Comparison
Wisdom 7
Douay-Rheims and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587), verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I myself also am a mortal man, like all others, and of the race of him, that was first made of the earth, and in the womb of my mother I was fashioned to be flesh. | Εἰμι μὲν κᾀγὼ θνητὸς ἄνθρωπος, ἶσος ἅπασι, καὶ γηγενοῦς ἀπόγονος πρωτοπλάστου. |
| 2 | In the time of ten months I was compacted in blood, of the seed of man, and the pleasure of sleep concurring. | Καὶ ἐν κοιλίᾳ μητρὸς ἐγλύφην σὰρξ δεκαμηνιαίῳ χρόνῳ, παγεὶς ἐν αἵματι ἐκ σπέρματος ἀνδρὸς καὶ ἡδονῆς ὕπνῳ συνελθούσης. |
| 3 | And being born I drew in the common air, and fell upon the earth, that is made alike, and the first voice which I uttered was crying, as all others do. | Καὶ ἐγὼ δὲ γενόμενος ἔσπασα τὸν κοινὸν ἀέρα, καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν ὁμοιοπαθῆ κατέπεσον γῆν, πρώτην φωνὴν τὴν ὁμοίαν πᾶσιν ἶσα κλαίων. |
| 4 | I was nursed in swaddling clothes, and with great cares. | Ἐν σπαργάνοις ἀνετράφην, καὶ ἐν φροντίσιν. |
| 5 | For none of the kings had any other beginning of birth. | Οὐδεὶς γὰρ βασιλεὺς ἑτέραν ἔσχε γενέσεως ἀρχήν. |
| 6 | For all men have one entrance into life, and the like going out. | Μία δὲ πάντων εἴσοδος εἰς τὸν βίον, ἔξοδός τε ἴση. |
| 7 | Wherefore I wished, and understanding was given me: and I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came upon me: | Διὰ τοῦτο ηὐξάμην, καὶ φρόνησις ἐδόθη μοι, ἐπεκαλεσάμην, καὶ ἦλθέ μοι πνεῦμα σοφίας. |
| 8 | And I preferred her before kingdoms and thrones, and esteemed riches nothing in comparison of her. | Προέκρινα αὐτὴν σκήπτρων καὶ θρόνων, καὶ πλοῦτον οὐδὲν ἡγησάμην ἐν συγκρίσει αὐτῆς. |
| 9 | Neither did I compare unto her any precious stone: for all gold in comparison of her, is as a little sand, and silver in respect to her shall be counted as clay. | Οὐδὲ ὁμοίωσα αὐτῇ λίθον ἀτίμητον, ὅτι ὁ πᾶς χρυσὸς ἐν ὄψει αὐτῆς ψάμμος ὀλίγη, καὶ ὡς πηλὸς λογισθήσεται ἄργυρος ἐναντίον αὐτῆς. |
| 10 | I loved her above health and beauty, and chose to have her instead of light: for her light cannot be put out. | Ὑπὲρ ὑγίειαν καὶ εὐμορφίαν ἠγάπησα αὐτὴν, καὶ προειλόμην αὐτὴν ἀντὶ φωτὸς ἔχειν, ὅτι ἀκοίμητον τὸ ἐκ ταύτης φέγγος. |
| 11 | Now all good things came to me together with her, and innumerable riches through her hands, | Ἦλθε δέ μοι τὰ ἀγαθὰ ὁμοῦ πάντα μετʼ αὐτῆς, καὶ ἀναρίθμητος πλοῦτος ἐν χερσὶν αὐτῆς. |
| 12 | And I rejoiced in all these: for this wisdom went before me, and I knew not that she was the mother of them all. | Εὐφράνθην δὲ ἐπὶ πάντων, ὅτι αὐτῶν ἡγεῖται σοφία, ἠγνόουν δὲ αὐτὴν γενέτιν εἶναι τούτων. |
| 13 | Which I have learned without guile, and communicate without envy, and her riches I hide not. | Ἀδόλως τε ἔμαθον, ἀφθόνως τε μεταδίδωμι, τὸν πλοῦτον αὐτῆς οὐκ ἀποκρύπτομαι. |
| 14 | For she is an infinite treasure to men! which they that use, become the friends of God, being commended for the gift of discipline. | Ἀνεκλιπὴς γὰρ θησαυρός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις, ὃν οἱ χρησάμενοι πρὸς Θεὸν ἐστείλαντο φιλίαν, διὰ τὰς ἐκ παιδείας δωρεὰς συσταθέντες. |
| 15 | And God hath given to me to speak as I would, and to conceive thoughts worthy of those things that are given me: because he is the guide of wisdom, and the director of the wise: | Ἐμοὶ δὲ δῴη ὁ Θεὸς εἰπεῖν κατὰ γνώμην, καὶ ἐνθυμηθῆναι ἀξίως τῶν δεδομένων, ὅτι αὐτὸς καὶ τῆς σοφίας ὁδηγός ἐστι, καὶ τῶν σοφῶν διορθωτής. |
