to proion ton kopon tis einai eksairetikis glikititos.

4 Mi kauxasai dia ta oraia endimata, pou foreis, oute kai na alazoneuesai eis imeras doksis sou. Idou, oti ta erga tou Kuriou einai thaumasta kai omos ta pleista apo ta erga tou menoun agnosta metaksi ton anthropon.

5 Polloi arxontes exasan tous thronous kai tin eksousian ton kai ekathisan kato eis to xoma. Ekeinos de, ton opoion dia tin asimotita tou kaneis pote den eskefthi, eforese basilikon stemma eis tin kefalin tou.

6 Polloi basileis kai arxontes exasan to stemma kai tin eksousian ton kai periepesan eis asimotita, opos episis kai polloi endoksoi paredothisan eis xeiras allon os douloi.

7 Prin akribos eksetasis kai pliroforithis tin alitheian, mi katigorisis. Prota na katanohsis kalos kai katopin na apeuthinis paratiriseis kai elegxous.

8 Prin akousis kai ennohsis, mi didis apokrisin. Kai otan oi alloi omiloun, mi parembainis, dia na tous diakopsis.

9 Dia zitimata, ta opoia den se aforoun, mi filoneikis, eis de tas antegkliseis kai tas dikas ton amartolon anthropon mi anakateuesai.

10 Paidi mou, mi ekteinesai eis polla erga kai malista anotera ton dinameon sou. Ean plithinis ta erga sou kai tas asxolias sou, tha peripesis endexomenos eis sfalmata kai den tha meinis xoris enoxin. Kai ean epidiokis na epituxis polla, den tha katorthosis na apofugis tas apotuxias.

11 Yparxoun anthropoi, oi opoioi kopiazoun kai moxthoun kai speudoun sinexos, kai omos toson perissoteron sterountai.

12 Yparxoun eks antithetou anthropoi adinatoi, meiomenis drastiriotitos, oi opoioi exoun anagkin sumparastaseos kai bohtheias ton allon, usteroun autoi eis dinamin kai euriskontai eis megalin ptoxeian. En toutois pros autous o Kurios strefei me eumeneian tous ofthalmous tou kai tous anorthonei apo tin tapeinin kai diskolon thesin ton.

13 Anipsonei tin kefalin ton tous tima kai tous emfanizei metaksi ton allon, oste polloi anthropoi na katalambanontai apo thaumasmon di’autous.

14 Ta kala kai ta disaresta, h zoh kai o thanatos, o ploutos kai h ptoxeia, didontai kai kateuthinontai apo ton Kurion.

17 Ai doreai tou Theou didontai kai paramenoun eis xeiras ton eusebon. H de eumeneia tou Kuriou prostateuei kai kateuodonei autous eis tous aionas.

18 Yparxoun anthropoi, oi opoioi ploutoun, dioti einai sfixtoxerides. Idou omos poia tha einai h amoibi ton.

19 Otan tha eipoun « eurika epitelous tin isixian kai anapausin mou kai tora tha trogo kai tha apolambano ta agatha mou », en toutois den gnorizei epi poson kairon tha diarkesi auti h katastasis kai pote tha egkataleipsi ta agatha tou eis tous allous, dioti autos tha apothani.

20 Su omos mene prosilomenos eis to entimon ergon, pou exeis analabei. Auto na exis suntrofon sou eis tin kardian kai tin dianoian sou kai girase eis to ergon sou auto.

21 Mi kataplittesai dia ta erga tou amartolou. Su exe pistin kai empistosunin eis ton Kurion kai mene statheros eis to ergon sou, oson kourastikon kai an einai. Dioti einai eukolon eis ton Kurion taxitata kai amesos na dosi plouti eis ton ptoxon.

22 H eulogia tou Kuriou einai o misthos kai h antamoibi tou eusebous. Kai eis stigmin xronoun imporei na kami, oste na anathali kai na karpoforisi h eulogia tou.

23 Mi eipis “ti anagkin exo pleon, poia alla agatha imporo apo edo kai pera na exo;”

24 Mi eipis “arketa einai auta, pou exo. Kai poion kakon h poian distixian exo na fobitho apo tora kai eis to eksis ; »

25 Eis periodon eutixias kai mesa eis ton plouton ton agathon den enthumeitai kaneis tas thlipseis kai stenoxorias. Opos episis kai eis periodon stenoxorion kai sumforon den enthimeitai ta agatha, pou eixen allote.

26 Einai omos eukolotaton eis ton Kurion kata tin oran tou thanatou na apodosi eis ton kathe anthropon analoga me ton tropon tis zohs tou kai me ta erga tou.

28 Dia touto pro tou thanatou mi kalotuxizis kanena. Kai eis ta tekna tou, ta opoia tha ton klironomisoun, tha deixthi o anthropos, poios pragmatika einai.

29 Mi eisagis kathe anthropon eis to spiti sou. Dioti polla einai ai pagides, tas opoias stinoun oi dolioi anthropoi.

30 Opos h perdika tithetai eis to kloubi tou kunigou os doloma, etsi einai h kardia, o nous kai h diathesis tou uperifanou, dioti os kataskopos autos parakolouthei kai perimenei tin katarreusin sou.

31 Autos enedreuei kai prospathei na metabali ta kala eis kaka, enantion de ton eklekton kai diakekrimenon prospathei na prosapsi katigorias.

32 Apo ena spinthira anaptei megali fotia kai enas amartolos anthropos stinei enedras, dia na xisi aimata.

33 Prosexe apo ton kakopoion anthropon, dioti autos pantote katastronei kai thetei eis energeian ponira sxedia. Prosexe, mipos kai enantion sou prosapsi katigorian adikon, h opoia tha meini pantote.

34 Bale ena ksenon eis to spiti sou kai autos tha se anastatosi me tas taraxas, pou tha upegeiri eis ton oikon sou, kai tha se apoksenosi apo tous idikous sou anthropous.

KEFALAION IB’

Pou tha dosis tin euergesian sou ; Alitheis kai pseudeis filoi.

Ean kamnis euergesias, prosexe eis poion tas kamneis, kai tha euris tote euxaristisin di’autas.

2 Euergetise ton eusebi, anthropon diladi pou aksizei na euergetithi, kai tha euris apo auton eugnomona antapodosin. Alla kai an den euris apo ekeinon, tha euris tin antapodosin tou agathou apo ton Theon.

3 Den einai orthon kai dikaion na euergetitai anthropos, o opoios isxurognomonos epimenei eis to kakon. Opos episeis kai ekeinos, o opoios, eno imporei, den kamnei pote elehmosunin.

4 Dose tin elehmosinin sou eis ton eusebi kai mi erxesai eis bohtheian tou ametanohtou amartolou.

5 Euergetise ton tapeinon anthropon kai mi dosis tin euergesian sou eis ton poromenon asebi. Kratise tous artous sou, mi tous didis eis ton asebi, dia na mi se katadinasteusi ekeinos me autous.

Dioti tha euris apo auton oxi eugnomosinin, alla diplasia kaka apo ta agatha, ta opoia tou ekames.

6 Dioti kai autos outos o Ypsistos misei kai apostrefetai tous amartolous. Kai tha antapodosi eis tous asebeis tin dikaian timorian.

7 Prosfere, loipon, tin bohtheian kai euergesian sou eis ton agathon kai mi erxesai eis bohtheian tou amartollou.

8 O filos sou dent ha se fthonisi oute tha prospathisi na se blapsi, otan eutixis opos episis kai o exthros sou den tha kripsi tin xaran tou, ean peripesis eis distixian.

9 Otan enas eutixi kai apolambani ta agatha tou, oi exthroi tou stenoxorountai. Otan omos peripesi eis sumforas kai stenaxorias, tote kai autos akomi o filos tou einai dinaton na ton egkataleipsi.

10 Mi didis pote empistosinis eis ton exthron sou, dioti, opos o xalkos okseidonetai kai den fainetai to esoterikon tou, etsi einai kai h poniria tou exthrou.

11 Ean autos tapeinothi enopion sou kai badizi me tin kefalin pros ta kato, prosekse ton eauton sou kai filaskou apo auton. Na ferthis kai na praksis apenanti autou, opos kamneis, otan exis katharisei ena kathreptin. H skouria kai h upokrisia tou exthrou sou den tha meini eos telos. Tha fani autos pou pragmatika einai.

12 Mi topothetisis ton exthron sou plision sou, dia na mi se anatrepsi kai kathisi ekeinos eis tin thesin sou. Mi ton balis na kathisi ek deksion sou, dia na mi epizitisi ekeinos na se ektopisi kai kathisi eis to kathisma sou. Etsi de polu arga tha katanohsis tin aksian ton logon mou kai tha lipithis, dioti den ikouses tas sumboulas mou.

13 Poios tha lipithi kai tha deiksi oikton pros ton magon, pou gohteuei ta fidia me ta asmata tou, otan ton dagkosi to fidi h pros tous thiriodamastas, oi opoioi plisiazoun ta thiria ;

14 Etsi sumbainei kai me ekeinon, pou anastrefetai kai poreuetai mazi me amartolon anthropon kai sumfuretai me tas amartias ekeinou.

15 Prosorinos menei mazi sou, otan se blepi na istasai kai exi sumferon apo se. Ean omos klonisthis, den tha se stiriksi oute tha parameini konta sou.

16 O exthros sou tha exi pantote glika logia eis ta xeili tou eis tin kardian tou omos tha skeptetai, na se anatrepsi kai na se ripsi eis bothron. O exthros sou tha exi upokritika dakrua sumpatheias eis ta matia tou dia se. Ean omos euri eukairian, den tha xortaini apo to aima sou.

17 Ean sou sumbi kati kakon, tha euris auton ekei emprosthen sou kai prospoioumenos oti se bohthei, tha se arpasi apo tin pternan, dia na se ripsi kato.

18 Epeita tha kini empaiktikos tin kefalin tou, tha ktipa me xairekakian tas palamas tou, tha psithirizi polla eis baros sou kai tha metabali to prosopon tou, oste na fani moxthiron, opos eis tin pragmatikotita einai.

KEFALAION IG’

Mi exis piknin epikoinonian me tous anoterous sou, alla me tous isous sou. Meroliptiki sumperifora pollon anthropon.

Ekeinous pou eggizei tin pissan, tha pasaleifthi me tin akatharsian tis, kai ekeinos pou sunanastrefetai me anthropon uperifanon, tha gini omoios me auton.

2 Mi sikonis eis tous omous sou baros anoteron apo tas dinameis sou. Me anthropon, pou einai isxuroteros kai plousioteros apo se, mi exis pollin epikoinonian. Pian sxesin imporei na exi mia pilini xitra me ton xalkinon lebita ; Ean proskrousi eis ekeinon, auti tha suntribi.

3 O plousios adikei kai exei to thrasos na megalauxi kai na epiplitti. O ptoxos adikeitai kai omos iketeuei kai parakalei os ean einai enoxos.

4 Ean su o ptoxos eisai eis kati xrisimos pros ton plousion, tha se ekmetalleuthi. Ean omos eurethis eis anagkin kai sterisin, autos tha se egkataleipsi.

5 Ean exis agatha, autos upokritikotata tha se sunanastrefetai kai tha zi mazi sou, mexris otou sou arpasi ta agatha kai se adiasi entelos apo auta. Den tha aisthanthi de kammian lipin kai stenoxorian dia to kakon, pou sou ekame.

6 Otan exi tin anagkin sou, tha prospathisi na se paraplanisi. Tha fani filomeidis kai gelastos apenanti sou kai tha sou dosi elpida. Tha omilisi pros se me kala logia kai tha sou pi, « ti anagkin exeis ; »

7 Tha se kami na aisthanthis sistolin apenanti tou me ta sumposia tou, mexris otou se apogumnosi apo ta agatha sou duo kai treis fores kai teleutaia tha se eironeuetai kai tha se perigela. Epeita tha idi tin ptoxeian, eis tin opoian se katintise, tha se egkataleipsi kai tha kini empaiktikos tin kefalin tou eis baros sou.

8 Prosexe, mi paraplanithis apo auton, dia na mi ekseutelisthis, me autin sou tin aperiskepsian.

9 Otan enas arxon se proskali, dia na se timisi, su prospathise na apofugis tin prosklisin kai autos toson perissoteron tha se proskali.

10 Pantos mi speudis pros auton, dia na mi stekesai polu makran, dia na mi se lismonisi.

11 Prosexe, mi omilisis mazi tou os isos pros ison, kai mi didis empistosinin eis ta polla logia tou. Dioti autos me ta polla logia tou tha thelisi na se dokimasi, kai kath’on xronon gelastos tha sou omili tha bithometri ta bathi tis kardias sou.

12 Skliros tha fani pros se autos, pou edeixthi plousios eis logia kai uposxeseis. Kai dent ha lipithi oute tha distasi, tha xrisimopoihsi enantion sou basanistiria kai desma filakis.

13 Labe ta metra sou, prosexe para poli. Dioti sunanastrefomenos ekeinon sumporeuesai me bebaian tin ptosin sou.

14 Akouon auta prosexe kai eis auton akomi ton upnon sou. Eis olin sou tin zohn ton Kurion monon na agapas kai auton na epikalisai dia tin sotirian sou.

15 Kathe zoon agapa to omoion pros auto. Etsi kai kathe anthropos agapa ton apo koinonikis theseos kai morfoseos omoion tou.

16 Kathe zoon entassetai kai apotelei omada me alla zoa tou eidous tou. Etsi kai kathe anthropos epikoinonei kai proskollatai eis allous omoious tou.

17 Poia sxeseis kai epikoinonia einai dinaton na uparxi metaksi likou kai arniou; Etsi metaksi amartolou kai eusebous anthropou.

18 Poia eiriniki sxesis kai epikoinonia einai dinaton na uparxi anamesa eis tin uainan kai to skuli; Kammia. Poia kat’analogian eiriniki epikoinonia kai anastrofi imporei na uparxei metaksi enos plousiou kai enos ptoxou;

19 Oi leontes kunigoun agrious onous eis erimous perioxas. Etsi thirama kai boski ton plousion einai oi ptoxoi.

20 H tapeinofrosini einai misiti kai apokroustiki eis ton uperifanon. Etsi apokroustikos einai kai o ptoxos eis ton plousion.

21 Otan kapoios plousios klonisthi, stirizetai apo tous filous tou. Otan omos o ptoxos peripesi eis distixian, sproxnetai kai apo autous tous filous tou.

22 Otan enas plousios peripesi eis apotuxias, polloi tha treksoun na ton bohthisoun. Legei anohsies kai logia, pou dia sustolin kai entropin den prepei na legontai, kai speudoun oloi na ton dikaiologisoun. Otan omos o ptoxos upopesi eis sfalma, oloi ton paratiroun kai ton elegxoun. Den euriskei akomi thesin oute kai otan legi sofa kai suneta logia.

23 Omilei o plousios kai oloi siopou egkomiazoun ta logia tou kai ta anipsonoun eos ta sunnefa tou ouranou. Omilei o ptoxos kai ekeinoi perifronitikos legoun anametaksi ton  « poios einai autos pou tolma na omili ; » Ean o ptoxos skontapsi, tha ton ripsoun kata gis kai tha ton podopatisoun.

24 Kalos einai o ploutos monon ekei, opou den uparxei amartia.

Theoreitai de kaki kai katafronitea h ptoxeia monon apo tin kardian kai ta stomata ton asebon.

25 H kardia tou anthropou analoga me to periexomenon tis kanei to prosopon toue ite euxariston eite skuthropon.

26 Ekfraseis kardias agathis einai to gliki kai euxariston prosopon. H euresis kai apodoxi sofon gnomikon einai ena ergon, pou apaitei kopon.

KEFALAION ID

H agathi sineidisis. Zilofthonia kai filargiria. H makariotis tou sofou.

Eutixis einai o anthropos ekeinos, apo to stoma tou opoiou den eksefugan logia amartola kai o opoios, os ek toutou, den eixe tupseis suneidiseos kai lipin di’amartias stomatos tou.

2 Makarios einai o anthropos, ton opoion den elegxei h suneidisis kai o opoios den exei ksepesei kai den exei xasei tin elpida tou eis ton Theon.

3 Eis ton mikroprepi anthropon den einai kalos o ploutos. Eis anthropon froneron, pou luonei apo ton fthonon tou, ti xreiazontai ta xrimata;

4 Ekeinos pou sunagei xrimata kamnon megalas oikonomias eis baros tis zohs tou, ta sugkentronei dia tous allous. Kai alloi einai ekeinoi, oi opoioi tha xaroun kai tha glentokopisoun me ta agatha tou.

5 Ekeinos pou einai kakos dia ton idion ton eauton tou, eis poion einai dinaton na fani kalos ; Autos den tha apolausi kai dent ha xari ta agatha tou.

6 Den uparxei distixesteros anthropos apo ton zilofthonon. Auto touto to pathos tou apotelei tin timorian tis kakias tou.

7 Ean de tuxi kai kami kapoio kalon, kata lathos to prattei. Dioti eis to telos tha fanerosi tin kakian tou.

8 Kakos einai ekeinos, o opoios me ta idia tou ta matia ekdilonei ton fthonon tou, gurizei to prosopon tou apo ekeinous, pou exoun anagkin, kai tous antiparerxetai me adiaforian.

9 To mati tou pleonektou den xortainei pote me ekeina, pou exei. H de axortastos pleoneksia, pou ton othei pros adikias, ksirainei kathe ti kalon apo tin psixin tou.

10 O fthoneros ofthalmos tou filargurou tsigkouneuetai kai auton ton arton, oste oligostos na paratithetai pantote eis tin trapezan tou.

11 Paidi mou, analoga me ekeina, ta opoia exeis, na peripoihsai ton eauton sou, kat’aksian de na prosferis pros ton Kurion thusias kai doreas.

12 Exe pantote up’opsin sou oti o thanatos den tha argisi na elthi kai kammia sumfonia me ton adin den sou exei apokalufthi. Kai ara den gnorizeis tin oran tis ekdimias sou.

13 Prin loipon, apothanis, kamne to kalon eis ton filon sou kai analoga me tin oikonomikin sou dinatotita aplone to xeri sou kai dine eis auton.

14 Mi aparnisai tin eutixian tis parousis kalis imeras kai mi afinis na sou diafeugoun ai para tou Theou epitrepomenai apolauseis.

15 Otan apothanis, den tha afisis tous kopous sou eis ta xeria allon kai osa me tin ergasian sou apektises den tha ta afisis, na ta moirasthoun me kliron metaksi ton oi klironomoi ;

16 Dose kai pare. Dide eukairian xaras kai anapsixis eis tis zohn sou, dioti eis ton adin den tha anazitisis kai den tha euris apolausin.

17 To soma tou anthropou giraskei, opos palionei to forema. O thanatos einai h apo aionos entoli tou Theou. Kai su, loipon, oposdipote tha apothanis.

18 Apo to thalleron fulloma piknofillou dendrou alla men filla piptoun, alla de blastanoun. Etsi sumbainei kai metaksi ton geneon ton anthropon, pou exoun sarka kai aima alli men genea apothiskei, alli de gennatai.

19 Osan to fillon kathe ergon ponirou anthropou sapizei kai eksafanizetai mazi de me auto pernaei kai eksafanizetai kai feugei kai o anthropos, pou to eprakse.

20 Eutixis o anthropos, o opoios tha teleutisi meleton tas alitheias autas me sofian kai o opoios sullogizetai kai skeptetai me sunesin.

21 Autos, pou skeptetai eis to bathos tis kardias tou tas entolas tis theias sofias, autos kai katanoei ta apokrifa kai arrita autis nohmata.

22 Ebga apo to spiti sou, osan anixneutis, akolouthise tous dromous tis sofias piso apo autin kai stise enendran eis tin eisodon tou oikou tis.

23 Ekeinos, pou skubei kai paratirei apo ta parathira tis, autos kai tha akroasthi sofa pragmata apo tas thiras tis.

24 Autos, pou katoikei konta eis ton oikon tis kai karfonei ton passalon tis skinis tou eis ton toixon tis,

25 stinei de tin skinin tou ekei, opou fthanoun ta xeria tis, autos tha exi to katalima tou plires apo agatha.

26 Tha thesi ta tekna tou upo tin skepin kai tin prostasian tis sofias, kato de apo tous kladous tou dendrou tis tha kataulisthi.

27 Tha skepasthi apo autin kai tha profulaxthi apo to kauma tou iliou. Tha meini kai tha anapauthi mesa eis tin doksan tis.

KEFALAION IE’

Monon oi dikaioi euriskoun tin sofian kai oxi oi asebeis. O Theos sou exarise tin eleutherian tis bouliseos.

Ekeinos pou fobeitai ton Kurion, tha kami auto, to opoion h sofia tou upodeiknuei. Autos de pou gnorizei kai efarmozei ton Nomon tou Theou, tha katalabi kai tha kami ktima tou tin sofian.

2 Auti tha ton proapantisi kai tha ton upodexthi, opos upodexetai h mitera to teknon tis kai opos upodexetai h neara parthenos sizigos ton sizigon tis.

3 Tha ton xortasi me arton suneseos, tha ton potisi me to idor tis sofias.

4 Autos de tha stirixthi eis autin kai etsi den tha klonisthi pote. Tha tin kratisi stathera kai tha proskollithi eis autin kai etsi den tha ntropiasthi pote.

5 Tha ton anipsosi uperano apo tous giro tou anthropous kai en meso sinakseos tou laou tha anoiksi to stoma tou dia na omilisi ta preponta.

6 H sofia tha dosi os klironomian tis eis auton xaran, stefanon agalliaseos kai onoma aionion kai endokson.

7 Oi moroi kai asebeis den tha apolausoun sofian, oute oi amartoloi anthropoi tha tin antikrisoun.

8 Dioti h sofia eurisketai makran apo tin uperifaneian kai oi anthropoi tou pseudous oute kan kai tha tin enthimithoun.

9 Den tairiazei kai oute enthronizetai oraios umnos dent ou exei apostali apo ton Kurion.

10 Dioti eis tin alithinin sofian ekfrazetai o ainos pros ton Theon kai o Kurios stellei kai kateuodonei auton.

11 Mi eipis, oti, ean ego apemakrinthin apo tin sofian kai tas theias entolas, to epraksa dia ton Kurion. Dioti, ekeino to opoion autos misei, su pote de prepei na to praksis.

12 Mi eipis pote oti o Theos me esire eis tin planin kai me ekamen amartolon dioti o Theos den exei anagkin apo amartolon anthropon.

13 Kathe bdeliron kai ahdiastikon amartima to misei o Kurios osoi de ton fobountai apostrefontai to kakon.

14 Autos ap’arxis edimiourgisen eleutheron ton anthropon kai ton afiken eis tin eleutheran autou thelisin kai diathesin.

15 Ean thelis, tha tirisis tas entolas tou kai tha praksis osa einai eudokia pisteos.

16 Enopion sou ethese fotia kai nero, opou theleis imporeis na aplosis eleutheros to xeri sou.

17 Enopion ton anthropon uparxei h zoh kai o thanatos kai ekeino to opoion kaneis tha thelisi kai tha protimisi, tha tou dothi.

18 Polli einai h sofia tou Kuriou. Autos einai isxiros kai pantodinamos kai epiblepei ta panta.

19 Oi ofthalmoi autou einai estrammenoi prostateutikos eis ekeinous, pou ton fobountai, kai autos blepei, eksetazei kai gnorizei kala kathe ergon anthropou.

20 Eis kanena den edose tin entolin na einai asebis kai eis kanena den edose to dikaioma na diapratti amartias.

KEFALAION IST’

Alloimonon eis tous asebeis. Kaneis den dinatai na apokrubi apo ton Theon.

Mi epithimis plithos apogonon. Oi opoioi den tha einai ikanoi eis tipote kai mi eufrainesai dia ta paidia sou ta asebi.

2 Ean plithinthoun, mi eufranthis di’auta, ektos ean eis tas kardias ton uparxi o fobos tou Kuriou.

3 Mi elpizis makran kai eutuxismenin tin zohn auton, kai mi stirizesai eis to plithos ton.

Protimoteros einai enas eusebis para xilioi asebeis. Kai einai protimoteron na apothani kaneis ateknos, para na exi paidia asebi kai amartola.

4 Dioti enas mualomenos kai tou Theou anthropos imporei na gemisi apo plithos anthropon mian polin. Olokliros de fili anomon kai amartolon anthropon tha eksolothreuthi kai tha erimothi.

5 Polla tetoia gegonota eida me ta matia mou kai akomi spoudaiotera apo auta ikousan ta autia mou.

6 Eis sugkentrosin amartolon tha anapsi fotia, dia na tous katakausi, kai enantion ethnous, pou den upakouei eis thas theias entolas, osan purkaia tha ekspasi h orgi tou Theou.

7 O Theos den eksileothi kai den sunexorise tous arxaious ekeinous gigantas, oi opoioi, exontes pepoithisin eis tin dinamin ton, apemakrinthisan apo auton.

8 Den elipithi tin polin, eis tin opoian katoikouse o Lot. Tous katoikous autis tous apestrafi kai tous emisise dia tin uperifaneian ton.

9 Den ilehsen ethnos, to opoion ekousios ebadise ton dromon tis apoleias, tous anthropous pou alazoneuthisan mesa eis tas amartias ton.

10 Kai etsi den elehsen o Kurios autous, alla eksolothreusen eksakosias xiliadas andron Ebraion eis tin erimon, oi opoioi en ti sklirokardia ton eixan sussomatothi apithountes pros ton Kurion.

11 Ean de esto kai enas sklirotraxilos uparksi, tha einai thaumaston, ean diafugi tin timorian. Dioti eis ton Kurion uparxei bebaios to eleos, alla kai h dikaia orgi. O Kurios einai o arxon kai o xorigos ton oiktirmon, alla kai afinei na ekspa h orgi tou enantion ton ametanohton amartolon.

12 Oson mega einai to eleos tou, toson megali einai kai h dikaia timoria, pou stellei. Autos krinei ton kathena anthropon kata ta erga tou.

13 O amartolos me tas arpagas tou den tha diafugi tin dikaian para Theou timorian kai den tha kathisterisi o Kurios na brabeusi tin upomonin tou eusebous.

14 Pros pasan kateuthinsin tha skorpisi o Kurios to eleos tou, alla o kathenas tha euri kata ta erga tou.

15 O Kurios afike na sklirinthi h kardia tou Farao, oste na mi gnorisi ton alithinon Theon, dia na ginoun etsi fanera eis olin tin gin ta erga tou Kuriou.

16 To eleos tou einai olofaneron eis olin tin dimiourgian. Osan de me diamanti diexorise to fos apo to skotos.

17 Mi eipis “ego tha kruftho apo to blemma tou Kuriou. Mipos taxa kai apo ta upsi tou ouranou uparxei kaneis, pou tha enthimithi eme ton anthropon tis gis; Mesa de eis ta plithi tou laou kaneis den tha me gnorisi. Kai ti eimai ego mesa eis tin aperanton dimiourgian;”

18 Idou, o ouranos tis gis kai o allos, o aperantos ouranos tis gis kai o allos, o aperantos ouranos tou sumpantos, idou h abissos tis thalassis kai h gi klonizontai, otan ripsi to blemma tou o Kurios epano eis auta.

19 Sugxronos ta ori kai ta themelia tis gis katalambanontai apo tromon kai sugklonizontai apo seismon, otan o Kurios ripsi pros auta agrion to blemma tou.

20 Alla ola auta den ta skeptetai h kardia tou anthropou. Poios endiaferetai kai poios skeptetai tas odous tou Kuriou ;

21 Kai auti h orati kai aisthiti kataigis agnoeitai apo ton anthropon. Ta pleista alloste apo ta erga tou Theou paramenoun agnosta kai mistiriodi dia ton anthropon.

22 Ta erga tis theias dikaiosinis poios ta anaggellei h poios ta perimenei mexri telous ; Dioti o Nomos kai ai uposxeseis tou Kuriou euriskontai makran apo ton anthropon.

23 Auta skeptetai o mikromualos kai stenokardos anthropos. Asinetos kai planomenos skeptetai toiautas morias.

24 Paidi mou, akouse me mathe tin alithinin gnosin kai eis tous logous mou as dosi prosoxin h kardia sou.

25 Tha faneroso olokathara eis se me akribes zugi tin alithinin paideian kai morfosin kai me epimeleian kai leptomereian tha diakirikso enopion sou tin epistimin.

26 Me tin pansofon krisin tou Kuriou eginan ap’arxis tis dimiourgias kathorise dia to kathena tin thesin kai ton proorismon tou.

27 Estolise kai enirmonisen eis tous aionas ta erga tou, apo tis arxis tis dimiourgias ton kai eis tas geneas auton mexri sunteleias. Auta oute epeinasan oute ekopiasan kai pote den parekseklinan kai den pareleipsan apo ta erga ton.

28 Kanena apo auta den prosekrouse kai den epepesen epi tou allou kai mexri sunteleias ton aionon dent ha apeithisoun pote eis tin entoli tou Theou.

29 Epeita o Kurios erripse to blemma tou eis tin gin kai tin egemisen apo ta agatha tou.

30 Egemise tin epifaneian tis gis me kathe eidos zoon, kai eis tin gin auta palin tha epistrepsoun, otan apothniskoun.

KEFALAION IZ’

H dimiourgia kai ta prosonta tou anthropou. O Theos blepei ta panta. As epistrepsoun oi amartoloi pros ton Kurion.

O Kurios eplase to soma tou anthropou apo tin gin, kai palin dietakse na epistrepsi auto eis tin gin.

2 Metrimenas ta imeras tis zohs ton edoken eis tous protoplastous. Exorigisen episis eis autous tin eksousian na arxoun eis ola ta zoa tis ksiras kai tis thalassis.

3 Periebale ton kathena apo autous me dinamin, tous edimiourgise sumfona me tin idikin tou eikona.

4 Eis ola ta dimiourgimata enepneuse fobon apenanti tou anthropou, dia na kateksousiazi autos eis ola tha thiria tou agrou kai ta peteina tou ouranou.

5 Epiran oi protoplastoi apo ton Kurion tin dinamin kai tin xrisin ton pente aisthiseon, os ekton de doron exorigisen eis autous o Kurios tin dianoian. Ebdomon de ton proforikon logon, dia na imporoun na ekfrazoun kai na ermineuoun tas energeias kai ta dimiourgimata tou Theou.

6 Eleutheran boulisin, glossan, ofthalmous, autia kai kardian edosen eis autous o Theos, dia na skeptontai.

7 Tous egemise me gnosin sineseos, ipedeiksen eis autous ta kala kai ta kaka.

8 Ethese ton ofthalmon tou eis tas kardias ton, tous edose fos nohseos, dia na deiksi eis autous, kai ekeinoi na idoun, to megaleion ton ergon tou.

9 Tous edose tin dinatotita na umnologoun kai na agiazoun to Onoma tou.

10 kai na dihgountai ta megaleia ton ergon tou.

11 Prosethesen eis autous gnosin kai sofian, tous eklirodotise ton nomon tis zohs,

12 sinipse mazi ton aionian diathikin kai upedeiksen eis autous tas entolas tou.

13 sinipse mazi ton aionian diathikin kai upedeiksen eis autous tas entolas tou.

14 Eipe de pros autous « prosexete apo kathe adikian ». edosen eis ton kathena ton entolas sxetikos me tin sumperiforan tou apenanti tou plision tou.

15 Oi dromoi kai oi tropoi tis zohs ton euriskontai pantote enopion tou. Den tha imporesoun na apokriboun apo ta matia tou.

17 Eis kathe allo ethnos egkatestisen o Theos arxonta. Arxon kai klironomia omos tou Israhl einai o Kurios.

19 Ola ta erga auton einai enopion tou fanera opos o hlios, kai ta matia tou sinexos eis tas poreias tis zohs ton.

20 Den apekribisan oute apokruptontai ai adikiai ton apo auton kai olai ai amartiai ton euriskontai pantote enopion tou Kuriou.

22 Kathe elehmosini anthropou einai de auton os mia sfragis. Prosexei de kai diafulattei elehmosinin anthropou os korin ofthalmou.

23 Epeita tha eksegerthi o Kurios kai tha apodosi eis autous, pou diaprattoun adikias, to dikaion antapodoma. Eis to kefali ton tha antapodosi tas adikias, tas opoias diepraksan.

24 Alla eis tous metanoountas edose to dikaioma kai tin dinatotita epistrofis, tous de lipopsixountas tous parigorise kai tous enisxise, oste na upomenoun.

25 Gurise loipon, o amartole, kai ela pros ton Kurion. Aparnisou kai afise tas amartias, parakalese ton prosopikos kai ligostepse tas parabaseis sou, ai opoiai parentithentai proskomma metaksi sou ka itou Kuriou.

26 Epanelthe pros ton upsiston Theon. Apomakrinsou apo kathe adikian, misise me olin sou tin kardia auta, pou einai bdelura kai misita dia ton Kurion.

27 Poios tha doksologisi kato eis ton adin ton Kurion anti ekeinon, pou zoun eis tin gin, zoun kai anapempoun doksologian pros auton,

28 Apo ton nekron, os ean pleon den uparxi, xanetai kathe doksologia pros ton Kurion. O zon kai o ugihs anthropos tha umnologisi ton Kurion.

29 Poson mega einai to eleos tou Kuriou ! H eksileosis kai h afesis, tin opoian prosferei pros ekeinous, pou epistrefoun eis auton !

30 Dioti den einai ola dinata kai katorthota ek merous ton anthropon. Kaneis anthropos, kaneis gennitos gunaikon den einai athanatos.

31 Poion allo ktisma einai foteinoteron apo ton ilion; Kai omos kai o idios eksafanizetai me tin disin tou. Etsi ekleipei kai o amartolos, o opoios exei pantote eis ton noun kai tin kardian tou amartolas katastaseis kai prakseis sarkos kai aimatos.

32 O Theos einai ekeinos, o opoios epiblepei tas en upsilois ouranious stratias, oloi de oi anthropoi den einai para xoma kai stakti.

KEFALAION IH’

To megaleion tou Theou kai h midaminotis tou anthropou. Tropoi kalis prosforas kai autognosias. Autokuriarxia.

O aionios Kurios edimiourgisen ola aneksairetos.

2 O Kurios einai kai tha diakirissetai aionios o monos kai apolita dikaios. Den uparxei allos plin autou.

3 Autos kiberna kai dieuthinei ta panta eis tin spithamin tis xeiros tou, kai ta panta upotassontai eis to thelima tou, dioti autos me tin pantodinamian tou einai basileus olon.

Autos ksexorizei ta eis ton kosmo uparxonta agia apo ta bebila.

4 Eis kanena den edose tin ikanotita kai tin dinamin na anaggelli kat’aksian ta erga tou. Poios imporei na eksixniasi kai katanohsi ta megaleia tou;

5 Poios imporei na metrisi tin dinamin tis megalosinis tou; Poios pote tha exei tin tolmin kai tin dinamin na dihgithei akribos ta eleh tou;

6 Kaneis den dinatai oute na meiosi oute na prosthesi eis to megaleion tou. Kai den einai dinaton pote, na eksixniasi kai katanohsi akribos kaneis ta thaumasia tou Kuriou.

7 Kai otan o anthropos nomisi oti efthanen eis to terma ton ereunon kai anazitiseon tou, tote antilambanetai oti eurisketai eis tin arxin. Kai otan katapausi tin prospatheian tou eis katanohsin ton megaleion tou Theou, tote tha eurethi eis amixanian pro tou ergou, pou anelabe.

8 Ti einai o anthropos kai eis ti apoblepoun ai upiresiai tou; Poion einai to kalon kai euxaristo autou kai poion einai to kakon kai disareston;

9 Kai an akomi ta eti tis zohs tou anthropou fthasoun ta ekaton,

10 einai osan mia stagon idatos apo tin thalassan kai osan enas kokkos ammou toson oliga einai ta ekaton eti empros eis tin aioniotita.

11 Dia tin midaminotita tou anthropou kai tin mikrotita ton imeron tis zohs tou, edeikse kai deiknuei o Kurios makrothimian pros tous anthropous kai afinei na ekxithoun plousia ta eleh tou eis autous.

12 Eide kai katenohse pliros, oti tous anamenei fobera katastrofi, ean tous egkataleipsi. Dia touto edosen eis autous plousion to eleos tou.

13 To eleos tou anthropou fthanei monon mexri tou plision tou to eleos omos tou Kuriou ekteinetai epi olis tis anthropotitos. O Kurios elegxei, paidagogei kai morfonei, didaskei kai os kalos poimin epanaferei to planithen poimnion tou eis tin mandran.

