Chapter 8

[] Den krazei h sofia; kai den ekpempei thn fwnhn authV h sunesiV;

Istatai epi thV korufhV twn uyhlwn topwn, uper thn odon, en tw mesw twn triodwn.

Krazei plhsion twn pulwn, en th eisodw thV polewV, en th eisodw twn qurwn×

proV esaV, anqrwpoi, krazw× kai h fwnh mou ekpempetai proV touV uiouV twn anqrwpwn.

Aploi, nohsate fronhsin× kai afroneV, apokthsate nohmona kardian.

Akousate× dioti qelw lalhsei pragmata exoca, kai ta ceilh mou qelousi proferei orqa.

Dioti alhqeian qelei lalhsei o larugx mou× ta de ceilh mou bdeluttontai thn asebeian.

PanteV oi logoi tou stomatoV mou einai meta dikaiosunhV× den uparcei en autoiV dolion diestrammenon×

PanteV einai safeiV eiV ton noounta kai orqoi eiV touV euriskontaV gnwsin.

Labete thn paideian mou, kai mh argurion× kai gnwsin, mallon para crusion eklekton.

Dioti h sofia einai kalhtera liqwn polutimwn× kai panta ta epiqumhta pragmata den einai antaxia authV.

[] Egw h sofia katoikw meta thV fronhsewV, kai efeuriskw gnwsin sunetwn bouleumatwn.

O foboV tou Kuriou einai na mish tiV to kakon× alazoneian kai auqadeian kai ponhran odon kai diestrammenon stoma egw misw.

Emou einai h boulh kai h asfaleia× egw eimai h sunesiV× emou h dunamiV.

Di' emou oi basileiV basileuousi, kai oi arconteV qespizousi dikaiosunhn.

Di' emou oi hgemoneV hgemoneuousi, kai oi megistaneV, panteV oi kritai thV ghV×

Egw touV eme agapwntaV agapw× kai oi zhtounteV me qelousi me eurei.

PloutoV kai doxa einai met' emou, agaqa diamenonta kai dikaiosunh.

Oi karpoi mou einai kalhteroi crusiou kai crusiou kaqarou× kai ta gennhmata mou, eklektou arguriou.

Peripatw en odw dikaiosunhV, anameson twn tribwn thV krisewV,

dia na kamw touV agapwntaV me na klhronomhswsin agaqa, kai na gemisw touV qhsaurouV autwn.

[] O KurioV me eicen en th arch twn odwn autou, pro twn ergwn autou, ap' aiwnoV.

Pro tou aiwnoV me ecrisen, ap' archV, prin uparxh h gh.

Egennhqhn ote den hsan ai abussoi, ote den uphrcon ai phgai ai anabruousai udata×

Prin ta orh qemeliwqwsi, pro twn lofwn, egw egennhqhn×

enw den eicen eti kamei thn ghn oute pediadaV, oute korufaV cwmatwn thV oikoumenhV.

Ote htoimaze touV ouranouV, egw hmhn ekei× ote periegrafe kamaran uperanw tou proswpou thV abussou×

ote estereone ton aiqera epanw× ote wcurone taV phgaV thV abussou×

ote epeballe ton nomon autou eiV thn qalassan, na mh parabwsi ta udata to prostagma autou× ote dietatte ta qemelia thV ghV×

tote hmhn plhsion autou dhmiourgousa× kai egw hmhn kaq' hmeran h trufh autou, eufrainomenh pantote enwpion autou,

eufrainomenh en th oikoumenh thV ghV autou× kai h trufh mou hto meta twn uiwn twn anqrwpwn.

[] Twra loipon akousate mou, w tekna× dioti makarioi oi fulattonteV taV odouV mou.

Akousate paideian kai genesqe sofoi, kai mh apodokimazete authn.

MakarioV o anqrwpoV, ostiV mou akoush, agrupnwn kaq' hmeran en taiV pulaiV mou, perimenwn eiV touV parastataV twn qurwn mou×

dioti ostiV eurh eme, qelei eurei zwhn, kai qelei labei carin para Kuriou.

OstiV omwV amarthsh eiV eme, thn eautou yuchn adikei× panteV oi misounteV me agapwsi qanaton.