Apo

1 He that is merciful will lend unto his neighbour; and he that strengtheneth his hand keepeth the commandments.

2 Lend to thy neighbour in time of his need, and pay thou thy neighbour again in due season.

3 Keep thy word, and deal faithfully with him, and thou shalt always find the thing that is necessary for thee.

4 Many, when a thing was lent them, reckoned it to be found, and put them to trouble that helped them.

5 Till he hath received, he will kiss a man's hand; and for his neighbour's money he will speak submissly: but when he should repay, he will prolong the time, and return words of grief, and complain of the time.

6 If he prevail, he shall hardly receive the half, and he will count as if he had found it: if not, he hath deprived him of his money, and he hath gotten him an enemy without cause: he payeth him with cursings and railings; and for honour he will pay him disgrace.

7 Many therefore have refused to lend for other men's ill dealing, fearing to be defrauded.

8 Yet have thou patience with a man in poor estate, and delay not to shew him mercy.

9 Help the poor for the commandment's sake, and turn him not away because of his poverty.

10 Lose thy money for thy brother and thy friend, and let it not rust under a stone to be lost.

11 Lay up thy treasure according to the commandments of the most High, and it shall bring thee more profit than gold.

12 Shut up alms in thy storehouses: and it shall deliver thee from all affliction.

13 It shall fight for thee against thine enemies better than a mighty shield and strong spear.

14 An honest man is surety for his neighbour: but he that is impudent will forsake him.

15 Forget not the friendship of thy surety, for he hath given his life for thee.

16 A sinner will overthrow the good estate of his surety:

17 And he that is of an unthankful mind will leave him [in danger] that delivered him.

18 Suretiship hath undone many of good estate, and shaken them as a wave of the sea: mighty men hath it driven from their houses, so that they wandered among strange nations.

19 A wicked man transgressing the commandments of the Lord shall fall into suretiship: and he that undertaketh and followeth other men's business for gain shall fall into suits.

20 Help thy neighbour according to thy power, and beware that thou thyself fall not into the same.

21 The chief thing for life is water, and bread, and clothing, and an house to cover shame.

22 Better is the life of a poor man in a mean cottage, than delicate fare in another man's house.

23 Be it little or much, hold thee contented, that thou hear not the reproach of thy house.

24 For it is a miserable life to go from house to house: for where thou art a stranger, thou darest not open thy mouth.

25 Thou shalt entertain, and feast, and have no thanks: moreover thou shalt hear bitter words:

26 Come, thou stranger, and furnish a table, and feed me of that thou hast ready.

27 Give place, thou stranger, to an honourable man; my brother cometh to be lodged, and I have need of mine house.

28 These things are grievous to a man of understanding; the upbraiding of houseroom, and reproaching of the lender.

Sep

1 ὁ ποιῶν ἔλεος δανιεῖ τῷ πλησίον καὶ ὁ ἐπισχύων τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ τηρεῖ ἐντολάς

2 δάνεισον τῷ πλησίον ἐν καιρῷ χρείας αὐτοῦ καὶ πάλιν ἀπόδος τῷ πλησίον εἰς τὸν καιρόν

3 στερέωσον λόγον καὶ πιστώθητι μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ εὑρήσεις τὴν χρείαν σου

4 πολλοὶ ὡς εὕρεμα ἐνόμισαν δάνος καὶ παρέσχον κόπον τοῖς βοηθήσασιν αὐτοῖς

5 ἕως οὗ λάβῃ καταφιλήσει χεῖρας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν χρημάτων τοῦ πλησίον ταπεινώσει φωνήν καὶ ἐν καιρῷ ἀποδόσεως παρελκύσει χρόνον καὶ ἀποδώσει λόγους ἀκηδίας καὶ τὸν καιρὸν αἰτιάσεται

