| 22 μὴ ἀποβιάζου πένητα πτωχὸς γάρ ἐστιν καὶ μὴ ἀτιμάσῃς ἀσθενῆ ἐν πύλαις 23 ὁ γὰρ κύριος κρινεῖ αὐτοῦ τὴν κρίσιν καὶ ῥύσῃ σὴν ἄσυλον ψυχήν 24 μὴ ἴσθι ἑταῖρος ἀνδρὶ θυμώδει φίλῳ δὲ ὀργίλῳ μὴ συναυλίζου 25 μήποτε μάθῃς τῶν ὁδῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ λάβῃς βρόχους τῇ σῇ ψυχῇ 26 μὴ δίδου σεαυτὸν εἰς ἐγγύην αἰσχυνόμενος πρόσωπον 27 ἐὰν γὰρ μὴ ἔχῃς πόθεν ἀποτείσῃς λήμψονται τὸ στρῶμα τὸ ὑπὸ τὰς πλευράς σου 28 μὴ μέταιρε ὅρια αἰώνια ἃ ἔθεντο οἱ πατέρες σου 29 ὁρατικὸν ἄνδρα καὶ ὀξὺν ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτοῦ βασιλεῦσι δεῖ παρεστάναι καὶ μὴ παρεστάναι ἀνδράσι νωθροῖς |
22 Never oppress the poor; his poverty protects him; never bear hard on the friendless at law; 23 be sure the Lord will grant them redress, and claim life for life. 24 Never let a quarreller, a man of angry moods, be thy friend; go thy way, and let him go his; 25 ill habits are soon learned, to the sudden peril of thy life. 26 Leave it to others to engage themselves, and go bail for their neighbour’s debts; 27 for thyself, thou hast no means of payment; wouldst thou see the clothes stripped from thy bed? 28 Pass not beyond the ancient bounds which thy fathers have set. 29 Mark me the man whose task is deftly done; he is for the court, no common service shall be his. |
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Non facias violentiam pauperi quia pauper est,
neque conteras egenum in porta: 23
quia judicabit Dominus causam ejus,
et configet eos qui confixerunt animam ejus. 24
Noli esse amicus homini iracundo,
neque ambules cum viro furioso: 25
ne forte discas semitas ejus,
et sumas scandalum animæ tuæ. 26
Noli esse cum his qui defigunt manus suas,
et qui vades se offerunt pro debitis: 27
si enim non habes unde restituas,
quid causæ est ut tollat operimentum de cubili tuo? 28
Ne transgrediaris terminos antiquos,
quos posuerunt patres tui. 29
Vidisti virum velocem in opere suo?
coram regibus stabit, nec erit ante ignobiles. |