14 Ekeinous pou epithimoun kai apodexontai paideian, tous eleei, opos episis kai ekeinous, oi opoioi meta spoudis frontizoun dia tin efarmogin ton entolon tou.

15 Paidi mou, eis tas euergesias, pou kamneis, mi prosthetis kai katigorias enantion ton euergetoumenon. Eis kathe dorean kai elehmosinin sou, mi prosthetis lipirous logous dia tous apodexomenous autas.

16 O droseros anemos den einai ekeinos, o opoios meionei kai katapauei ton kausona ; Etsi kai enas kalos logos einai anoteros apo mian ilikin bohtheian.

17 Den einai pragmati o kalos logos anoteros kai apo tin polisioteran dorean ; Eis ton anthropon omos, pou exei xarin Theou, einai sundiasmena kai ta duo, to doron kai o kalos logos.

18 O moros den didei tipote kai ektrepetai eis ubreis kai katigorias. To de doron tou fthonerou anthropou flogizei kai lionei ta matia ekeinou, pou to dexetai.

19 Prin omilisis, skepsou kai mathe kala ti tha eipis kai prin asthenisis prosexe, na mi arostisis.

20 Prin se krini o Kurios, eksetase su ton eauton sou kai kata tin oran tis episkepseos tou Kuriou, tha euris enopion tou eleos kai sugxorisin.

21 Prin pesis arrostos, tapeinose ton eauton sou kai otan amartisis deikse amesos metanoian kai epistrofin pros ton Kurion.

22 Apo tipote den prepei na empodisthis dia tin egkairon ekplirosin tou tamatos, pou exeis kamei. Mi perimenis de na taktopoihthis kai dikaiothis enopion tou Kuriou kata tin oran tou thanatou sou.

23 Prin na kamis to tama sou, eksetase kai etoimase ton eauton sou dia tin ekplirosin tou kai mi ginis san anthropos, pou arneitai to tama tou kai peirazei etsi ton Kurion.

24 Na exis pantote up’opsin sou tin orgin tou Kuriou kata tin imeran tou thanatou sou kai tin oran tis dikaias timorias sou, otan o Theos apostrefi apo se to prosopon tou dia tas amartias sou.

25 Otan tha exis plousia ta agatha, na enthimisai kai ton kairon tis peinas opos episis kai kata tas imeras tou ploutismou sou, na enthimisai tin proteran ptoxeian kai sterisin.

26 Apo to proi eos to bradi metaballetai o kairos etsi kai ola taxitata parerxontai enopion tou Kuriou.

27 O sofos anthropos einai eis ola prosektikos kai etoimos, kai eis imeras peirasmou tis amartias tha proseksi na apofigi tin ptosin.

28 Kathe sinetos anthropos katexei tin alithi gnosin kai sofian. Tha sugxari de eilikrinos ekeinon, pou tha anazitisi kai tha euri tin sofian.

31 Ean xorigisis eis tin psixin sou tin sigkatathesin sou eis ekplirosin ton atopon epithimion, tha ginis perigelos ton exthron sou.

KEFALAION ITH’

Sinetos eis ta logia. Eksakribone auto, pou legetai. Fulaksou apo ton dolion.

Methisos ergatis pote den tha ploutisi. Ekeinos de, o opoios katafronei kai den prosexei ta oliga, tha peripesi oligon kat’oligon eis ptoxeian.

2 To krasi kai ai gunaikes apomakrinoun apo ton Theon kai autous akomi tous fronimous anthropous. Ekeinos pou proskollatai eis tas pornas, ginetai thrasis kai anaidis.

3 Oi men tha ginoun trofi eis ta sarakia kai ta skoulikia, o de thrasis kai anaidis tha xasi tin psixin tou.

4 Ekeinos pou didei amesos empistosinin eis olous kai eis ola einai elafromualos, kai ekeinos pou amartanei, kamnei kakon eis tin psixin tou.

5 Ekeinos pou prospathei na eufraini tin kardian tou me asotias, tha katakrithi.

6 Ekeinos pou misei kai apostrefetai tin fluarian, tha apofugi pollas ptoseis.

7 Mi periferis edo kai ekei logon, pou exeis akousei, kai etsi den tha xasis tipote.

8 Oute eis ton filon oute eis ton exthron sou na epanalambanis adiakritos osa ikouses. Mi faneronis osa ikouses, ektos ean h apokripsis ton katalogisthi eis se os amartia.

9 Dioti o exthros sou ikouse logia sou, ta efulakse mesa tou kai eis ton katallilon di’ekeinon xronon tha ekdilosi enantion sou to misos tou.

10 Hkouses kapoio mustikon, as apothani mazi sou. Exe tharros kai an to kratisis mesa sou, den tha se kami na skasis.

11 O moros, otan akousi enan logon, thelei na ton eksoterikeusi os ean dokimazi odinas toketou, opos h gunaika h opoia prokeitai na gennisi brefos.

12 Opos otan ena belos exi karfothi eis ton miron tou somatos mas, ferei ponon kai thelomen na to bgalomen, etsi kai ena mistikon, pou ikousen o moros kai to exei mesa tou, tou ferei ponon kai thelei na to eksoterikeusi.

13 Kame paratirisin eis ton filon sou dia sfalma, dia to opoion katigoreitai kai to opoion endexetai na mi dieprakse. Kai ean periepesen eis kapoio sfalma, palin kame tou upodeiksin, dia na mi to epanalabi kai prosthesi neon sfalma eis to palaion.

14 Kame paratirisin eis ton plision sou dia logia, pou katigoreitai oti ta eipe, dioti endexomenos den ta exei eipei. Kai ean kati to esfalmenon exi pei, kame tou paratirisin, dia na mi to epanalabi.

15 Kame paratirisin, zitise eksigisin apo ton filon sou dia katigorian eksfendonistheisan enantion tou, dioti polles fores uparxoun kai sukofantiai, kai mi didis empistosinin eis kathe logon katigorias.

16 Yparxoun anthropoi, oi opoioi kseglistroun pros to kakon, xoris na exoun kakin prothesin, alla apo sunarpagin, kai poios anthropos imporei na isxiristhi, oti den exei amartisei me ta logia tou;

17 Elegkse ton filo sou prin apeilai kai kindinoi ton peristoixisoun kai afise na energisi eis tis kardian tou o Nomos tou Ypsistou. Su omos prepei na parameinis aorgitos.

18 O fobos tou Kuriou einai h arxi kai h aitia tis sinapseos eilikrinous filias. H de sofia, aporreousa apo ton Theon, empneei agapin pros ton filon.

19 H gnosis ton entolon tou Kuriou einai alithini morfosis dia tin zohn, osoi de prattoun ta euaresta eis auton, apolambanoun tous karpous tou dendrou tis athanasias.

20 Kathe pragmatiki sofia xaraktirizetai kai diapotizetai apo tin eulabeian pros ton Kurion. Eis tin alithinin sofian akolouthei kai uparxei pantote h tirisis tou theiou Nomou kai h gnosis tis pantodinamias tou Theou.

21 Doulos, o opoios legei eis ton despotin tou « den tha kamo auto pou aresei eis se », esto kai ean katopin metamelithi kai ektelesi tin entolin, pou elabe, eksorgizei opsodipote ton trofodotin kurion tou.

22 H sofia den einai epistimi tis kakias. H se sinesis den uparxei eis tas skepseis kai tas sumboulas ton amartolon.

23 Yparxei gnosis kai praksis ponira auti omos einai bdelira enopion tou Kuriou. Yparxei omos kai afron, anohtos, kathisterimenos eis nohsin kai gnosin.

24 Protimoteros einai ekeinos, pou upoleipetai eis sofian all’exei fobon Theou, apo ton allon, o opoios einai plousios eis sofian, parabainei omos ton nomon tou Kuriou.

25 Yparxoun ikanotites kai drastiriotites aksiologoi, odigoun omos eis tin adikian.

Yparxoun de kai alloi, oi opoioi, dia na upostiriksoun kai epituxoun to zitima ton, katafeugoun eis tin diastrofin tis alitheias kai tin apatin.

26 Yparxoun poniroi, pou badizoun me skimmeno to kefali kai skuthropon to prosopon, dithen apo lipin, eno to esoterikon ton einai gematon doliotitas.

27 Aytos proxorei me skummeno to kefali, prospoieitai oti den akouei tipote kai ean den antilifthis egkairos tin upokrisian kai doliotita tou, tha treksi enoritera apo se, dia na katapatisi to dikaion sou.

28 Kai ean eks aitias kapoias adinamias tou empodisthi na pragmatopoihsi to kakon, pou exei apofasisei, otan euri katallilon kairon tha to pragmatopoihsi.

29 Apo tin eksoterikin tou emfanisin einai dinaton na gini gnostos o kakos anthropos kai apo tin ekfrasin tou prosopou tou einai dinaton na gini gnostos o kalos kai sinetos anthropos.

30 H endimasia tou anthropou, to gelio ton xeileon tou kai to badisma tou dialaloun, ti anthropos einai autos.

KEFALAION K’

Sineti siopi kai meta diakriseos omilia. Erga sofou kai erga asinetou. Gnomika.

Yparxei elegxos akairos kai epiblabis uparxei siopi, h opoia marturei fronisin.

2 Kaliteron einai na elegksi kaneis ton filon tou dia paraptoma tou, para na thimosi kai na meini thimomenos enantion tou. Ekeinos pou elegxetai di’ena sfalma tou kai apodexetai ton elegxon, tha empodisthi apo alla paromoia kai ta sinepeias ton.

4 Opos apragmatopoihtos menei h epithimia tou eunouxou na katastrepsi tin parthenian neanidos, etsi kai ekeinos pou thelei na epibali dia tis bias tas kriseis tou eis tous allous.

5 Yparxoun anthropoi, pou siopoun kai oi opoioi einai sofoi uparxoun alloi, oi opoioi logo tis fluarias ton misountai.

6 Siopa kapoios, dioti den exei kai den imporei na dosi apantisin. Siopa allos, dioti gnorizei kai perimenei ton katallilon kairon na omilisi.

7 O sunetos anthropos tha siopisi mexri tou katallilou kairou, o kauxisiologos omos kai afron tha kseperna asullogista ton katallilon di’omilias kairon.

8 Ekeinos pou legei polla logia, tha kerdisi tin apostrofin ek merous ton allon kai ekeinos pou exei tin apaitisin na ton akououn kai ton upakououn oi alloi, tha prokalesi to misos ton.

9 Einai dinaton enas na idi kateuodosin kai epitixian ton ergon tou en meso thlipseon kai peripeteion, kai eks antithetou allos apo anelpiston epituxian na odigithi eis katastrofin.

10 Yparxei euergesia, h opoia eis tipote den tha se ofelisi, kai uparxei euergesia, tis opoias h amoibi tha einai megali.

11 Yparxoun peristaseis, kata tas opoias h megali doksa kai ai megalai theseis meionoun tin aksian tou anthropou. Eks antithetou merikoi anthropoi apo tin katastasin tis tapeinoseos, eis tin opoian euriskonto, edoksasthisan.

12 Yparxoun merikoi anthropoi, oi opoioi agorazoun polla pragmata me oliga xrimata epeita omos plironoun auta, pou igorasan, epta fores perissoteron.

13 O sunetos kai fronimos eis ta logia tou tha katastisi ton eauton tou prosfili eis tous allous. Ta glikanalata logia kai erga ton moron anthropon skorpizontai xoris kammian ofeleian.

14 To doron enos asinetou anthropou den tha se ofelisi, dioti autos tha se kittazi oxi me ena mati alla me polla, perimenon pollaplasian tin antapodosin.

15 Tha sou dosi oliga, tha se oneidisi omos di’auta poli. Tha anoiksi to stoma tou enantion sou, osan dialalitis dimosios. Simera tha se daneisi kai amesos aurion tha sou zitisei to daneion. Autos o anthropos tha gini misitos ek merous ton allon.

16 O asinetos anthropos tha pi « den uparxei gia mena kanenas filos. Kammian eugnomosinin den eurika dia tas euergesias pou exo kamei. Autoi pou efagan kai exortasan apo to psomi mou einai fauloi kai axaristoi eis ta logia ton. »

17 Poses omos fores kai posoi anthropoi den tha gelasoun eis baros tou morou autou !

18 Einai protimoteron na glistrisei kaneis kai na pesi kato eis to xoma, para na glistrisi eis tin glossan tou kai na tou diafugoun aprepi logia. Etsi klonizontai kai piptoun apotoma oi kakoi.

19 Opos enas agroikos kai banausos anthropos einai apokroustikos, etsi kai enas logos, pou legetai eis ton akatallilon kairon. Akairoi logoi legontai kai epanalambanontai me ta stomata ton amorfoton.

20 Apo to stoma tou morou den bgainei pote kanena sofon gnomikon. Den tha lexthi kati to sineton eis ton katallilon kairon.

21 Yparxoun anthropoi, oi opoioi apo fobon kai ptoxeian den amartanoun, kai eis ton kairon tis anapauseos kai isixias ton den tha exoun tipseis sineidiseos.

22 Yparxoun anthropoi, oi opoioi katastrefontai apo mian akriton kai epilipsimon sistolin. Badizoun pros tin katastrofin eks aitias enos asinetou kai morou.

23 Yparxoun merikoi, oi opoioi dia logous kakos nooumenis sistolis didoun eis ton filon ton uposxesin, kai ton opoion apoktoun exthron, xoris logon, dioti den einai eis thesin na ekplirosoun tin uposxesin ton.

24 Megali momfi einai dia ton anthropon to pseudos. Eis to stoma ton amorfoton tha epanalambanetai kai tha uparxi diarkos to pseudos.

25 Protimoteros einai enas kleptis para ekeinos, o opoios sunexos pseudetai. Alla kai oi duo tha exoun os katantima ton tin katastrofin.

26 H sinitheia tis pseudologias einai dia ton anthropon ekseutelismos h kataisxuni tou eks aitias autis tha einai kai tha meni pantote mazi tou.

GNOMIKA

27 O sinetos kai prosektikos eis ta logia tou tha eksipsosi ton eauton tou kai tha gini aksios timis kai upolipseos. O fronimos de anthropos tha einai arestos kai eis tous arxontas.

28 Ekeinos pou kalliergei epimelos tous agrous tou, tha anipsosi ta dematia tou eis megales thimonies. Etsi kai ekeinos pou me ta sineta tou logia euarestei eis tous arxontas tis politeias, tha eksileothi dia tas tixon adikias tou.

29 Simposia kai dora tiflonoun tous ofthalmous kai auton akomi ton sineton dikaston. Auta einai os ena fimotron eis to stoma, oste na mi lali tin alitheian, kai apotrepoun tous dikaious elegxous.

30 Sofia krimmeni kai thisauros afanis poian ofeleian kai ta duo imporoun na apoferoun eis tous anthropous ;

31 Protimoteros einai o anthropos, pou kriptei tin morian tou, apo ekeinon pou kriptei tin sofian tou.

KEFALAION KA’

Feuge tin amartian. Diofora sofou kai morou.

Paidi mou, ean parasurthis eis tin amartian, mi prosthetis kai neas eis autin amartias. Peri de ton prohgoumenon sou amartion parakalese ton Theon, na se sugxorisi.

2 Opos apofeugeis to fidi, etsi na apofugis kai tin amartian, dioti ean plisiasis pros autin, tha se dagkosi kata tropon epikindinon. Dontia leontos einai ta dontia tis amartias, foneuonta tas psixas ton anthropon.

3 Kathe paranomia einai ena dikopo maxairi, apo tin pligin tou opoiou den uparxei therapeia.

4 Biopragiai kai alazoneiai katastrefoun ton plouton etsi kai o oikos ton uperifanon tha erimothi.

5 H dehsis, pou bgainei apo to stoma tou ptoxou, fthanei eos ta autia tou Theou, kai h dikaiosini autou den tha bradini na epelthi.

6 Ekeinos omos, pou fobeitai ton Kurion, tha epistrepsi pros auton me olin tou tin kardian.

7 Apo makran anagnorizetai o asugkratitos kata tin glossan, o de sinetos anthropos gnorizei auton kai ta olisthimata tou kai ton apofeugei.

8 Ekeinos, pou oikodomei to spiti tou me ksena adika xrimata, omoiazei me ton anthropon, pou sugkentronei lithous –anti ksilon- dia ton xeimona !

9 H sugkentrosis tos asebon einai san enas soros stoupi, kai to telos ton tha einai na kaoun eis floga piros.

10 O dromos ton amartolon einai omalos, katharismenos apo lithous. To telos omos tou dromou einai to barathron tou adou.

11 Ekeinos pou tirei ton nomon tou Theou, katanoei bathiteron ta upsila autou nohmata. Apotelesma de tis eulabeias pros ton Kurion einai to doron tis alithinis sofias.

12 Den tha ekpaideuthi kai den tha morfothi ekeinos, o opoios den exei tas analogous ikanotitas. Yparxei omos kai ikanotis, h opoia pollaplasiazei tas thlipseis kai tas pikrias.

13 H gnosis tou sofou plithinetai san kataklismos pollon idaton, kai h sumbouli tou ginetai pigi zohs di’ekeinous, pou tin dexontai.

14 To esoterikon tou morou einai san ena pilinon spasmenon aggeion, kai den einai dinaton na sugkratisi autos kammian gnosin.

15 O pragmatika sinetos, ean akousi kanena sofon logon, tha ton epainesi kai epano eis auton tha prosthesi kai o idios kapoion allon. O asotos omos kai moros ean akousi sofon logon, den euxaristeitai eis auton, alla ton katafronei kai ton peta opisthen tou.

16 H eksigisis, tin opoian enas moros tha thelisi na dosi eis ta megala themata, einai san ena enoxlitikon fortion eis ton odoiporon. Eis ta xeili omos tou sofou anthropou uparxei pantote xaris.

17 To stoma tou sofou tha anazitithi eis sugkentrosin anthropon, kai tous logous tou tha tous skefthoun, tha tous baloun kai tha tous meletisoun mesa eis tin kardian ton.

18 Osan ereipomeno spiti einai dia ton moron h sofia. Ai de gnoseis tou asinetou kai ta logia tou einai asinartita.

19 H morfosis einai osan pedoukli eis ta podia ton anohton kai osan xeiropedes eis to deksion ton xeri.

20 O moros ksespa eis thorubodeis gelotas, o fronimos anthropos molis kai isixos tha meidiasi.

21 H morfosis einai dia ton sineton osan ena xrisoun kosmima kai osan politimon braxioli eis tin deksian tou xeira.

23 O moros skubei eis tas thiras ton ksenon oikion kai parakolouthei, osa ginontai eis autas o sinetos omos kai o morfomenos steketai ekso makran.

24 Einai aprepeia kai elleipsis morfoseos dia ton anthropon na krifakouh apo tin thiran ksenou spitiou. O sinetos anthropos to theorei auto bari kai ekseutelistikon pragma, di’auto kai to apofeugei.

25 Ta xeili ton moron kai fliaron anthropon epanalambanoun ta logia ton ksenon, oi logoi omos ton fronimon zigizontai apo autous me akribeian kai katopin legontai.

26 H kardia ton moron einai eis to stoma ton kai sinexos eksoterikeuetai, eno to stoma ton sofon einai h kardia ton.

27 Otan o asebis kataratai ton satanan, einai to idion os ean kataratai ton eauton tou.

28 Ekeinos pou psithirizei epikriseis kai katakriseis eis baros tou allou, molunei tin psixin tou. Autos tha misithi apo to periballon, mesa eis to opoion zi.

KEFALAION KB’

O okniros aidis. Kakoanathrmmeni kori thlipsis dia tous goneis. Apoleia xronou h didaskalia pros moron. H filia.

2 Me sixamerin kopron omoiazei o okniros. Kathenas pou sikonei autin, tha tinaksi katopin ta xeria tou. Etsi tha sumbi kai me ton okniron.

3 Paidi amorfoton einai entropi dia ton patera. Apaideutos de kori ginetai aformi, na meionetai h kali fimi tou patros tis.

4 H fronimos kori tha kerdisi ton sizigon tis thigatir de, h opoia me tin elleipsin morfoseos kai tin kakin sumperiforan tis prokalei entropin, tha einai lipi dia ton patera, pou tin egennisen.

5 H authadis kai banausos gunaika katentropiazei ton patera kai ton sizigon tha katafronithi omos kai apo tous duo.

6 H xarmosinos mousiki eis kairon penthous einai atairiastos etsi kai h makra dihgisis eis akatallilon xronon.

7 Opoios didaskei anthropon moron, omoiazei me ekeinon, pou prospathei na sugkollisi ta thrausmata enos pilinou doxeiou omoiazei episis me ekeinon, o opoios prospathei na eksipnisi anthropon pou koimatai batheos.

8 Me anthropon pou dihgeitai istorias eis kapoion nustazonta, omoiazei o didaskalos pou didaskei moron kai, otan teleiosi tin didaskalian tou, o moros tha tou eipi ti sumbainei ;

11 Klause di’ena nekron, dioti esbesthi to fos tis zohs klause kai dia ton moron, dioti den uparxei eis auton sunesis. Hpiotera klause dia ton nekron, dioti epitelous autos anepauthi apo tas talaiporias tis parisis zohs. H zoh omos tou moroun einai xeirotera kai apo auton ton thanaton.

12 To penthos di ena nekron diarkei epta imeras, to penthos omos di’ena moron diarkei olas ta imeras tis zohs tou.

13 Me moron kai asineton mi anoigis makras sinomilias kai eis to spiti aperiskeptou anthropou mi poreuthis fulaksou apo auton kai tin sinanastrofin tou, dia na mi kourasthis psixikos kai dia na mi molinthis, apo osa ektinassontai apo to stoma tou. Paramerise kai fuge apo auton kai etsi tha euris anapausin den tha athimisis apo tas anohsias tou.

14 Ti uparxei bariteron apo ton molibdon kai pos onomazete ; Onomazete moros.

15 Ammon kai alati kai ogkon sidirou einai eukoloteron na sikosi kaneis eis tous omous tou kai na metaferi, para na upoferi asineton anthropon.

16 Ksilini desis eis mian oikodomin eis kairon seismou den tha dialithi etsi kai mia kardia, estirigmeni eis orimon sofin skepsin, den tha deiliasi eis oran kindinou.

17 Kardia h opoia einai stereomeni epano eis sinetin dianoian, omoiazei me oraion stolisma ammokoniamatos epano eis omalon toixon.

18 Fraktai apo passalous eis ipsilon akalipton meros den tha antheksoun eis tin ormin ton anemon etsi kai h deili kardia, pou stirizetai eis tas skepseis enos morou, den tha antheksi eis diaforous epikindunous diskolias.

19 Ekeinos pou kenta ton ofthalmon tou, tha prokalesi dakria opoios omos kenta tin kardian tou allou prokalei ponon.

20 Ekeinos pou riptei lithon enantion ton ptinon, ta tromazei kai ta kamnei na feugoun opoios ubrizei ton filon tou, tha dialisi tin filian tou me auton.

21 Ean eis stigmin paraforas anasiris fanera tin maxairan enantion tou filou sou, mi apelpisthis, dioti einai dinati h epanorthosis kai apokatastasis tis filias.

22 Ean anoiksis to stoma sou kai kataferthis enantion tou filou sou, mi fobithis, dioti einai dinaton na uparksi sundiallagi kai simfiliosis. Monon ean ton ubrisis kai ferthis pros auton me uperifaneian kai fanerosis ta mistika tou kai dolios ton pligosis, tote o filos sou tha apomakrinthi oristikos apo se.

23 Apoktise kai kratise tin empistosinin tou plision sou eis periodon ptoxeias tou, dia na xaris etsi kai apolausis ta agatha tou eis periodon eutixias tou. Eis peristasin thlipseos kai anagkis tou mene konta tou, dia na exis kai si katopin meridion eis ta agatha, ta opoia argoteron autos tha apoktisi.

24 Apo tin fotia mias kaminou prohgeitai atmos kai o kapnos. Etsi kai apo tas fonikas sumplokas prohgountai ai ubreis kai ai antegkliseis.

25 Den tha entrapo na sugkalipso tas ektropas tou filou mou kai den tha kribo, dia na mi antikriso to prosopon tou.

26 Ean de kai kapoio kakon mou sumbi ek merous autou, tote kathe anthropos, o opoios tha pliroforithi to gegonos, tha ton apostrafi kai tha ton apofigi.

27 Poios tha bali ena frouron eis to stoma mou kai eis ta xeili mou sfragida diakriseos, dia na mi peripeso eis sfalmata logon kai h glossa mou gini aformi na katastrafo ;

KEFALAION KG’

Dehsis pros ton Theon dia tin profilaksin apo amartimata. Apofugi ton orkon. Apofigi ubristikon kai akatharton logon. Apofigi sarkikon ektropon.

Kurie, Pater kai Despota tis zohs mou, mi epitrepsis kai mou ksefugoun asineta logia kai mi me afisis na peso thima auton.

2 Poios tha pari mastigion enantion ton skepseon mou kai poios tha dosi eis tin kardian mou diapaidagogisin kai morfosin sofias, dia na mi deixthoun autai epieikeis, alla na elegksoun ta eks agnooias amartimata mou kai na prolaboun alla megalitera amartimata ;

3 kai dia na drasoun etsi anastaltikos, oste na mi auksithoun ta eks agnoias amartimata mou, kai ai amartiai mou na me pleonasoun dia na mi peso enopion ton exthron mou kai xairekakisoun ekeinoi dia tin ptosin mou ;

4 Kurie, pater kai Thee tis zohs mou, mi epitrepsis na exo ofthalmous uperifanous kai periergous.

5 Apomakrine de apo eme kathe epithimian kakin.

6 As mi me katalabi kai as mi kiriarxisi epano mou h koiliodouleia kai ai sarkikai epithimiai tou sinousiasmou mi me paradosis eis tin kurianxian adiantropou psixis.

EKPAIDEYSIS TOY STOMATOS MAS.

7 Paidia mou, akousate logous morfotikous dia tin glossan ekeinos o opoios tha tous tirisi, den tha kurieuthi apo akriton glossan.

8 Apo ta logia tou stomatos tou sullambanetai o amartolos, o de ubristis kai uperifanos palin eks aitias ton logon tou tha skontapsi kai tha pesi.

9 Mi sinithisis to stoma sou eis tous orkous oute kai na proferis to onoma tou agiou Theou.

10 Opos enas doulos, o opoios brisketai pantote kato apo to blemma kai tin eksetasin tou kuriou tou, den tha diafigi tous rabdismous dia ta sfalmata tou, etsi kai ekeinos, o opoios orkizetai kai exei pantote eis to stoma tou to onoma tou Theou, den apallassetai apo tin euthinin tis amartias autis.

11 Anthropos, o opoios kamnei pollous orkous, tha gemisi apo paranomias kai apo to spiti tou den tha leipsi pote h mastiks ton thlipseon. Ean peripesi eis to amartima ton pollon orkon, epano tou tha pesi h enoxi. Ean de adiaforisi dia ton orkon, amartanei duo foras. Ean de en gnosei orkisthi pseudos, den tha euri kammian dikaiosin kai sugxorisin. To de spiti tou tha gemisi apo timorias kai sumforas.

12 Yparxoun toson bareiai kai blasfimoi fraseis, ai opoiai episuroun os poinin ton thanaton. Tetoies fraseis ep’oudeni logo den prepei na uparxoun metaksi ton apogonon tou Iakob. Olai autai prepei na apofeugontai epimelos apo tous eusebeis anthropous, oste na mi kuliontai autoi mesa eis ton borboron ton foberon auton amartion.

13 Mi sinithisis to stoma sou eis anaisxintous logous, dioti mesa eis autous uparxoun pantote fraseis amartolai.

14 Na enthimisai pantote ton patera sou kai tin mitera sou kai tas sumboulas, pou sou exoun dosei, kai otan kathisai en meso ton arxonton. Prosekse mi lismonisis enopion auton ton arxonton tous goneis sou kai me tin sintitheian tis adiakritou sou glossis apoblakothis. Tote isos tha eipis, oti tha itheles na mi eixes gennithi kai endexomenos na katarasthis tin imeran tis genniseos sou.

15 Anthropos, o opoios exei sinithisei na ekstomizi ubristikous kai empaiktikous logous olas tas imeras tis zohs tou, den einai dinaton na morfothi kai proodeusi.

16 Duo eidi anthropon pollaplasiazoun sinexos tas amartias ton kai to triton eidos efelkuei epano tou tin orgin tou Theou.

17 Psixi thermainomeni apo to pathos ginetai os kaiomeni fotia kai h fotia auti den tha sbisi, eos otou katakah eks oloklirou h psixi. Anthropos o opoios amartanei epano eis auto to soma tou, den tha stamatisi diapratton tin amartian, eos otou to pir tis apoleias ton katakausi. Dia ton porneuonta anthropon kathe sarks einai glukeia pros apolausin. Den tha stamatisi tin amartian tou mexri kai tou thanatou tou.

18 Anthropos, o opoios molinei tin sizigikin tou klinin, legei esoterikos “ poios me blepei amartanonta; Skotadi uparxei ologura mou kai oi toixoi me skepazoun kaneis loipon de me blepei ti foboumai; O Ypsistos den tha enthimithi tas amartias mou”.

19 To monon pou autos fobeitai einai oi ofthalmoi ton anthropon. Den emathen omos oti oi ofthalmoi tou Kuriou einai apeiroplasios foteinoteroi apo ton hlion, epiblepoun eis olous tous dromous tis zohs ton anthropon kai exoun gnosin olon ton amartion, tas opoias kai eis ta pleon apokrifa meri diaprattoun oi anthropoi.

20 Prin dimiourgithoun ta sumpanta isan ola gnosta eis ton Theon. Etsi kai meta tin dimiourgian ton autos ta panta epiblepei kai gnorizei.

21 Autos o pornos eis tas kosmobritheis plateias tis poleos tha timorithi kai ekei, opou den upopteueto ton kindinon, tha sillifthi ep’autoforo.

22 Etsi tha timorithi kai h gunaika, h opoia exei egkataleipsei ton andra tis kai eferen eis ton kosmon paidi apo ksenon andra.

23 Auti proton men parikouse ton nomon tou Ypsistou, deuteron imartisen apenanti tou sizigou tis kai triton dieprakse moixeian kai apektise tekna apo allon andra.

24 Auti biaios tha odigithi ekso apo tin oikian tis kai tha parousiasthi enopion tou laou, dia na dikasthi alla kai ta tekna tis tha sinantisoun dokimasias eis tis zohn ton.

25 Ta tekna autis den tha aplosoun tas rizas ton kai den tha rizobolisoun. Kai oi kladoi tis den tha apoferoun karpon, den tha afisoun apogonous.

26 Tha afisi katiramenis anamnisin kai h kataisxini tis pote den tha eksaleifthi.

27 Etsi de tha didaxthoun apo ta pragmata kai tha mathoun oi upoloipoi anthropoi, oti den uparxei tipote kaliteron apo ton sebasmon kai tin eulabeian pros ton Kurion kai tipote glikiteron, apo to na prosexi kai na tiri kaneis tas entolas tou Kuriou.

KEFALAION KD’

H sofia en ti dimiourgia. H megaloprepeia tis. H sofia kai o Nomos.

EGKOMION PROS THN SOFIAN

- H sofia tha epainesi ton eauton tis kai en meso tou laou tha doksasthi.

2 Eis sugkentrosin piston en onomati tou Kuriou tha anoiksi to stoma tis kai enopion ton theion dinameon tha egkomiasthi.

3 « Ego, tha eipi, exo bgi apo stoma tou Ypsistou Theou kai osan omixli eskepasa olokliron tin gin.

4 Ego exo kataskinosei eis ta ipsi tou ouranou kai o thronos mou einai epano eis stilon nefelis.

5 Ton ouranion tholon ego moni perihlthon kai eis ta bathi ton thalasson moni ego periepatisa.

6 Epano eis ta kumata tis thalassis kai eis olin tin gin kai eis kathe laon kai ethnos ego ebasileusa.

7 Anamesa eis olous toutous tous laous kai ta ethni, ezitisa katoikian pros anapausin mou.

Anezitisa eis poiou tin xoran tha egkatastatho.

8 Tote mou edose tin entolin o Dimiourgos tou sumpantos. Autos o opoios eme edimiourgisen, estereose tin skinin tis anapauseos mou kai mou eipe : tha katoikisis eis ton laon Iakob, pare os idioktisian sou tin xoran tou Israhl.

9 Pro panton ton aionon kai pro pasis arxis me edimiourgise kai den tha pauso na uparxo aionios.

10 Eis tin agian Skinin tou Martiriou enopion autou ego eleitourgisa kai etsi estereosa monimon tin katoikian mou eis tin Ierousalim.

11 Autos o idios me egkatestise me pasan anesin eis tin agapimenin tou polin kai etsi eis tin Ierousalim uparxei o thronos kai h eksousia mou.

12 Errizobolisa eis ena endokson laon eis idioktisian tou Kuriou eis tin idikin tou klironomian.

13 Anipsothin kai emegalinthin, opos anipsonetai megaloprepis h kedros eis ton Libanon, kai opos h kuparissos eis ta ori Aermon.

14 Anipsothin megaloprepis, opos o foiniks eis tas paralious perioxas, opos ai triantafuliai eis tin Ierixo, opos h oraitotati elaia eis tas pediadas.. anipsothin megaloprepis osan platanos.

15 Opos h euosmos kanella kai o aromatikos aspalathos edosa kai dido ego tin euodian. Kai opos h eklekti smirna, diaskorpizo to aroma opos h xalbani kai o onuks kai h stakti kai to thimiama tou libaniou eis tin Skinin tou Martiriou.

16 Ego iplosa tous kladous mou osan tin tereminthon kai autoi oi kladoi mou eiai kladoi doksis kai xaritos.

17 Ego, opos h thalleri ampelos pou blastanei oraious kai karpoforous tous kladous tis, exo anthi, ta opoia karpoforoun doksan kai plouton.

18 Ego eimai h mitera tis pleon agnis kai adolou agapis, tou theiou fobou kai tis ugious gnoseos kai tis agias elpidos. Ego xarizomai upo tou Theou eis ola ta tekna mou, pantote uparxousa eis ta logia tou Theou.

19 Elate, loipon, pros eme oloi seis oi opoioi epithimeite na me apoktistete, kai xortasate apo tous karpous mou.

20 Kai moni h skepsis kai anamnisis sas peri emou einai glikitera apo to meli kai h apoktisis mou einai anotera apo tin apoktisin kirithras.

21 Ekeinoi oi opoioi me trogoun, tha exoun akomi oreksin kai peinan di’eme kai ekeinoi oi opoioi tha me pinoun tha dipsoun palin di’eme.

22 Opoios me prosexei kai upakouei eis tous logous mou, pote den tha entropiasthi kai osoi ergazontai upo tin empneusin mou, den tha peripesoun eis sfalmata.

23 Ola auta einai h Biblos tis Diathikis Theou tou Ypsistou o Nomos, ton opoion dietaksen eis imas o Mousis, h iera klironomia eis tous laous tou Israhl.

24 Mi paraluete kai mi xanete tin dinamin sas enopion tou Kuriou, alla proskollithite eis auton, dia na sas enisxisi, dioti o Kurios einai o monos pantokrator Theos, kai kaneis allos sotir plin autou den uparxei.

25 Autos kamnei na plimmirizi h sofia, opos ta udata tou potamou Feison kai opos ta udata tou Tigritos kata tin epoxin ton neon karpon.

26 Autos, pou uperekxeilizei tin gnosin kai tin sofian, opos o Eufratis ta udata tou kai opos o Iordanis kata tin periodon tou therismou.

27 Autos pou apostellei osan ololampron fos tin ugia morfosin, opos o Gion ta plousia nera tou eis periodon trigitou.

28 Oute o protos anthropos egnorisen eis bathos kai platos tin theian sofian, oute kai o teleutaios tha eksixniasi pote autin.

29 Ai upsilai alitheiai tis theias sofias einai perissoterai apo ta udata tis thalassis, kai ai anarithmitoi sumboulai tis, os ean proserxontai apo aperanton okeanon.

30 Ego, h sofia, eimai osan plousia dioriks udatos apo kapoion potamon kai san udragogos, o opoios eksiltha, dia na potiso ton kipon.