6 ἐὰν ἰσχύσῃ μόλις κομίσεται τὸ ἥμισυ καὶ λογιεῖται αὐτὸ ὡς εὕρεμα εἰ δὲ μή ἀπεστέρησεν αὐτὸν τῶν χρημάτων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκτήσατο αὐτὸν ἐχθρὸν δωρεάν κατάρας καὶ λοιδορίας ἀποδώσει αὐτῷ καὶ ἀντὶ δόξης ἀποδώσει αὐτῷ ἀτιμίαν

7 πολλοὶ οὐ χάριν πονηρίας ἀπέστρεψαν ἀποστερηθῆναι δωρεὰν εὐλαβήθησαν

8 πλὴν ἐπὶ ταπεινῷ μακροθύμησον καὶ ἐπ᾽ ἐλεημοσύνῃ μὴ παρελκύσῃς αὐτόν

9 χάριν ἐντολῆς ἀντιλαβοῦ πένητος καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἔνδειαν αὐτοῦ μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς αὐτὸν κενόν

10 ἀπόλεσον ἀργύριον δι᾽ ἀδελφὸν καὶ φίλον καὶ μὴ ἰωθήτω ὑπὸ τὸν λίθον εἰς ἀπώλειαν

11 θὲς τὸν θησαυρόν σου κατ᾽ ἐντολὰς ὑψίστου καὶ λυσιτελήσει σοι μᾶλλον ἢ τὸ χρυσίον

12 σύγκλεισον ἐλεημοσύνην ἐν τοῖς ταμιείοις σου καὶ αὕτη ἐξελεῖταί σε ἐκ πάσης κακώσεως

13 ὑπὲρ ἀσπίδα κράτους καὶ ὑπὲρ δόρυ ὁλκῆς κατέναντι ἐχθροῦ πολεμήσει ὑπὲρ σοῦ

14 ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸς ἐγγυήσεται τὸν πλησίον καὶ ὁ ἀπολωλεκὼς αἰσχύνην ἐγκαταλείψει αὐτόν

15 χάριτας ἐγγύου μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ ἔδωκεν γὰρ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ὑπὲρ σοῦ

16 ἀγαθὰ ἐγγύου ἀνατρέψει ἁμαρτωλός καὶ ἀχάριστος ἐν διανοίᾳ ἐγκαταλείψει ῥυσάμενον

17 ἐγγύη πολλοὺς ἀπώλεσεν κατευθύνοντας καὶ ἐσάλευσεν αὐτοὺς ὡς κῦμα θαλάσσης

18 ἄνδρας δυνατοὺς ἀπῴκισεν καὶ ἐπλανήθησαν ἐν ἔθνεσιν ἀλλοτρίοις

19 ἁμαρτωλὸς ἐμπεσὼν εἰς ἐγγύην καὶ διώκων ἐργολαβίας ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς κρίσεις

20 ἀντιλαβοῦ τοῦ πλησίον κατὰ δύναμίν σου καὶ πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ μὴ ἐμπέσῃς

21 ἀρχὴ ζωῆς ὕδωρ καὶ ἄρτος καὶ ἱμάτιον καὶ οἶκος καλύπτων ἀσχημοσύνην

22 κρείσσων βίος πτωχοῦ ὑπὸ σκέπην δοκῶν ἢ ἐδέσματα λαμπρὰ ἐν ἀλλοτρίοις

23 ἐπὶ μικρῷ καὶ μεγάλῳ εὐδοκίαν ἔχε καὶ ὀνειδισμὸν παροικίας οὐ μὴ ἀκούσῃς

24 ζωὴ πονηρὰ ἐξ οἰκίας εἰς οἰκίαν καὶ οὗ παροικήσεις οὐκ ἀνοίξεις στόμα

25 ξενιεῖς καὶ ποτιεῖς εἰς ἀχάριστα καὶ πρὸς ἐπὶ τούτοις πικρὰ ἀκούσῃ

26 πάρελθε πάροικε κόσμησον τράπεζαν καὶ εἴ τι ἐν τῇ χειρί σου ψώμισόν με

27 ἔξελθε πάροικε ἀπὸ προσώπου δόξης ἐπεξένωταί μοι ὁ ἀδελφός χρεία τῆς οἰκίας

28 βαρέα ταῦτα ἀνθρώπῳ ἔχοντι φρόνησιν ἐπιτίμησις οἰκίας καὶ ὀνειδισμὸς δανειστοῦ

Vul

1 [Qui facit misericordiam fœneratur proximo suo:
et qui prævalet manu mandata servat.

