| Chapter 3 |
1 | [] Mh ginesqe polloi didaskaloi, adelfoi mou, exeuronteV oti megalhteran katakrisin qelomen labei× |
2 | dioti eiV polla ptaiomen apanteV. Ean tiV den ptaih eiV logon, outoV einai teleioV anhr, dunatoV na calinagwghsh kai olon to swma. |
3 | Idou, touV calinouV ballomen eiV ta stomata twn ippwn dia na peiqwntai eiV hmaV, kai metaferomen olon to swma autwn. |
4 | Idou, kai ta ploia, onta toson megala kai upo sfodrwn anemwn elaunomena, metaferontai upo elacistou phdaliou, opou an qelh h epiqumia tou kubernwntoV. |
5 | Outw kai h glwssa einai mikron meloV, omwV megalaucei. Idou, oligon pur poson megalhn ulhn anaptei× |
6 | kai h glwssa pur einai, o kosmoV thV adikiaV. Outw metaxu twn melwn hmwn h glwssa einai h molunousa olon to swma kai flogizousa ton trocon tou biou kai flogizomenh upo thV geennhV. |
7 | Dioti pan eidoV qhriwn kai pthnwn, erpetwn kai qalassiwn damazetai kai edamasqh upo thV anqrwpinhV fusewV, |
8 | thn glwssan omwV oudeiV twn anqrwpwn dunatai na damash× einai akrathton kakon, mesth qanathforou farmakou. |
9 | Di' authV eulogoumen ton Qeon kai Patera, kai di' authV katarwmeqa touV anqrwpouV touV kaq' omoiwsin Qeou plasqentaV× |
10 | ek tou autou stomatoV exercetai eulogia kai katara. Den prepei, adelfoi mou, tauta na ginwntai outw. |
11 | MhpwV h phgh apo thV authV truphV anabruei to gluku kai to pikron; |
12 | mhpwV einai dunaton, adelfoi mou, h sukh na kamh elaiaV h h ampeloV suka; outwV oudemia phgh einai dunaton na kamh udwr almuron kai gluku. |
13 | [] TiV einai metaxu saV sofoV kai episthmwn; aV deixh ek thV kalhV diagwghV ta erga eautou en praothti sofiaV. |
14 | Ean omwV echte en th kardia umwn fqonon pikron kai filoneikian, mh katakaucasqe kai yeudesqe kata thV alhqeiaV. |
15 | H sofia auth den einai anwqen katabainousa, all' einai epigeioV, zwwdhV, daimoniwdhV. |
16 | Dioti opou einai fqonoV kai filoneikia, ekei akatastasia kai pan acreion pragma. |
17 | H anwqen omwV sofia prwton men einai kaqara, epeita eirhnikh, epieikhV, eupeiqhV, plhrhV eleouV kai kalwn karpwn, amerolhptoV kai anupokritoV. |
18 | Kai o karpoV thV dikaiosunhV speiretai en eirhnh upo twn eirhnopoiwn. |