Baruch 3 #catechesis/bible/baruch
[!abstract] They pray for mercy, acknowledging that they are justly punished for forsaking true wisdom. A prophecy of Christ.
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GR κύριε παντοκράτωρ ὁ θεὸς Ισραηλ ψυχὴ ἐν στενοῖς καὶ πνεῦμα ἀκηδιῶν κέκραγεν πρὸς σέ
LA Et nunc, Domine omnipotens, Deus Israël, anima in angustiis, et spiritus anxius clamat ad te.
EN And now, O Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, the soul in anguish, and the troubled spirit cries to you:
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GR ἄκουσον κύριε καὶ ἐλέησον ὅτι ἡμάρτομεν ἐναντίον σου
LA Audi, Domine, et miserere, quia Deus es misericors: et miserere nostri, quia peccavimus ante te:
EN Hear, O Lord, and have mercy, for you are a merciful God, and have pity on us: for we have sinned before you.
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GR ὅτι σὺ καθήμενος τὸν αἰῶνα καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀπολλύμενοι τὸν αἰῶνα
LA quia tu sedes in sempiternum, et nos, peribimus in ævum?
EN For you remain for ever, and shall we perish everlastingly?
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GR κύριε παντοκράτωρ ὁ θεὸς Ισραηλ ἄκουσον δὴ τῆς προσευχῆς τῶν τεθνηκότων Ισραηλ καὶ υἱῶν τῶν ἁμαρτανόντων ἐναντίον σου οἳ οὐκ ἤκουσαν τῆς φωνῆς κυρίου θεοῦ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐκολλήθη ἡμῖν τὰ κακά
LA Domine omnipotens, Deus Israël, audi nunc orationem mortuorum Israël, et filiorum ipsorum qui peccaverunt ante te, et non audierunt vocem Domini Dei sui, et agglutinata sunt nobis mala.
EN O Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, hear now the prayer of the dead of Israel, and of their children, that have sinned before you, and have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord their God, wherefore evils have cleaved fast to us.
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GR μὴ μνησθῇς ἀδικιῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν ἀλλὰ μνήσθητι χειρός σου καὶ ὀνόματός σου ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τούτῳ
LA Noli meminisse iniquitatum patrum nostrorum, sed memento manus tuæ et nominis tui in tempore isto:
EN Remember not the iniquities of our fathers, but think upon your hand, and upon your name at this time:
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GR ὅτι σὺ κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν καὶ αἰνέσομέν σε κύριε
LA quia tu es Dominus Deus noster, et laudabimus te, Domine:
EN For you are the Lord our God, and we will praise you, O Lord:
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GR ὅτι διὰ τοῦτο ἔδωκας τὸν φόβον σου ἐπὶ καρδίαν ἡμῶν τοῦ ἐπικαλεῖσθαι τὸ ὄνομά σου καὶ αἰνέσομέν σε ἐν τῇ ἀποικίᾳ ἡμῶν ὅτι ἀπεστρέψαμεν ἀπὸ καρδίας ἡμῶν πᾶσαν ἀδικίαν πατέρων ἡμῶν τῶν ἡμαρτηκότων ἐναντίον σου
LA quia propter hoc dedisti timorem tuum in cordibus nostris, et ut invocemus nomen tuum, et laudemus te in captivitate nostra, quia convertimur ab iniquitate patrum nostrorum, qui peccaverunt ante te.
EN Because for this end you have put your fear in our hearts, to the intent that we should call upon your name, and praise you in our captivity, for we are converted from the iniquity of our fathers, who sinned before you.
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GR ἰδοὺ ἡμεῖς σήμερον ἐν τῇ ἀποικίᾳ ἡμῶν οὗ διέσπειρας ἡμᾶς ἐκεῖ εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν καὶ εἰς ἀρὰν καὶ εἰς ὄφλησιν κατὰ πάσας τὰς ἀδικίας πατέρων ἡμῶν οἳ ἀπέστησαν ἀπὸ κυρίου θεοῦ ἡμῶν
LA Et ecce nos in captivitate nostra sumus hodie, qua nos dispersisti in improperium, et in maledictum, et in peccatum, secundum omnes iniquitates patrum nostrorum, qui recesserunt a te, Domine Deus noster.
