Justice, Wisdom, and Spirit

Greek text of

the book of WISDOM

translated for IECOT

in 2019 

editor: Luca Mazzinghi

ENGLISH translator: Michael Tait

copyright W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart

PREFACE: The book of Wisdom is the object of renewed

interest.  Although deeply rooted in the Scriptures of

Israel, it forms an interesting bridge between the Jewish

and Hellenistic worlds.

Wisdom 1:1 - 5

Love justice, you who

govern on earth, reflect

on the Lord with a soul

that is well-disposed and

seek him with simplicity

of heart, for he allows 

himself to be found by

those who do not test

him and he reveals himself

to those who do not lack

faith in him.  For devious

thoughts separate one from 

God, so that, when put to

the test, divine power

punishes the foolish.

Because wisdom will not

enter a soul that is plotting

evil and it cannot dwell in

a body that is the slave of

sin.  For the holy spirit of

discipline will flee from the

deceitful one and will take

itself off from foolish thoughts

and will be driven away at

the arrival of injustice. [p.48]