κωφός ἐστι, he is deaf.
κωφὸς δὴ πρός γε τὴν τῶν σοφῶν βουλήν,
yes, deaf to the counsel of the wise.
χθὲς ἔκλεισε τὰ ὦτα πρὸς τὸν τοῦ σοφοῦ Σολομῶνος λόγον· τοῦ ἄφρονος οἱ ὀφθαλμοί εἰσιν ἐπ’ ἄκρα τῆς γῆς,
yesterday he closed his ears to the word of the wise Solomon: the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
ἤκουσε τοῦ μὲν λόγου, τὸν δὲ νοῦν οὐ κατέλαβε,
he heard the word, but he did not take in the sense.
ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ ἄφρων ἐπλήρωσε τὸν ἐγκέφαλον διανοημάτων κενῶν,
his foolish brother filled his brain with vain imaginations.
καὶ ἐπίστευσε τῷ ἀδελφῷ μᾶλλον ἢ τῇ ἁγίᾳ γραφῇ,
and he believed his brother rather than the holy scripture.
ὦ τοῦ ἀτυχήματος, sad! sad!
English Affinities
Egotism. Practice. Foliation. Chiromancy. The Parthenon. Didactic. Technical. Cacodemon. Lithotomy. Rhinoceros. Zoology. Agatha. Hierarchy. Dendritis. Divine. Acrobat. Geography. Logic. Hagiology. Hagiolatry. Graphic.