EN And behold we are at this day in our captivity, whereby you have scattered us to be a reproach, and a curse, and an offence, according to all the iniquities of our fathers, who departed from you, O Lord our God.
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GR ἄκουε Ισραηλ ἐντολὰς ζωῆς ἐνωτίσασθε γνῶναι φρόνησιν
LA Audi, Israël, mandata vitæ: auribus percipe, ut scias prudentiam.
EN Hear, O Israel, the commandments of life: give ear, that you may learn wisdom.
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GR τί ἐστιν Ισραηλ τί ὅτι ἐν γῇ τῶν ἐχθρῶν εἶ ἐπαλαιώθης ἐν γῇ ἀλλοτρίᾳ
LA Quid est, Israël, quod in terra inimicorum es,
EN How happens it, O Israel, that you are in your enemies’ land?
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GR συνεμιάνθης τοῖς νεκροῖς προσελογίσθης μετὰ τῶν εἰς ᾅδου
LA inveterasti in terra aliena, coinquinatus es cum mortuis, deputatus es cum descendentibus in infernum?
EN You are grown old in a strange country, you are defiled with the dead: you are counted with them that go down into hell.
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GR ἐγκατέλιπες τὴν πηγὴν τῆς σοφίας
LA Dereliquisti fontem sapientiæ:
EN You have forsaken the fountain of wisdom:
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GR τῇ ὁδῷ τοῦ θεοῦ εἰ ἐπορεύθης κατῴκεις ἂν ἐν εἰρήνῃ τὸν αἰῶνα
LA nam si in via Dei ambulasses, habitasses utique in pace sempiterna.
EN For if you had walked in the way of God, you had surely dwelt in peace for ever.
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GR μάθε ποῦ ἐστιν φρόνησις ποῦ ἐστιν ἰσχύς ποῦ ἐστιν σύνεσις τοῦ γνῶναι ἅμα ποῦ ἐστιν μακροβίωσις καὶ ζωή ποῦ ἐστιν φῶς ὀφθαλμῶν καὶ εἰρήνη
LA Disce ubi sit prudentia, ubi sit virtus, ubi sit intellectus, ut scias simul ubi sit longiturnitas vitæ et victus, ubi sit lumen oculorum, et pax.
EN Learn where is wisdom, where is strength, where is understanding: that you may know also where is length of days and life, where is the light of the eyes, and peace.
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GR τίς εὗρεν τὸν τόπον αὐτῆς καὶ τίς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τοὺς θησαυροὺς αὐτῆς
LA Quis invenit locum ejus? et quis intravit in thesauros ejus?
EN Who has found out her place? And who has gone in to her treasures?
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GR ποῦ εἰσιν οἱ ἄρχοντες τῶν ἐθνῶν καὶ οἱ κυριεύοντες τῶν θηρίων τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς
LA Ubi sunt principes gentium, et qui dominantur super bestias quæ sunt super terram?
EN Where are the princes of the nations, and they that rule over the beasts that are upon the earth?
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GR οἱ ἐν τοῖς ὀρνέοις τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐμπαίζοντες καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον θησαυρίζοντες καὶ τὸ χρυσίον ᾧ ἐπεποίθεισαν ἄνθρωποι καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν τέλος τῆς κτήσεως αὐτῶν
LA qui in avibus cæli ludunt,
EN That take their diversion with the birds of the air.
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GR οἱ τὸ ἀργύριον τεκταίνοντες καὶ μεριμνῶντες καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐξεύρεσις τῶν ἔργων αὐτῶν
LA qui argentum thesaurizant, et aurum, in quo confidunt homines, et non est finis acquisitionis eorum? qui argentum fabricant, et solliciti sunt, nec est inventio operum illorum?