31 Eipa, tha potiso ton kipon mou, tha methiso me ta afthona udata mou tas prasias kai idou oti h dioruks egine potamos kai o potamos egine thalassa.

32 Aplono akomi tin morfosin opos diaxeetai to orthrinon fos, kai tha faneroso ta sofa autis didagmata eos eis ton pleon makrinon kosmon.

33 Diaxino tin didaskalian mou os spoudaiotaton kirigma tou Theou, kai tha klirodotiso autin eis tas dia mesou ton aionon geneas ton anthropon.

34 Proseksate, ego pou grafo auta ta sxetika me tin sofian, den ekopiasa monon dia ton eauton mou, alla kai di’olous ekeinous, oi opoioi anazitoun kai theloun na euroun tin sofian.

KEFALAION KE’

Ektimisis kai anipolipsia. H doksa ton geronton. H sumperifora. H kaki sizigos.

Tria pragmata me stolizoun kata tropon oraion, kai oraia parousiazomai enopion Theou kai anthropon. Proton omonoia metaksi ton adelfon. Deuteron filia metaksi ton filon kai ton geitonon. Triton kali sumperifora ton sizigon metaksi ton.

2 Treis takseis anthropon emisisen h psixi mou kai edisforisa para poli dia tin uparksin ton. Ptoxon uperifanon, plousion pseustin, kai geronta moixon, o opoios sinexos xanei tin orthofrosinin tou.

3 Ef’oson kata tin neotita sou den apethisaurises sofian kai sinesin, pos tha tin exis kata ta girateia sou ;

4 Poson oraion einai dia kefalas, pou exoun kataspra mallia, h orthofrosini, kai dia tous presbiterous kata tin ilikian na gnorizoun kai na didoun kalas sumboulas !

5 Poson oraion kai tairiasti einai h sofia dia tous gerontas, eis de tous megalous kai doksasmenous epi tis gis h orthi skepsis kai sumbouli !

6 Oraios tairiastos stefanos eis tin kefalin ton geronton einai h plousia ugihs peira kauxima ton de h eulabeia pros ton Kurion.

7 Ennea takseis emakarisa me olin mou tin kardian. Kai tin dekatin taksin tha tin diakirikso me tous logous mou. Proton, anthropon o opoios eufrainetai dia ta kala tou paidia. Deuteron, ekeinon pou zi kai blepei tin katastrofin ton exthron tou.

8 Triton, eutixi ekeinon, o opoios sinoikei me sinetin kai sofrona sizigon. Tetarton, ekeinon o opoios den eksolisthainei eis amartimata glossis. Pempton, ekeinon pou den uperetisen os prohstamenon katoteron tou.

9 Makarios ekeinos, o opoios eure kai apektise sinesin, ekeinos o opoios didaskei eis anthropous, oi opoioi ton akououn me prothimian.

10 Poson megas einai ekeinos, o opoios eurike kai apektise sofian ! Autos omos par’olin tin sofian tou den einai anoteros apo ekeinon, o opoios fobeitai ton Kurion.

11 O fobos tou Kuriou einai anoteros apo kathe ti kai pros poion tha paramoiasomen ekeinon, pou exei kai kratei mesa tou auton ton fobon ;

12 O fobos tou Kuriou einai h arxi kai h proupothesis tis agapis mas pros auton, h de pistis mas einai h arxi tis proskolliseos mas eis auton.

13 Kathe allin pligin tin upomenei kaneis, oxi omos kai tin pligin tis kardias. Kathe allin ponirian tin upomenei, oxi omos kai tin ponirian tis gunaikos.

14 Kathe sumforan tin upomeno, plin sumforas proerxomenis apo ekeinous, pou me misoun, opos kai kathe ekdikisin kai mi ekdikisin, proerxomenin apo exthrous.

15 Den uparxei perissoteron kaki kai epikindinos kefali apo tin dilitiriodi kefalin tou ofeos kai den uparxei xeiroteros thimos apo ton thimon tou exthrou.

16 Protimo na sinoikiso me leonta kai drakonta, para na sugkatoiko me kakin gunaika.

17 H kakia tis gunaikos alloionei tin emfanisin tis genikos kamnei skoteinon to prosopon tis, osan to prosopon tis arktou.

18 O sizigos tis tha kathisi en anesei anamesa eis tous filous tou, otan omos akousi di’autin tha anastenaksi me megalin pikrian.

19 Kathe alli kakia einai mikra empros eis tin kakian tis ginaikos. Os kakon meridion as pesi epano tis kliros kai katantima amartolou.

20 O,ti einai h ammouderi anofereia dia ta podia tou gerontos, etsi einai kai h glossodis gini dia ton filisixon andra tis.

21 Mi parasirthis apo to kallos tis gunaikos. Kammian ginaika as mi epithimisis meta pothou.

22 Einai kati to eksorgistikon, to anaides, to ekseutelistikon, h gini na epixorigi kai diatrefi ton andra tis.

23 Gini me xidaian psixi, me skithropon to prosopon kai me pikrammenin kardian, einai kaki sizigos. Xeires sizigou adraneis kai gonata paralelimena den einai dinaton na kamoun eutixismenon ton sizigo tis.

24 Apo tin gunaika, apo tin Euan, ilthen h arxi tis amartias, kai eks aitias autis apothniskomen oloi.

25 Mi didis eleutheran rohn eis to udor, oute eksousian eis kakin gunaika.

26 Ean h gunaika sou den se akolouthi kai den se upakouh, apokopse tin apo to spiti sou me diazigion.

KEFALAION KST’

H enaretos sizigos. Ai kakai ginaikes.

Eutuxis einai o andras ekeinos, o opoios exei enareton sizigon. O arithmos ton eton tis zohs tou tha diplasiasthi.

2 Gini drastiria kai ergatiki eufrainei ton andra tis, ta de eti tis zohs tou tha einai gemata apo eirinin.

3 Enaretos gini einai agathon doron, pou prosferetai apo ton Kurion eis ekeinous, oi opoioi ton fobountai.

4 Tou plousiou kai tou ptoxou h kardia einai xaroumeni kai eis kathe peristasin to prosopon ton einai ilaron, ean exoun sizigon agathin.

5 Apo tria pragmata efobithi h kardia mou, dia de to tetarton iloiothi apo fobon to prosopon mou. Proton, sikofantian oloklirou poleos. Deuteron, stasiasanta oxlon.

Triton, foberan pseudologian. Ola auta xeirotera kai apo ton thanaton.

6 To tetarton omos kai foberoteron einai o bathis ponos tis kardias kai penthos psixis eks aitias ginaikos, h opoia zileuei allas gunaikas.

H glossa tis ginetai pleon mastigion enantion olon ekeinon, me tous opoious erxetai eis epikoinonian.

7 H kaki gunaika einai enas atairiastos kai klonizomenos zigos bohdion.

Opoios tha epixeirisi na elthi eis epafin kai na kuriarxisi eis autin, einai san ekeinon, pou pianei me ta xeria tou skorpion.

8 Megali distixia kai orgi einai h methisos gunaika. Auti den skepazei osa dia logous entropis prepei na einai sugkekalimmena.

9 H porneia tis gunaikos fainetai apo tin zohrotita kai tin anaisxintian ton ofthalmon tis, ginetai gnosti kai apo auta akomi ta blefara tis.

10 Prosekse poli kai parakolouthise sinexos tin adiantropon thigatera, mipos tixon auti, ekmetalleuomeni tin ameleian sou, kami kakin xrisin eis baros tis.

11 Prosekse ta anaidi blemmata tis kai mi ekplagis ean kai pros se ton idion authadiasi.

12 H kori auti, san dipsasmenos odoiporos, tha anoiksi to stoma tis, kai tha roufisi kathe nero, pou tha sinantisi. Tha kathisi apenanti opoioudipote passalou kai eis kathe poniron belos tha anoiksi tin faretran tis.

13 Omos h xaris, h psixiki eugeneia kai kalosini tis sizigou terpei ton andra tis. H de orthofrosini kai h kali diagogi tis tha stereosoun kai tha threpsoun ta osta tou.

14 Dorea Theou einai gini siopili. Den uparxei de kanena antallagma mias ginaikeias psixis, morfomenis kata Theon.

15 H entropali kai sinestalmeni sizigos einai dipli xaris para tou Theou, kai den uparxei zugi ikanon, na stathmisi tin aksian tis enaretou autis psixis.

16 Opos o anatellon ilios eis ta ipsi tou ouranou tou Kuriou, etsi kai to psixikon kallos tis enaretou ginaikos lampei mesa eis ton stolismon tis oikias tis.

17 Opos lampei o luxnos epano eis tin ieran eptafoton luxnian, etsi aktinobolei kai h oraiotis tous prosopou tis eis to kamaroton soma tis.

18 Opos einai oi xrusoi stiloi epano eis ta argura bathra ton, etsi kai oi oraioi podes stirizoun to kalodemenon stithos, to oraion soma tis.

19 Paidi mou, kata to anthos tis ilikias sou filakse igih ton eauton sou, kai mi ekdapanisis eis ksena prosopa tin dinamin sou.

20 Alla, afou anazitisis eis kathe agron kalon edafos, agathin ginaika, speire ekei ta spermata sou me tin pepoithisin, oti tha apoktisis gnisious kai kalous apogonous.

21Etsi ta paidia sou tha euriskontai guro sou kai me to tharros, pou tous dinei h gnisiotis kai eugeneia tis katagogis ton, tha megalonoun.

22 Gini pou poleitai anaidos einai sixameri osan to salio, h de pisti sizigos tha fani pirgos, pou ektokseuei ton thanaton enantion ekeinon, oi opoioi me poniran diathesin tha skefthoun na tin plisiasoun.

23 H asebis omos guni paraxoreitai os timoria eis ton asebi andra, h de eusebis gunaika didetai pros ekeinon, pou fobeitai ton Kurion.

24 Gini anaisxintos tha peripesi kai tha katapih kathe anaisxintian, h de sinestalmeni kai entropali kori tha entrapi kai ton mellonta sizigon tis.

25 Gini adiantropos tha theoritai osan skila, h sinestalmeni omos kai ntropali tha fobitai ton Kurion.

26 Gini, h opoia tima ton sizigon tis, tha fani eis olous, opos kai einai pragmati, sofi. Eks antithetou ginaika asebis kai alazoniki, pou ekseutelizei ton andra tis, tha gini gnosti os toiauti eis olous. Eutixis einai o andras, pou epire sizigon enareton. O arithmos ton eton tou tha einai diplasios.

27 Gini, pou kraugazei kai exei megalin glossan, omoiazei me polemikin salpigga, pou trepei eis fugin exthron. Kai pantos anthropou psixi upo toiautas sinthikas tha dierxetai zohn akatastaton kai polemikin.

28 Dia duo pragmata lupeitai h kardia mou kapoio de triton eksegeirei tin aganaktisin mou proton, anir o opoios epolemise dia tin patrida tou kai exei katapesei eis ptoxeian.

Deuteron, andres sinetoi, ean theorithoun os skibala kai parameristhoun. Triton de kai xeiroteron, anthropos o opoios apo ton dromon tis aretis metapida eis ta adieksoda tis amartias. O Kurios ton etoimazei dia tin maxairan tis orgis tou.

29 Enas emporos molis kai meta diskolias tha apofugi tin adikian. O metapratis omos den tha katorthosi na apallagi apo tin amartian.

KEFALAION KZ’

To kerdoskopikon emporion. H dikaiosini. Mi apokaliptis ta mistika ton filon sou.

Polloi amartanoun eneka ulikou kerdous kai o pleonektis, o epiziton na auksisi ta kerdi tou, apostrefei me sklirotita tous ofthalmous tou apo ton ptoxon kai apo ton Theon tis dikaiosinis.

2 Opos o passalos piezomenos empignitai eis tas athroseis ton lithon enos toixou, etsi kai h amartia ensfinonetai metaksi poliseos kai agoras.

3 Ean o kerdoskopos anthropos den sugkratisi sintomos kai egkairos ton eauton tou me ton fobon tou Theou, taxeos tha eksolothreuthi o oikos tou.

4 Otan seietai to koskinon, paramenoun eis auta ta skubala. Skubala polles fores, axristoi kai epiblabeis skepseis kai epithimiai, menoun eis tin dianoian kai tin kardian ton anthropon.

5 Ta pilina doxeia tou keramopoiou ta dokimazei h fotia tis kaminou. H dokimasia kai h eksoterikeusis tou xaraktiros tou anthropou ginetai me tous sullogismous kai tas sizitiseis tou.

6 Tin aksian kai poiotita enos kalliergimenou dendrou faneronei o karpos etis kai o logos, ekfrasis ton epithimion tis kardias kai ton skepseon tou nou, faneronei ton anthropon.

7 Mi epainesis anthropon prin h ton akousis na omili, dioti h omilia einai dokimasia kai kritimion tis aksias tou.

8 Ean epidiokis to dikaion, tha to katalabis kai tha to endithis os endokson imation, pou tha fthani mexri ta podia sou.

9 Ta ptina sugkatoikoun me ta omoia ton etsi kai h alitheia epanerxetai, stolismos kai uperaspistis, eis ekeinous, oi opoioi tin efarmozoun.

10 Opos to liontari enedreuei to thirama tou, etsi kai h amartia enedreuei, dia na sullabi autous, pou tin prattoun.

11 H omilia tou eusebous anthropou einai pantote sofi o de amualos metaballetai apo imeras eis imeran, opos h selini.

12 Otan prokeitai na metabis en meso moron kai asineton, perimene ton katallilon kairon, pote tha pas kai pote tha omilisis. Metaksi omos ton sineton kai sofon anthropon, na sixnazis pantote.

13 Ai omiliai ton moron prokaloun disforian kai ahdian kai apo ta gelia ton prokalountai plithos bromeron amartion.

14 H anaidis omilia tou anthropou, pou orkizetai suxna kai eukola, sikonei tas trixas tis kefalis mas apo frikin. Kai h diamaxi tou me allous omoious tou mas kanei, na kleiomen ta autia mas.

15 Ai diamaxai ton uperifanon kai egoiston exoun os kataliksin ton tin aimatoxusian kai ai metaksi ton antallassomenai ubreis einai katathliptikai dia tin akohn mas.

16 Ekeinos pou apokaluptei ta mustika ton filon tou, xanei tin empistosunin ton allon kai den tha euri pleon filon sumfona me tin epithimian tis kardias tou.

17 Sterge me agapin ton filon sou kai gine empistos eis auton. Ean omos apokalipsis ta mistika tou, autos tha se egkataleipsi kai einai mataion pleon na epidioksis tin filian tou.

18 Dioti opos kaneis ton anthropon, pou eginen exthros tou, kata paromoion tropon exases kai su tin filian tou filou sou.

19 Opos ena ptinon, to opoion to afikes na fugi apo ta xeria sou, den epanerxetai, etsi kai su apemakrines ton filon sou me tin adiakrisian sou oson de kai an prospathisis, den tha ton epaneuris.

20 Mi epizitisis na ton epaneuris, dioti exei pleon fugei makran apo se. Etaxine to bima tou, opos to zarkadi pou diafeugei tin pagida.

21 Ena trauma einai dinaton na to epidesi kaneis, mia antithesis metaksi ton anthropon einai dinaton na kataliksi eis sundiallagin kai sumfiliosin. O filos omos, tou opoiou su apekalupses ta mistikan, den exei kammian elpida kai oute thelei na epanasunapsi palin pros se tin filian tou.

22 Ekeinos pou misokleiei eis upokritika neumata tous ofthalmous, sxediazei me texnin kai prattei kaka kai kaneis den imporei na ton apofigi.

23 Enopion sou einai olos meli kai se kamnei na xamogelas.

Prospoieitai oti thaumazei kai epainei ta logia sou. Katopin omos tha metastrepsi ta logia tou kai tha dosi nohma skandalou eis ta idika sou logia, dia na se ekthesi.

24 Polla kaka emisisa, alla kanena toson poli, opos auton ton anthropon.

Kai o Kurios episis ton misei.

25 Ekeinos pou riptei to lithari ipsila epano apo to kefali tou, to kateuthinei enantion tis kefalis tou. Etsi kai ekeinos, pou ktipa dolios ton plision tou, epiferei traumata eis ton eauton tou.

26 Ekeinos pou skaptei lakkon dia ton allon, tha pesi o idios mesa. Kai opoios stinei pagida eis baros allon, tha sillifthi me autin o idios.

27 Ta kaka, ta opoia mixaneuetai kai prattei eis baros allon kapoios, tha epipesoun epano tou, xoris kai o idios na gnorizi, apo pou kai pos epilthan enantion tou.

28 Empaigmoi kai ubreis uparxoun pantote eis to stoma ton uperifanon.

Alla h timoria kai h ekdikisis enantion ton enedreuei, opos o leon paramoneuei dia to thirama tou.

29 Ekeinoi pou eufrainontai dia tas distixias kai tas thlipseis ton eusebon, tha sillifthoun eis pagidas sumforon odunai de tha katanalosoun autous pro tou thanatou ton.

30 Mnisikakia, esoteriki aganaktisis kai eksoteriki orgi kai auta einai aksia apostrofis.

O amartolos anthropos ta katexei kai katexetai apo auta.

KEFALAION KH’

Dide suggnomin. Apofeuge tas filoneikias. Fobera h kaki glossa.

Ekeinos pou ekdiketai tous allous, tha uposti ekdikisin kai timorian apo ton Theon, o opoios tha tou katalogisi austiros kai tha timorisi tas amartias tou.

2 Sugxorise to adikima, pou sou ekamen o plision sou, kai tote, otan proseuxithis pros ton Theon, tha lithoun kai ai idikai sou amartiai.

3 O anthropos eno diatiri mnisikakian kai orgin enantion tou sinanthropou tou, zitei en toutois na parei autos sugxorisin apo ton Theon ;

4 Dia ton omoiopathi plision tou den aisthanetai autos eleos kai sumpatheian, kai par’olon touto zitei apo ton Theon eleos dia tas amartias tou ;

5 Autos, adinati sarks, kratei mesa tou mnisikakian kai orgin. Poios omos en toiauti periptosei tha sugxorisi tas amartias tou ;

6 Na enthimasai ta teli sou kai pause na trefis exthran enantion ton allon. Enthimisou tin fthoran kai ton thanaton kai mene pistos tiritis ton entolon tou Kuriou.

7 Na exis pantote zohra up’opsin sou tas entolas tou Kuriou kai na mi orgizesai enantion tou plision sou. Exe kata noun tin diathikin tou Ypsistou kai parablepse tas adikias, ta opoias eks agnoias h kai en gnosei sou exoun kamei oi alloi.

8 Na apofeugis tas filoneikias kai etsi tha periorisis para poli tas amartias sou. Dioti anthropos eristikos kai thimodis riptei elaion eis tin fotian kai anaptei maxas.

9 Anthropos amartolos kai filoneikos dimiourgei anataraxin kai metaksi ton filon opos episis kai metaksi anthropon pou zoun eirinikos diaspeirei diabolas.

10 H fotia kaiei kai epekteinetai analoga me ta ksila, pou tis riptontai. Etsi kai o thimos enos anthropou einai analogos me tin dinamin kai tin eksousian, pou exei. Agrieuei kai megalonei analoga me ton plouton oson de stereonei kai epekteinetia h diamaxi, toson kai perissoteron anabei o thimos.

11 Eris, h opoia den sugkrateitai, anabei purkaian kai logomaxia biaia kai ormitiki franei mexris ekxiseos aimatos.

12 Ean fisisis ena spinthira, anapteis fotian, ean omos ftisis epano eis ton spinthira ton sbineis. Kai ta duo proerxontai apo to stoma sou.

13 Katarasthite ton dolion psithiristin kai ton diprosopon anthropon, dioti kati tetoioi katestrepsan pollous eirinikous anthropous.

14 Glossa dilitiriodis kai sikofantiki pollous anestatosen. Eksorisen autous apo to ethnos ton eis allo ethnos, ekrimnisen oxiras poleis kai katestrepsen oikous arxonton.

15 Glossa sikofantiki ediokse drastirias kai timias sizigous apo to spiti ton kai tas esterisen apo tous karpous ton moxthon ton.

16 Ekeinos pou didei prosoxin eis sikofantikin glossan, den tha euri anapausin kai den tha katoikisi me isixian kai eirinin.

17 Ta ktipimata tis mastigos proksenoun pligas eis tin sarka ta ktipimata omos tis glossis spazoun kokkala.

18 Polloi efoneuthisan en stomati maxairas autoi omos den einai tosoi osoi ekeinoi, oi opoioi epesan ktipithentes apo sikofantikin glossan.

19 Eutixis ekeinos, pou proefulaxthi apo autin, kai den egine thima tou thimou tis autos pou den esiren epano tou ton barin zigon tis sikofantikis glossis kai den edethi me ta katastreptika tis desma.

20 O zigos tis sikofantikis glossis einai sidirenios zigos kai ta desma tis xalkina.

21 O thanatos, ton opoion prokalei h farmakera glossa, einai poli kakos.

Protimoteros apo auton einai o adis.

22 Alla h dilitiriodis auti glossa den tha aplosi tin kiriarxian tis epano eis tous eusebeis anthropous. Den tha kaoun autoi apo tas flogas tis.

23 Osoi omos egkataleipoun ton Kurion, tha empesoun eis tin tirannikin kuriarxian autis, tha kaoun me tin floga tis kai h floga tis den tha sbisi.

Tha epelthi enantion ton fobera h farmakeri glossa opos o agrios leon kai opos h pardalis, tha katastrefi autous.

24 Prosekse frakse ologira to ktima sou me agkathia, to de argurion sou kai to xrision dese ta asfali.

25 Pare zigaria kai zigia, dia na zigisis ta logia sou kai bale eis to stoma sou thiran kai sirtin.

26 Prosexe, mi glistrisis me tin glossan sou kai pesis eis ta xeria ekeinou, o opoios kairofulaktei, dia na se katastrepsi.

KEFALAION KTH’

Na daneizis kai na elehs me sinesin. Prothimos alla kai prosektikos eis eggihseis. H aksia tis oligarkeias.

O elehmon daneizei prothimos ton plision tou kai ekeinos, pou erxetai me prothimian eis bohtheian kai enisxisin tou plision, tirei tas entolas tou Theou.

2 Dose daneion eis ton plision sou, otan eurisketai eis kairon anagkis su de o xreofeiletis na epistrepsis tin ofeilin sou eis ton plision sou kata ton sumfonithenta kairon.

3 Tirise ton logon sou apenanti tou, deikse pros auton tin aksiopistian sou kai etsi eis kathe kairon anagkis sou tha ton euris prothimon na se bohthisi.

4 Polloi enomisan os eurima to daneion pou elabon, kai eproksenisan talaiporias eis ekeinous, oi opoioi tous ebohthisan.

5 O kakos kai axaristos xreofeiletis, mexris otou tha labi to daneion, katafilei tin xeira tou daneistou kai dia ta xrimata tou plision, pou elpizei na labi, xamilonei iketeutikos tin fonin tou. Otan omos elthi o kairos tis apodoseos tou daneiou, anaballei kai parelkuei ton xronon, proballei logous stenoxorias kai tas susxereis, taxa, peristaseis.

6 Ean o kakos xreofeiletis einai eis thesin na plirosi, o daneistis tou, esto kai an labi to imisi tou xreous, tha theorisi touto os eurima. Ean omos den exi na plirosi, den tha epistrepsi tipote eis auton kai etsi tha ton sterisi eks oloklirou apo ta xrimata tou. Kai epi pleon tha ton kami exthron tou xoris logon. Tha ton plirosi omos me kataras kai me ubreis kai anti tis timis tha tou antapodosi tin katafronisin.

7 Polloi, logo tis ponirias ton xreofeileton, arnountai na dosoun daneion, epeidi fobountai, mipos xoris logon xasoun ta xrimata ton.

8 Par’olon omos touto su prepei na faneis makrothimos kai epieikis pros ton ptoxon kai esterimenon, kai mi anabalis na dosis pros auton tin elehmosinin sou.

9 Ek sebasmou pros tin entolin tou Theou upostirikse ton ptoxon, kai otan eurethi eis periodon anagkis kai steriseos, mi ton afisis na figi xoris tin bohtheian sou.

10 En anagki as xasis ta xrimata sou dia ton steroumenon adelfon kai filon, kai mi ta afisis na skouriasoun kripton auta kato apo lithous.

11 Xrisimopoihse ta xrimata sou sumfona me to thelima tou Ypsistou kai auto tha se ofelisi perissoteron apo auton touton ton xrison.

12 Kleise eis to tameion sou anti xrimaton ta kala erga tis elehmosinis sou auta de tha se apallaksoun apo kathe talaiporian.

13 H elehmosini sou tha se uperaspisi enantion pantos exthrou perissoteron apo isxiran aspida kai apo dinatou dori.

14 O agathos anthropos tha eggihthi prothimos dia ton plision tou monon o adiatropos tha egkataleipsi auton abohthiton.

15 Si de o euergetoumenos mi lismonisis tin euergesian tou eggihtou sou, dioti ekeinos edose pros xarin sou tin zohn tou.

16 O poniros kai axaristos omos tha anatrepsi tin agathoergian tou eggihtou tha egkataleipsi ton euergetin tou ekeinos, pou exei kata noun diatheseis axaristias.

17 Pollous eggihtas me polla agatha tous katestrepsen h eggihsis, tous eklonisen opos ta kimata tis thalassis. Eksedioksen apo ton topon ton andras dinatous kai autoi perieplanithisan mesa eis ksena ethni.

19 O kakos omos anthropos, o opoios me usteroboulian epipiptei eis egguhseis, epidiokon me autas paranoma kerdi, tha peripesi eis dikas kai timorias.

20 Ypostirikse ton plision sou analoga me tin oikonomiki sou antoxin, prosekse omos na mi pesis kai si o idios.

21 Prota kai aparaitita efodia dia tin zohn einai to nero kai o artos. Ek parallilou de h endimasia kai to spiti dia tin kalipsin tis gimnotitos tou anthropou.

22 Protimotera einai h zoh tou ptoxou kato apo ksilinin stegin, para ta poluteli sumposia eis ksena spitia.

23 Na menis euxaristimenos kai me ta polla kai me ta oliga. Etsi de den tha akousis katigorias kai ubreis, oti eisai parasiton zon eis baros ton allon.

24 Athlia zoh einai na gurizis apo spiti se spiti, dioti opou stathis na zitisis bohtheian, tha entropiasthis kai den tha exeis to tharros na anoiksis to stoma sou.

25 Tha eksanagkasthis osan upiretis na prosferis to fagiton kai to poton eis ton oikodespotin, xoris kai na akousis ena euxaristo apo ekeinon. Eks antithetou tha akousis pikra logia.

26 Tha sou eipi « ela edo, ksene, etoimase to trapezi tou fagitou mou, kai an exis kati etoimon, dos mou to na figo ».

27 Epeita tha sou pi « fige apo do, ksene, apo ta megaleia mou kai ta agatha mou, dioti ego prokeitai na filokseniso ton adelfon mou kai exo anagkin tou spitiou mou ».

28 Ta logia auta di’ena anthropon orthofronounta kai filotimon einai polu bareia auti dilati, h epitimisis tou eis oikian, opou ezitise filoksenian, kai h kakometaxeirisis tou, os ean prokeitai peri xreofeiletou.

KEFALAION L’

H diapaidagogisis ton teknon. H ugeia asugkritos protimotera tou ploutou.

PERI THS DIAPAIDAGOGHSEOS TON TEKNON.

Ekeinos pou agapa to paidi tou, tha to timori suxna touto de, dia na to morfosi, oste na eufranthi ekeino kata ta girateia tou.

2 Ekeinos pou diapaidagogei orthos kai morfonei to paidi tou, tha ofelithi apo auto kai enopion gnoston tou anthropon tha kauxatai de auto.

3 Ekeinos pou didaskei orthos to paidi tou, tha kami ton exthron tou na ton zilofthonisi enopion omos ton filon tou tha eufrainetai di’auto.

4 Apethanen o patir tou paidiou autou, einai os ean den apethane, dioti afika paidi omoion me ton eauton tou.

5 O pateras, eno akoma ezouse, eide to paidi tou na proodeuh xaris eis tin morfosin pou toue dose, kai euxaristithi dia touto. Otan de ilthen h ora tou thanatou, den elipithi,

6 dioti afiken ena dikaion timoron enantion ton exthron tou kai ena eugnomona pros tous filous tou, eis tous opoious ekeino tha antapodosi tin euergesian.

7 Ekeinos pou paraxaideuei kai den paidagogei orthos to paidi tou, tha to entharrini eis ektropas kai epeita tha epidesi tas pligas tou. Eis kathe kraugin tou ponountos paidiou tou tha tarassetai h patriki tou kardia.

8 Opos enas adamastos ippos ginetai sklirotraxilos kai epikindinos, etsi kai ena paidi egkataleleimmenon eis ton eauton tou katanta anaideis kai epiblabes.

9 Xaidepse poli to paidi sou, kai tha kataplagis apo tin aprepi sumperiforan tou. An paidiarizis mazi me auto, tha dokimasis katopin pollas lipas.

10 Mi poligelas mazi me auto, dia na mi dokimasis eks aitias tou ponous kai eis to telos moudiasoun ta dontia sou eks aitias tou.

11 Mi didis eis auto eleutherian kai dikaiomata kata ta xronia tis neotitos tou kai mi kanis pos den blepeis tas ataksias tou.

12 Kampse ton traxikon tou kata tin neanikin ilikian, molopise tou ta pleura, otan akomi einai mikros, mipos tixon kai sklirinthi adiapaidagogitos kai deiksi pros se apeitheian.

13 Anathrepse kala to paidi sou, kopiase dia tin morfosin tou, dia na mi skontapsis katopin eis tin adiantropon diagogin tou.

PERI YGEIAS

14 Kaliteros einai o ugihs kai euarrostos ptoxos, para o plousios o ktipimenos me astheneias eis to soma tou.

15 H ugeia kai h eueksia einai kaliterai apo olous tous thisaurous to euroston de soma einai anoteron apo ametrita plouti.

16 Den uparxoun plouti, osondipote megala, kalitera apo tin ugeian tou somatos kai den uparxei anotera agalliasis apo tin xaran tis kardias.

17 Protimoteros einai o thanatos apo mias pikrammenin zohn kai h aionia anapausis apo mian epimonon kai atherapeuton astheneian.

18 Plousia eugeusta fagita, ximena eis stoma, pou to exei kleisei h anoreksia, omoiazoun me sorous fagiton, pou exoun topothetithi epano eis tafon.

19 Ti ofeloun fagita eis ena apsixon eidolon ; Dioti auto oute trogei oute ta osfrainetai. To idion sumbainei kai me anthropon, ton opoion o Kurios exei ktipisei me astheneian.

20 Blepei me ta matia tou ta oraia fagita kai stenazei, dioti den imporei na ta apolausi opos kai enas eunouxos, enagkalizomenos parthenon stenazei, dioti den imporei na tin apolausi.

21 Mi paradosis tin zohn sou eis lipas kai mi egkataleipsis ton eauton sou eis mauras kai apaisiodoksous skepseis.

22 H adolos xara tis kardias einai zoh tou anthropou kai h agalliasis einai makroimereusis.

23 Na agapas tin zohn sou, na parigoris tin kardian sou kai na dioxnis makria apo se tin lipin, dioti h lipi pollous exei katastrepsei kammia de ofeleia den uparxei eis autin.

24 H zilofthonia kai o thimos oligosteuoun tas imeras tis zohs kai h basanistiki merimna tou biou ferei proora to giras.

25 O kalokardos kai agathos anthropos frontizei dia ta fagita tou kai ta apolambanei.

KEFALAION LA’

Ta kaka tis aplistias. H sumperifora eis sumposia. Ton oinon en metro.

H aupnia, tin opoian prokalei h anisixia kai o fobos dia ton plouton, lionei ton anthropinon soma kai h agoniodis merimna di’auton afairei ton upnon.

2 H agrupnos merimna dia ton plouton ekdiokei ton upnon kai prokalei anikanopoihton nistagmon, opos kai ena bari somatikon kai psixikon nosima apodiokei ton upnon.

3 O plousios kopiazei, dia na sugkentroni xrimata, eis ton kairon omos tis anapauseos tou einai gematos apo eklektas kai eugeustous trofas.

4 Kopiazei kai o ptoxos, o opoios elaxista exei ta mesa tis sintiriseos tou, kai otan thelisi na anapauthi stereitai apo ola.

5 Ekeinos pou agapa ta xrimata, den tha katorthosi na zisi kai na ferthi me dikaiosinin. Kai ekeinos pou epidiokei to paranomon kerdos, epidiokei diafthoran kai tha gemisi apo kaka.

6 Polloi xarin tou xrisiou eginan ptoma kai ereipia, kai h katastrofi ton parousiasthi aifnidia enopion ton.

7 O xrisos einai ksilon, epano eis to opoion skontaptoun autoi pou enthousiazontai pros xarin tou. Kathe asunetos anthropos tha sillifthi eis ta diktia ton kakon, pou prokalei o adikos kai axortastos ploutos.

8 Eutixis einai o plousios, o opoios katorthose na meini katharos kai akatigoritos kai o opoios den etrekse me aplistian opiso apo ton xrison.

9 Poios einai autos o akatigoritos plousios ; Tha ton kalotixisomen kai tha ton sugxaromen, dioti epraksen erga thaumasta eis ton laon tou.

10 Poios upesti tin dokimasian kai tous peirasmous tou ploutou kai eurethi teleios ; Touto tha einai di’auton eis kauxisin kai epainon. Poios en ti epithimia tou ploutou imporouse na parabi to thelima tou Theou kai den to parebi ; Hmporouse na diapraksi adikias kai den tas dieprakse ;

11 Ta agatha tou anthropou autou, o opoios den eploutise me adikias, tha meinoun monima upo tin katoxin tou tas de euergesias kai agathoergias tou tha dihgountai plithi anthropon.

12 Otan parakathisis eis episimon plousian trapezan, mi anoigis axortasta to stoma sou dia ta fagita kai mi eipis apo mesa sou, polla bebaia fagita uparxoun epano eis autin.

13 Mi lismonis oti o laimargos ofthalmos einai kati kakon. Ti allo poniroteron apo ton axortaston ofthalmon uparxei ; Dia touto kai klaiei to mati pantos anthropou, otan steritai apo ekeina, pou epithimei.

14 Opou kai otan se blepi to mati tou noikokiri, mi aplosis me laimargian to xeri sou kai mi riptesai eis to koinon piato mazi me ton noikokirin, dia na arpaksis fagita.

15 Krine tas epithimias tou plision sou apo tas idikas sou kai eis kathe ti, pou tha kami, skepsou proton kala.

16 Fage osan kaloanathremmenos anthropos ta paratithemena eis se fagita, kai mi masas tas trofas kata tropon agroikon kai thoribodi, dia na mi se apostrafoun.

17 H kali anatrofi sou as se kami, na stamatisis protos to fagiton sou kai na mi fanis axortastos, dia na mi ktipisis asxima eis tous allous.

18 Ean de parakathisis eis trapezan metaksi pollon allon sundaitimonon, mi aplonis si protos apo ekeinous to xeri sou.

19 Dia ton anthropon ton koinonikos morfomenon einai arketon kai to oligon fagiton. Etsi de kai eis ton upnon tou den tha asthmaini, opos tha asthmaini o barifortomenos apo fagita.

20 Ygihs kai euxaristos upnos uparxei eis ton anthropon, pou to enteron tou den einai polu gemato. Otan de to proh autos eksipna, exei katharon kai eleutheron ton noun. O polifagas omos anthropos upoferei apo ponous kai agripnias. Exei emetous kai kopsimo eis tin koilian.

21 Ean omos epiesthis tixon na fagis polla fagita, stamata eis tas oporas mi trogis frouta kai etsi tha dokimasis anapausin.

22 Akouse me, paidi mou, kai mi katafronis ta logia mou. Eis to telos tha ta euris ortha, eis olas tas energeias sou na eisai prosektikos kai drastirios, kai tote kammia nosos den tha se katalabi.

23 Doksa dia ton anthropon kai epainos ek merous ton allon einai h prosfora trofon pros tous ptoxous. Auti einai h pleon aksiopistos martiria tis kalosinis tou.

24 Enantion omos tou tsiggouni, tou sfixtoxeri eis to na prosferi artous pros tous peinontas, tha aganaktisi olokliros h polis kai h katamarturia auti enantion tis filargirias tou tha einai akribis kai aksiopistos.

