en_RV1895 - Wis 3 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ But the souls of the righteous [1]are in the hand of God, And no torment shall touch them.

² [2]In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died; And their departure was accounted to be their hurt,

³ And their journeying away from us to be their ruin: But [3]they are in peace.

⁴ For even if in the sight of men they be punished, [4]Their hope is full of immortality;

⁵ [5]And having borne a little chastening, they shall receive great good; Because God made trial of them, and found them worthy of himself.

⁶ [6]As gold in the furnace he proved them, And [7]as a whole burnt offering he accepted them.

⁷ And in the time of their visitation [8]they shall shine forth, And [9]as sparks among stubble they shall run to and fro.

⁸ [10]They shall judge nations, and have dominion over peoples; And the Lord shall reign over them for evermore.

⁹ [11]They that trust on him shall understand truth, [12]And [13]the faithful shall abide with him in love; Because [14]grace and mercy are to his chosen.

¹⁰ [15]But the ungodly shall be requited even as they reasoned, They which lightly regarded [16]the righteous man, and revolted from the Lord;

¹¹ (For he that setteth at nought wisdom and discipline is miserable;) And void is their hope and their toils unprofitable, And useless are their works:

¹² Their wives are foolish, and [17]wicked are their children;

¹³ [18]Accursed is their begetting. Because happy is [19]the barren that is undefiled, She who hath not conceived in transgression; She shall have fruit when God visiteth souls.

¹⁴ And happy is [20]the eunuch which hath wrought no lawless deed with his hands, Nor imagined wicked things against the Lord; For there shall be given him for his faithfulness [21]a peculiar favour, And a lot in the sanctuary of the Lord more delightsome than wife or children.

¹⁵ For good labours have fruit of great renown; And [22]the root of understanding cannot fail.

¹⁶ But children of adulterers [23]shall not come to maturity, And the seed of an unlawful bed shall vanish away.

¹⁷ For if they live long, they shall be held in no account, And at the last their old age shall be without honour.

¹⁸ And if they die quickly, [24]they [25]shall have no hope, Nor [26]in the day of decision shall they have consolation.

¹⁹ For [27]the end of an unrighteous generation is alway grievous.