| 16 | For in his hand are both we, and our words, and all wisdom, and the knowledge and skill of works. | Ἐν γὰρ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡμεῖς καὶ οἱ λόγοι ἡμῶν, πᾶσά τε φρόνησις καὶ ἐργατειῶν ἐπιστήμη. |
| 17 | For he hath given me the true knowledge of the things that are: to know the disposition of the whole world, and the virtues of the elements, | Αὐτὸς γάρ μοι ἔδωκε τῶν ὄντων γνῶσιν ἀψευδῆ, εἰδέναι σύστασιν κόσμου καὶ ἐνέργειαν στοιχείων, |
| 18 | The beginning, and ending, and midst of the times, the alterations of their courses, and the changes of seasons, | ἀρχὴν καὶ τέλος καὶ μεσότητα χρόνων, τροπῶν ἀλλαγὰς καὶ μεταβολὰς καιρῶν, |
| 19 | The revolutions of the year, and the dispositions of the stars, | ἐνιαυτῶν κύκλους καὶ ἀστέρων θέσεις, |
| 20 | The natures of living creatures, and rage of wild beasts, the force of winds, and reasonings of men, the diversities of plants, and the virtues of roots, | φύσεις ζώων καὶ θυμοὺς θηρίων, πνευμάτων βίας καὶ διαλογισμοὺς ἀνθρώπων, διαφορὰς φυτῶν καὶ δυνάμεις ῥιζῶν, |
| 21 | And all such things as are hid and not foreseen, I have learned: for wisdom, which is the worker of all things, taught me. | ὅσα τέ ἐστι κρυπτὰ καὶ ἐμφανῆ ἔγνων. |
| 22 | For in her is the spirit of understanding: holy, one, manifold, subtile, eloquent, active, undefiled, sure, sweet, loving that which is good, quick, which nothing hindereth, beneficent, | Ἡ γὰρ πάντων τεχνίτις ἐδίδαξέ με σοφία· ἔστι γὰρ ἐν αὐτῇ πνεῦμα νοερὸν, ἅγιον, μονογενὲς, πολυμερὲς, λεπτὸν, εὐκίνητον, τρανὸν, ἀμόλυντον, σαφὲς, ἀπήμαντον, φιλάγαθον, ὀξὺ, ἀκώλυτον, εὐεργετικὸν, |
| 23 | Gentle, kind, steadfast, assured, secure, having all power, overseeing all things, and containing all spirits, intelligible, pure, subtile. | φιλάνθρωπον, βέβαιον, ἀσφαλὲς, ἀμέριμνον, παντοδύναμον, πανεπίσκοπον, καὶ διὰ πάντων χωροῦν πνευμάτων νοερῶν, καθαρῶν, λεπτοτάτων. |
| 24 | For wisdom is more active than all active things: and reacheth everywhere by reason of her purity. | Πάσης γὰρ κινήσεως κινητικώτερον σοφία, διήκει δὲ καὶ χωρεῖ διὰ πάντων διὰ τὴν καθαρότητα. |
| 25 | For she is a vapour of the power of God, and a certain pure emanation of the glory of the almighty God: and therefore no defiled thing cometh into her. | Ἀτμὶς γάρ ἐστι τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ δυνάμεως. καὶ ἀπόῤῥοια τῆς τοῦ παντοκράτορος δόξης εἰλικρινής· διὰ τοῦτο οὐδὲν μεμιαμμένον εἰς αὐτὴν παρεμπίπτει. |
| 26 | For she is the brightness of eternal light, and the unspotted mirror of God’s majesty, and the image of his goodness. | Ἀπαύγασμα γάρ ἐστι φωτὸς ἀϊδίου, καὶ ἔσοπτρον ἀκηλίδωτον τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐνεργείας, καὶ εἰκὼν τῆς ἀγαθότητος αὐτοῦ. |
| 27 | And being but one, she can do all things: and remaining in herself the same, she reneweth all things, and through nations conveyeth herself into holy souls, she maketh the friends of God and prophets. | Μία δὲ οὖσα πάντα δύναται, καὶ μένουσα ἐν αὑτῇ τὰ πάντα καινίζει, καὶ κατὰ γενεὰς εἰς ψυχὰς ὁσίας μεταβαίνουσα, φίλους Θεοῦ καὶ προφήτας κατασκευάζει. |
| 28 | For God loveth none but him that dwelleth with wisdom. | Οὐθὲν γὰρ ἀγαπᾷ ὁ Θεὸς, εἰ μὴ τὸν σοφίᾳ συνοικοῦντα. |
| 29 | For she is more beautiful than the sun, and above all the order of the stars: being compared with the light, she is found before it. | Ἔστι γὰρ αὕτη εὐπρεπεστέρα ἡλίου, καὶ ὑπὲρ πᾶσαν ἄστρων θέσιν, φωτὶ συγκρινομένη εὑρίσκεται προτέρα. |
| 30 | For after this cometh night, but no evil can overcome wisdom. | Τοῦτο μὲν γὰρ διαδέχεται νὺξ, σοφίας δὲ οὐκ ἀντισχύει κακία. |