25 Mi kanis to pallikari eis tin oinoposian, dioti h methi exei katastrepsei pollous.

26 To kamini dokimazei tin antoxin tou xalibos, afou autos piraktomenos bithisthi eis to nero. Etsi kai to krasi ballei eis dokimasian tas kardias ton egoiston, otan malista autoi elthoun eis filoneikias.

27 Ypobohthei tin ugeian kai zohn tou anthropou o oinos, otan pinetai me metron. Poia de einai h zoh ekeinou, o opoios stereitai apo to krasi; O oinos exei ginei dia na eufraini tous anthropous.

28 Agalliasis kardias kai xara tis zohs einai o oinos, pou pinetai, otan kai oson prepei.

29 Pikria omos kai taraxi tis psixis einai o oinos, otan pinetai eis megalin posotita, dimiourgei ekserethismous kai antegkliseis metaksi ton anthropon.

30 H methi megalonei ton thimon tou asinetou anthropou, oste na erxetai eis sigkrouseis me tous allous, meionei tin somatikin tou dinamin kai proksenei traumata.

31 Eis sumposion, opou polis prosferetai kai katanalisketai o oinos, mi elegksis ton parakathimenon sou mi ton thiksis kai mi ton prosbalis, otan eurisketai eis euthimian. Logon ubristikon mi tou eipis kai mi ton stenoxorisis me akairous apaitiseis sou.

KEFALAION LB’

H sumperifora tou sumposiarxou. H sumperifora ton neon kata ta sumposia. H kali sumperifora.

DIA TOYS PROISTAMENOYS TOY SYMPOSIOY.

- Se orisan proistamenon tou sumposiou; Mi uperifaneuesai di’auto. Na eisai osan enas apo tous sundaitimonas metaksi auton. Frontise di’autous kai epeita kathise mazi ton eis tin trapezan.

2 Otan de ekplirosis olas tas upoxreoseis sou os sumposiarxou, tote parakathise mazi ton eis tin trapezan, dia na eufranthis kai si. Tha labis de apo autous dia tin kalin organosin tis trapezis stefanon euxaristias.

3 Su, osan megaliteros pou eisai, omilison, dioti auto armozei eis se. Eipe omos me orthofrosinin alithina pragmata, xoris na parateinis epi poli tin omilian sou kai empodizeis etsi tin mousikin.

4 Otan akouetai h mousiki, su mi omilis polla kai epi poli, kai mi thelis na parousiasis tin sofian sou eis akatallilon oran.

5 Opos to xriso daktulidi sfragidos me to politimo roumpini, etsi einai kai h sunaulia ton mousikon organon eis to sumposion me ton oinon.

6 Opos to daktulidi-sfragis, kataskeuasmenon apo ton xrison kai kosmimenon me smaragdon, etsi kai h melodia me ton euxariston oinon.

7 Kai su, nee, pou summetexeis eis to sumposion, ean aisthanthis tin anagkin, omilise, mexri duo omos foras kai ean erotithis.

8 Sugkefalaiose auta, pou eipes kai mathe na legis polla di’oligon.

Gine anthropos, o opoios gnorizei polla kai sugxronos exei mathei na siopa.

9 Otan euriskesai en meso arxonton kai anoteron sou, mi sumperiferesai osan isos pros autous. Kai otan o allos omili, su mi fluaris, alla meine sobaros.

10 Opos empros apo tin brontin prohgeitai h astrapi, etsi h xaris tis aidous kai tis semnotitos prohgeitai apo ton entropalon neon.

11 Siko apo to trapezi egkairos, na mi meinis teleutaios pigaine suntoma eis ton oikon sou kai mi periplanasai rathimos eis tous dromous.

12 Ekei diaskedase, kame o,ti se euxaristei. Prosekse omos, na mi amartisis me kanena uperifanon logon.

13 Epi pasi de toutois doksologise ton Plastin sou, dioti autos sou didei me afthonian ola ta agatha tou.

14 Ekeinos pou fobeitai ton Kurion, tha dexthi oposdipote ek merous tou Kuriou tin orthin agogin kai morfosin. Kai osoi apo proias eksipnoun, dia na epikoinonisoun me ton Kurion, tha euroun eumeneian kai kalosinin apo auton.

15 Ekeinos o opoios epizitei na gnorisi kai na efarmosi ton theion nomon, tha xortasi apo tin gnosin kai tin efarmogin tou. Opoios omos upokrinetai oti ton tirei, tha skontapsi epano eis auton kai tha pesi.

16 Osoi fobountai ton Kurion, tha dikaiothoun kai tha lampsoun osan fos ta dikaia ton kai ai dikaiai prakseis ton.

17 O amartolos anthropos apofeugei tous elegxous kai, dia na akolouthi to thelima tou, euriskei pantote dikaiologias.

18 O sunetos kai nohmon anthropos de paragnorizei mian kalin sumboulin. O asebis omos kai uperifanos den ptoeitai apo kanena ieron fobon. Akomi de kai meta tin asineton kai amartolin praksin tou den didasketai kai den sinetizetai.

19 xoris prohgoumenos na skefthis, na mi praksis tipote kai etsi den tha metanohsis argotera dia tin praksin sou.

20 Eis dromon, opou uparxoun lithoi proskommatos, pagides ptoseos eis amartian, mi badizis, dia na mi skontapsis eis tous lithous.

21Kai ekei akomi, pou den blepeis empodia mi exeis empistosinin kai mi ksetharreuesai.

22 kai apo auta akomi ta paidia sou prosexe.

23 Dia kathe kalon ergon, pou pratteis, na exis psixikon sthenos kai pepoithisin. Auto alloste einai tirisis kai apaitisis ton theion entolon.

24 Ekeinos pou pisteuei eis ton nomon tou Theou, prosexei tas theias entolas kai ekeinos, o opoios stirizei tin pepoithisin tou eis ton Kurion, den tha xasi, alla tha kerdisi kai tha proodeusi.

KEFALAION LG’

Aparaititos o fobos tou Theou kai h sinesis. Anisotis metaksi ton anthropon. Mi apogumnonesai apo tin periousian sou. H sumperifora apenanti ton doulon.

Ekeinon pou fobeitai ton Kurion, den tha ton sunantisoun kaka. Kai ean peripesi eis kanena peirasmon, o Kurios tha ton glitisi apo auton.

2 O sinetos anthropos den apostrefetai ton theion nomon. Ekeinos omos pou upokrinetai oti ton sebetai kai den ton tirei, omoiazei me ploion eis kataigida.

3 O sunetos anthropos tha dosi pliri empistosinin eis ton theion nomon. O theios nomos tha einai di’auton aksiopistos, authentikos, dilosis tis alitheias kai apantisis epi ton erotiseon kai aporion tou.

4 Etoimase ton logon sou kai katopin omilise etsi de kai tha se akousoun me prosoxin oi alloi. Epikalesou kai sundese tas gnoseis kai tin morfosin sou, kai epeita dose apantisin.

5 Ta aisthimata kai ta nohmata tou morou einai astathi kai enallasomena san ton kuliomenon troxon tis amaksis. Opos o peristrefomenos troxos tis amaksis, etsi einai kai ai skepseis tou morou.

6 O tous pantas kai ta panta perigelon kai empaizon filos omoiazei me epibitora ippon euriskomenon eis erethismon, o opoios xremetizei opoiondipote epibatin kai an exi epano tou.

7 Diati h mia imera diaferei kata tin diarkeian apo tin allin, molonoti olon to fos tis imeras proerxetai apo ton auton ilion kath’olon to diastima tou etous ;

8 Dia tis sofias tou Kuriou eksexorisen h mia imera apo tin allin, o opoios Kurios kai ediaforopoihse tas epoxas kai kathorise tas eortas.

9 Merikas apo tas imeras tas anipsose kai tas kathierosen os eortasimous. Tas de allas orisen os kathimerinas, diakrinomenas metaksi ton apo mian aplin arithmisin.

10 Oloi oi anthropoi proerxontai apo to auto xoma, apo tin gin. Apo tin gin episis eplasthi kai o protoplastos Adam.

11 O Kurios dia tis pansofias tou, eksexorise tous anthropous kai ta ethni metaksi ton kai ediaforopoihse tous dromous tis zohs ton.

12 Merikous apo tous anthropous tous eulogise, tous edoksase, tous anedeiksen eklektous kai dietakse na plisiasoun pros auton, dia na ton upiretoun. Allous apo tous anthropous tous katirasthi, tous etapeinose, tous anetrepsen apo tas ipsilas kai isxiras theseis, pou kateixan.

13 Opos o pilos eis ta xeria tou kerameos, o opoios ton morfopoiei sumfona me tin euxaristisin tou, etsi kai oi anthropoi einai eis ta xeria tou dimiourgou ton, o opoios kai antapodidei eis autous kata tin dikaian krisin tou.

14 Parapleuros apo to kakon uparxei to agathon parapleuros apo ton thanaton uparxei h zoh. Etsi kai parapleuros apo ton eusebi uparxei o amartolos.

15 Etsi blepe prosektikos kai paratirei ola ta erga tou Ypsistou. Duo duo, to ena apenanti tou allou.

16 Ego teleutaios apo tous sofous iltha. Hgrupnisa dia tin meletin tis sofias, san enas tsampidologos, pou erxetai ustera apo tous trigitas tou ampeliou.

17 O Theos omos me eulogise kai egemisa to patitiri mou apo stafulia, osan kanonikos trigitis.

18 Proseksete kai mathete, oti ego den ekopiasa dia ton eauton mou monon, alla kai di’olous ekeinous oi opoioi epithimoun kai epizitoun morfosin kai sofian.

19 Arxontes kai episimoi tou laou, akousate me prostamenoi eis sugkentroseis anthropon, doste prosoxi eis ta logia mou.

20 Mi dosis to dikaioma na se eksousiasi, ef’oson zis oute to paidi sou, oute o sizigos sou, oute o adelfos sou, oute o filos sou. Mi dosis eis allon ta xrimata sou, dia na mi metamelithis usteron kai parakalis mataios di’auta.

21 Eos otou zis kai anapneeis, mi metabibazis tin eleutherian sou kai tin periousian sou eis kanena allon anthropon.

22 Dioti einai protimoteron ta tekna sou na exoun tin anagkin sou kai na se parakaloun, para si na prosblepis eis ta xeria ton teknon sou, mipos kai sou dosoun tipote.

23 Eis ola ta erga na eisai si o kurios frontise monon na mi prosapsis momfin eis tin upolipsin sou.

24 Otan omos teleiosoun ai imerai tis zohs sou kai prokeitai na ekdimisis apo ton kosmon auton, me diathikin taktopoihse eis poious tha dosis tin klironomian.

PERI DOYLON.

25 Eis ton onon dose trofas, rabdismous eis ton upiretin sou dose arton, diapaidagogisin me austirotita kai ergasian.

26 Dose ergasian eis ton upiretin sou kai etsi tha euris su tin isuxian sou. An omos dosis anesin eis ta xeria tou, autos tha sou zitisi pliri tin eleutherian tou.

27 Opos o zigos kai ta louria kamptoun ton traxilon ton zoon, etsi kai ton kakon ipiretin eksanagkazoun eis upotagin ta basanistika organa kai ai timoriai.

28 Bale ton eis ergasian, dia na mi meni argos, dioti h argia einai didaskalos eis pollas kakias.

29 Bale ton kai upoxreose ton eis erga, pou tairiazoun eis auton. An de den peitharxisi, dese me barieies alisides ta podia tou.

30 Alla mi eisai uperbolika apaititikos apenanti oudenos kai xoris orthofrosinin na mi prattis tipote.

31 Ean exis doulon, na sumperiferesai pros auton, opos pros ton eauton sou. Dioti me to aima sou ton apektises.

32 Ean exis doulon, na sumperiferesai apenanti tou os pros adelfon, dioti exeis tin anagkin tou, opos anagkin exeis kai tis zohs sou.

33 ean ton kakometaxeiristhis, sikothi de autos kai fugi, eis poion dromon tha treksis na ton anazitisis kai ton euris ;

KEFALAION LD’

Peri oneiron. Sofos kai pistos. Adikoi thisiai aparadektoi apo ton Theon.

Mataias kai apatilas elpidas trefei o asinetos anthropos. Kai ta oneira didoun ptera eis tous morous.

2 Ekeinos pou didei prosoxin eis ta oneira, omoiazei me ekeinon pou prospathei na arpaksi tin skian tou, kai trexei dia na sillabi ton anemon.

3 Kathreptis kai oneira einai pragmata omoia. To oneiron einai o,ti h eikon prosopou empros eis ena katoptron.

4 Apo ena akatharton pragma h prosopon imporei na proelthi tipote katharon ; Kai apo kati, pou einai pseudes, imporei na proelthi kati to alithinon ;

5 Ai manteiai, ai oionoskopiai kai ta oneira einai mataia pragmata. Omoiazoun me eksimmenas oneiropoliseis ginaikos, h opoia eurisketai upo tas odinas tou toketou.

6 Ean to oneiron den exi apostali apo ton Ypsiston eis kapoian eumeni episkepsin tou, mi dosis eis auto tin kardian sou,

7 dioti ta oneira pollous eplanisan kai osoi estiriksan tas elpidas ton eis auta, eksepesan kai ipatithisan.

8 O nomos tou Theou den tha pseusthi. Tha ekplirothi eis tas diabebaioseis tou, eite pros amoibin eite pros timorian. H theia sofia eis to stoma kai tin kardian tou pistou einai pliris kai ikanopoihtiki, kai oxi ta oneira.

9 O morfomenos anthropos gnorizei polla, kai o polipeiros anthropos tha omili me sinesin.

10 Ekeinos pou den exei peiran tis zohs, oliga gnorizei. Ekeinos omos pou etaksideusen eis polla meri, exei pliros gnoseon kai ikanotiton.

11 Polla eida kai ematha, kathos perihrxomin ta diafora meri tou kosmou kai h sofia mou einai polu anotera apo ta logia mou.

12 Polles fores dietreksa kindinon thanatou, esothin omos xaris eis tas gnoseis kai tin peiran mou.

13 Polu tha paratathi h zoh ton foboumenon ton Kurion, dioti h elpis ton stirizetai eis ton sotira Theon.

14 Ekeinos pou fobeitai ton Kurion, den tha fobithi tipote allo kai den tha deiliasi pro oudenos, dioti autos outos o Kurios einai h elpis tou.

15 Eutixismeni einai h zoh ekeinou, pou fobeitai ton Kurion. Eis poion stirizetai ; Poion exei stirigma tou, ei mi monon ton Theon ;

16 Oi ofthalmoi tou Kuriou strefontai eumeneis kai prostateutikoi eis ekeinous, pou ton agapoun. Autos einai o isxiros prostatis ton, stirigma dinameos, skepi prostateutiki apo ton kausona, skepi pou profulassei apo ton mesimbrinon hlion profulaksis apo skontammata, bohtheia kai perifrourisis apo ptoseis.

17 Autos anipsonei tin zohn mas, fotizei tous ofthalmous, didei therapeian, zohn kai eulogian.

18 Ekeinos pou prosferei thisian apo adikos apoktithenta pragmata, kamnei prosforan empaiktiki dia ton Theon. Ta dora ton paranomon den einai dekta enopion tou Theou.

19 Den euaresteitai o Ypsistos eis tas prosforas ton asebon, oute kai sugxorei tas amartias ton me to plithos ton thision ton.

20 Ekeinos pou prosferei thisian apo xrimata ptoxon, einai san na thisiazi to paidi empros eis ton patera tou.

21 O artos einai h zoh dia tous ptoxous kai steroumenous. Ekeinos pou tha tous afairesi ton arton, ara kai tin zohn, einai osan na exisen anthropinon aima, einai foneus.

22 Foneuei ton plision tou ekeinos, pou tou afairei ta mesa tis sintiriseos tou. Xunei aima anthropou ekeinos, pou den kataballei to imeromisthion tou ergatou.

23 Otan o enas ktizi kai o allos krimnizi, poia ofeleia imporei na proelthi ; Oi kopoi ton einai mataioi.

24 To idion sumbainei, otan o enas proseuxetai kai o allos kataratai. Tinos ek ton duo o despotis Theos tha akousi tin fonin;

25 Ekeinos o opoios sumfona me ton Nomon, plunetai kai katharizetai, dioti iggise nekron, alla kai palin eggizei ton nekron, poian ofeleian apokomizei apo to plisimon tou;

26 To idion akribos sumbainei kai me ton anthropon, o opoios nisteuei dia tas amartias tou, alla kai palin omos diaprattei tas autas amartias. Poios tha akousi tin proseuxin tou kai poia ofeleia prohlthen apo autin tin talaiporian tou somatos tou dia tis nisteias ;

KEFALAION LE’

O eusebis kai ai euarestoi pros ton Theon thisiai tou. H dikaia timoria ton apesklirimmenon.

Ekeinos pou tirei ton theion nomon, prosferei pollas thisias kai ekeinos pou prosexei tas entolas tou Theou prosferei euprosdektous thisias euxaristias dia tin sotirian tou.

2 Ekeinos pou thelei na ekfrasi tin eugnomosinin tou pros ton Theon, prosferei os thisian simigdali. Ekeinos omos pou kamnei elehmosinas, prosferei thisias doksologias pros ton Theon.

3 H agathi thelisis tou Kuriou einai na apomakrinthi o anthropos apo tas ponirias h de sugxorisis ton amartion prosferetai, otan apomakrinthi o anthropos apofasistikos apo kathe adikian.

4 Mi proselthis eis ton naon tou Kuriou me adeiana ta xeria, dioti olai ai prosforai einai xreos, sumfona me tas entolas tou Theou.

5 H prosfora thisias ek merous tou dikaiou lipainei to thisiastirion tou Kuriou kai h euodia autis fthanei enopion tou Ypsistou Theou.

6 Thisia ek merous andros dikaiou ginetai euxaristos dekti apo ton Theon, kai h anamnisis tis pote den tha lismonithi ek merous tou Theou.

7 Me adolon ton ofthalmon doksologise ton Kurion, kai mi mikrinis prosforan apo tas aparxas ton gennimaton sou autin pou tha prosferis me ta xeria sou eis ton naon tou Kuriou.

8 Eis kathe dorean sou deixne ilaron kai xaroumenon to prosopon sou kai me euxaristisin na prosferis eis ton naon to dekaton ton eisodimaton sou.

9 Prosfere pros ton Kurion tas doreas sou analoga me tas doreas pou lambaneis apo auton, kai me xaroumenon ofthalmon prosfere o,ti tha eurethi eis to xeri sou.

10 Dioti o Kurios einai o antapodotis kai tha sou dosi polu perissotera, ap’osa si tou prosfereis.

11 Alla kai mi prospathis, dia ton thision sou na dorodokisis ton Theon, dioti autas tas thisias den tas dexetai o Theos.

12 Mi stirizesai eis thisian, h opoia proerxetai apo adikias, dioti o Kurios einai dikaios kritis kai den epireazetai apo tin doksan kai tas episimous theseis prosopon.

13 Den prosopoliptei kai den katafronei ton ptoxon, dioti einai ptoxos tounantion akouei tin dehsin tou ptoxou, pou exei adikithi.

14 Den tha parablepsi tin dehsin tou orfanou kai tis xiras, otan autoi ekxisoun pros auton ton ponon ton.

15 Ta dakria tis xiras den kiloun eis to prosopon tis ; kai h katakraugi tis den strefetai enantion ekeinou, o opoios ipirksen aitia na reusoun ta dakria auta ;

16 Tha gini dektos apo ton Theon ekeinos, pou prosferei me agathin diathesin tas upiresias tou pros auton, kai h dehsis tou tha fthasi mexri ton nefelon tou ouranou.

17 H proseuxi tou tapeinou kai pistou kseperna tas nefelas, fthanei eos eis ton thronon tou Theou kai den stamata, mexris otou eisakousti kai dothi parigoria eis ton tapeinon.

18 Den tha stamatisi tin proseuxin tou o tapeinos, mexris otou o Ypsistos tha ton episkefthi, tha ton krinei me dikaiosinin kai tha ekdosi tin dikaian tou uper autou apofasin.

19 O Kurios den tha argoporisi na apodosi to dikaion kai den tha deiksi epi polun xronon tin makrothimian tou dia tous adikous.

20 mexris otou tha suntripsi tin mesin ton skliron auton anthropon kai tha timorisi ta asebi ethni.

21 mexris otou eksolothreusi plithos uperifanon anthropon kai suntripsi skiptra adikon basileon

22 mexris otou antapodosi, brabeusi h timorisi anthropous, analoga me tas prakseis ton kai ta erga ton kai tous dialogismous kai epithimias ton

23 mexris otou tha krini kai tha apodosi dikaiosinin kai tha uperaspisti ton laon tou kai tha xaropoihsi tous eklektous tou laou tou me to eleos tou.

24 Oraion einai to eleos tou Theou eis kairon thlipseos omoiazei me ta nefi, pou feroun broxin eis ton kairon anombrias kai ksirasias.

KEFALAION LST

Proseuxi uper tou Israhl. Peri diakriseos kai eklogis kalis sizigou.

Elehson imas, despota o Theos ton panton. Se parakaloumen epiblepse kai epibale ton fobon sou eis ola ta ethni.

2 Ypsose to partodinamon sou xeri enantion ton ksenon asebon ethnon as idoun kai as mathoun ekeinoi tin pantodinamian sou.

3 Opos, Kurie, kata tin palaian epoxin, efaneroses tin agiotita sou enopion ton exthron mas me tas timorias, pou esteiles enantion ton, etsi kai tora deikse enopion mas tin megalosinin sou timoron tous exthrous mas.

4 Kame na se gnorisoun kai autoi kala, opos kai imeis se exomen gnorisei na gnorisoun diladi, oti den uparxei allos Theos plin apo se, Kurie.

5 Ananeose ta megala palaia simeia, kame kai alla thaumata, doksase me auta tin xeira sou, tin pantodinamon deksian sou.

6 Eksegeire ton thimon sou. As ekspasi enantion ton h orgi sou, eksolothreuse ton antidikon sou, ksepastrepse apo tin gin ton exthron sou.

7 Epispeuse ton xronon tis timorias ton, enthimisou tas enorkous uposxeseis, pou edoses eis tous progonous mas, kai as diakirixthoun etsi ta megaleia sou.

8 Ekeinos apo autous pou tha diasothi, as katafagothi me to pir tis orgis sou kai oi katatirannountes ton laon sou as euroun ton olethron.

9 Suntripse tas kefalas ton arxonton, pou einai exthroi mas kai oi opoioi alazonikos legoun : « plin apo imas den uparxei allos anthropos h Theos » !

10 Sugkentrose palin olas tas filas tou Iakob, katastise tou klironomous kai asfaleis katoikous eis tin xoran autin, opos isan apo arxaiotaton xronon.

11 Elehse, Kurie, ton laon, o opoios ferei to onoma sou ton Israhl, ton opoion su paromoiases me prototokon uion sou.

12 Splagxnisou tin polin tou ierou naou sou, tin Ierousalim pou einai h polis, opou su epanapauesai.

13 Gemise tin Sion me doksologias ton megaleion sou, kai me tin doksan sou ton laon sou.

14 Dose tin diabebaiosin tis eunoias sou di’ekeinous, oi opoioi ap’arxis isan idika sou plasmata. Kame na problithoun aksiopistoi kai na ekplirothoun ai profiteiai, ai opoiai elexthisan eks Onomatos sou.

15 Dose amoibas kai brabeia eis ekeinous, oi opoioi upomenoun me pistin eis se, oi de profitai as apodeixthoun kai epi tou simeiou autou aksiopistoi.

16 Akouse kai kame dektin, Kurie, tin dehsin auton, oi opoioi me thermin pistin se iketeuoun, sumfona kai me tin eulogian tou Aaron eis olon ton laon sou.

17 Kai as mathoun oloi oi laoi tis gis, oti su eisai o Kurios kai o aionios Theos.

18 To stomaxi dexetai kathe eidous trofin uparxoun omos trofai kaliterai apo allas trofas.

19 Opos o larugks, otan geuetai fagita agrion zoon tou kinigiou, ta diakrinei, etsi kai h sofi dianoia diakrinei tous pseudeis logous.

20 Diestrammeni kardia proksenei lipas o empeiros omos kai sinetos anthropos gnorizei na antapodidi eis autin kai na tin plironi opos tis prepei.

21 H gunaika tha dexthi os andra tis ekeinon, pou tha tis epiballoun. Yparxei omos diafora metaksi mias gunaikas kai allis.

22 To kallos tis gunaikas kanei ilaron to prosopon h de epithimia tou andros pros apoktisin tis einai isxurotera apo kathe allin.

23 Ean eis tin glossan tis auti exi praotita kai epieikeian, o sizugos tis tha einai o eutuxesteros metaksi ton anthropon.

24 Ekeinos pou apokta kalin gunaika, kamnei arxin tis eutuxias tou apokta bohthon kai stulon anapauseos tou.

25 Ktima, to opoion den exei ologura tou fraktin upokeitai eis diarpagin kai eis ton oikon ekeinon, pou den uparxei sizugos, o anir stenazei kai periplanatai mataios.

26 Poios tha dosi empistosinin eis eukiniton listin, pou periplanatai apo tin mian polin eis tin allin ;

27 Etsi kai kaneis den tha dosi empistosini eis anthropon agamon, o opoios stereitai oikogeneiakis foleas kai kataluei, opou tha ton euri h nukta.

KEFALAION LZ’

Oi pseudeis filoi. Oi pseudeis kai eilikrineis sumbouloi. H egkrateia eis to fagiton.

Kathenas, pou upokrinetai ton filon, imporei na legi eis allon “ kai ego eimai filos me ekeinon”. Yparxoun filoi kat’onoma monon.

2 Mexri thanatou den fthanei h lipi, otan enas suntrofos h enas filos metablithi eis exthron ;

3 O skepsis ponira ! Apo pou ebgikes kai ekulises, kai na skepasis tin gin me tin apatilin filian ;

4 Pseudis filos summetexei kai apolambanei tin xaran kai ta agatha tou filou tou. Eis kairon omos thlipseos tha stathi makran.

5 O pseudis filos sumpasxei me ton filon tou, otan exi apo auton sumferon.

Eis peristasin omos polemou pairnei tin aspida ekeinou, dia na uperaspisthi monon ton eauton tou.

6 Mi bgazis apo tin kardia sou ton filon sou kai mi ton lismonisis, otan apoktisis xrimata.

7 Kathe sumboulos prosferei me prothimian sumboulas uparxoun omos kai merikoi, pou sumbouleuoun tous allous, dia na eksipiretisoun ton eauton ton.

8 Filaksou apo ton kathena, pou parousiazetai os sumboulos mathe prohgoumenos, an kai poion sumferon exi autos apo tin sumboulin, pou tha sou dosi. – Dioti uparxoun kai sumbouloi, pou didoun sumboulas pros to sumferon ton. – Prosekse, mipos enas tetoios sumboulos se paiksi os tixiron tou paixnidi.

9 Pithanon na sou eipi «  kalos einai o dromos sou ». Kai autos tha stathi apo makria, na idi ti tha sou sumbi.

10 Mi zitis sumboulin apo anthropon, o opoios se upoblepei kai se epibouleuetai. Krupse de tas skepseis sou apo anthropous, pou se blepoun me zileian kai fthonon.

11 Mi zitis sumboulin apo tin gunaika sou dia tin antizilon tis, apo ton deilon dia ton polemon, apo ton emporon peri tou emporiou, apo ton agorazonta peri tis poliseos, apo ton fthoneron peri eugnomosinis, apo ton sklirokardion peri agathoergias, apo ton rathimon kai okniron peri pantos ergou, apo ton misthoton tou spitiou sou peri tou peratos tis ergasias, apo ton argon upiretin peri pollis ergasias. Mi stirizesai eis kammian sumboulin auton ton anthropon.

12 Alla mene plision kai na sunomilis pantote me eusebi anthropon, me auton pou gnorizeis kala, oti prospathei na tiri tas theias entolas, pou exei tin psixin tou omoian me tin idikin sou kai o opoios, ean peripesis eis thlipsin, tha se sumponesi.

13 Epeita zitise kai akouse kai prakse tin diathesin kai tin sumboulin tis kardias sou, dioti den uparxei dia se perissoteron aksiapistos sumparastatis apo autin.

14 Dioti sumbainei polles fores h psixi enos anthropou na blepi kai na eksaggelli akribestera kai orthotera apo pollous paratiritas, oi opoioi einai topothetimenoi eis ipsilin skopian.

15 Kai epi pasi toutois, parakalese thermos ton Ypsiston, na kateuodoni tin zohn sou en alitheia.

16 Arxi eis kathe ergon prepei na einai h aitia, dia tin opoian ginetai.

Pro de pasis prakseos prepei na prohgitai h suneti skepsis.

17 Aitias kai riza ton skepseon einai h kardia, pro tis opoias parousiazontai tessera pragmata :

18 To agathon kai to kakon, zoh kai o thanatos. Ekeino de pou kuriarxei pantote, epano eis auta kai ekfrazei auta, einai h glossa.

19 Yparxoun anthropoi eksipnoi kai epitidioi, oi opoioi parousiazontai os didaskaloi ton allon. Einai omos axristoi dia ton eauton ton.

20 Yparxoun anthropoi, pou paristanoun ton sofon me ta logia, kai autoi einai misitoi. Kati tetoioi fluaroi kai argosxoloi tha meinoun xoris fagiton.

21 dioti eis autous tous autoparousiazomenous os sofous den exei dothi xaris para Kuriou, kai exoun autoi sterithi apo kathe sofian.

22 Yparxoun sofoi dia ton eauton ton monon kai oi karpoi tis sofias ton einai aksiopistoi, otan legontai apo autous.

23 O alithina sofos anthropos tha paidagogisi kai tha morfosi ton laon tou, oi de karpoi tis sofias tou tha einai bebaioi kai aksiopistoi.

24 O pragmatika sofos tha gemisi apo tas eulogias tou Theou kai tha ton kalotuxizoun oloi oi anthropoi, oi opoioi tha ton blepoun.

25 H zoh tou kathe anthropou ekteinetai eis periorismenon arithmon imeron. Eno ai imerai tis zohs tou Israhl einai anarithmitoi.

26 O alithina sofos tha apoktisi empistosinin en meso tou laou tou kai to onoma tou tha mnimoneuetai eis tous aionas.

27 Paidi mou, eis tin poreian tis zohs sou ide poia einai ekeina, ta opoia blaptoun tin ugeian sou, kai mi ta didis eis ton eauton sou.

28 Dioti den einai ola ta fagita di’olous tous anthropous kai di’olas tas peristaseis, oute kai oloi oi anthropoi euxaristountai eis ola.

29 Mi eisai laimargos kai axortastos eis ta plousia trapezia kai mi ormisis me boulimian eis ola ta fagita.

30 Ta polla fagita feroun baros kai talaiporian eis ton stomaxon. H de laimargia fthanei mexri ponon koilia.

31 Eks aitias tis aplistias kai laimargias ton polloi apethanan.

Ekeinos omos o opoios prosexei kai sugkrateita, tha parateini tin zohn tou.

KEFALAION LH’

Peri tis ofeilomenis timis eis tous iatrous. Kathikonta apenanti ton ekdimounton. H diafora xeironaktos kai sofou.

Tima ton iatron, opos tou armozei, exon alloste up’opsin sou tas upiresias tou eis tas anagkas sou, dioti o Kurios ekamen auton.

2 Apo ton Ypsiston Theon proerxetai h therapeia, pou didei o iatros, o opoios kai apo tous basileis akomi tha labi dora dia tin iatrikin tou epistimin.

3 H iatriki epistimi tha anadeiksi ton iatron kai enopion epistimon anthropon tha apoktisi doksan.

4 O Kurios orise na futronoun farmakeutika botana apo tin gin, o de fronimos anthropos den ta apostrefetai.

5 Ta pikra idata tis Merras den eglikanthisan dia tou Mouseos me ena ksilon, dia na fani etsi h dinamis kai autou tou ksilou ;

6 O idios o Theos edoken eis tous anthropous tin iatrikin epistimin, oste na doksazetai me ta thaumasta autou erga.

7 Dia ton iatron kai ton farmakon therapeuei o Theos kai afairei tas enoxliseis tou asthenous.

8 O farmakopoios dia ton diaforon botanon kataskeuazei farmakeutiki sinthesin kai einai ateleiota ta farmakeutika tou paraskeuasmata, oste na erxetai h therapeia kai h galini apo to farmakon tou eis olous tous astheneis tis oikoumenis.

9 Teknon mou, otan arrostisis mi adiaforisis dia ton iatron kai ta farmaka. Sugxronos omos parakalese kai ton Kurion kai autos tha se therapeusi.

10 Aparnisou kai apomakrine apo se kathe amartian exe kathara ta xeria sou enopion tou Theou kai katharise tin kardian sou apo kathe amartian.

11 Prosfere euodes thimiama, kai anamnistikin para to Theo dia se anaimakton thisian simigdaliou. Prosfere de plousias tas prosforas sou os ean den prokeitai na uparksis pleon eis tin gin.

12 Na prosfugis de katopin kai eis ton iatron dioti o Theos ton edimiourgise kai ton anedeikse. Mi ton apomakrinis apo konta sou, dioti exeis tin anagkin tou.

13 Polles fores h therapeia tis astheneias kai h kateuodosis tis ugeias einai eis ta xeria ton iatron,

14 dioti kai autoi me tin siran ton proseuxontai pros ton Kurion, na kateuodosi tas prospatheias ton kai na epituxoun elafrinsin kai therapeian tin nosou dia tin sunexeian tis zohs.

15 Mathe de kai touto, oti ekeinos o opoios amartanei enopion tou Dimiourgou tou, tha asthenisi kai tha perielthi eis ta xeria tou iatrou.

16 Paidi mou, xise dakrua dia ton nekron anthropon sou kai, os ean su o idios pasxis megala deina, arxise na ton thrinis. Sumfona de me tin kratousan sinitheian sabanose to soma tou kai mi adiaforisis dia ton entafiasmon tou.

17 Klapse ton pikra, thrinise ton me kopetous, kratise penthos analoga me tin suggeneian, pou exeis pros auton, kai me tin aksian tou, mian toulaxiston kai duo imeras, oste na mi se katigorisoun oi alloi os anaisthiton. Epeita de parigorisou kai these terma eis tin lipin sou.

18 Termatise de tin lipin sou, dioti merikes fores apo tin pollin lipin proerxetai kai thanatos, h de lupi tis kardias klonizei kai kamptei tin isxin tou anthropou.

19 Eis tas thliberas peristaseis tis zohs erxetai pantote kai h lipi. O de talaiporimenos bios tou ptoxou einai sinexis thlipseis kardias.

20 Mi afisis omos na katakurieusi tin kardian sou h lipi, diokse autin apo konta sou exon up’opsin sou, oti kai su tha apothanis.

21 Mi lismonis oti den uparxei epistrofi apo ton adin. Oson de kai an klausis ton nekron auton men den tha ton ofelisi ton de eauton sou tha blapsis.

22 Enthimisou oti opos ilthen eis auton to krima kai h ora tou thanatou, etsi tha sumbi kai me se. Ekeinos sou legei : «  eis eme xthes ilthen o thanatos kai eis se tha elthi simeron ».

23 Otan o nekros anapauthi, pause kai su tin lipira anamnisin tou kai parigorisou di’auton, epeidi h psuxi tou exei fugei.

24 H sofia tou grammatismenou anthropou apoktatai eis oran iremias. Kai ekeinos o opoios periorizetai eis oliga erga, imporei na ginei sofos.

25 Pos einai dunaton na gini sofos autos, pou olin tin imeran kratei to aletri kai kauxatai, oti xeirizetai kala tin boukentran, opos o polemistis to dori tou, dia na odigi etsi kata ta boidia tou ; Pos einai dinatos na gini sofos autos, pou diarkos asxoleitai me tetoia erga kai tou opoiou skepsis kai frontida kai omilia einai ta mosxaria ;

26 Autos tha dosi olin tou tin kardia kai tin prosoxin, eis to na anoigi aulakeia kai tha agrupni, dia na didi trofas eis ta damalia tou.

27 To idio kai kathe ksilourgos kai arximastoras, oi opoioi ergazontai nukta kai umeran. Episis to idio sumbainei kai me tous skalistas ton sfragidon, oi opoioi me epimeleian kai epimonon prospathoun na epinohsoun diaforous morfas sfragidon. Exoun dosei olin ton tin kardian, eis to na anaparastisoun diaforous morfas, kai agrupnoun, dia na teleiosoun oson to dunaton kaliteron ton ergon ton.