EN That hoard up silver and gold, wherein men trust, and there is no end of their getting? Who work in silver and are solicitous, and their works are unsearchable.
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GR ἠφανίσθησαν καὶ εἰς ᾅδου κατέβησαν καὶ ἄλλοι ἀντανέστησαν ἀντ’ αὐτῶν
LA Exterminati sunt, et ad inferos descenderunt, et alii loco eorum surrexerunt.
EN They are cut off, and have gone down to hell, and others are risen up in their place.
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GR νεώτεροι εἶδον φῶς καὶ κατῴκησαν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὁδὸν δὲ ἐπιστήμης οὐκ ἔγνωσαν
LA Juvenes viderunt lumen, et habitaverunt super terram, viam autem disciplinæ ignoraverunt,
EN Young men have seen the light, and dwelt upon the earth: but the way of knowledge they have not known,
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GR οὐδὲ συνῆκαν τρίβους αὐτῆς οὐδὲ ἀντελάβοντο αὐτῆς οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν ἀπὸ τῆς ὁδοῦ αὐτῶν πόρρω ἐγενήθησαν
LA neque intellexerunt semitas ejus, neque filii eorum susceperunt eam: a facie ipsorum longe facta est;
EN nor have they understood the paths thereof, neither have their children received it, it is far from their face.
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GR οὐδὲ ἠκούσθη ἐν Χανααν οὐδὲ ὤφθη ἐν Θαιμαν
LA non est audita in terra Chanaan, neque visa est in Theman.
EN It has not been heard of in the land of Chanaan, neither has it been seen in Theman.
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[!note]- Theman…
The capital city of Edom. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR οὔτε υἱοὶ Αγαρ οἱ ἐκζητοῦντες τὴν σύνεσιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς οἱ ἔμποροι τῆς Μερραν καὶ Θαιμαν οἱ μυθολόγοι καὶ οἱ ἐκζητηταὶ τῆς συνέσεως ὁδὸν τῆς σοφίας οὐκ ἔγνωσαν οὐδὲ ἐμνήσθησαν τὰς τρίβους αὐτῆς
LA Filii quoque Agar, qui exquirunt prudentiam quæ de terra est, negotiatores Merrhæ et Theman, et fabulatores, et exquisitores prudentiæ et intelligentiæ: viam autem sapientiæ nescierunt, neque commemorati sunt semitas ejus.
EN The children of Agar also, that search after the wisdom that is of the earth, the merchants of Merrha, and of Theman, and the tellers of fables, and searchers of prudence and understanding: but the way of wisdom they have not known, neither have they remembered her paths.
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[!note]- Agar…
The mother of the Ismaelites. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR ὦ Ισραηλ ὡς μέγας ὁ οἶκος τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἐπιμήκης ὁ τόπος τῆς κτήσεως αὐτοῦ
LA O Israël, quam magna est domus Dei, et ingens locus possessionis ejus!
EN O Israel, how great is the house of God, and how vast is the place of his possession!
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GR μέγας καὶ οὐκ ἔχει τελευτήν ὑψηλὸς καὶ ἀμέτρητος
LA magnus est, et non habet finem: excelsus, et immensus.
EN It is great, and has no end: it is high and immense.
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GR ἐκεῖ ἐγεννήθησαν οἱ γίγαντες οἱ ὀνομαστοὶ οἱ ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς γενόμενοι εὐμεγέθεις ἐπιστάμενοι πόλεμον
LA Ibi fuerunt gigantes nominati illi, qui ab initio fuerunt, statura magna, scientes bellum.
EN There were the giants, those renowned men that were from the beginning, of great stature, expert in war.
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GR οὐ τούτους ἐξελέξατο ὁ θεὸς οὐδὲ ὁδὸν ἐπιστήμης ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς
LA Non hos elegit Dominus, neque viam disciplinæ invenerunt: propterea perierunt,
EN The Lord chose not them, neither did they find the way of knowledge: therefore did they perish.
