Greek · AI translation

Old Testament, Ecclesiasticus sive Siracides (Sapientia Jesu filii Sirach)

English for the 2 passages of this work that the Atlas of Ancient Myth, Magic in the Ancient Texts and a study of demons and angels quote or cite, and which the library holds in no published English. The numbers are the edition's own references.

31.5.1–31.6.1

31.5.1

μαντεία καὶ οἰωνισμοὶ καὶ ἐνύπνια μάταιά ἐστι, καὶ ὡς ὠδῖν’ οὔσης φαντάζεταί σου ἡ καρδία.

Divinations and omens and dreams are vain, and, as with a woman in labour, your heart has fancies.

31.6.1

ἐὰν μὴ παρὰ Ὑψίστου ἀποσταλῇ ἐν ἐπισκοπὴ σου, μὴ δῷς εἰς αὐτὰ τὴν καρδίαν σου·

Unless they are sent from the Most High as a visitation to you, do not set your heart on them;

38.2.1–38.7.1

38.2.1

παρὰ γὰρ ῾Υψίστου ἔστιν ἴασις, καὶ παρὰ βασιλέως λήψεται δόξαν.

For healing comes from the Most High, and from a king he will receive honour.

38.3.1

ἐπιστήμη ἰατροῦ ἀνυψώσει κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔναντι μεγιστάνων θαυμασθήσεται.

The skill of a physician will lift up his head, and in the presence of great men he will be admired.

38.4.1

Κύριος ἔκτισεν ἐκ γῆς φάρμακα, καὶ ἀνὴρ φρόνιμος οὐ προσοχθίσει αὐτοῖς.

The Lord created medicines out of the earth, and a sensible man will not loathe them.

38.5.1

ἀπὸ ξύλου ἐγλυκάνθη ὕδωρ εἰς τὸ γνωσθῆναι τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου;

Was water made sweet by wood, so that its strength might be known by man?

38.6.1

καὶ αὐτὸς ἔδωκεν ἀνθρώποις ἐπιστήμην ἐνδοξάζεσθαι ἐν τοῖς θαυμασίοις αὐτοῦ·

And he gave human beings skill, to be glorified in his marvellous works;

38.7.1

ἐν αὐτοῖς ἐθεράπευσε καὶ ἦρε πόνον αὐτοῦ.

with them he healed and took away his pain.

Translator's note. 38:5 ends with ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου, 'by man', which sits awkwardly and may be intrusive; whose strength is meant (the wood's or the Lord's) is unclear.

The whole original: Perseus's Scaife Viewer.