28 To idio sumbainei kai me ton sidirourgon o opoios kathetai konta eis to amoni kai paratirei kai katergazetai ton sidiron. H labra tis fotias suriknonei tas sarkas tou, kai autos kathimerinos maxetai enantion tis thermotitos tis kaminou. Ta ktipimata tis sfuras ton ksekourainoun kai ta matia tou einai sunexos prosilomena eis to skeuos, to opoion katergazetai. Didei olin tou tin kardia kai tin prosoxi eis tin teleiopoihsin ton ergon tou kai agrupnos einai h prosoxi kai h prospatheia tou, pos na diakosmisi auto epi to lamproteron.

29 To idio kai o keramopoios, o opoios kathetai konta eis to ergon tou, strefei me ta podia tou ton troxon, didei sunexos olin tou tin prosoxin kai tin frontida eis to ergon tou kai me upologismon proxorei eis ton akribi arithmon ton ergon tou.

30 Afou de me ta podia tou tha zimosi kai tha apalini ton pilon, me ta xeria tou sximatizei ton pilon eis doxeia. Didei olin tou tin prosoxin eis to na epitixi kai prosarmosi to kaliteron bernikoma, kai me epimeleian katopin tha katharisi tin kaminon.

31 Oloi autoi exoun tin empistosinin kai tin afierosin ton eis ta erga auta ton xeiron ton. Kai o kathenas apo autous ginetai sofos kai epitideios eis to idikon tou ergon.

32 Xrisima ta erga ton, dioti xoris auta den einai dinaton oute na oikodomithi oute na katoikithi polis, oute de kai na taksideusoun oi taksidiotai.

33 Alla me tas xeironaktikas ton ergasias stirizoun ta ktismata dia mesou ton aionon kai oli h prosoxi ton kai h epimeleia exei dothi eis ta erga tou epaggelmatos ton.

KEFALAION LTH’

O alithina sofos. Prosklisis eis doksologian Theou.

Alla ekeinos pou epimeleitai tin kalliergeian tou pneumatos, meleta ton nomon tou Ypsistou Theou, anazitei kai ereuna tin sofian olon ton arxaion kai asxoleitai me tas profiteias.

2 Manthanei kai diatirei eis tin dianoian tou tas dihgiseis ton onomaston andron. Eisduei eis ta strofas kai to krimmenon nohma ton gnomikon.

3 Anazitei ta krummena nohmata ton paroimion, meleta me prosoxin ta ainigmatodi apofthegmata.

4 Autos analambanei upiresian en meso episimon andron enopion de kai autou tou igemonos emfanizetai. Episkeptetai xoras ksenon laon, dioti thelei kai prospathei na mathi ta kala kai ta kaka ton anthropon.

5 Apo proias anupsonei me eulabeian tin kardian tou eis ton Theon, o opoios ton edimiourgise kai deetai enopion tou Ypsistou. Anoigei to stoma tou eis proseuxin pros ton Kurion kai parakalei auton, na tou sugxorisi tas amartias.

6 Ean de o pantodinamos Kurios thelisi, tha gemisi autos apo pneuma sineseos. Autos, osan euergetikin broxin tha xini tous sofous logous tou kai dia tis proseuxis tou tha doksologi ton Kurion.

7 O Theos tha kateuthini auton eis orthas apofaseis kai eis tin sofian tha ton upobohthisi de, oste na skeptetai kai na katanoh ta apokrifa theia nohmata.

8 Autos de o sofos tha katastisi fanera ta agatha tis morfoseos tou kai eis ton nomon tou Kuriou tha exi tin kauxisin tou.

9 Polloi tha epainesoun tin sofian tou, h opoia oudepote tha lismonithi. H anamnisis tou kai to onoma tou tha zoun eis ta geneas ton geneon.

10 Ta diafora ethni tha dihgounati tin sofian tou kai oi sugkentroseis ton anthropon tha dialaloun ton epainon tou.

11 Ean zisi epi makron, to onoma tou tha katasti endoksoteron para xilioi alloi kai ean dia tou thanatou anapauthi, tha prosthesi eis auto doksan.

12 Thelo akomi na dihgitho tas skepseis mou, apo tas opoias eimai pliris, opos h panselinos.

13 Yioi eusebeis, akousate me. Tha blastisete kai tha anthisete osan tin triantafullia, h opoia einai futeumeni eis ugra edafi.

14 Tha euodiazete osan to libani, tha anthisete opos anthizoun ta krina. Diaskorpisate tin euodian tis sofias sas kai psalate asma. Doksologisate ton Kurion di’ola ta erga autou.

15 Megalunate to onoma tou kai diakiriksate ton ainon tou me ta asmata ton xeileon sas kai me tas kiniras. Auta tha legete kai tha psallete doksologountes ton Kurion :

16 Ola ta erga tou Kuriou einai eksairetos oraia kai ola ta prostagmata tou tha pragmatopoiountai eis ton kairon ton. Den einai de dinaton na legi kaneis, ti einai auto ; Pros ti edimiourthithi ekeino ;

17 Dioti kathe pragma tha anazititai kai tha katanohtai eis ton kairon tou. Dia tou logou tou anipsothi kai estathi osan thimonia to nero, kai me ta logia tou stomatos tou eginan ai diaforai deksamenai ton udaton.

18 Dia tis prostagis tou pragmatopoieitai kathe ti, pou autos epithimei. Kai kaneis den umporei na mataiosi tin sotirian, tin opoian autos parexei.

19 Ola ta erga ton anthropon einai enopion tou, kai tipote den einai dinaton na apokribi apo tous ofthalmous tou.

20 Epiblepei kai parakolouthei apo tous aionos kai eos tou aionos kai eos tou aionos kai tipote den einai katapliktikon kai paradokson enopion tou.

21 Di’auto kai kaneis anthropos den prepei na diatiponi amfibolias kai na legi « ti einai touto ; Diati uparxei ekeino ; » Dioti ta panta exoun dimiourgithi pros ena xrisimon skopon.

22 H eulogia tou Kuriou eksexeilisen osan potamos kai eskepase ta panta kai osan kataklismos udaton epotise plousios tin gin.

23 Etsi palin eksapostellei ton dikaion thimon tou os klironomian eis ta asebi ethni kai autos metebale ta posima udata eis almira.

24 To thelima tou kai o tropos tis energeias tou einai dia tous eusebeis anthropous euthea, dia tous paranomous omos einai proskommata.

25 Ta agatha exoun dimiourgithi euthis eks arxis dia tous agathous, etsi kai ta kaka dia tous amartolous.

26 Basikis simasias kai aparaitita dia tin zohn tou anthropou einai to nero, h fotia, o sidiros, to alati, to simigdali tou sitariou, to meli, to gala, o oinos, to elaion, to endima.

27 Ola auta einai dia to kalon ton eusebon. Metatrepontai omos kai apobainoun eis kakon dia tous amartolous.

28 Yparxoun anemoi biaioi h kaustikoi, oi opoioi exoun dimiourgithi eis timorian ton kakon, en de ti dikaia orgi tou o Theos tous eksapoluei os sfodras mastigas enantion ekeinon. Kai eis ton kairon tis dikaias timorias ekxunoun tin katastreptikin dinamin ton, kai etsi epanapauoun kai stamatoun tin orgin tou dimiourgou ton.

29 Flogeron kauma, xalaza kai thanatos, ola auta eginan eis timorian ton asebon.

30 Dontia thirion, skorpioi, oxies, fonika maxaira eginan eis dikaian eksolothreusin ton asebon.

31 Ola auta xairoun na ekplirosoun tin entolin tou Theou kai einai etoima dia kathe ti, pou tha xreiasthi eis tin gin. Kai otan elthi o kairos tis draseos ton, den tha paraboun tin diatagin tou Theou.

32 Dia touto euthis eks arxis estirixthin eis tin skepsin mou kai afou kalos ta emeletisa ola auta, ta paredosa graptos eis tous anthropous.

33 Ola ta erga tou Kuriou einai agatha autos de xorigei tin eumeneian tou, opou uparxei anagki, eis ton katallilon kairon.

34 Kai den prepei pote na eipi kaneis, touto to dimiourgima einai katoteron apo ekeino, dioti ola ta dimiourgimata eis ton katallilon kairon tha fanoun kala kai xrisima.

35 Kai tora me olin sas tin kardia kai me olin tin dinamin tis fonis sas umnologisate kai doksasate to onoma tou Kuriou.

KEFALAION M’

Merimnai kai thlipseis tis parousis zohs. Thliberotera h zoh tou asebous. Agatha politima dia tous anthropous. H aisxun tis epaiteias.

Megali kai polumerimnos apasxolisis exei epiblithi eis kathe anthropon. Baris zigos epano eis tous yious tou Adam apo tis imera, apo tis opoias o kathenas gennatai mexri tis imeras, pou tha epistrepsi eis tin gin, tin mitera olon.

2 Ekeino pou emballei melagxolian eis tous dialogismous tou kai fobon eis tin kardian, einai h skepsis kai h agoniodis prosmoni tis imeras tou thanatou.

3 Eis olous sumbainei auto, apo ton anthropon o opoios kathetai epano eis endokson thronon, mexri ton athlion ptoxon pou kathetai epano eis to xoma kai tin staktin,

4 apo ton arxonta pou forei polutimon kuanoun xitona kai stefani eis to kefali kai eos ekeinon, pou forei os imation ena xordrokamomenon linon ufasma.

5 o thimos, h zolofthonia, h taraxi, h anastatosis, o fobos tou thanatou, h orgi kai h eris, tarassoun kai sugklonizoun olous tous anthropous. Kai otan o anthropos anapauetai kata tin nukta eis tin klinin tou, o nikterinos upnos alloionei kai epideinonei tas skepseis kai anisuxias.

6 Anapauetai oligon, pou isodinamei mallon me to tipote, kai kata to elaxiston auto xronikon diastima tou fainetai osan na einai epano eis filakion peristoixizomenos apo exthrous. Anastatonetai apo ta fantasmata auta tou pneumatos tou, eurisketai akomi upo to kratos tou tromou, os ean exi diafugei apo fonikin maxin.

7 Kata tin stigmin de pou nomizei en to oneiro tou oti diesothi apo tin fonikin maxin, aporei kai o idios dia ton adikaologiton kai anuparkton fobon tou.

8 Ola auta sumbainoun eis kathe embion on, apo tou anthropou mexri tou zoou. Eis tous amartolous omos einai auta epta fores perissotera.

9 Dioti o biaios kai prooros thanatos. O fonos, h dixonoia, h maxaira, ai theominiai, o limos, o olethros kai ai allai mastiges,

10 ola auta exoun prooristhi dia tous paranomous, pros timorian ton opoion alloste eis tin palaian epoxin egine kai o kataklismos.

11 Ola osa proerxontai apo tin gin, epistrefoun eis tin gin. Ola osa ekserxontai apo ta udata epistrefoun eis tin thalassan.

12 Paranoma dora, dorodokiai kai adikiai den tha piasoun topon tha eksaleifthoun. H aksiopistia omos menei eis tous aionas ton aionon.

13 Ta plouti ton adikon anthropon tha ksiranthoun, opos to nero tou xeimarrou, opos h megali bronti h opoia antixei eis oran broxis kai epeita sbinei o ixos tis.

14 Opos otan anoigi kaneis to xeri tou, dia na labi kati, pros stigmin euxaristeitai, alla den lambanei, etsi kai ekeinoi pou parabainoun ton nomon tou Theou, pros stigmin eufrainontai kai katopin tha ekleipsoun teleios.

15 Oi apogonoi ton asebon den tha plithinoun tous kladous tou gennealogikou ton dendrou, dioti ai akathartoi rizai ton anthropon auton einai epano eis kataksiron apotomon braxon.

16 Opos ta udrobia fita, pou futronoun kai taxeos anaptissontai konta eis ta nera kaieis tas oxthas ton potamon kserrizonontai eukola h kobontai enoritera apo kathe allo xorton, etsi kai oi asebeis.

17 H filanthropia omos kai h elehmosini einai osan enas kipos eulogimenos, h de elehmosini paramenei eis ton aiona.

18 H zoh tou ergatikou kai autarkous anthropou einai glukeia. Perissoteron omos ixiros kai apo tous duo einai ekeinos, pou euriskei thisauron.

19 H apoktisis pollon teknon kai h anoikodomisis mias poleos stirizoun kai diaionizoun to kalon onoma tou anthropou. Anotera omos kai apo ta duo auta theoreita h amemptos sizigos.

20 O oinos kai h mousiki, pou uparxoun eis ta sumposia, eufrainoun tin kardian perissoteron omos kai apo ta duo auta eufrainei h agapi tis sofias.

21 O aulos kai to psaltiri anadidoun ixous glikeis osan to meli anoteron omos kai apo ta duo auta mousika organa einai h glikeia glossa.

22 To mati sou epithumei kai aresketai na blepi xarin kai kallos eis tous anthropous perissoteron omos kai apo ta duo euxaristeitai, otan blepi tin blastanousan apo tous sporous xlohn, tin oraiotita diladi tis fuseos.

23 Oraion einai, otan eis ton katallilon malista kairon sunantontai o filos kai o suntrofos, an kai apo ta duo auta anotera einai h sinantisis tis gunaikos meta tou sizigou tis.

24 Oi adelfoi kai h bohtheia ek merous agapiton prosopon, eis kairon malista thlipseos, einai kati to oraion. Perissoteron omos kai apo ta duo auta tha bohthisi ton anthropon h elehmosini.

25 O xrisos kai o argiros, (dil. Plouti kai agatha) stirizoun tas podas ton anthropon perissoteron omos apo ta duo auta stirizei kai sunergei eis tin eudokimisin mia kali sumbouli.

26 Ta xrimata kai h dinamis anipsonoun kai stirizoun tas kardias ton anthropon perissoteron omos kai apo ta duo auta stirizei kai doksazei ton anthropon o fobos tou Kuriou. Opou uparxei h eulabeia pros ton Kurion, ekei den apantatai ptoxeia kai sterisis. O foboumenos ton Kurion den tha eurethi eis tin anagkin na zitisi apo tous allous bohtheian.

27 O fobos tou Kuriou omoiazei pros plousiokarpon kipon. Ton eusebi ton kaliptei o Theos me doksan, anoteran apo pasan allin.

28 Paidi mou, prosexe mi zisis pote tin zohn tou epaitou. Kaliteron einai na apothani kaneis, para na epaiti.

29 Den einai zoh aksioprepis h zoh ekeinou, o opoios blepei me boulimian tin ksenin trapezan. Autos tha molini tin psixin tou me ta ksena fagita, pou tha trogi. O morfomenos omos kai sinetos anthropos tha fulaxthi apo auto to katantima.

30 Eis to stoma tou anaidous einai glukeia h epaiteia, alla eis ton esoterikon tou einai mia anammeni fotia.

KEFALAION MA’

Peri thanatou. To katantima ton amartolon. H entropi.

O thanate, poson pikra einai h anamnisis sou eis anthropon, o opoios zi eirinikos anamesa eis ta agatha tou, amerimnos kai proodeuon eis ola eis anthropon, o opoios exei isxun kai ugeian, oste na trogi me oreksin ta fagita!

2 O thanate, krinesai kalos dia ton ptoxon, dia ton somatikos astheni kai adinaton, di’ekeinon pou exei fthasei eis bathi giras, di’autos o opoios perispatai eis pollas kai bareias merimnas kai o opoios epanastatei dia tin katastasin tou kai exei xasei pleon tin upomonin.

3 Alla su, o anthrope, eis oiandipote kai an euriskesai katastasin, mi fobisai tin oran tou thanatou. Enthimisou ekeinous pou ezisan prin apo se, kai ekeinous pou tha zisoun ustera apo se.

4 Auti einai h apofasis tou Kuriou dia kathe anthropon, o thanatos. Diati na anthistatai kaneis eis tin agathin autin apofasin tou Ypsistou; Eite deka, eite ekaton, eite xilia eti kai an ezise kaneis, kato eis ton adin den tha ton elegksi kaneis dia ton arithmon ton eton tis zohs tou.

5 Bdelura ginontai ta tekna ton amartolon, ta opoia suxnazoun kai sunanastrefontai eis tas oikias asebon anthropon.

6 H klironomia ton amartolon teknon xanetai, eis de tous apogonous ton paramenei pantote o ekseutelismos kai h anipolipsia.

7 To asebi patera tha ton memfontai ta tekna tou, dioti eks aitias autou, tha oneidizontai.

8 Alloimonon eis sas, o asebeis andres, oi opoioi exete egkataleipsei ton nomon tou Ypsistou Theou.

9 Kai ean exete gennithi, dia tin kataran egennithikate kai otan apothanete, h katara tha einai to meridion kai h klironomia sas.

10 Ola osa proerxontai apo tin gin, eis tin gin tha epanelthoun. Etsi kai oi asebeis, apo tin kataran tha katantisoun eis tin apoleian.

11 To penthos ton anthropon anaferetai eis ton somatikon thanaton to kakon omos onoma ton amartolon pote den tha eksaleifthi.

12 Frontise dia to kalon onoma sou, dioti auto tha parameini os isobion ktima sou, para xilioi megaloi thisauroi xrisou.

13 Kai autis akomi tis kalis zohs einai metrimenai ai imerai. To kalon omos onoma menei pantote.

14 Paidia mou, proseksate kai kratisate tin eirinikin didaskalian kai morfosin. Sofia krimmeni kai thisauros afani, poian ofeleian imporoun kai ta duo na feroun;

15 Kaliteros einai enas anthropos, pou kriptei tin morian tou, para enas sofos pou kriptei tin sofian tou.

16 Loipon, kai seis entrapite dia ta logia, ta opoia sas eipa kai tha sas eipo. Den einai bebaia kalon na sustelletai kaneis eis kathe eidos entropis kai ola ta pragmata den ektimontai me akribeian ek merous ton anthropon.

17 Idou, pou prepei na aisthanesthe entropin na entrepesthe tin porneian enopion malista tou patros kai tis mitros sas to pseudos enopion tou igemonos ka itou katexontos eksousian,

18 katapatisin tou Nomou enopion dikastou kai arxontos kai tin katigorian enantion sas peri adikias ek merous sugkentroseos kai laou oloklirou.

19 Na aisthanesthe entropin di’adikian apenanti tou suntrofou kai filou sas, dia klopin eis tin polin, opou si katoikeis.

20 Entropin episis empros eis tin alitheian kai tin diathikin tou Theou kai akomi dia to stirigma tou agkonos tis xeiros sas otan parakathesthe eis trapezan fagitou.

21 Na entrepesthe tas paranomous dosolipsias, kai otan oi alloi sas xairetoun, seis de siopate.

22 Entropi einai na paratiris mian ginaika dieftharmenin kai na apostrefis to prosopon sou apo suggeni sou.

23 Na afairis apo kapoion to dikaion meridion tou h to doron tou, kai na periergazesai me ponirian gunaika upandron.

24 Entropi einai, na exis megalin oikeiotita me tin upiretrian sou prosekse mi plisiasis eis tin klinin tis.

25 Na entrapis dia prosblitikous logus enantion ton filon sou, otan de ekeinoi eurethoun eis anagkin, su de tous bohthisis, prosekse mi thiksis tin aksioprepeian ton.

26 Theorei entropin sou to na epanalambanis kai na dihgisai kathe ti, to opoion akoueis, kai pro pantos na apokalipsis ekeina, ta opoia os mustika sou exoun lexthi.

27 Etsi feromenos tha apoktisis tin alithinin kai aksiepainon entropin kai tha euriskis pantote xarin kai ektimisin ek merous olon ton anthropon.

KEFALAION MB’

Eis ti den prepei na entrepesai. Merimna tou patros dia tin thigatera tou. Prosoxi apo tas gunaikas. H doksa tou Theou en ti dimiourgia.

Di’auta omos, ta opoia en sunexeia tha sou eipo, den prepei pote na entrepesai kai mi epireasthis apo prosopa, oiadipote kai an einai, oste na parekklinis eis tin amartian.

2 Na mi aisthanesai entropin, otan prokeitai peri tou sebasmou pros ton nomon tou Ypsistou kai pros tin diathikin tou. Mi entrapis na eksosis orthin apofasin opoia apodidei to dikaion kai pros auton akomi ton asebi.

3 Mi entrapis, na kamis dikaious logariasmous me ton suntrofon sou kai pros autous akomi tous diabatas, opos episis kai otan prokeitai na apodosis o,ti anikei eis tous filous sou.

4 Frontize na einai akribis h zugaria kai ta zugia tis kai na apoktisis polla h oliga, adiaforon, me dikaiosinin omos.

5 Mi entrapis dia to nomimon kerdos ek tis poliseos eis tous emporous, dia tin pliri kai orthin diapaidagogisin ton teknon, dia tin skliran mexris aimatoseos timorian tou ponirou doulou.

6 Ean eis to spiti uparxei filoperiergos kai kaki gunaika, kalon einai na tithetai kleidi eis ta diafora eidi tou oikou episeis exe ola kleidomena ekei, opou uparxoun polla xeria, etoima na arpaksoun.

7 Mi entrapis na metras kai na zigizis me akribeian kathe ti, pou dideis eis tous anthropous sou, kai na katagrafis kathe dosolipsian sou.

8 Mi entrapis, na elegxis ton moron kai ton antohton, opos episis kai anthropon, o opoios an kai eurisketai eis bathi giras, filoneikei me nearous.

Etsi tha anadeixthis pragmati morfomenos kai tha apoktisis tin ektimisin ek merous olon ton anthropon.

9 H kori einai dia ton patera krifi megali frontis, kai h merimna di’autin tou dioxnei ton upnon. Anisixei o pateras, mipos tixon kai parethi h neotis, to anthos tis ilikias tis, kai meini anupandros akomi de mipos kai misithi apo ton andra, ton opoion exei suzeuxthi.

10 Mipos kata ton xronon tis parthenikis tis zohs diafthari kai katasti egkuos eis to patriko tis spiti mipos, otan nomimos sizigos pleon andros, katapatisi tin sizigikin pistin h sunoikousa me ton andra tis meini steira.

11 Na exis sunexi kai austiran prosoxin eis adiantropon korin sou, dia na mi se kami katagelaston eis tous exthrous sou, kakon mologima eis tin polin, diasurmon upo ton politon kai se katentropiasi en meso plithous anthropon.

12 Mi blepis gohteumenos to kallos oioudipote anthropou kai mi kathesai anamesa eis gunaikas,

13 dioti opos apo ta endumata bgaini o skoros, etsi kai apo tin gunaika pigazei h gunaikeia poniria.

14 Protimotera einai h fanera kakia tou andros, para h upokritiki eksipiretiki gunaika, kai akomi perissoteron gunaika, h opoia katentropiazei kai ekseutelizei ton andra.

15 Kai tora tha fero eis tin mnimin mou ta thaumasta erga tou Kuriou. Tha dihgitho ekeina, ta opoia eida kai ematha. Me ta pantodinama prostagmata eou edimiourgisen o Kurios panta ta erga tou.

16 O ilios fotizei ta panta kai kathista fanera ta panta, oste na fainetai to plires doksis ergon tou Theou.

17 O Kurios den edose tin apaitoumenin dinamin oute eis autous tous agious, na dihgountai ola autou ta thaumasta erga, ta opoia o Kurios o pantokrator estereosen, oste to sumpan na ufistatai, dia na dihgitai tin doksan tou Theou.

18 O Kurios eksixniazei tous okeanous kai tas kardias ton anthropon, gnorizei epakribos olas ta skepseis kai ta erga auton dioti o Kurios katexei kathe gnosin kai blepei ola ta xronika simeia ton aionon.

19 Anaggelei parelthonta kai mellonta, apokaluptei ta apokrufa pragmata mexri kai tou teleutaiou ixnous ton.

20 Kammia skepsis anthropon den tou diafeugei kanenas logos den menei krummenos apo auton.

21 Ta megaleiodi erga tis parsofias tou diekosmise kai enirmonise. Autos uparxei analloiotos pro panton ton aionon kai autos tha meini ana tous aionas oute prosetethi tipote eis to apeiron megaleion tou, oute kai afirethi, oute kai exei anagkin apo kanena sumboulon.

22 Poson epithimita einai ola ta megaleiodi erga tou ! Alla o,ti einai enas spinthir apenanti tou hliou, etsi einai auta pou blepomen, enanti ekeinon pou den blepomen.

23 Ola auta zoun kai menoun eis tous aionas di’olas tas anagkas, kai ta panta upakououn eis auton.

24 Ta panta einai ana duo, to ena apenanti tou allou. Kai kanena den to edimiourgisen ateles.

25 To ena sumplironei kai upogrammizei tin oraiotita ton allon agathon. Poios pote tha xortasi blepon tin doksan tou Kuriou;

KEFALAION MG’

O hlios thaumaston dimiourgima tou Theou. H selini. Oi asteres kai to ouranion tokson. Ta thaumasia, gnosta kai agnosta, tis dimiourgias.

H megaloprepeia tou upsous, h katharotis kai diafaneia tou ouraniou stereomatos, h emfanisis tou ouranou eis olin tin thaumastin doksan tou einai katapliktikon theama.

2 O hlios, amesos molis meta tin anatolin tou emfanisthi, diaggellei tin megaloprepeian tou Theou. Einai thaumaston dimiourgima, ergon tou Ypsistou Theou.

3 Autos kata tin mesibrian ksirainei tin xoran enantion de tis thermotitos tou poios einai dinaton na antistathi;

4 O texnitis fusa tin kaminon tou puros dia ta erga tou. O ilios omos pollaplasios thermos kaiei ori, kamnei na anadidontai purodeis atmoi. Ektokseon de tas ololamprous aktinas tou thambonei tous ofthalmous ton anthropon.

5 Megas einai o Kurios, o opoios edimiourgise ton hlion. O de hlios, upakouon eis tas diatagas tou dimiourgou, akolouthei pistos tin diatetagmenin poreian tou.

6 Kai h selini eis ola kai eis olas tas oras tis pantote akribis deiknuei tas epoxas toue tous kai einai aionion simeion.

7 Apo tin selinin kathorizontai ai imerai ton eorton. Einai fostir, tou opoiou to fos me tin parodon ton imeron oligosteuei mexri plirous ekleipseos.

8 Xaris eis autin diakrinetai o enas minas apo ton allon. Auksanetai kata tropon thaumaston eis tas diaforous faseis tis. Einai foteinon antikeimenon anamesa eis tas stratias ton asteron, eklampousa eis to stereoma tou ouranou.

9 Omorfia tou ouranou einai h lamprotis ton asteron olofota kosmimata, pou fotizoun ta ourania upsi tou Kuriou.

10 Dia tou logou tou agiou Theou uparxoun eis tas theseis ton oi asteres, sumfona me tin diatagin pou elaban, kai pote den tha paralusoun apo kopon en ti ekplirosei tis apostolis ton.

11 Paratirise to ouranion tokson kai doksologise ton Dimiourgon tou, dioti einai katapliktikos oraion me tin lampran tou emfanisin.

12 Ologura perikleiei ton ouranon me ton foteinon tou kuklon ai xeires tou Ypsistou Theou to exoun tentosei.

13 Dia tis prostagis tou Kuriou piptei to xioni eis tin gin. O kurios apostellei tas taxeias astrapas eis timorian ton paranomon kai pros ektelesin ton dikaion apofaseon tou.

14 Me to prostagma tou inoiksan ta thisaurofulakia tou ouranou kai osan ptina epetaksan ai nefelai.

15 Dia tis megaleiodous dinameos tou puknonei tas nefelas kai h xalaza piptei kato san thrummata lithon.

16 Me tas emfaniseis autou saleuontai ta ori kai me to thelima tou pneei o notios anemos.

17 H foni tis brontis tou prokalei odinas toketou eis tin gin. Erxetai apo ton borran kataigis kai anemostrobilos.

18 Skorpizei kai apothetei to xioni eis tin gin, osan ptina pou petonta katabainoun.

Katebainoun ai nifades tou xioniou, osan tis akrides pou kaluptoun tin gin. To kallos tis leukotitos tis thambonei ta matia kai h kardia tou anthropou kataplissetai, kathos tin blepei, osan broxi na pipti.

19 Xunei tin paxnin epano eis tin gin osan alati kai otan auti pagosi, ginetai osan tas aixmas ton akanthon.

20 Tha pneusi katopin pagomenos borias, tha piksi to nero kai tha gini krustallos. O pagos ekteinetai pantou, opou uparxoun udata, kai laluptei to nero osan me thoraka.

21 Katatrogei o pagos ta ori, kaiei tin erimon, kai osan fotia katakaiei tin xlohn.

22 Taxeia therapeia apo olas tas blabas tou pagou einai ta nefi, h de drosia epeita apo to kauma didei anesin.

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25 Kai ekei eis tin thalassan uparxoun paradoksa kai thaumasta dimiourgimata, poikila zoa pantos eidous, diaforoi fulai apo megala kiti.

26 Pros xarin tou Kuriou o aggelikos kosmos ferei eis aision peras ta erga tou, kai dia tou logou tou ta panta taktopoiountai.

27 Polla akomi imporoumen na eipomen, alla pote den tha eksantlisomen to thema. Me mian leksin : to pan einai Autos.

28 Pou tha euromen, loipon, imeis tin dinamin na ton doksasomen epaksios : Dioti autos einai o apeiros megas, uperano apo ola ta erga tou.

29 Foberos einai o Kurios kai apeiros megas kai thaumasti h dinamis tou.

30 Doksologisate kai anipsosate ton Kurion oson imporeite, dioti autos tha einai pantote anoteros apo olas tas doksologias sas. Di’auto, kai otan ton doksologite, pollaplasiasate tin dinamin sas mi kourazesthe, dioti pote den tha fthasete eis tin prepousan di’ekeinon doksologian.

31 Poios ton eide kai einai epomenos eis thesin na dihgithi ta peri autou; Kai poios imporei na ton doksologisi, opos autos eis tin pragmatikotita einai;

32 Polla thaumasta dimiourgimata tou kai erga tou, krimmena kai agnosta, einai oraiotera apo ekeina, pou imeis gnorizomen. Dioti eis tin pragmatikotita oliga apo ta erga autou exomen idei.

33 Dioti ta panta edimiourgisen o Kurios kai autos edose kai didei sofian eis tous eusebeis, na ta ennooun.

KEFALAION NA’

PROSEYXH IHSOY YIOY TOY SEIRAX.

- Tha se doksologiso, Kurie Basileu, tha umnologiso se, ton Theon ton sotira mou. Tha doksologiso to Onoma sou.

2 dioti egines di’eme skepastis kai bohthos, eglutoses tin zohn mou apo katastrofin kai apo pagida sukofantikis glossis, apo xeili pou ergazontai to pseudos egines bohthos mou enantion ton exthron mou, oi opoioi me periekuklonan.

3 Kata to mega sou eleos kai dia to agion Onoma sou me eglutoses apo exthrous, oi opoioi epizitoun na mou afairesoun tin zohn kai apo pollas allas thlipseis, tas opoias eixa.

4 Apo pnigmon, apo pur pou ekaien ologura mou, anamesa apo pur, to opoion ego den eixa anapsei.

5 Me esoses apo ta bathi tis koilias tou adou, apo akatharton glossan kai apo logon pseudi.

6 Apo adikon sukofantikin glossan, pou me diebale pros basilea, hggisen h psuxi mou eos ton thanaton kai h zoh mou eplisiasen eis ta bathi tou adou.

7 Exthroi kai thlipseis me periekuklosan apo ola ta meri kai den upirxe kaneis na me bohthisi. Proseblepa kai eperimena anthropinin bohtheian kai den parousiazeto kammia.

8 Kai tote, Kurie, enethumithin to eleos sou, ta thaumasta erga sou dia mesou ton aionon, oti diladi bgazeis apo kindunous ekeinous, pou menoun pistoi eis se, kai tous sozeis apo ta xeria ton eidololatrion laon.

9 Kai anupsosa apo tin gin pros ton ouranon tin ikesian mou kai thermos se parekalesa, na me glutosis apo ton thanaton.

10 Parekalesa ton Kurion, ton patera tou Kuriou mou, na mi me egkataleipsi eis tas imeras tis thlipseos mou, eis epoxin pou epikratoun uperifanoi kai den uparxei kammia bohtheia apo autous.

11 Tha epaino to Onoma sou pantote, tha se doksologo me eugnomosunin. H dehsis mou egine dekti.

12 Dioti, pragmati, su me esoses apo ton olethron. Me eglutoses eis periodon peirasmon kai kindunon dia touto tha se doksologo, tha se umno, tha eulogo to Onoma sou, Kurie.

13 Otan akomi imin neoteros, prin h periplanitho eis diafora meri, ezitisa dia tis proseuxis mou eilikrinon sofian.

14 Enopion tou naou sou ezitousa epimonos kai me pistin autin, kai mexri telous tis zohs mou tha tin zito.

15 Apo ta anthi tis, opos apo ta orima stafulia tou klimatos, eufranthi h kardia mou di’autin. Xaris eis autin badizoun ta podia mou eis omalon edafos. Apo tin neotita mou hkolouthisa ta ixni tis.

16 Epi oligon eteina to auti mou kai edexthin tin sofian kai elaba pollin morfosin apo autin.

17 Xaris eis autin esimeiosa prokopin. Eis ton Kurion, o opoios didei tin sofian, tha apodoso eugnomosunin kai doksologian.

18 Eskefthin kai apefasisa na efarmoso osa auti didaskei. Hgapisa me zilon to agathon kai den entropiasthin.

19 Hgonisthi h psuxi mou, dia na tin apoktiso. Hreunisa kai eksikribosa kai edexthin tas alitheias tis me tosin boulimian, osan ekeinin pou aisthanetai o euriskomenos eis limon. Ypsosa iketeutikas tas xeiras mou pros ton ouranon, epenthisa di’osas alitheias autis den egnoriza.

20 Tin psuxin mou kathuthina pros autin di’autis apektisa kardian agathin euthus eks arxis, eurika katharotita biou. Dia touto den tha egkataleiftho apo autin.

21 To esoterikon mou suneklonisthi apo ton pothon tis anazitiseos tis. Dia touto kai apektisa to polutimin touto agathon.

22 Dia tous kopous mou o Kurios mou edosen os misthon euxereian glossis, kai me autin tha doksologo ton Kurion.

23 Plisiasate pros eme seis, oi opoioi den exete morfosin, kai katoikisate eis ton oikon tis paideias.

24 Diati stereisthe apo ta agatha tis sofias kai ai psuxai sas kuriarxountai apo megalin dipsan ;

25 Hnoiksa to stoma mou kai elalisa apoktisate dia ton euaton sas tin sofian, xoris na plirosete tipote.

26 Skupsate ton auxena sas kai tethite kato apo ton agathon zugon tis, h de psuxi sas as dexthi tin alithinin morfosin. Plision einai h ugihs morfosis kai einai dunaton na tin euri kaneis.

27 Idete me ta idia sas ta matia kai katanohsate kala oti ego oligon ekopiasa kai eurika dia ton euaton mou pollin anapausin me tin gnosin tis sofias.

28 Agorasate kai kamete ktima sas tin sofian kai me polla xrimata en anagki. Apoktisate tin me polun xrison.

29 Eithe na eufranthi h psuxi sas me to eleos tou Kuriou kai na mi upostalite pote eis doksologian autou.

30 Kamete to ergon auto, prin h perasi o kairos, kai o Kurios tha sas dosi to dikaion misthon sas eis ton katallilon kairon.

SOFIA SOLOMONTOS

Genikoteros eis to theopneusto auto biblion ginetai logos peri tou apeiroteleiou Theou, pronohtou kai kubernitou ton panton, malista de ton anthropon, peri tou Theiou thelimatos, peri athanasias psuxis kai mellousis kriseos, kata tin opoian o dikaiokritis Theos tha apodosi ekasto kata ta erga tou.

Outos eis polla xoria h sofia parousiazetai os prosopon.

Auti de h ekfrasis upenthimizei xorion tou apostolou Paulou apokalountos ton Yion kai Logon, Theou sofian.