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GR καὶ ἀπώλοντο παρὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν φρόνησιν ἀπώλοντο διὰ τὴν ἀβουλίαν αὐτῶν
LA et quoniam non habuerunt sapientiam, interierunt propter suam insipientiam.
EN And because they had not wisdom, they perished through their folly.
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GR τίς ἀνέβη εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ἔλαβεν αὐτὴν καὶ κατεβίβασεν αὐτὴν ἐκ τῶν νεφελῶν
LA Quis ascendit in cælum, et accepit eam, et eduxit eam de nubibus?
EN Who has gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?
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GR τίς διέβη πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης καὶ εὗρεν αὐτὴν καὶ οἴσει αὐτὴν χρυσίου ἐκλεκτοῦ
LA Quis transfretavit mare, et invenit illam, et attulit illam super aurum electum?
EN Who has passed over the sea, and found her, and brought her preferably to chosen gold?
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GR οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ γινώσκων τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτῆς οὐδὲ ὁ ἐνθυμούμενος τὴν τρίβον αὐτῆς
LA Non est qui possit scire vias ejus, neque qui exquirat semitas ejus:
EN There is none that is able to know her ways, nor that can search out her paths:
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GR ἀλλὰ ὁ εἰδὼς τὰ πάντα γινώσκει αὐτήν ἐξεῦρεν αὐτὴν τῇ συνέσει αὐτοῦ ὁ κατασκευάσας τὴν γῆν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα χρόνον ἐνέπλησεν αὐτὴν κτηνῶν τετραπόδων
LA sed qui scit universa novit eam, et adinvenit eam prudentia sua qui præparavit terram in æterno tempore: et replevit eam pecudibus et quadrupedibus
EN But he that knows all things, knows her, and has found her out with his understanding: he that prepared the earth for evermore, and filled it with cattle and fourfooted beasts:
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GR ὁ ἀποστέλλων τὸ φῶς καὶ πορεύεται ἐκάλεσεν αὐτό καὶ ὑπήκουσεν αὐτῷ τρόμῳ
LA qui emittit lumen, et vadit, et vocavit illud, et obedit illi in tremore.
EN He that sends forth the light, and it goes: and has called it, and it obeys him with trembling.
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GR οἱ δὲ ἀστέρες ἔλαμψαν ἐν ταῖς φυλακαῖς αὐτῶν καὶ εὐφράνθησαν
LA Stellæ autem dederunt lumen in custodiis suis, et lætatæ sunt:
EN And the stars have given light in their watches, and rejoiced:
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GR ἐκάλεσεν αὐτοὺς καὶ εἶπον πάρεσμεν ἔλαμψαν μετ’ εὐφροσύνης τῷ ποιήσαντι αὐτούς
LA vocatæ sunt, et dixerunt: Adsumus, et luxerunt ei cum jucunditate, qui fecit illas.
EN They were called, and they said: Here we are: and with cheerfulness they have shined forth to him that made them.
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GR οὗτος ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν οὐ λογισθήσεται ἕτερος πρὸς αὐτόν
LA Hic est Deus noster, et non æstimabitur alius adversus eum.
EN This is our God, and there shall no other be accounted of in comparison of him.
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GR ἐξεῦρεν πᾶσαν ὁδὸν ἐπιστήμης καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὴν Ιακωβ τῷ παιδὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ Ισραηλ τῷ ἠγαπημένῳ ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ
LA Hic adinvenit omnem viam disciplinæ, et tradidit illam Jacob puero suo, et Israël dilecto suo.
EN He found out all the way of knowledge, and gave it to Jacob his servant, and to Israel his beloved.
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GR μετὰ τοῦτο ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὤφθη καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις συνανεστράφη
LA Post hæc in terris visus est, et cum hominibus conversatus est.
EN Afterwards he was seen upon earth, and conversed with men.
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[!note]- Was seen upon earth, etc…
viz., by the mystery of the incarnation, by means of which the son of God came visibly amongst us, and conversed with men. The prophets often speak of things to come as if they were past, to express the certainty of the event of the things foretold. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