2 Fœnerare proximo tuo in tempore necessitatis illius:
et iterum redde proximo in tempore suo.

3 Confirma verbum, et fideliter age cum illo:
et in omni tempore invenies quod tibi necessarium est.

4 Multi quasi inventionem æstimaverunt fœnus,
et præstiterunt molestiam his qui se adjuverunt.

5 Donec accipiant, osculantur manus dantis,
et in promissionibus humiliant vocem suam:

6 et in tempore redditionis postulabit tempus,
et loquetur verba tædii et murmurationum,
et tempus causabitur.

7 Si autem potuerit reddere, adversabitur:
solidi vix reddet dimidium,
et computabit illud quasi inventionem:

8 sin autem, fraudabit illum pecunia sua,
et possidebit illum inimicum gratis:

9 et convitia et maledicta reddet illi,
et pro honore et beneficio reddet illi contumeliam.

10 Multi non causa nequitiæ non fœnerati sunt,
sed fraudari gratis timuerunt.

11 Verumtamen super humilem animo fortior esto,
et pro eleemosyna non trahas illum.

12 Propter mandatum assume pauperem,
et propter inopiam ejus ne dimittas eum vacuum.

13 Perde pecuniam propter fratrem et amicum tuum,
et non abscondas illam sub lapide in perditionem.

14 Pone thesaurum tuum in præceptis Altissimi,
et proderit tibi magis quam aurum.

15 Conclude eleemosynam in corde pauperis,
et hæc pro te exorabit ab omni malo.

16 Super scutum potentis

17 et super lanceam

18 adversus inimicum tuum pugnabit.]

19 [Vir bonus fidem facit pro proximo suo:
et qui perdiderit confusionem derelinquet sibi.

20 Gratiam fidejussoris ne obliviscaris:
dedit enim pro te animam suam.

21 Repromissorem fugit peccator et immundus.

22 Bona repromissoris sibi ascribit peccator:
et ingratus sensu derelinquet liberantem se.

23 Vir repromittit de proximo suo:
et cum perdiderit reverentiam, derelinquetur ab eo.

24 Repromissio nequissima multos perdidit dirigentes,
et commovit illos quasi fluctus maris.

25 Viros potentes gyrans migrare fecit,
et vagati sunt in gentibus alienis.

26 Peccator transgrediens mandatum Domini incidet in promissionem nequam:
et qui conatur multa agere incidet in judicium.

27 Recupera proximum secundum virtutem tuam,
et attende tibi ne incidas.]

28 [Initium vitæ hominis, aqua et panis,
et vestimentum, et domus protegens turpitudinem.

29 Melior est victus pauperis sub tegmine asserum
quam epulæ splendidæ in peregre sine domicilio.

30 Minimum pro magno placeat tibi,
et improperium peregrinationis non audies.

31 Vita nequam hospitandi de domo in domum:
et ubi hospitabitur non fiducialiter aget, nec aperiet os.

32 Hospitabitur, et pascet, et potabit ingratos,
et ad hæc amara audiet:

33 transi, hospes, et orna mensam,
et quæ in manu habes ciba ceteros.

34 Exi a facie honoris amicorum meorum:
necessitudine domus meæ hospitio mihi factus est frater.

35 Gravia hæc homini habenti sensum:
correptio domus, et improperium fœneratoris.]