Ginetai akomi suneskiasmenos logos kai peri Agiou Pneumatos. Ektos touton, eis uper dekapente xoria tis K. Diathikis diatuponontai alitheiai lian suggeneis pros tas en Sofia Solomontos, gegonos to opoion marturei, oti oi theopneustoi suggrafeis tis K. Diathikis eixon YP’OPSEI KAI EDEXONTO OS THEOPNEYSTON TO BIBLION THS SOFIAS SOLOMONTOS ;

KEFALAION A’

Anazitisate ton Theon kai tin aretin, apofugete tin amartian. To Pneuma tou Theou epiblepei kai krinei.

Seis oi arxontes kai kritai ton laon tis gis agapisate tin dikaiosunin, upo tin stenin kai tin eureian simasian tis lekseos. Skefthite ortha peri tou Kuriou, me eilikrini kai agathin diathesin me aplotita kai adolon kardian anazitisate auton.

2 Dioti o Kurios eurisketai en meso ton anthropon, pou den anthistantai eis to thelima tou. Emfanizetai eis ekeinous, oi opoioi den apistoun pros auton.

3 Dioti ta diestrammena fronimata kai sunaisthimata tis kardias xorizoun tous anthropous apo ton Theon. Kai h katafronoumeni theia tou dinameis timorei eis ton katallilon kairon tous afronas katafronitas tis.

4 Eis kakotropon psuxin, pou mixaneuetai pantote to poniron, den tha eiselthi h sofia tou Theou kai eis soma kataxreomenon me tas pollas amartias den tha katoikisi h theia sofia.

5 Dioti to Agion Pneuma, to opoion paidagogei kai morfonei tous anthropous, apofeugei tas dolias psuxas, feugei kai istatai makran apo asunetous anthropous, pou skeptontai to poniron kai oi opoioi tha timorithoun, otan elthi h ora na krithoun ai adikiai ton.

6 H theia sofia einai pneuma plires agapis pros tous anthropous alla auto den simainei oti tha afisi atimoriton kai tha anagnorisi os athoon ton blasfimon, o opoios me ta logia tou katefereto kata tou Theou. Dioti o Theos einai o akribis martis ton sunaisthimaton tou, o paratiritis ton skepseon tou ponirou anthropou, kai akouei ta logia, pou bgainoun apo tin glossan tou.

7 Ta panta blepei o Theos, dioti to Pneuma tou Kuriou pliroi me tin theian parousian tou olin tin oikoumenin. Sugkratei kai kuberna ta sumpanta kai gnorizei ola, osa legontai apo tous anthropous.

8 Dia touto kai kaneis apo ekeinous, pou omiloun kai prattoun adika, den tha diafugi tin prosoxin kai tin gnosin tou Kuriou. Auton den tha ton prosperasi atimoriton h ta panta elegxousa kai to dikaion apodidousa theia diki.

9 Dioti to prosektikon kai zilotupos parakolouthoun ta panta auti tou Theou akouei tas asebeias ton. Den menei eis auto agnostos kai krufos oute o elafroteros psithiros goggusmou enantion tou.

11 Apofugete, loipon, kathe asebi goggusmon kata tou Theou kai fulaksate tin glossan sas apo tin katakrisin enantion ton energeion tou Theou. Dioti kai h pleon apokrifos frasis den tha pesi eis to kenon, xoris na episuri tin dikaian timorian. Stoma de, pou ektokseuei pseudi kata tou Theou, tha epiferi thanaton eis tin psuxin.

12 Mi, planomenoi eis tin kathimerinin poreian tis zohs sas, elkuete akairos epano sas ton thanaton. Mi me ta ponira erga ton xeiron sas surete epano sas tin katastrofin.

13 Dioti den einai o Theos, pou ekame ton thanaton, oute kai euxaristeitai dia ton olethron ton anthropon.

14 Autos edimiourgise ta panta, dia na uparxoun. Ap’arxis ektise ta sumpanta, dia na zoun kai na diasozontai apo kathe katastrofin. Den upirxen eis auta to dilitirion tou olethrou kai tis katastrofis oute to basileion tou adou eixen enthronisthi epi tis gis.

15 dioti h dikaiosuni, h areti, menei athanatos.

16 Alla oi asebeis me ta idia ton ta xeria kai me ta logia ton epesuran enantion ton ton thanaton. Ton etheorisan filon ton kai eluosan kato apo to baros tis amartias. Sunipsan sunthikin me auton kai upedoulothisan. Etsi edeixthisan, oti einai aksia thimata kai ktimata tou thanatou.

KEFALAION B’

Filidonoi kai moxthirai skepseis, apofanseis kai apofaseis ton faulon. Paregnorisan ton dikaiokritin Theon.

Oi asebeis, esfalmenos eskefthisan kai eipan apo mesa ton « braxeia, gemati lupes kai kopous einai h zoh mas. Den uparxei de elpis, oti tha zisomen peran apo ton tafon. Alloste kaneis den epanilthen apo ton adin, dia na gnostopoihsi eis imas ta kei.

2 Automatos kai tuxaios egennithimen eis ton kosmon. Meta de ton thanaton tha epanelthomen eis tetoian katastasin, os ean pote den upirksamen. Kapnos, pou dialuetai, einai h pnoh ton rothonon mas o de logos mas sbisi kai liksi h zoh mas, to soma mas tha gini stakti. Kai auto, pou legomen pneuma, tha dialithi osan koufios anemos.

4 To onoma mas, kathos tha parerxetai o xronos, tha lismonithi kai kaneis den tha enthimitai ta erga mas. H zoh mas tha perasi san to sunnefo, pou den afinei ixni, san tin omixlin pou diaskorpizetai, diokomeni apo tas aktinas tou iliou kai dialuomeni apo tin thermotita autou.

5 San skia perna o bios mas kai kammia epistrofi den uparxei apo ton thanaton, dioti h zoh etermatisthi kai esfragisthi oristios, kai kaneis den epistrefei epeita apo ton thanaton eis autin.

6 Empros, loipon, as apolausomen ta agatha, pou uparxei guro mas, oson imporoumen perissoteron, kai san me neanikin ormin as xaromen ton kosmon.

7 As methisomen apo ton pleon akribon oinon, as lousthomen me aromata kai as mi afisomen na perasi, xoris na to apolausomen, kanena apo ta anthi tis anoikseos.

8 As stefanosomen to kefali mas me triantafulla prin h auta maranthoun.

9 Kaneis apo imas as mi meini ametoxos apo tas megaloprepeis apolauseis mas. Pantaxou de as afisomen ta ixni ton diaskedaseon, dioti auti h eufrosuni kai diaskedasis mas einai to meridion mas ki h klironomia mas epano eis tin gin.

10 As katapiesomen kai as ekmetalleuthomen ton ptoxon dikaion. As mi lupithomen tin adinati xira, as mi entrapomen ta poluxronia aspra mallia tou gerontos.

11 H dinnamis mas as einai di’imas o nomos tis dikaiosinis mas, dioti h adinamia apodeiknuetai epano eis ta pragmata axristos kai epiblabis.

12 As stisomen ton dikaion, dioti den imporoumen na ton xrisimopoihsomen, opos thelomen. Enantionetai eis ta erga mas, mas katakrinei me drimitita os parabatas tou theiou nomou. Mas disfimizei xaraktirizon os esfalmenin tin agogin mas kai tin nootropian mas.

13 Autoproballetai, os ean autos kai monos exi gnosin tou Theou kai tou theiou thelimatos, kai onomazei ton eauton tou teknon kai doulon tou Kuriou.

14 Exei ginei kathimerinos elegxos mas, tis nootropias kai tis sumperiforas mas. Einai baris kai anupoforos kai pou ton blepomen monon.

15 Dioti h zoh tou den einai omoia me tin zohn ton allon anthropon.

Diaforetikoi oi dromoi kai oi tropoi tou biou tou.

16 Exomen theorithi apo auton os kibdila nomismata kai apomakrineai apo tous dromous tis zohs mas, san apo akatharsias. Theorei makarian tin zohn kai tin teleutin ton dikaion anthropon kai alazoneuetai legon, oti exei patera ton Theon.

17 Loipon, as ton upobalomen eis dokimasias kai as idomen, ean ai diakirikseis tou autai ekfrazoun tas alithinas pepoithiseis tou. As thesomen eis dokimasian mexri kai thanatou tin zohn tou.

18 Dioti, ean o dikaios autos einai, opos isxurizetai, uios tou Theou, tote o Kurios tha ton prostateusi kai tha ton glitosi apo ta xeria ton thanasimon exthron tou.

19 Tha ton ubrisomen, tha ton ekseutelisomen, tha ton upobalomen eis basanismous, dia na idomen tin iremian kai makrothimian tou, dia na elegksomen tin aneksikakian tou.

20 As ton katadikasomen kai as ton ektelesomen me skliron kai ekseutelistikon thanaton kai tote tha idomen, an pragmati tha ton episkefthi kai tha ton prostateusi o Theos, opos autos isxurizetai”.

21 Auta ta ponira eskefthisan oi asebeis kai eplanithisan, dioti tous exei tuflosei pleon eks oloklirou h kakia ton.

22 Den egnoriasan ta mistiria tou Theou, tin dikaiosinin kai tin pronoian tou, den episteusan eis tin dikaian antamoibin, pou perimenei tous osious. Den eixan fotismenin tin krisin, dia na ennohsoun ta brabeia tou Theou eis tas psuxas ton dikaion.

23 O Theos edimiourgise ton anthropon aftharton kai athanaton. Ton eplase sumfona me tin idikin tou eikona.

24 Alla eks aitias tou fthonou tou diabolou eisilthe kai ekuriarxisen o thanatos eis ton kosmon.

25 Kai oi asebeis, oi opoioi anikoun eis tin parataksin tou diabolou, peirazoun simeron kai thetoun upo dokimasian ton dikaion.

KEFALAION G’

O dikaios, para tas dokimasias tou einai eutuxis. Dustixeis omos tha einai oi asebeis.

H zoh omos ton dikaion eurisketai kato apo to pantodinamon prostateutikon xeri tou Theou, kai kammia thlipsis kai basanos den tha tous eggisi, xoris o Theos na to epitrepsi.

2 Eis ta matia ton afronon o thanatos ton etheorithi os afanismos kai midenisis kai h eksodos ton apo ton kosmon auton os odini kai timoria.

3 h anaxorisis ton apo tin zohn autin os olethros kai apoleia. Ekeinoi omos uparxoun kai zoun en eirini.

4 Dioti kai ean akomi eis ta matia ton anthropon kai ek merous ton anthropon pasxoun kai thlibontai, exoun autoi statheran kai akloniton tin pepoithisin ton eis tin athanaton kai makarian zohn.

5 Kai ean oligon talaiporithoun kai basanisthoun eis tin parousan zohn, tha laboun megalas amoibas kai brabeia eis tin aioniotita.

Dioti o idios o Kurios ethesen autous upo dokimasian dia ton thlipseon kai tous euren aksious na brabeuthoun kai na ameifthoun apo auton.

6 Tous edokimasen, opos o xrusoxoos dokimazei kai katharizei ton xruson dia tou puros, kai tous edexthi euarestos, opos dexetai ta prosferomena olokautomata ton thision.

7 Autoi, otan o pantodinamos kai panagathos Kurios tous episkefthi, tha lampsoun kai san spinthires eis tis kalamies tha diatrexoun lampra tas koinonias ton anthropon.

8 Autoi tha anadeixthoun kritai kai dikastai ton asebon anthropon. Tha kuriarxisoun epano eis tous laous, dioti o Kurios tha einai basileus ton eis tous aionas ton aionon.

9 Osoi exoun stirigmenin akloniton tin pepoithesin ton eis ton Theon, tha gnorisoun kai tha katanohsoun tin alitheian kai oi pistoi me agapin tha upomenoun tas dokimasias kai tha paramenoun plision tou Theou, dioti h theia xaris kai to eleos didontai eis tous osious tou Theou kai h storgiki tou epopteia kai prostasia eis tous eklektous tou.

10 Oi de asebeis, sumfona me tas amartolas auton epithimias kai skepseis kai prakseis, tha paroun tin dikaian timorian autoi, pou katefronisan ton dikaion kai apemakrithisan apo ton Theon.

11 Dioti ekeinos, pou eksouthenonei kai katafronei tin theian sofian kai paidagogian, einai talaiporos kai distixis. H elpida ton pros mian aneton kai xarmosunon zohn einai koufia kai anohtos. Oi kopoi ton anofeleis, ta erga ton axrista.

12 Ai gunaikes ton amualoi kai asunetoi, opos autoi, kai ta tekna ton asebi kai amartola katiramenoi tha einai kai oi apogonoi ton.

13 Eks antithetou einai makaria h enaretos ekeini gunaika, h opoia, esto kai an emeine steira, den emolunthi apo allon andra. Den egnorisen allon andra eis tin klinin tis, oste na parasurthi eis tin amartian. Auti, os karpon tis aretis tis, tha exi tin amoibin tis, otan o Kurios en ti agathotito tou episkefthi tin zohn ton dikaion.

14 Kai autos akomi o eunouxos, o opoios omos den dieprakse paranomian tina me to xeri tou, oute eskefthi kati to poniron enantion tou Kuriou, tha brabeuthi dia tin aksiopistian tou, dioti tha dothi eis auton eklekti dorea, timitiki kai euxaristos thesis eis ton naon tou Kuriou.

15 Dioti endoksos karpos proerxetai pantote apo tous kalous kai sumfona pros to thelima tou Theou kopous. Zontani de kai sunexos karpoforos paramenei h riza tis orthofrosunis kai suneseos.

16 Eks antithetou ta tekna ton moixon pote den tha proodeusoun. Paidia paranomou klinis suntoma tha eksolothreutoun.

17 Kai ean akomi zisoun makron bion, den tha exoun ek merous ton anthropon kammian upolipsin kai ektimisin. Kai auto akomi to giras ton tha einai katafronimenon kai anipolipton.

18 Ean apothanoun enoris, den tha exoun kammian elpida eis tin meta thanaton zohn. Oute kai kammian elpida kai parigorian, otan o Kurios fanerosi ta krupta ton anthropon.

19 Dioti geneas poniras kai asebous tromera tha einai ta teli tis epigeiou zohs kai h peran tou tafou zoh.

KEFALAION D’

Sugkriseis dikaiou kai asebous kata tin parousan kai tin mellousan zohn.

Apo tin poluteknian ton asebon protimotera einai h ateknia meta aretis. Dioti h mnimi tis aretis paramenei athanatos, anagnorizetai os kali kai epaineti ek merous Theou kai anthropon.

2 Oi anthropoi, otan tin blepoun en to prosopo kai to bio tou enaretou, tin mimountai. Otan de o enaretos ekdimisi, epithumoun na eurisketo plision ton pantote. O enaretos, stefanomenos me doksan eis tin aionian zohn, thriambeuei, dioti enikise kai katorthosen athlous eis ton agona tis aretis xoris kanena psegadi.

3 H poluteknia ton asebon kai to plithos ton apogonon ton eis tipote den xrisimeuei. Oi nothoi uioi den tha rizosoun eis bathos. Den tha themeliothoun eis asfali basin tha eksafanisthoun.

4 Alla kai an merikoi kladoi ton pros kairon anathaloun kai blastisoun, epeidi to olon dendron den exei rizosei batheia kai den stirizetai eis asfali themelia, tha sugklonizetai apo ton anemon, kai eis to telos apo tin isxuran pnohn ton anemon tha kserrizothi.

5 Asximatista kai akarpa tha spasoun ta klonaria ton. Alla kai an prolaboun na desoun karpon, autos tha einai axrisots, aoros pros brosin kai akatallilos di’oiandipote xrisin.

6 Ta tekna, ta opoia gennontai apo paranomous nukterinas sunantiseis asebon goneon, tha einai martires katigorias enantion tis ponirias ton goneon ton kata tin imeran, kata tin opoian tha krithoun autoi.

7 O dikaios omos, kai ean akomi sumbi na apothani proora, tha eiselthi eis tin aionian anapausin.

8 timimenon kai endokson giras den einai to poluxronion, oute prosmetratai h aksia tou anthropou sumfona me ton arithmon ton eton tou.

9 Leuka kai timimena aspra mallia dia ton anthropon einai oxi ta polla eti, alla h sinesis. Kai den einai kath’eautin sebasti h gerontiki ilikia, alla ekeini pou exei os xaraktiristikon tis gnorisma ton agion kai akilidoton bion.

10 O dikaios, epeidi eginen euarestos eis ton Theon, igapithi apo auton kai eno ezouse metaksi ton amartolon, xoris na parsurthi eis tin amartian, metetethi eis tin allin zohn.

11 Hrpagi apo ton Theon, dia na mi tou allaksi h kakia tin sunesin kai dia na mi eksapatisi kai apoplanisi tin psuxin tou h doliotis tis amartias.

12 Dioti h elksis kai h mageia tis faulotitos episkopizei tin orthofrosinin kai ton kalon bion. Rembasmoi de tou nou eis amartolas perioxas blaptoun kai diastrefoun tin athoan kai akakon kardian.

13 O dikaios, teleiopoihtheis eis mikron xronikon diastima, einai osan na suneplirose polla xronia enaretou zohs.

14 Etsi de h psuxi tou eginen euarestos eis ton Kurion. Dia touto espeuse kai efuge suntoma anamesa apo ta ponirias ton anthropon. Oi asebeis omos anthropoi, otan eidan tin prooran ekdimian tou, den katenohsan tin aitian tis, den ebalan eis to mualo ton ton skopon, dia ton opoion anirpagi o dikaios.

15 Dioti h agathi episkepsis tou Theou pros tous eklektous kai afosiomenous eis auton einai xaris kai eleos.

16 O dikaios, o opoios ekopiasen eis ton agona tis aretis, tha gini kritis auton, pou zoun me asebeian. Kai enaretos neotis, pou elabe suntomon telos, tha krini to amartolon giras.

17 Oi asebeis omos tha idoun tin prooran teleutin tou kata Theon sofou kai den tha katanohsoun, ti eskefthi di’auton o Theos kai pos ton eprostateuse, kai ton eksisfalisen eis tin aioniotita o Kurios.

18 Tha idoun ton prooron thanaton ton dikaion kai tha tous eksouthenosoun. O Kurios omos tha gelasi empaiktikos eis baros ton asebon.

19 Epeita apo auta ptoma perifronimenon kai akatharton tha katantisoun kata ton thanaton ton oi asebeis. Aionios empaigmos tha einai autoi anamesa eis tous nekrous. Dioti o Kurios tha tous suntripsi. Tha tous ripsi eis to edafos prineis kai afonous, tha tous sugklonisi ek themelion. Erimos kai akarpos tha meini h genea ton osan to xerson edafos. Mesa eis ton adin tha euriskontai eis ponon kai thlipsin kai auti akomi h anamnisis ton tha afanisthi eis tin gin.

20 Ekei, deiloi kai tromagmenoi, tha enthimithoun ta amartimata ton, otan o Kurios os dikaiokritis elegksi enopion ton tas paranomias ton.

KEFALAION E’

Oi asebeis tha timorithoun eis tin parousan kai tin mellousan zohn, oi eusebeis tha ameifthoun.

Tote, kata tin imeran ekeinin tis kriseos, tha stathi me polu tharros o dikaios enopion ekeinon, oi opoioi ton ethlipsan kai katepatisan tous kopous tou.

2 Ekeinoi, otan tha ton idoun, tha taraxthoun, tha katalifthoun apo deinon fobon, tha kataplagoun dia tin aprosdokiton sotirian tou.

3 Metameloumenoi de dia tin eleeinin sumperiforan ton apenanti ekeinou kai upo to kratos megalis psixikis agonias euriskomenoi, tha anastenaksoun kai tha poun.

4 “ Autos den einai ekeinos, ton opoion imeis oi asunetoi kai moroi periegelousamen kai ton eixame katastisei empaiktikin paroimian; Enomisamen oti oli tou h zoh hto mia trella, kai oti h teleuti tou upirkse katafronimeni kai adoksos.

5 Pos omos tora exei katataxthi metaksi ton uion tou Theou, h de thesis tou kai h klironomia tou eurisketai metaksi ton agion;

6 Ara imeis eplanithimen apo ton dromon tis alitheias, kai to fos tis theias dikaiosinis den elampsen eis imas. O de ilios tis pneumatikis gnoseos den aneteilen di’imas.

7 Exortasamen mesa eis tous dromous tis paranomias kai tis apoleias. Dihlthomen xoras erimous kai adiabatous, alla ton dromon tou Kuriou den ton egnorisamen.

8 Eis ti, loipon, mas ofelisen h uperifaneia mas ; Kata ti sunebalen eis tin eutuxian mas o ploutos meta tis alazoneias mas ;

9 Os skia pleon eperasan ola ekeina kai os mia feugalea fimi, h opoia erxetai, feugei kai lismoneitai.

10 Osan ploion, pou dierxetai to kumatizon nero tis thalassis ka itou opoiou ixnos tis diabaseos tou den einai dinaton na eurethi oute dromos apo ton opoion eperasen h karina tou anamesa apo ta kumata.

11 H osan ena ptinon, otan peta kai diasxizi ton aera, xoris na afini kanena ixnos tis poreias tou. Me ta isxura kinimata ton pteron tou ktipa ton elafron anemon, sxizei auton ormitikos kai me surigmon, kinei tas pterugas tou kai dierxetai dia mesou autou, kai epeita den eurisketai pleon kanena simeion tis diabaseos tou dia tou aeros.

12 H osan belos, to opoion eksotokseuthi enantion orismenou stoxou kai diesxise kat’eutheian grammin ton aera, o opoios omos meta tin diabasin tou belous epanerxetai eis tin proteran tou katastasin, oste na einai agnostos h diodos tou belous.

13 Etsi kai imeis egennithimen kai apethanomen na parousiasomen.

Katedapanisamen tin zohn kai tas dinameis mas eis tin kakian mas!”

14 H elpis tou asebous pros eutixian kai epitixian omoiazei me to xnoudi, pou to parasurei o anemos, me tin leptin paxnin, tin opoian katadiokei lailaps me ton kapnon pou ton diaskorpizei o anemos. H mnimi tou omoiazei me tin anamnisin enos diabatou, o opoios dia mian monon imeran katelisen eis ksenodoxeion kai katopin efugen.

15 Oi dikaioi omos zoun aionios kai h dikaia antamoibi ton eurisketai eis ta xeria tou Kuriou. O Ypsistos pantote frontizei di’autous eis tin parousan kai tin mellousan zohn.

16 Dia touto kai tha laboun apo ta xeria tou Kuriou tin endokson basileian ton ouranon, to basilikon diadima tou aioniou kallous.

Dioti o Kurios me tin prostateutikin deksian tou tha tous skepasi kai me ton akatanikiton braxiona tou tha tous uperaspisi eantion ton exthron tou kai autas tas dinameis tis fuseos.

18 Tha endithi os akatanikiton kai adiaperaston thoraka tin dikaiosinin kai tha foresi os perikefalaian tin antikeimenikin kai dikaian krisin tou.

19 Os aspida akatamaxiton tha endithi tin agiotita tou,

20 kai os kaloakonismenin romfaion tha xrisimopoihsi tin dikaian orgin tou. Mazi tou de enation ton parafronon auton asebon anthropon tha polemisoun olai ai dinameis tis fuseos.

21 Oi keraunoi, san eustoxa apotelesmatika blimata, tha eksfendonisthoun enantion ton asebon, kai san apo kalotentomenon tokson, anamesa apo ta nefi tha eksfendonisthoun kai tha pliksoun tous asebeis.

22 Osan apo sfendonin tha eksfendonisthi apo ton ouranon polli kai megali xalaza, tha aganaktisi kai tha strafi enantion ton kai auto to udor tis thalassis. Oi de potamoi me aifnidias plimmiras tha kataklisoun kai tha pniksoun autous.

23 Enantion auton ton asebon tha ekspasi orimitikos anemos kai fobera lailaps tha tous lixnisi kai tha tous diaskorpisi pros ola ta simeia. H paranomia erimosi bebaia, olin tin gin kai h kakourgia ton asebon tha anatrepsi thronous arxonton epi tis gis alla auto tha einai to telos ton asebon anthropon.

KEFALAION ST’

Oi arxontes prepei na ginoun sofoi. Eukolos h aneuresis tis sofias. Ti einai h sofia.

Akousate loipon auta, basileis, kai sunetisthite. Mathete kala seis oi dikastai oli tis oikoumenis.

2 Akousate seis, oi opoioi kuriaxeite eis tous laous kai oi opoioi alazoneuesthe dia tin eksousian, pou exete epano eis plithi ethnon.

3 Mathete oti ek merous tou Kuriou exei dothi eis sas h eksousia, kai h kuriarxia sas epano eis tous laous apo ton Ypsiston, o opoios tha eksetasi kai tha elegksi ta erga sas kai tha ereunisi tas skepseis kai tas apofaseis sas.

4 Tha sas elegksi, dioti an kai eisthe upiretai tou idikou tou basileiou, den ekrinate kai den edikasate orthos. Den etirisate ton nomon tou Theou kai den ebadisate oute ezisate sumfona me to theion thelima.

5 Frikti kai taxeia tha epipesi enantion sas h timoria, dioti tromera pantote kai aifnidia einai h timoria ton paranomon arxonton.

6 Dioti oi asimoi kai aploikoi anthropoi einai aksioi suggnomis kai eleous ek merous tou Theou. Oi arxontes omos tha krithoun kai tha dikasthoun me austirotita.

7 Dioti den tha uposteili to prosopon tou o Despotis tou sumpantos, oute tha upostali pro tou megethous tis eksousias ton arxonton. Dioti autos edimiourgise kai tous mikrous kai tous megalous kai autos episis pronoei di’olous.

8 Austira kai leptomeris ereuna kai eksetasis epifulassetai dia tous isxurous.

9 Pros sas loipon, o arxontes tis gis, apeuthinontai oi logoi mou autoi, dia na mathete tin alithinin sofia kai na mi parapesete eis tous dromous tis paranomias.

10 Dioti osoi me eusebeian etirisan to agion thelima tou Theou, tha ginoun agioi. Kai osoi edidaxthisan kai apedexthisan tin theian sofian, tha euroun kai tha exoun apologian kata tin imeran tis kriseos.

11 As anapsi, loipon, eis sas h epithimia ton logon mou auton. Pothisate tin sofian mou kai di’autis tha paidagogithite kai tha morfothite.

12 Lampra kai aionia einai h sofia. Me eukolian ginetai antilipti kai katanohti, apo osous tin agapoun. Kai eukola aneurisketai apo ekeinous, pou tin anazitoun.

13 Katafthanei autous, pou epithimoun na tin gnorisoun kai tin katanohsoun.

14 Ekeinos o opoios apo to glukoxarama, apo autin akomi tin anatolin tis zohs tou proserxetai pros autin, den tha kopiasi, dioti h theia sofia tha stisi tin edran tis eis tas pulas tou oikou tou.

15 To na skeptetai kaneis kai meleta autin einai deigma megalis sineseos. Kai ekeinos pou agrupnei dia tin apoktisin tis, polu grigora tha apallagi apo tas katathliptikas merimnas kai tha exei eirinikin tin zohn.

16 H idia h sofia tou Theou perierxetai edo kai ekei kai anazitei tous aksious tis. Ololampri kai eumenis parousiazetai eis tous dromous tis zohs ton, kai eis kathe skepsin ton tous bohthei pantote.

17 Dioti arxi tis kata Theon sofias einai h eilikrinis epithimia tis morfoseos, frontis de kai skopos, eis ton opoion katateinei h paideia, einai h agapi tou Theou.

18 Tis agapis de ekdilosis einai h tirisis ton nomon tis theias sofias. H prosektiki de tirisis ton theion nomon einai h bebaia egguisis tis peran tou tafou athanasias.

19 H de athanasia kamnei ton anthropon na eurisketai pantote plision tou aioniou Theou.

20 Ara h eilikrinis epithimia kai h apoktisis tis theias sofias anebazoun ton anthropon eis tin basileian tou Theou.

21 Ean loipos seis, arxontes ton laon, euxarististhe eis thronous kai eis skiptra, timisate kai agapisate tin theian sofian, dia na basileusete eis tous aionas.

22 Ti de einai auti h sofia kai pos egine, tha sas to anaggeilo kai den tha kripso apo sas ta mistiria tou Theou. Alla tha fero auta eis fos apo tin arxin tis dimiourgias, tha katastiso faneran tin gnosin autis kai den tha antipareltho tin theian alitheian.

23Den tha sumperipatiso outhe tha sinanastrafo me anthropon, pou ton luonei o fthonos, dioti autos den thelei na exi kammian epikoinonian kai sxesin me tin sofian.

24 To plithos ton kata Theon sofon einai asfaleia kai sotiria dia ton kosmon. O de kata Theon sinetos basileus apotelei egguhsin tis statherotitos tou laou tou.

25 Oste paidagogithite kai morfothite me ta logia tis sofias mou kai tha apokomisete megalin ofeleian.

KEFALAION Z’

H euteleia panton ton anthropon. H aprosmetritos aksia tis theias sofias.

Kai ego, pou sas omilo autin tin stigmin, eimai anthropos thnitos, omoios kai isos me olous tous allous anthropous. Apogonous tou protou anthropou, pou eplasthi apo to xoma. Eis tin koilian tis mitros mou elaba tin anthropinin sarka kai morfin,

2 Eis dekaminon xronikon diastima epira tin statheran morfin tou anthropou mesa eis to mitrikon aima apo to sperma tou andros, kata tin idonikin sarkikin sunantisin epi klinis.

3 Kai ego, otan egennithin, espasa me to klama mou to koinon aera, ton opoion kai anepneusa. Epesa kai eurethin eis tin omoian me olous tous anthropous gin. Afika tin protin fonin omoian pros tin ton allon anthropon kai eklaia, opos ekeinoi.

4 Anetrafin, opos oi alloi, tuligmenos eis ta spargane kai me tas frontidas ton allon.

5 Kaneis, oute kai o basileus akomi, den epire diaforetikin arxin tis genniseos kai tis uparkseos tou.

6 Mia kai h auti einai h eisodos olon ton anthropon eis tin zohn, h idia de eksodos epifulassetai di’autous, o thanatos.

7 Gnorizo, loipon, tin eisodon mou eis ton kosmon, opos kai tin eksodon mou apo auton.

Prosiuxithin eis ton Theon, ezitisa sofian kai sunesin kai mou edothi. Ton parekalesa, kai ilthen eis eme pneuma sofias.

8 Autin eprotimisa apo basilika skiptra kai thronous kai empros eis toutin os ena tipote etheorisa ta plouti tou kosmou.

9 Oute pros anektimiton adamanta den paromoiosa autin, dioti olos o xrusos en sugkrisei pros tin sofian einai san ligi ammos,

Kai o arguros osan laspi theoreitai enopion autis.

10 Tin exo agapisei perissoteron kai apo autin akomi tin ugeian kai apo to kallos. Tin eprotimisa perissoteron kai apo to fos. Dioti eis tin pragmatikotita to fos, pou aktinobolei h sofia, einai asbeston kai aionion.

11 Alla mazi me tin sofian ilthan eis eme kai ola mazi ta agatha. Dioti eis ta xeria autis uparxei anupologistos ploutos.

12 Hufranthin de eis ola ta ulika kai pneumatika agatha, dioti h sofia proporeuetai kai auta tin akolouthoun. Prin de apoktiso tin sofian, den egnoriza oti auti einai h mitir olon touton ton agathon.

13 Me agnotita kai pros katharous skopous ematha tin sofian xoris fthonon tin metadido. Den apokrupto ton anektimiton autis plouton.

14 H sofia einai aneksantlitos thisauros dia tous anthropous, ton opoion autoi, otan katallilos kai prothimos xrisimopoioun, sunaptoun filian pros ton Theon, dioti autosunistontai kai ginontai dektoi apo auton xaris eis tas megalas doreas, tas opoias exoun labei dia tis orthis paideias.

15 Euxomai de na mou dosi o Theos ikanotita na ekfraso ton thaumasmon mou dia tin sofian, kai me eugnomosunin na enthimoumai pantote tas doreas tou Theou, dioti autos einai o odigos kai xorigos tis sofias, o paidagogos kai diorthotis ton sofon.

16 Dioti eis ta xeria autou euriskometha kai hmeis kai oi logoi mas, h sunesis mas opos kai h epistimi ton diaforon ergon.

17 Autos mou exei dosei tin alithi gnosin ton onton, oste na gnoriso pos sunestithi o kosmos kai pos energoun ta epi merous stoixeia tis fuseos.

18 Na gnoriso tin arxin, to meson kai to telos ton xronon, tin allagin tou hliostasiou kai tas metabolas ton epoxon tou etous.

19 Tous kuklous ton eton kai tas theseis ton asteron.

20 Tas fuseis ton zoon, ta enstikta ton thirion tas ormas ton anemon, tous dialogismous ton anthropon, tas diaforas, pou uparxoun metaksi ton futon kai tas dunameis ton rizon.

21 Xaris eis tin theian sofian ego egnorisa ola ta apokrifa kai fanera onta kai tas idiotitas auton. H sofia, h opoia ek tou midenos edimiourgise kai kateuthinei ta panta, me edidakse auta.

22 Auti de h sofia tou Theou exei pneuma apolitou nohseos, agion, monadikon eis ton ouranion kai epigeion kosmon, polutropon energeion, aulon, eukiniton, apeiromegethes, amoliton, safes, aprosbliton kai atroton apo oiandipote ateleian. Dieisditikon, euergetikon, pneuma, to opoion upernika ola ta empodia kai agapa pantote to agathon.

23 Auto einai filanthropon, statheron, alathiton, apo kammian den piezetai merimnan, pantodinamon, epopteuei kai kateuthunei ta panta.

Eisxorei eis ola ta pneumata aggelon kai anthropon, ta noera, ta kathara, ta leptotata.

24 H sofia exei tin apoliton eks eautin kinisin, apeiros anotera apo kathe ti, to opoion kineitai eis tin gin kai ton ouranon. Xaris eis tin apoluton autis katharotita eisduei kai proxorei dia mesou olon ton epigeion kai ton ouranion prosopon kai pragmaton.

25 Dioti auti einai pnoh, tropon tina, tou pantodinamou Theou, olokatharon apaugasma tis doksis tou pantokratoros. Dia touto tipote to molismenon den upeiserxetai eis autin kai den tin molunei.

26 Auti einai to foteinon apaugasma tou theiou, ametablitou, aioniou fotos olokatharon katoptron tis energeias tou Theou, eikon kai ekfrasis tis agathotitos tou Theou.

27 Kai eno einai mia monon, dunatai na kami ta panta os pantodinamos. Menei kath’eautin analloiotos kai anakainizei ta panta. Apo geneas eis genean metabainei kai enthronizetai eis psuxas osias. Paidagogei kai morfonei filous Theou kai profitas.

28 Kanena allo logikon on den agapa o Theos, eimi monon ekeino, to opoion sugkatoikei me tin theian sofian.

29 Auti einai oraiotera kai lamprotera apo ton hlion, anotera apo ola ta astrika sumpanta, sugkrinomeni de pros to fos uperexei kai prohgeitai apo auto.

30 Dioti to men ulikon fos to diadexetai h nukta kanena omos skotos kai kammia skia kakias den imporei na kuriarxisi eis tin theian sofian.

KEFALAION H’

Flogeros o pothos tou Solomontos dia tin anektimiton theian sofian.

H theia sofia epekteinei meta dinameos tin kuriarxian tis apo to ena akron tou kosmou eos to allo, kai dioikei ta panta me euergetikin kalosunin kai agathotita.

2 Autin ego hgapisa me olin mou tin dinamin. Tin anezitisa apo auta akoma ta neanika mou xronia. Epethimisa na tin labo sizigon mou. Egina erastis tou kallous tis.

3 H aionia sumbiosis tis meta tou Theou kamnei na aktinoboli h eugeneia tis katagogis tis.

O Kurios kai Despotis tou sumpantos tin exei agapisei proaionios kai tin agapa pantote.

4 Auti katexei pliros eis bathos kai platos tin apeiron gnosin tou Theou kai xeiragogei pros autin tous anthropous. Auti epilegei ta erga, ta opoia o Theos dimiourgei.

5 Ean o ploutos einai dia ton bion polu epithimiton agathon, poso mallon h sofia einai timioteron kai polu perissoteron epithimiton agathon, h sofia h opoia katergazetai panta ta agatha;

6 Ean h dianoia kai h sunesis ton anthropon ergazetai agatha, poso mallon h sofia tou Theou einai h texnitis, pou katergazetai ola genikos ta kala erga;

7 Ean de kaneis epithimi tin kata to dinaton dikaiosunin, tin aretin, as skefthi oti oi karpoi tis sofias einai akribos ai aretai.

Dioti auti didaskei tin sofrosunin kai tin sunesin, tin dikaiosunin kai tin andreian, aretas apo tas opoias den uparxei tipote allo xrisimoteron eis ton bion ton anthropon.

8 Epithumei kaneis pollin gnosin kai peiran; As skefthi, oti h sofia gnorizei ta arxaia, problepei kai proanaggelei ta mellonta, katexe kalos tous poluplokous kai dusnohtous logous, tas luseis ton grifodon fraseon.

Gnorizei akribos kai proanaggelei megala kai mikra, thaumasta pantote, gegonota. Opos episis diadoxas epoxon kai xronon.

9 Ekrina, loipon, ego orthon kai apefasisa autin na paro os suntrofon tis zohs mou, dia na ziso mazi tis olon mou ton bion, dioti gnorizo kala oti auti tha einai polutimos sumboulos mou eis kathe kalon, opos episis tharralea protropi kai parigoria eis tas frontidas kai tas lupas tis zohs.

10 Xaris eis autin kai dia mesou autis tha apoktiso doksan metaksi tou laou, ektimisin de kai upolipsin metaksi ton presbuteron apo autin akomi tin neotita mou.

11 Xaris eis autin tha apoktiso oksutita dianoias kai euthitita kriseos eis tas dikas, enopion de ton megalon tis gis tha eimai aksiothaumastos.

12 Otan siopo, tha me perimenoun na omiliso kai otan ego tha omilo, tha me prosexoun. Kai otan parateino tin omilian mou epi polu, ekeinoi tha thetoun to xeri ton eis to stoma ton, dilountes oti prepei oloi na siopisoun, dia na me akousoun.

13 Xaris eis autin tha apoktiso tin athanasian kai tha afiso aionian mnimin eis ekeinous, oi opoioi tha elthoun ustera apo eme.

14 Apo autin fotizomenos kai xeiragogoumenos tha dioikiso laous, ethni de ksena tha upotaxthoun eis eme.

15 Foberoi de kai skliroi turannoi tha me fobountai, kai monon to onoma mou otan akououn. Metaksi tou laou tha eimai kai tha fainomai eumenis kai euergetikos, eis de tous polemous andreios.

16 Otan epistrefo eis ton oikon mou, tha anapauomai eirinikos kai xaroumenos plision tis. Dioti h sunanastrofi me tin sofian den exei kammian pikrian, kai h sumbiosis me autin den prokalei kammian lupin kai thlipsin. Alla, tounantion, ferei eufrosunin kai xaran.

17 Auta eskefthin epaneilimmenos apo mesa mou, kai me sobarotita ta emeletisa me tin dianoian kai tin kardian mou, oti diladi eis tin meta tis sofias enosin kai sumbiosin uparxei h athanasia,

18 eis tin filian tis h agni terpsis, eis tous kopous ton xeiron tis aneksantlitos o ploutos, eis tin kalliergeian ton met’autis sxeseon uparxei h sunesis, doksa de eis tin summetoxin kai apodoxin ton logon tis. Tauta, loipon, afou eskefthin eguriza kai anazitousa autin, dia na labo os sizigon mou eis olon to diastima tis zohs mou.

19 Apo autis akomi tis paidikis mou ilikias imin eufuhs, elaba de os doron apo ton Theon psuxin agathin.

20 mallon de, epeidi akribos hmoun agathos, hltha eis soma artion kai akilidoton.

21 Epeidi de egnorisa kala, oti den einai dunaton kat’allon tropon na apoktisi kaneis tin sofian, ean o Theos den tou tin dosi – kai auto einai tekmirion sineseos, to na gnorizis apo poion proerxetai auti h dorea, - eplisiasa ton Kurion kai ton parekalesa me olin mou tin kardia kai eipa

KEFALAION TH’

Thermi dehsis tou Solomontos pros ton Theon dia tin xorigisin tis sofias.

Thee ton progonon mou, Kurie tou eleous, su o opoios dia monou tou logou sou edimiourgises ta sumpanta.

2 kai me tin theian sou sofian eplases ton anthropon, eis ton opoion edoses to proson na einai kurios olon ton dimiourgimaton sou,

3 na epiblepi kai kuberna ton kosmon me afosiosin pros se kai me dikaiosinin pros tous anthropous kai na ekdidi kata as dikas dikaias apofaseis me euthitita kai antikeimenikotita kathodias,

4 dos mou tin sofian, h opoia parakathetai eis thronon konta eis ton idikon sou thronon kai mi me apodokimasis apo tin taksin ton doulon sou.

5 Dioti ego eimai idikos sou doulos, uios tis idikis sou doulis, tis mitros mou. Anthropos adinatos, tou opoiou o bios einai braxis epi tis gis, mikros kai adinatos eis orthas kriseis kai eis tin gnosin ton idikon sou nomon.

6 Kai ean, esto, uparksi kaneis teleios metaksi ton allon anthropon, otan apo auton apousiazi h sofia sou, einai ena tipote enopion sou kai enopion tou orthofronounton anthropon.

7 Su, me ekselekses os basilea tou laou sou, me katestises dikastin metaksi ton uion sou kai ton thugateron sou.

8 Su eipes na anoikodomisou naon eis to agion sou oros kai thusiastirion eis tin polin, opou estises tin skinin sou, omoion pros tin agian Skinin tou Marturiou sou, tin opoian ap’arxis su eixes proetoimasei.

9 Mazi me se einai pantote h sofia, h opoia egnorizen apolutos kai gnorizei ola ta erga sou, kai h opoia hto parousa, otan su ek tou midenos edimiourgouses ton kosmon, kai egnorize ti einai euareston enopion ton ofthalmon sou kai sumfonon me tas agias entolas sou.

10 Autin, loipon, tin theian sofian sou steile eis eme ton doulon sou apo tous agious ouranous kai apo ton thronon tis doksis sou, dia na eurisketai pantote konta mou kai kopiaze mazi mou, oste ego na gnoriso akribos ti einai euareston enopion sou.

11 H sofia sou gnorizei ta panta kai auti tha me odigisi sunetos eis tas poreias tou biou mou. Tha me perifrourisi kai tha me prostateusi to fos tis idikis tis doksis.

12 Xaris eis autin tha einai euprosdekta apo se ta erga mou. Kai ego tha kuberno kai tha dikazo ton laon sou me dikaiosunin. Tha anadeixtho aksios ton thronon tou patros mou Dabid.

13 Poios anthropos einai eis thesin eks eautou na gnorisi tas boulas tou Theou ;

H poios imporei eks eautou na sullabi kai na katanohsi to thelima tou Kuriou ;

14 Dioti ai skepseis ton anthropon einai talanteuomenoi kai astatheis kai ai epinohseis tis dianoias mas esfalmenai.

15 Dioti to ftharton touto soma mas barunei tin psuxin kai episkopizei tin krisin tis. H xomatenia auti katoikia tis psuxis mas kataponeitai me tas pollas merimnas tou nou.

16 Molis de kai meta bias diatuponomen eikasias kai sunagomen sumperasmata dia ta epi tis gis pragmata kai fainomena. Meta kopou de kai duskolias euriskomen auta, pou eksartontai apo ta xeria mas. Ta osa omos uperoxa uparxoun epano eis tous ouranous, poios ek ton anthropon einai eis thesin na eksixniasi ;

17 Poios egnorise tin idikin sou boulin, eimi monon ekeinos, eis ton opoion su edokes sofian kai epempses to Agion sou Pneuma apo tous upsistous ouranous ;

18 Etsi de me tin idikin sou sofian diorothisan kai diorthonontai ai poreiai ton anthropon epi tis gis. Kai oi anthropoi di’autis exoun didaxthi kai didaskontai ta euaresta enopion sou.

19 Me tin idikin sou sofian esothisan kai tha sothoun.

KEFALAION I’

Thaumasta erga tis sofias apo tou Adam mexri tou Mouseos.

H theia sofia, diefulakse ton protoplaston, ton Adam, ekeinon ton opoion o Theos eplase, dia na einai o protos mesa eis ton kosmon. Ton diafulaksen apo tin pliri katastrofin kai ton ebgalen apo tin idikin tou ptosin.

2 Edoken eis auton tin dinamin, na kuriarxisi kai na eksousiazi epi olon ton dimiourgimaton tis gis.

3 Otan de o amartolos, o adelfoktonos Kain, kuriarxoumenos apo tin thanasimon autou orgin, apemakrinthi apo tin theian sofian kai efoneuse ton adelfon tou, eks aitias tis adelfoktonou autis orgis tou katestrafi o idios.

4 Otan de eks aitias autou kai ton apogonon tou h gh kateklusthi apo ta udata tou kataklusmou, palin h sofia diesose ton anthropon. Katihthine, di’enos eutelous ksilou, ton dikaion Noe os sotirian.

5 Auti, otan apo sumfonou ta ethni ekseklinan eis tas ponirias kai epilthe pliris sugxisis metaksi ton, eksexorise kai dietirise ton dikaion, ton Abraam, amempton enopion tou Theou ka itou edosen isxun kardias, otan eprokeito na thusiasi to teknon tou, ton Isaak, ton karpon ton splagxnon tou.

6 Auti, otan katestrefonto oi asebeis Sodomitai, diafulakse ton dikaion Lot, o opoios etsi diefuge to pir, pou eixe katebi ek tou ouranou enantion ton pente eikeinon amartolon poleon.

7 Eis pantoteinon de marturion tis ponirias ton pente ekeinon poleon, einai h erimos xora ton, h opoia kai kapnizei akomi. Ta Thamnodi de autis futa, martures tis katastrofis tis, karpoforoun prooros eis akatallilous epoxas, stili de alatos upsonetai eis anamnisin mias psuxis h opoia ekeiksen apistian kai anupakohn eis ton Theon.

8 Dioti osoi katefronisan kai paremerisan tin sofian, oxi monon etimorithisan, oste na mi gnorisoun ta kala tis, alla afikan eis tous apagonous ton tetoian anamnisin tis afrosinis ton, oste na mi meinoun agnostoi autoi kai ta sfalmata, ta opoia diepraksan.

9 H sofia exei apallaksei apo tous moxthous kai tas talaiporias ekeinous, oi opoioi tin edexthisan kai tin upiretisan.

10 Auti ton dikaion Iakob feugonta eis ksenin xoran, dia na diafugi tin orin tou adelfou tou Hsau, ton odigisen eis eutheis dromous. Tou edeikse tin basileian tou Theou, toue dose gnosin agion pragmaton. Eulogise me plousia agatha tous moxthous tou kai eplithine to proionta ton kopon tou.

11 Auti to parestathi prostatis kai ton eprofulaksen apo tin pleoneksian isxuron anthropon, tou Laban kai ton peri auton, kai ton katestise plousion.

12 Ton diefulaksen apo tas epitheseis ton exthron tou, ton esosen asfali apo ekeinous, oi opoioi tou estisan pagidas eis ton dromon tou. Kai eis kapoion megalon agona, pou enikise, ton ebrabeuse, dia na mathi, oti h eusebeia einai isxurotera apo ola.

13 H sofia den egkateleipse ton dikaion Iosif, otan epolithi apo tous adelfous tou os doulos, alla tounantion ton eglutose kai apo tin amartian tis sizigou tou Petefri.

14 H sofia katebi mazi tou eis tin fulakin, kai eis ta desma auta tis fulakis den ton egkateleipse mexris otou edosen eis auton basilika skiptra, eksousian epi ekeinon, oi opoioi prohgoumenos ton eturannousan. H sofia apedeikse pseustas ekeinous, oi opoioi ton eixan katigorisei, kai edoken eis auton doksan aionian.

15 Auti ena laon osion kai akatigoriton ton apillaksen apo to ethnos ton Aiguption, oi opoioi tous kataturannousan.

16 H sofia eisilthe kai katokisen eis tin psuxin tou Mouseos, tou doulou tou Kuriou, kai auti antestathi enantion tou tromerou Farao me plithos foberon simeion kai teraton.

17 Edoken eis tous agious, eis tous Israhlitas, ton misthon ton kopon ton kai tous odigise thaumatourgikos kath’ olin tin poreian ton apo tin Gesem eos tin Xanaan. Egine skepi kai profulaksis di’autous katholin tin imeran apo tas flogeras aktinas tou hliou, fos de astrikon kata to diastima tis nuktos.

18 Auti tous eperase dia mesou tis Eruthras Thalassis kai tous odigise dia mesou pollon udaton.

19 Tous de exthrous ton, tous Aiguptious, tous epnikse mesa eis ton kataklismon ton udaton kai katopin apo ta bathi ton thalasson tous eksebrase.

20 Xaris eis tin thaumatourgikin autin apofasin tis theias sofias, oi dikaioi Israhlitai elehlatisan tous asebeis exthrous ton kai edoksologisan, Kurie, to agion sou Onoma, kai tin akatanikiton deksian sou umnologisan oloi mazi.

21 Dioti h sofia hnoikse to stoma kai ta autia ton kofalalon kai katestise ritoras tas glossas ton nipion anthropon.

KEFALAION IA’

Thaumasta erga tis theias sofias eis sotirian ton Israhliton, eis timorian ton Aiguption, eis suntirisin genikos kai kubernisin tou kosmou.

H sofia tou Theou kateuodose ta erga ton Israhliton dia tou agiou profitou, tou Mouseos.

2 Dieperasan xaris eis autin tin akatoikiton erimon kai estisan tas skinas ton eis xoras adiabatous kai aprospelastous.

3 Antestathisan enantion polemon kai apekrousan tous exthrous ton.

4 Edipsisan, epekalesthisan de tin sofian kai edothi eis autous nero apo apotomon braxon, kai etsi esbisan tin dipsan ton me nero, to opoion aneblisen apo skliron braxon.

5 Dia tou udatos, dia tou mesou diladi ekeinou me to opoion etimorithisan oi exthroi ton oi Aiguptioi, me to idio oi Israhlitai, otan to esterithisan, euergetithisan apo ton Theon.

6 Eno diladi ta udata tou asteireutou potamou, tou Neilou, anetarakses kai eginan thola apo aima akatharton eis timorian ton Aigupton.

7 dia to nipioktonon diatagma tou Farao, su o idios edokes eis tous Israhlitas, para pasan elpida, afthonon droseron udor.

8 Kai etsi edeikses eis autous dia tis dipsis, me tin opoian epi oligas oras etalaiporithisan, pos kai poson etimorises tous exthrous ton, tou Aiguptious.

9 Dioti tous men Israhlitas osan patir paidagogon kai sumbouleuon tous etimorisas eis diorthosin, ekeinous omos, tous Aiguptious, tous ekrines kai tous etimorises os basileus dikaios kai austiros.

11 Oloi oi Aiguptioi, parontes kai apontes, kata ton idion tropon ebasanizonto.

12 Dioti dipli lipi tous eixe katalabei kata tinin epoxin ekeinin. Estenazan af’enos men enthimoumenoi tas parelthousas thlipseis,

13 af’eter de, otan ikouan oti oi Israhlitai euhrgetounto, dia ton idion meson, dia ton opoion autoi ebasanizonto. Tote aisthanthisan oti o Kurios hto bohthos ton Israhliton, timoros de auton ton idion.

14 Ekeinon de ton Mousin, ton opoion allote oi Aiguptioi eixon geloiopoihsei kai aporripsei me xleuasmon, eis to telos ton thaumaston auton gegonoton ton ethaumasan, otan diladi upeferan kai autoi apo tin dipsan alla pollu diaforetika par’oson upeferan oi dikaioi Israhlitai eis tin erimon.

15 Eis timorian de ton asuneton kai amartolon logismon ton, apo tous opoious planithentes episteusan kai elatreusan os theous aloga, erpeta kai euteli zoa, esteiles enantion auton plithos apo aloga zoa, batraxous, sknipes kai akrides,

16 dia na mathoun oti me ekeina dia ton opoion kaneis amartanei, me ta idia kai timoreitai.

17 Den ito bebaia diskolon eis tin pantodinamon deksian sou, h opoia edimiourgise kai diemorfose ton kosmon apo tin amorfon protarxikin ulin, na steilis enantion auton plithos arton h agrious leontas.

18 h neodimiourgita agnosta eos tote thiria, ta opoia na bgazou os anapnohn fotia h na ekpneoun disodi kapnon h na eketokseuoun apo ta matia ton foberous apastraptontas spinthiras

19 fobera thiria, ta opoia tha idinanto, oxi monon na katastrepsoun tous asebeis me foberan fthoran kai blabin, alla kai me nonin tin foberan opsin ton tha idinanto na tous ekfobisoun kai na tous eksolothreusoun.

20 Ektos omos auton tha imporousan ekeina ta zoa me ena aploun fisima na tous riksoun kato nekrous, dioti tous katedioken h theia diki. Kai eixan lixnisthi kai diaskorpisthi apo to fusima tis pantodinamias sou. Den ekames omos tipote apo auta, alla ekanonises ta panta me metron, me ruthmon, me akribes zugisma.

21 Dioti h apeiros dinamis sou eurisketai pantote konta sou. Eis de tin kuriarxian tis pantodinamou deksias sou poios imporei na antistathi ;

22 Dioti olos o kosmos enopion sou einai san mia apli klisis plastiggos kai san stagona prohnis drosou, h opoia katebainei eis tin gin.

23 SY ELEEIS OLOYS, DIOTI DYNASAI TA PANTA, PARABLEPEIS DE TA AMARTHMATA TON ANTHROPON, DIA NA ODHGHSHS AYTOYS EIS METANOIAN.

24 Agapas ola ta dimiourgimata kai kanena apo ekeina, ta opoia edimiourgises, den to apostrefesai. Dioti oudepote tha edimiourgeis kati, ean auto to emisoses.

25 Pos de hto dinaton na parameini, kati uparxon, an si den to ithelises ; H pos tha hto dinaton na diatirisi kati, to opoion su den to eferes eis uparksin ;

26 Splaxgnizesai kai lupeisai ta panta, dioti ola einai idika sou, Kurie anikoun eis se, o opoios agapas tas psuxas mas.

KEFALAION IB’

HPIA KAT’ ARXAS TIMORIA TON XANANAION PROS PAIDAGOGIAN TON.

META THN EPIEIKEIAN, BAREIA H TIMORIA.

Agapas, Kurie, ta panta, dioti to aionion aftharton Pneuma sou eurisketai eis ola ta ktismata.

2 DIA TOYTO TOYS AMARTANONTAS TIMOREIS ELAFROS KAI ME EPIEIKEIAN KAI DI’EKEINON, ME TA OPOIA AMARTANOYN, TOYS YPENTHYMIZEIS TO KATHIKON TON, TOYS SYMBOYLEYEIS NA APALLAGOYN APO THN KAKOTHTA KAI NA PISTEYSOYN EIS SE, KYRIE.

3 Tous palaious katoikous – tous eidololatras – tis agias xoras sou emisises, Kurie,

4 dioti eixan epidothi na prattoun ta apaisia erga tis mageias kai tas anierous teletas.

5 Eis tas teletas ekeinas autoi, skliroi kai anelehmones, efoneuon ta tekna ton, parekathinto anamesa eis opadous eidololatrikon mistiriakon teleton, eis sumposia kata ta opoia etrogan splagxna anthropon, anthropinas sarkas kai aima.

6 Oi skliroi autoi goneis isan foneis ton anuperaspiston athoon paidion ton kai su, loipon, apefasises na eksontosis autous me ta xeria ton progonon mas.

7 Touto de, ina h timiotitati enopion sou auti xora katharthi apo to molusma ton eidololatron kai gini aksia, na dexthu tous anthropous sou, oi opoioi eixan metanasteusei apo tin Aigupton.

8 En toutois kai autous tous eidololatras tous elupithi os anthropous kai esteiles os prodromous tou israhlitikou kaou sfikas, dia na tous katastrepsoun oligon.

9 Toute de oxi, dioti hto adinaton eis se dia polemou kai maxis na katastisis tous asebeis autous upoxeirious eis tous dikaious, h na tous paradosis eis fobera thiria, h na tous katastrepsis me mian orgilin diatagin sou

10 ALLA, EN TH AGATHOTHTI SOY, EKRINES KALON OLIGON KAT’OLIGON NA TOYS TIMORHS KAI PAREIXES ETSI KAIRON KAI TOPON METANOIAS EIS AYTOYS, AN KAI EGNORIZES OTI H GENEA TON HTO PONHRA KAI DIEFTHARMENH. Emfutos upirxe mesa ton h kakia kai oti den eprokeito pote na allaksi h nootropia ton.

11 Dioti h Xananaioi isan genea katirameni euthis eks arxis kai kanena eks auton apolitos den efobeiso, oste upoxoron na didis eis autous tin adeian di’ekeina, ta opoia imartanan.

12 Dioti, poios tha pi eis se, ti ekames ; h poios tha antistathi kai tha feri antirrisin eis tin dikaian sou apofasin ; Poios de pote tha se katigorisi dia tin katastrofin ton ethnon, ta opoia su edimiourgise ; H poios tha antidikisi enopion sou eis uperaspisin ton asebon anthropon ;

13 Oxi den uparxei allos Theos plin sou, o OPOIOS NA FRONTIZH PERI OLON TON PRAGMATON, DIA NA DEIKSHS EIS AYTON OTI DIKAIOS KAI ORTHOS EKRINES KAI EDIKASES.

14 Oute kanenas basileus h arxon tha imporesi pote, na se kuttaksi katamata kai na upostiriksi ekeinous, tous opoious su etimorises.

15 Akribos de, dioti eisai o apolitos dikaios, DIKAIOS TA PANTA EPIBLEPEIS KAI KYBERNAS. Etsi ekeinon, o opoios den einai upeuthinos timorias, ton theoreis apillagmenon tis idikis sou katadikastikis dinameos.

16 Dioti h dinamis sou einai arxi kai themelion tis dikaiosinis. Kai to gegonos oti su eisai o Kurios ton panton, se kamnei na LYPHSAI OLOYS.

17 Deiknueis omos tin isxin sou eis ekeinous, oi opoioi apistoun eis tin teleiotita tis dinameos sou. TIMOREIS DE THN THRASYTHTA EKEINON, OI OPOIOI GNORIZOYN, ALLA ARNOYNTAI, THN DYNAMIN SOY.

18 Su, o opoios dia tis apeirou dunameos sou kuriarxeis epi panton, krineis me epieikeian, kai me pollin sumpatheian kubernas kai kateuthineis olous mas. Dioti einai parousa pantote eis se h pantodinamia, oste, otan thelis, na tin xrisimopoihs.

19 Dia mesou de auton ton ergon sou edidakses ton laon sou, oti prepei O DIKAIOS NA EINAI KAI FILANTHROPOS. Ekames ta paidia sou na exoun agathas kai eis se stirigmenas tas elpidas ton, dioti su dideis KAIRON METANOIAS KAI PAREXEIS AFESIN EIS TA AMARTHMATA TON ANTHROPON.

20 Dioti ean tous exthrous ton doulon sou, oi opoioi eks aitias ton amartion ton isan aksioi thanatou kai eksontoseos, ME TOSHN PROSOXHN KAI EPIEIKEIAN TOYS ETIMORHSES, AFOY PROHGOYMENOS PAREXORHSES EIS AYTOYS XRONON KAI KAIRON DIA NA METANOHSOYN KAI APALLAGOYN APO TAS KAKIAS,

21 ME POSHN, LOIPON, KALOSYNHN KAI EPIEIKEIAN EKRINES KAI THA KRINHS TA PAIDIA SOY, ME TOYS PROPATORAS TON OPOION SYNHPSES SYNTHIKAS KAI YPESXETHIS ME ORKOYS PLOYSIA AGATHA ;

22 ENO DE HMAS MAS PAIDAGOGHS DIA TON ELAFRON THLIPSEON, MASTIGONEIS POLLAPLASIOS TOYS EXTHROYS MAS, DIA NA SKEPTOMETHA THN KALOSYNHN SOY, OTAN AF’ENOS MEN HMEIS KRINOMEN TOYS ALLOYS, af’eterou de prokeitai na krithomen apo se kai na elpizomen etsi eis to eleos sou.

23 Idou, loipon, diati tous asebeis, oi opoioi eperasan tin zohn ton mesa eis tas afrosunas tis amartias, tous etimorises me ta idika ton eidololatrika bdelugmata.

24 Dioti autoi eplanithisan badisantes polu makroteron apo kathe odon planis, dioti etheoroun os theous ta zoa ta sixamera kai apexthi metaksi kai auton akomi ton zoon, kai pareplanithisan etsi san mikra anohta paidia.

25 Dia touto, os ean eprokeito na krinis anohta paidia, ESTEILES EIS AYTOYS MIAN MIKRAN PAIDIKHN TIMORIAN.

26 EPEIDH OMOS EKEINOI DEN ESYNETISTHISAN ME THN MIKRAN KAI OS EISOS PAIGNIDIOU TIMORIAN, POY TOYS ESTEILES, EDOKIMASAN KAI THA DOKIMASOYN ANTAKSIAN THS AMELEIAS TON THN DIKAIAN KRISIN TOY THEOY.

27 Dioti autoi upeferan kai katethlibonto apo ta pragmata ekeina, ta opoia etheorousan os theous, etimorounto de eks auton kai eidan kai anegnorisan os alithinon Theon ekeinon, ton opoion palaiotera eixon arnithi. Kai epitelous epilthen enantion auton h teliki katadiki.

KEFALAION IG’

BLEPOYN THN ORAIOTHTA THS DHMIOYRGIAS KAI AGNOOYN TON DHMIOYRGON. H MORIA THS EIDOLOLATREIAS.

Anohtoi kai euteleis kata bathos einai oi anthropoi, eis tous opoious epikratei agnoia Theou kai oi opoioi den katorthosan apo ta oromena oraia dimiourgimata na gnorisoun ton ena kai monon uparxonta Theon, kai, epeidi den eproseksan ta erga tou, den episteusan eis ton kallitexnin tis dimiourgias.

2 ALLA ETHEORHSAN THEOYS, KYBERNHTAS KAI ARXONTAS TOY KOSMOY, to pir h ton anemon h ton lepton kai eukiniton aera h tous kuklous ton asteron h to ormitikon nero, h tous fostiras tou ouranou, ton hlion kai tin selinin.

3 Ean men, loipon, oi eidololatrai terpomenoi apo tin oraiotita ton dimiourgimaton auton ta etheorisan os theous, as mathoun poson kaliteros kai anoteros einai o kuriarxos kai dimiourgos auton dioti h pigi kai h aitia tou kallous, o Theos, edimiourgisen auta.

4 Ean de dinamis kai h drastiriotis auton tous katepliksen, as ennohsoun apo ta dimiourgimata auta poson apeiros isxuroteros einai ekeinos, pou ta kateskeuase.

5 Dioti apo to megaleion kai tin kallonin ton dimiourgimaton anagetai kaneis eis tin theorisin tou Theou, kat’analogian.

6 All’omos h morfi kai h katigoria enantion auton ton eidololatron einai mikra, dioti autoi anazitountes kai thelontes na euroun ton Theon planontai.

7 En toutois einai enoxoi kai asuggnostoi, dioti zontes anamesa eis tha thaumasta erga tou Theou ta diereunoun kai peithontai me ta idia ton ta matia, oti einai kala kai oraia auta, pou blepoun.

8 Oste kai autoi oi idioi den einai aksioi plirous suggnomis dia tin apistian ton.

9 Dioti ean katorthosan toson polu na proxorisoun eis gnosin, oste na dinantai na gnorisoun ton kosmon, poson eukolotera kai taxutera tha eprepe na exoun eurei ton Dimiourgon tou kosmou ;

10 Talaiporoi de einai autoi kai exoun thesei tas elpidas ton eis ta nekra kai apsixa eidola.

Autoi oi opoioi onomasan theous ton erga xeiron anthropon, kamomena apo xruson kai arguron, kateirgasmena me texnin, diafora omoiomata zoon h kapoion anofeli lithon, glupton kapoias arxaias xeiros.

11 As paromen ena ksulourgon. Autos eprionisen enan katallilon ksulinon kormon. Eksusen auton ologura kai afirese me texnin olon ton floion. Epeita epekseirgasthi me deksiotita ton kormon kai kateskeuase kapoion xrisimon skeuos dia tin eksuperetisin tis kathimerinis zohs tou.

12 TA ksulina de kai peritta pleon apokommata apo tin ergasian tou autin, ta exrisomopoihsen eis to pir, dia na paraskeuasi tin trofin. Efage kai exortasen.

13 Ena omos apo ta ksulina auta aporrimata, entelos axriston, ksulon strabon kai gematon apo rozous to epire kai kata tas oras, pou den eixen allin apasxolisin, to eskalise kai me tin sofin tou peiran edose eis auto ena orismenon tupon. To emorfopoihse sumfona me tin eikona tou anthropou,

14 h toue dose tin morfin enos eutelous zoou. To hleipse me milton (bafi kokkini) kai me katallila fukia tou edoke eruthron xroma eis tin epifaneian tou kai eskepasen etsi kathe kilida tou.

15 Afou de ektise di’auto enan antaksion oikon, ena naon, to ethesen eis ton toixon kai to estereosen asfalos me sidiron, dia na mi mesi kato eis to edafos.

16 Kat’auton ton tropon, diladi, epronohsen, oste auto na mi pesi kata gis gnorizon oti den dunatai auto na bohthisi ton eauton tou, dioti einai aplos kapoia apsuxos eikon kai exei anagkin bohtheias.

17 Eno loipon tetoio einai to apsuxon kataskeuasma, en toutois proseuxetai pros auto kai to parakalei dia ta ktimata tou, dia tous gamous tou kai dia ta tekna tou. Kai den entrepetai na omili eis to apsuxon auto eidolon kai na epikalitai to asthenes auto kataskeuasma ton xeiron tou peris tis ugeias.

18 Na aksionei kai na elpizi zohn apo ton nekron na iketeuh to entelos anisxuron auto ksoanon kai na ziti bohtheian eis ta taksidia tou apo auto, to opoion einai anikanon na xrisimopoihsi ta podia tou.

19 Dia tin epituxian de ton ergasion tou kai tin eksasfalisin ton meson tis suntiriseos tou, zitei dinamin kai drastiriotita apo ekeino, pou den imporei oude ep’elaxiston na kinisi ta xeria tou.

KEFALAION ID’

O Theos empneei texnin. Texnitai ksilon kataskeuastai eidolon. OLETHRIAI SYNEPEIAI THS EIDOLOLATREIAS.

Ean palin kaneis prokeitai na epixeirisi thalassinon taksidi kai mellei na diasxisi agria kumata, epikaleitai eis bohtheian toue na ksulinon eidolon, asugkritos adunatoteron apo to ploion, epi tou opoiou autos epibainei.

2 Tou men ploiou to sxedion kai tin kataskeuhn enepneusen epithimia tou kerdous, h de texnitra sofia to kateskeuasen.

3 Omos, Pater, h idiki sou pronoia kuberna kai kateuthinei to ploion touto, dioti su eisai ekeinos, pou hnoikses leoforous eis tin thalassan kai asfali dromon epano eis ta kumata,

4 kai etsi deixneis oti su dunasai apo kathe kindinon na sozis ton anthropon, oste autos, kai an den exi nautikin peiran kai texnin, na hmporei na epibibazetai eis to ploion dia to taksidi tou.

5 Den theleis ta erga tis idikis sou sofias na einai akarpa kai askopa. Dia touto kai oi anthropoi tolmoun. Empisteuomenoi tin zohn ton eis ena mikrotaton ksulon, na antikruzoun me tharros kai na diasxizoun tin trikimian, esto kai epi mias ksilinis sxedias, kai na sozontai ma autin.

6 Kata tas arxas tou kosmou, otan dia tou kataklusmou katestrefonto oi uperifanoi kai amartoloi gigantes, oligoi anthropoi, pou hsan elpis tou kosmou, o Noe kai oi peri auton, afou katefugan eis tin ksulinin kiboton, h opoia ekubernato apo to idikon sou xeri, esothisan kai afikan eis ton kosmon sperma mias neas geneas.

7 Dioti einai eulogimenon to ksulon, to opoion xrisimopoieitai di’ergon dikaion.

8 To ksulinon omos eidolon einai epikataraton kai auto kai ekeinos, o opoios to kateskeuase.

Katiramenos o anthropos, dioti to kateskeuase, katiramenon to ksulinon auto eidolon, dioti, an kai ftharton, onomasthi theos!

9 Einai eks isou misitos eis ton Theon o asebis kai ta asebi autou erga.

10 Dia touto akribos kai to kataskeuasthen amartolon ergon tha katadikasthi mazi me ton dimiourgon tou.

11 Dia touto o Kurios tha episkefthi, dia na timorisi ta eidola ton eidololatrikon ethnon, dioti anamesa eis ta dimiourgimata tou Theou eurethisan kai ta bdelira auta eidola, skandala dia na piptoun psuxai anthropon kai pagis apoleias dia ta podia ton asuneton.

12 DIOTI ARXH KAI AITIA THS APOSTASIAS APO TON THEON KAI GENIKOS THS AMARTOLOTHTOS EINAI H EPINOHSIS TON EIDOLON. H EFEYRESIS AYTON EINAI KATASTROFH THS ZOHS TON ANTHROPON.

13 Ta eidola auta kai h eidololatreia genikoteron oute ap’arxis upirxan oute kai eis ton aiona ton apanta tha parameinoun.

14 Logo tou egoismou kai tis mataiodoksias ton anthropon eiselthen h eidololatreia eis ton kosmon kai dia tout epifulassetai eis tous eidololatras ena suntomon kai apotomon telos.

15 Idou pos hrxisen h eidololatreia enas pateras talaiporoumenos kai basanizomenos apo ton prooron thanaton tou paidiou tou kateskeuasen eikona eautou tou teknou tou, to opoion lian enoris anirpagi ek mesou tis oikogeneias tou. Ton tote loipon nekron anthropon ton etimise tora os theon, kai ethesmothetise dia tous anthropous, pou eixen upo tin dikaiodosian tou, mistiriakas uper ekeinou teletas.

16 Katopin de, kathos epernouse o kairos, enisxuthi kai epekratisen auti h asebis sunitheia, etirithi os nomos kai dia basilikon diatagon elatreuthisan etsi ta eidola.

17 Epeita oi anthropoi theloun na timisoun merikous prosopikos, epeidi omos ekeinoi katoikoun makran kai den imporoun na tous timisoun, opos theloun, apetiposan tin morfin ton, kateskeuasan faneran kai theatin eis olous tin oikona tou timomenou basileos kai etsi xaris eis ton zilon ton auton ekolakeuan ton aponta me timitikin proskinisin, os ean hto ekei paron.

18 Eis enisxusin de autis tis eidololatrikis thriskeias kai pros epektasin tis eis tous agnoountas sunetelese kai h filodoksia tou kallitexnou ton eidolon.

19 Dioti o men kallitexnis, epithimon profanos na fani arestos eis ton basilea, diethese kai eksedapanise olin autou tin kallitexnikin deksiotita, dia na kami to agalma oson to dinaton oraioteron.

20 O de laos elkuomenos apo to kallitexnikon auto ergon tou texnitou parasuretai, oste na theorisi tora os theon auton, pou pro oligou etima os anthropon.

21 Auto omos to agalma egine dia tin zohn ton anthropon pagis kai skandalon. Dioti oi anthropoi eite epeidi periepesan eis kapoian sumforan, apo tin opoian den eblepan lutrosin, eite dioti eksinagkasthisan apo kapoion trannon, apedosan to anekfraston onoma tou Theou eis lithous kai eis ksila.

22 Epeita, os ean den hto arketon di’autous na planontai eis tin peri tou alithinou Theou gnosin, periepesan kai eis alla kaka. Zontes eks aitias tis agnoias ton autis eis diarki polemon me ton eauton ton kai me tous allous, onomazoun eirinin tas tosas kai tetoias sumforas ton.

23 Autoi, ektrepomenoi eis ahdeis teletas, thuriodeis latreias h eis eksallous orgiastikas euoxias ksenon theotiton,

24 oute zohn oute gamous katharous katorthonoun na diatirisoun, alla epibouleuetai o enas ton allon eite foneuon auton krufios eite katadileiomenos ton buthizei eis odunin.

25 Pantes de kai pantaxou oi eidololatrai furdin migdin einai enoxoi di’aimata kai fonous, dia klopas kai doliotitas, dia diafthoran kai di’aneilikrineian, dia taraxin kai epiorkian, dia dimiourgian taraxon eis baros ton dikaion kai filisuxon anthropon,

26 dia lismosinin euergesion, dia miasmata psuxika kai sodomikas amartias, ataksias gamon, moixeias kai aselgeias.

27 Dioti h thriskeia ton eidolon, ton opoion oute ta onomata den prepei na anaferi kaneis, einai h pigi, h aitia kai h oloklirosis pantos kakou.

28 Dioti oi eidololatrai h kata ta sumposia ton peripiptoun kai kataligoun eis manian, h didaskoun kai proanaggeloun pseudologias, h zoun adikountes o enas ton allon, h katapatoun amesos tous orkous, pou didoun.

29 Akribos dioti pisteuoun eis ta apsuxa eidola den fobountai, mipos timorithoun apo auta, otan orkisthoun pseudos.

30 Alla oposdipote tha ekspasi enantion ton timoria dia ta duo auta kaka. Proton men dioti pseudes fronima peri tou Theou emorfosan kai paredexthisan, deuteron de dioti pseudos orkisthisan kai dia tis dolias autis prakseos ton katefronisan tin agiotita.

31 Dioti den einai h dinamis ton eidolon, epi ton opoion autoi orikisthisan pou tha tous timorisi, alla h theia diki, h epifulassomeni enantion ton amartolon kai h opoia pantote eperxetai enantion ton asebon dia tas parabaseis ton.

KEFALAION IE’

Oi Israhlitai latreuoun ton alithinon Theon. H moria ekeinon, pou kataskeuazoun ta eidola, kai ekeinon pou ta latreuoun.

Su omos o Theos mas eisai agathos, alithis, makrothumos, kubernas kai kateuthuneis ta panta me tin apeiron eusplagxnian sou.

2 Dia touto, kai an parasurthomen eis amartias, eimetha idikoi sou, dioti anagnorizomen tin pantodinamian sou, sunaisthanomenoi de kai gnorizontes kala oti anikomen eis se, den tha amartisomen.

3 Dioti to na exi kaneis epignosin sou tou alithinou Theou einai olai omou ai aretai, opos episis kai to na anagnorizi tin pantodinamon kuriarxian sou einai h riza tis athanasias.

4 Den mas exei paraplanisei h epinohsis tis kakis eidololatrikis texnis oute o mataios kopos ton eidollatron zografon, oute kanena pragma molusmenon, pou exei kataskeuasthi me diafora xromata.

5 H morfi auton ton antikeimenon odigei tous asunetous eis kataisxunin. Dioti o eidololatris aisthanetai kapoian xaran di’ena pragma, pou einai nekron, dia mian eikona pou den exei pnohn.

6 Epithimitai kakon, aksioi toitouton moron elpidon, einai toson ekeinoi, oi opoioi kataskeuazoun ta eidola, oson episis kai ekeinoi, oi opoioi ta agapoun kai ta sebontai.

7 O keramopoios zumonei ton malakon pilon me kopon kai kataskeuazei kathe doxeion pros xrisin mas. Apo ton auton pilon kateskeuase katallila doxeia dia tin eksupiretisin ton katharon ergon mas, opos kai antithetos alla di’akathartous xriseis ola me ton auton tropon katergazomenos. Dia tin xrisin omos tou kathenos apo auta tha krini o keramopoios.

8 Etsi kai o eidololatris agalmatopoios autos, o opoios egennithi apo tin gin, epeita de apo oligon tha epanelthi eis tin gin, apo tin opoian elifthi, otan fthasi h stigmi na plirosi kai autos to koinon xreos tis zohs tou o kakos, loipon, moxthon autos eidololatris, plassei apo ton idion pilon ena mataion kai aniparkton theon.

9 Den skeptetai de autos, oti katatalaiporeitai etsi ergazomenos kai oti prokeitai na apothani, oute oti o bios tou einai braxis, alla sunagonizetai eis kataskeuhn eidolon tous xrusoxoous kai arguroxoous, mimeitai tous xalkourgous kai theorei doksan tou, oti kataskeuazei agalmata pseudon theon.

10 Stakti einai h kardia tou. Midaminotera apo to xoma h elpis tou. Athliestera h zoh tou apo tin laspin.

11 Dioti paremerise kai hgnohse ton plastin tou kai Theon, o opoios epneusen eis auton psuxin drastirian kai enfusisen eis auton pneuma zohs.

12 Alla etheorise san ena paignidi tin zohn mas, kai ton bion san mia epikerdi panigirin.

Kai tetoioi legoun, oti prepei apo opoudipote kai me opoiodipote meson na kerdizoun, esto kai dia tou kakou.

13 O pilourgos autos kataskeuastis ton eidolon gnorizei perissoteron pantos allou oti amartanei, dioti kataskeuazei prostixa, euthrausta oikiaka skeuh apo tin laspin kai agalmata pseudon theon.

14 Oloi autoi einai afronestatoi kai athliesteroi kai apo tin psuxin nipiou akomi, exthroi tou laou sou, oi opoioi katadinasteuoun kai ekmetalleuontai auton.

15 Dioti etheorisan os theous ola ton ethnon ta eidola, ta opoia oute ofthalmous exoun dia na blepoun, oute rinas dia na anapneoun ton aera, oute autia dia na akououn, oute daktula xeiron dia na psilafoun. Oi de podes ton einai akinitoi, anikanoi na badisoun.

16 Dioti anthropos einai ekeinos, pou ta kataskeuasen. Anthropos, pou exei labei os daneion ek merous tou Theou to pneuma, eplassen autous tous eidolikous theous. Dioti kaneis anthropos den einai ikanos na texnourgisi ena Theon, o opoios na tou omoiazi.

17 Thnitos os o anthropos nekron eidolon kateskeuasen, ergon ton paranomon xeiron tou.

Autos eis tin pragmatikotita einai anoteros apo ta eidola, ta opoia sebetai, dioti autos azise kapote, ekeina omos pote den ezisan.

18 Oi eidololatrai Aiguptioi fthanoun mexri tou simeiou na sebontai os theous kai merika apo ta pleon apaisia zoa, ta opoia sugkrinomena pros ta alla zoa einai xeirotera kai anohtotera.

19 Auta de einai toson apokroustika eis tin opsin, oste na mi empneoun kanena euareston sunaisthima, opos sumbainei me alla oraia zoa. Auta den exoun ek merous tou Theou oute epainon oute eulogian.

KEFALAION IST’

H ek merous tou Theou thaumasti prostasia ton Israhliton kai h timoria ton Aiguption.

Dia touto akribos kata logon dikaiosunis oi eidololatrai Aiguptioi etimorithisan me omoia pros ta latreuomena apo autous zoa, apo plithos diladi mikron kai megalon epiblabon kai sixameron skolikon kai zoon.

2 Antithetos pros tin timorian autin ton eidololatron, su, euergeton ton laon sou, otan epeinasan eis tis erimon tous edoses paradokson trofin, htoimases trofin di’autous apo ortukia.

3 Eno ekeinoi oi eidololatrai, para tin peinan kai epithimian trofis, pou eixan, blepontes ta ahdi auta zoa, pou apestalisan eis timorian enantion ton, exanan kai autin akoma tin oreksin pros trofin. Eks antithetou omos oi Israhlitai esterithisan ep’oligon diastima kai epeinasan, efagan omos katopin thaumatourgikos kata logon dikaiosunis na epelthi auti h sterisis enantion ekeinon, pou eixan turannisei ton laon sou, eis de tous Israhlitas na katadeixthi dia tou gegonotos autou, pos oi exthroi ton ebasanizonto.

5 Dioti, kai otan epilthon enantion ton eksirethismena fobera thiria, dilitiriodi fidia, kai autoi ethanatononto me ta digmata ton elissomenon kai sustrefomenon auton ofeon, den paremeinen h orgi sou mexri telous enantion auton.

6 Sunetaraxthisan oi Israhlitai epi oligon diastima, alla pros nouthesian ton, dioti etsi apektisan ena sumbolon, ena simeion sotirias, dia na enthimountai tas entolas tou Nomou sou.

7 Dioti ekeinos o opoios estrefeto kai eblepe to simeion touto, ton xalkinon ofin, esozeto oxi bebaia kata tropon magikon, apo auto kath’eauto to sumbolon, alla apo se, o opoios eisai o sotir olon ton anthropon.

8 Kai me to gegonos touto. Opos kai me ola ta prohgoumena, epeises tous exthrous mas, oti su eisai o monos, pou eleutheroneis kai sozeis apo kathe kakon tous anthropous.

9 Ekeinous, tous exthrous mas, tous efoneuon ta digmata ton akridon kai ton muion kai den eurethi kammia therapeia eis perifrourisin tis zohs ton, dioti hsan aksioi na timorithoun apo ta sixamera kai epikindina entoma.

10 Ta tekna sou omos, tous Israhlitas, den tous katenikisan kai den tous eksolothreusan oi odontes ton farmakeron ekeinon kai megalon ofeon, dioti to eleos sou tous epeskefthi kai tous etherapeusen.

11 H aitia de kai o skopos, pou edagkononto apo ta fidia kai amesos etherapeuonto, hto na enthimountai tas entolas sou kai na mi peripesoun eis lismosunin ton logon sou kai apokleisthoun etsi apo tas euergesias sou.

12 Oute kanena therapeutikon xortari oute kanena kataplasma den tous etherapeuse tote, alla o idikos sou pantodinamos logos, Kurie, o opoios therapeuei ta panta.

13 Dioti su, Kurie, exeis tin apoluton eksousian tis zohs kai tou thanatou kai su katebazeis eis tas pulas tou adou kai anebazeis apo ekei tous anthropous.

14 O anthropos en ti kakia autou foneuei ton sunanthropon tou. H psuxi de, pou ekserxetai apo ton foneuthenta, den epistrefei. O foneusas den imporei na apeleutherosi tin psuxin, tin opoian parelabe pleon o adis.

15 Tin idikin sou omos pantodinamon xeira kaneis den imporei na diafugi.

16 Oi asebeis, oi opoioi irnithisan na se gnorisoun kai se anagnorisoun os Theos ton, etimorithisan me tin dinamin tis pantodinamou deksias sou katadiokomenoi apo paradoksa kai anermineuta nera, apo xalazas kai broxas, ginomenoi paranaloma kai tis fotias.

17 Kai to ektaktos paradokson einai, oti mesa eis to nero, opou ta panta sbinontai, h fotia epairne akomi megaliteran drastiriotita, dioti pragmati to sumpan maxetai uper ton dikaion.

18 Merikes fores h floga tou puros oligosteue, dia na mi katakausi ta zoa, pou estellonto eis timorian ton asebon, kai dia na tous kami na ennohsoun apo auto to theama oti h dikaosini tou Theou ito ekeini, pou tous katedioke kai tous etimorouse.

19 Allote omos to pir mesa eis to nero hnapte kai edinamonen akomi perissoteron tin floga tou, dia na katastrepsi ta proionta tis adikou gis.

20 Eno, loipon, etsi su o dikaios Theos etimorouses tous eidololatras exthrous tou laou sou, eks antithetou eprostateuses kai ethrepses ton laon sou me trofin aggelon, tous esteiles diladi etoimon arton apo ton ouranon, xoris autoi na kopiasoun. Arton ikanon na tous dosi kathe euxaristisin kai katallilon pros kathe oreksin.

21 H ousia kai h oraia geusis tou parousiaze kai emarturouse tin idikin sou glikitita pros ta tekna sou h de ikanotis tou na prosarmozetai kai na antapokrinetai pros tin oreksin ekeinou, o opoios ton etroge, ton ekane na metaballetai eis o,ti o kathenas epithimouse.

22 Auto to manna, pou emoiaze osan xioni kai krustallon, anteixe eis tin fotia kai den eluone, dia na mathoun oi Israhlitai epano eis ta pragmata, oti h fotia katestrepse monon ton exthron tous karpous, ekaien anamesa eis tin xalazan kai apistrapten en meso ton broxon.

23 Os pros de to manna efaineto oti to pir elismonouse kai exane tin kaustikin tou dinamin. Touto, de, dia na trafoun oi dikaioi Israhlitai.

24 Dioti h ktisis, uperetousa pantote se ton dimiourgon tis, allote auksanei tas dinameis tis, dia na timorithoun oi asebeis, kai allote tas meionei, dia na euergetithoun kai ofelithoun ekeinoi, oi opoioi pisteuoun kai upakououn eis se.

25 Dia touto h fusis meteballeto tote kai prosirmozeto sumfona pros tas diatagas, pou edinen h tous pantas kai ta panta diatrefousa xaris sou, oste na eksipireti autous, pou euriskonto eis diaforous anagkas,

26 dia na mathoun etsi ta paidia sou, oi Israhlitai, tous opoious hgapises, Kurie, oti den trefei ton ANTHROPON H KARPOFORIA THS GHS, ALLA O IDIKOS SOY LOGOS SYNTHREI EKEINOYS, POY PISTEYOYN KAI YPAKOYOYN EIS SE.

27 Dioti to manna, to opoion den katestrefeto apo tin fotian, en toutois, otan ethermaineto monon apo kapoian aktina tou hliou ep’oligon xronon, dielueto.

28 Touto de, dia na gnorisoun kai mathoun oi Israhlitai, na profthanoun tin anatolin tou hliou me euxaristias ton pros se kai na erxontai eis sunantisin kai latreian sou kata tin anatolin tou fotos.

29 Dioti h elpis tou axaristou luonei osan tin xeimerinin paxnin, pou tha tin ktipisi o hlios, kai diarreei kai xanetai san to axrisimopoihton udor.

KEFALAION IZ’

To tromeron trihmeron skotos kai oi apaisioi orugmoi ton thirion egemisan me frikin tous Aiguptious.

Megalai ontos kai aneksixniastoi einai, Kurie, ai kriseis sou. Dia touto oi akalliergitoi kata tin psuxin eplanithisan sxetikos me autas kai me se.

2 Oi paranomoi diladi anthropoi, oi Aiguptioi, nomisantes oti tha katorthosoun na katadinasteusoun ethnos agion, eginan oi idioi desmioi tou skotous fulakismenoi eis makran nukta, katakleistoi kato apo tas stegas ton oikion ton, eksoristoi kai esterimenoi apo tin aionian sou pronoian.

3 Dioti, nomizontes oti tha meinoun agnostoi autoi kai ta apokrufa amartimata ton kato apo to skoteinon skepasma tis lithis, dieskorpisthisan eis diafora meri perideeis kai katapliktoi, tromokratoumenoi apo fantasmata.

4 Oute ta pleon apokrufa kai esoterika katafugia ton den tous eglitosan apo ton fobon ton, dioti hxoi tromaktikoi antixousan ologura ton kai skuthropa fantasmata me blosira prosopa enefanizonto eis autous.

5 Kammia de dinamis piros den hto ikani na dosi kapoio fos eis to skotadi ekeino, oute ai lamprai aktoinobouliai ton asteron eixan tin dinamin na fotisoun tin tromeran ekeinin nukta.

6 Akathoriston de kapoio fos diefaineto anametaksi ton, to opoion hnapte monon tou, gemato omos fobon di’autous. Kai oi anthropoi perideeis kai tromokratimenoi ek tou gegonotos oti den hdinanto na blepoun kathara ta guro ton prosopa, ekselambanan ta diafora antikeimena xeirotera apo o,ti eis tin pragmatikotita hsan.

7 Ai apatai de tis magikis texnis ton Aigiption magon eixan pesei pleon kato, anikanoi na apotrepsoun to kakon. Kai h alazoneia ton magon dia tin sofian ton apedeixthi geloia.

8 Dioti oi magoi, oi opoioi isxurizonto kai edidan uposxeseis, oti einai eis thesin na dioksoun apo tin asthenousan psuxin fobous kai taraxas, autoi oi idioi hsan astheneis psuxikos kurieumenoi apo katagelaston fobon.

9 Dioti kai ean akomi kanena sugklonistikon fantasma den upirxe, dia na fobithoun, hsan omos perideeis, epernousan enopion ton sixamera zohfia kai erpeta sirixonta kai apethniskan apo ton tromon ton arnoumenoi eneka tou fobou ton na antikrusoun kai auton ton skoteinon aera tis trihmerou nuktos, tin opoian kat’oudena tropon alloste hmporousan na apofugoun.

10 Dioti h kakotis kai h enoxi, otan elegxthi kai fanerothi, kamnei ton anthropon deilon kai perideh, katapiezomin de apo tous elegxous tis sineidiseos kamnei xeirotera ta uparxonta kaka.

11 Dioti o fobos den einai tipote allo, eimi mia katastasis, kata tin opoian mas egkataleipei kai auti h bohtheia tis dianoias mas.

12 Otan de meiori mesa mas h elpis, tote o fobos eks aitias tis agnoias mas mas kanei na theoroumen xeirotera ta kaka, par’oson eis tin pragmatikotita einai.

13 Oi Aiguptioi de kata tin akatanikiton kai ta panta katabalousan ekeinin trihmeron nukta, h opoia apo ta egkata tou asusopitou adou prohlthen, peripesontes eis ena omoion me ekeinin skoteinon tetaragmenon upnon,

14 alloi men apo autous katediokonto apo fobera fantasmata, eno alloi eixan paralusei apo tin atonian tis psuxis ton, apo elleipsin hthikou sthenous. Dioti aifnidios kai aprosdokitos fobos epilthen enantion ton kai tous katekurieuse.

15 Etsi eis autin tin katastasin ton opoiosdipote apo autous katepipten ekei eis tin gin, hto os ean eixe kleisthi eis mian filakin xoris eksoterika sidira. Ton parelue kai ton ekamnen akiniton o fobos.

16 Ean kaneis hto georgos h boskos h ergatis makran ton poleon, molis katelifthi apo to trihmeron auto skotos, emene kat’anagkin ekei, opou eurisketo.

17 Dioti oloi, opou kai an eixan eurethi, eixan dethi me tin idian alisida tou skotous. O anemos, o opoios esrize, to armonikon lalima ton ptinon eis tous plousious kladous ton dendron, h boh tou udatos pou erree me ormin, h oi tromeroi ktupoi ton katarriptomenon braxon,

18 h h aoratos alla thoribodis poreia ton zoon pou epidousan, h ai fonai tromeron kai oruomenon agrion thirion h o antilalos pou antixosen eis tas koiladas ton oreon, ola auta tous etromazan kai tous pareluan.

19 Kai tauta, otan olos o allos kosmos katelampruneto apo to lamprotaton fos kai oi anthropoi hsxolounto anempodista me ta erga ton.

20 Monon de eis tous Aiguptious eixen epikratisei kai epitathi bareia nukta, eikon tou skotous, to opoion tous epefulasseto. Alla pio polu kai apo to trihmeron skotadi eixan katabarunthi oi Aiguptioi apo tin esoterikin ton psuxikin agonian.

KEFALAION IH’

Etimorithisan me poinin thanatou oi Aiguptou. Epaidagogitisan eis tin erimon dokimasian thanatou oi Israhlitai.

Omos eis tous eklektous sou, Kurie, eis tous Israhlitas, upirxe plousiotaton to fos. Oi Aiguptioi hkouan tas fonas ton Israhliton, xoris omos na blepoun ta prosopa ton, kai tous emakarizan, dioti den upeferan apo tas sumforas, apo tas opoias autoi epasxon.

2 Kata bathos de oi Aiguptioi tous eugnomonousan, dioti oi Israhlitai, an kai prohgoumenos eixan adikithi, den eskefthisan na tous blapsoun.

Tous parakalousan de oi Aiguptioi na tous sugxorisoun dia tin prohgoumenin exthrikin sumperiforan apenanti ton.

3 Anti de, Kurie, tou trihmerou skotous, pou esteiles kata ton Aiguption, edokes eis tous Israhlitas ena stilon piros na tous odigi eis ton agnoston dromon ton kai hlion katholou enoxlitikon kata to diastima tis endoksou dia mesou agnostou erimou poreias ton.

4 Kai oi men Aiguptioi ekeinoi hsan aksioi na sterithoun apo to fos kai na fulakisthoun mesa eis to skotadi autoi oi opoioi ekratisan katakleista ta paidia sou, dia ton opoion eprokeito na metadothi eis olon ton kosmon to aionion fos tou Nomou sou.

5 Epeidi de ekeinoi apefasisan kai efoneuan ta gennomena arrena paida ton eusebon Israhliton, ena de monon apo auta eksetethi kai esothi apo ton thanaton, pros timorian ton eksisfalises plithos teknon ton, kai olous autous mazi katepontises eis tous ogkous ton udaton tis Eruthras Thalassis.

6 H tromera de ekeini nukta tou thanatou ton Aiguption prototokon proaniggelthei eis tous pateras mas, dia na exoun autoi tharros kai euthimian, gnorizontes kalos eis poias spoudaiotatas enorkous uposxeseis tou Theou eixan pisteusei.

7 Etsi de kata tin nukta ekeinin eperimenen o laos sou kai eide af’enos men tin sotirian ton dikaion, af’eterou de tin apoleian ton exthron sou.

8 Dia tou mesou de ekeinou, tou udatos, me to opoion etimorises tous exthrous, me to auto nero mas ekaleses konta sou kai mas eskepases me doksan.

9 Krifios apo tous Aiguptious oi eusebeis, tekna eusebon goneon, proseferan eis se thisian ton pasxalion amnon, kai me pliri omofonian kai sugkatathesin edexthisan tin theian entolin, na metexoun oloi oi agioi autoi Israhlitai eis tous koinous kindinous kai eis ta koina agatha psallontes ek ton proteron, me bebaiotita dia tin sotirian ton, tous umnous ton Pateron.

10 Kai kath’on xronon autoi umnologousan ton Theon, antixousan eks antithetou ai parafonoi kraugai kai h boh ton Aiguption, panathlios de kai friktos diexuneto o thronos dia ta thanatothenta prototoka ton.

11 Me tin autin poinin etimorithi tote kai o doulos kai o kurios ta idia epathe kai o anthropos tou laou kai o basileus.

12 Oloi mazi me to auto eidos tou thanatou eixan anarithmitous nekrous. Den eparkousan de oi zontes na thaptoun tous nekrous, dioti eis mian kai monon stigmin eixe katastrafi h eklekti genea ton prototokon ton.

13 Oi Aiguptioi meta ton thanaton ton prototokon ton, aparnithentes pleon tin pistin eis as mageias ton magon omologisan, oti oi Isrhlitai einai uioi tou Theou.

14 Eno de apolutos sigi eskepaze ta panta kai h nukta en ti taxeia poreia tou xronou eurisketo eis to meson, eis to mesonuktion,

15 aifnis o pantodinamos logos sou epidisen apo tous ouranous kai apo tous basilikous sou thronous, osan agrios polemistis, eis to meson tis proorizomenis pros olethron xoras.

16 Kraton de osan akonismenon oksi ksifos tin ametakliton diatagin sou, estathi orthios kai egemise ta panta me ton thanaton. Gigas akatanikitos hggize men ton ouranon, epatouse de epano eis tin gin.

17 Eno de ekeinoi ekeimonto, fantasmata oneiron tous etaraksan kata tropon foberon, anapantexoi de foboi epesan epano ton kai tous ekurieusan.

18 Allos de edo kai allos ekei epipten imithanis kai me tin tragikin tou katastasin emartirouse tin aitian, dia tin opoian apethniske.

19 Dioti ta tromera oneira, pou tous eixan katataraksei, auta to aniggeilan tin aitian diladi tou thanatikou, oste na mi apothanoun xoris na gnorizoun, dia poian aitian eixan ktipithi toson skliros.

20 Bebaios h pikra dokimasia tou thanatou hggise kai tous dikaious. Thrausis poluarithmon Israhliton eginen ekei eis tin erimon. Alla den dihrkesen epi poli h orgi h idiki sou.

21 Dioti enas anir amemptos, speudon eis sotirian ton Israhliton, elaben oplon apo tin idikin sou upiresian, hgonisthi uper ton Israhliton, elaben oplon apo tin idikin sou uperisian, hgonisthi uper ton Israhliton kai prosefere pros eksileosin ton proseuxin kai thimiama. Kat’auton ton tropon antestathi eis tin theian orgin kai ethese terma eis tin sumforan tou laou. Edeikse de etsi eis olous, oti einai idikos sou hpiretis.

22 Autos de katekinise tin anataraxin tou oxlou oxi me tin somatikin tou dinamin oute me tin xrisin ton oplon alla me tin dinamin tis proseuxis tou ekshumenise ton timoron Theon upenthumisas eis auton tous orkous kai tas diathikas, pou eixe kamei me tous progonous ton.

23 Eno diladi oi nekroi epiptan soridon o enas epano eis ton allon, pareneterthi autos orthios kai efrakse eis ton eksolothreutin aggelon ton dromon tou pros tous zontanous.

24 Epano eis ton podiri xitona tou upirxen olos o stolismos. Ta de endoksa onomata ton Pateron hsan xaragmena epano eis politimous lithous, taktopoihmenous eis tessaras stixous. Kai to megaleion sou elampen epano eis to diadima tis kefalis tou.

25 Empros eis ta iera auta diasima upexorisen o eksolothreutis aggelos. Auta tou enepneusan fobon. Alloste h dokimasia, tin opoian esteilen h dikaia theia orgi sou, hto pleon arketi dia tous Israhlitas.

KEFALAION ITH’

H fusis, kata diatagin tou Theou, sunergousen eis sotirian ton Israhliton, meteballeto de eis mastiga dia tous Aiguptiou. Sugkrisis Sodomiton kai Aiguption.

Eis tous asebeis omos Aiguptious eixen epipesei anelehtos kai anupoxoritos o dikaios thimos tou. Dioti o Kurios proeblepe kai ta mellonta kaka, pou autoi tha diepratton.

2 Dioti autoi, an kai epetrepsan eis tous Israhlitas na anaxorisoun, kai meta spoudis malista tous proepempsan, en toutois metamelithentes dia tin anaxorisin auton tous katedioksan.

3 Kai eno akomi hsan enopion ton prosfata ta penthi dia ton thanaton ton prototokon ton kai oduronto konta eis tous tafous ton idikon ton, epenohsan kai apedexthisan mian anohton kai trellin skepsin, kai irxisan na katadiokoun os drapetas ekeinous, tous opoious oi idioi me ikesias kai parakliseis tous eixan pro oligou parakalesei na fugoun.

4 San kapoia dikaia kai anapofeuktos apofasis tous esure eis autin tin akrotita kai tous enebale amnisian ton parelthonton gegonoton. Touto de, dia na oloklirothi h timoria ton kai na mi meinoun ateli ta basana ton.

5 Kai kath’on xronon o laos sou ebadize tin paradokson poreian dia mesou tis thalassas, ekeinoi euriskan ton foberon ekei thanaton.

6 Dioti, dia na diafulaxthoun ablabi ta tekna sou apo kathe kakon, oli h ktisis upakouousa kai uperetousa tas idikas sou diatagas anemorfouto palin kai epanirxeto eis tin idian tis fusin.

7 Etsi parousiasthi h nefeli, h opoia erripe tin droseran skian tis epi ton Israhliton. Parousiasthi gi stegni kai ksira ekei, opou prohgoumenos upirxe to udor kai mesa eis tin Eruthran Thalassan hnoixthi eleutheros dromos. Kai ta suntarassomena apo tas kataigidas kumata meteblithisan eis pediada gematin xlohn.

8 Dia mesou de autis tis diodou eperasan oloi h Israhlitai, upo tin prostasian tis idikis sou pantodinamou deksias blepontes ta katapliktika auta simeia.

9 Epeita apo ta megala auta thaumata oi Israhlitai, osan ippoi kai probata pou boskoun kai skirtoun, etsi eskirtisan apo tin xaran ton edoksologisan se, ton Kurion ton, o opoios tous eglutoses apo tous kindinous.

10 Dioti enethimounto zohros, ti eixe ginei eis tin ksenin autin xoran ton Aiguption, opou os paroikoi autoi emenan oti diladi anti ton allon zoon h gi parigage sknipas kai o Neilos potamos anti ton ixthion ekserase pros tin gin plithos batraxon.

11 Braditeron de oi Israhlitai, otan epiezonto apo tin peinan kai ezitisan kalin trofin apo ton Theon, eidan ena neon tropon geneseos ptinon.

12 Pros parigorian kai diatrofin ton eidan na anabainoun apo tas notious perioxas ortikia.

13 Enantion de ton asebon epirxonto timoriai, afou prohgounto ap’autas endeiktika fainomena, diladi tromerai astrapai kai keraunoi. Dikaios de autoi etimorounto eks aitias ton kakion ton, alla kai dioti eixan ekthrepsei kai deiksei to pleon skliron misos enantion ton ksenon.

14 Oi Sodomitai den edexthisan anthropous pou den egnorizan, otan autoi parousiasthisan enopion ton, tous duo diladi aggelous. Oi de Auguptioi tous ksenous, diladi tous Isarhlitas, oi opoioi tous eixan euergetisei, tous ekaman doulous ton.

15 Kai oxi monon touto. Oi Sodomitai etimorithisan, dioti euthis eks arxis eferthisan exthrikos pros tous ksenous.

16 Oi Aiguptioi omos eixan upodexthi ap’arxis tous Israhlitas me eortas. Epeita omos, otan oi Israhlitai apelambanan ta auta dikaiomata me ekeinous, tous ebasanisan me bareias katathliptikas ergasias.

17 Opos de oi Sodomitai ekeinoi etimorithisan me tiflosin empros eis tin thiran tou dikaiou Lot, etsi kai oi Aiguptioi etimorithisan, otan eurethisan mesa eis to bathi skotade, kai o kathenas apo autous ezitouse psilafita na euri tin eisodon tis thiras tou.

18 Ta stoixeia tis fuseos prosarmozontai metaksi ton diaforotropos upo tou Theou, opos apo ton mousikon oi tonoi tou psaltiriou, oste na metaballoun ton tipo tis melodias, eno oi hxoi kath’eautous menoun ametablitoi. Auto imporei o kathenas na to sumperani kai na to diapistosi akribos apo tin theorisin ton gegonoton tis epoxis ekeinis.

19 Zoa tis ksiras meteballonto eis udrobia kai udrobia eksirxonto eis tin ksiran gin.

20 To pir diatirouse tin dinamin tou mesa eis to nero kai to nero exane tin dinamin tis katasbeseos tou piros.

21 Eks’antithetou floges den ekaian tas sarkas eupathon kai adinaton zoon, pou euriskonto mesa eis to pir, oute kai eluonan tin eudialiton ekeinin krustalloeidi ouranian trofin, to manna.

22 Dia mesou olon auton su, Kurie, emegalunes ton laon sou kai ton edoksases. Den ton katefronises oute emeines adiaforos pros autin. Alla pantou kai pantote sumparistaso bohthos kai uperaspistis tou.

BAROUX

To biblion etouto apelambanen idiaiteras timis ek merous ton Ioudaion. Arxaiotatoi de ekklisiastikoi Pateres kai suggrafeis ekamnon xrisin autou.

Kefalaion 1 edafio 15- 22

Kai tha pite : Eis ton Kurion ton Theon mas anikei kai uparxei h dikaiosini, eis imas de h entropi ton prosopon mas, opos blepomen kata tin imeran autin. H aisxuni auti anikei eis kathe anthropon tis Ioudaias kai eis tous katoikous tis Ierousalim, eis tous basileis mas kai eis tous arxontas mas, eis tous iereis mas kai eis tous profitas mas kai eis tous pateras mas, dioti imartisamen enopion tou Kuriou.

Efanimen apeitheis eis auton kai den upikousamen eis tin fonin Kuriou tou Theou mas, na zisomen kai na poreuthomen sumfona me ta prostagmata tou Kuriou, ta opoia edoken enopion mas.

Apo tin imeran, pou o Kurios ebgalen eleutherous tous pateras mas apo tin xoran tis Aiguptou mexri tis hmeras autis, upirksamen en sunexeia apeitheis pros kurion ton Theon mas, eskeptometha kai katestronamen sxedia, na mi upakousomen eis tin fonin tou Kuriou. Eks aitias auton ekollithisan epano mas ai sumforai kai h katara, opos eixen orisei o Kurios eis ton doulon tou ton Mousea kata tin imeran, kata tin opoian ebgalen eleutherous tous pateras mas apo tin xoran tis Aiguptou, dia na dosi eis imas gin reousan gala kai meli, opos blepomen kata tin imeran autin. Den ipikousamen eis tin entolin tou Kuriou kai Theou mas, sumfona kai me olous tous logus ton profiton, tous opoious ekeinos esteile pros imas.

Apemakrinthimen o kathenas apo ton Theon, sumfona me tas poniras epithimias tis dieftharmenis tou kardias, dia na latreusomen ksenous theous kai na diapraksomen ta kaka enopion ton ofthalmon Kuriou tou Theou mas.

Kefalaion g’ edafio 9-38

Akoue, israhlitike lae,

Tas entolas autas tou Theou, pou feroun zoh. Akousate kai balete tas eis ta autia sas dia na apoktisete sinesin.

Ti sou sunebi, israhlitike lae ; Diati euriskesai eis tin xoran ton exthron sou ; Diati egirases eis tin ksenin gin kai emolinthis anamesa eis molismenous nekrous ;

Sugkatirithmithis metaksi ekeinon, oi opoioi katebainon eis ton adin ;

Dioti egkateleipses tin pigin tis sofias, ton Theon kai ton Nomon tou.

Ean eixes badisei ton dromon tou Theou, tha katoikouses eis tin patrida sou en eirini dia pantos. Mathe pou uparxei sofia kai sunesis, pou eurisketai h dinamis, pou einai h sunesis, dia na gnorisis sugxronos, pou uparxei h makrotis ton imeron kai h eutixismeni zoh, pou eurisketai to fos kai h xara ton ofthalmon, h pragmatiki kai adiataraktos eirini.

Poios eurike ton topon autis tis theias sofias kai poios eisilthen eis tous thisaurous tis ;

Pou einai oi arxontes ton ethnon, dia na mas eipoun ean tin eurikan, kai oi eksousiazontes epano eis ta thiria tis gis ;

Pou einai ekeinoi, oi opoioi sullambanoun kai ta pleon agria ptina kai paizoun me auta; Kai oloi osoi thisaurizoun xrision kai argirion, eis ta opoia oi anthropoi stirizoun tin pepoithesin kai tas elpidas ton kai den stamatoun pote ergazomenoi dia tin apoktisin ton ;

Pou einai oi argurokopoi kai oi xrusoxooi, oi opoioi me pollin epimeleian katergazontai ta politima auta metalla kai kataskeuazoun anarithmita idi ergon ; Eksifanisthisan, katebikan eis ton adi, xoris na gnorisoun tin alithinin sofian, kai alloi parousiasthisan eis tin gin anti ekeinon.

Neoteroi egennithisan kai eidan to fos tou ouranou kai katokisan eis tin gi, alla kai auti den egnorisan ton dromon tis alithinis epistimis kai sofias.

Den enohsan tous dromous tis, den ekratisan autin kai den estirixthisan epano tis. To idio kai ta paidia ton, eplanisthisan eis ton dromon ton, eurethisan makran apo tin alithinin sofian.

Den hkousthi na ginetai logos peri autis eis tin Xanaan, oute efanerothi eis tin perioxin Thaiman. Oute oi apogonoi tis Agar, oi opoioi en toutois anazitoun tin sofian epano eis tin gin, oute oi emporeoi tis Merran kai tis Thaiman, oi epinohtai kai ermineutai parabolon, oi anazitountes tin sunesin, kaneis apo autous den emathe ton dromon tis sofias, oute kai enethimithisan kan tas odous tis.

O israhlitike lae, poson mega kai megaloprepes einai to sumpan, o oikos autos tou Theou !

Poson axanis o topos tis kuriarxias tou ! Megas, xoris telos, upsilos kai aprosmetritos !

Eis tin gin, kata tous arxaious xronous, egennithisan oi onomastai gigantes, megalou anastimatos, ikanoi kai empeiroi eis ton polemon. O Theos omos den ekseleksen autous, oute edoken eis autous sofian kai sinesin. Exathisan, dioti den eixan sinesin, katestrafisan eks aitias tis afrosinis ton.

Poios anebiken eis ton ouranon kai epire tin sofian kai tin katebibasen eis tin gin kato apo ta nefi; Poios dieperase tin thalassan kai eure tin sofian kai tha tin feri theoron autin politimoteran kai apo auto to eklekton xrusion;

Den uparxei kaneis anthropos, pou na gnorizi kala tin odon autis,