Proverbs 2 #catechesis/bible/proverbs
[!abstract] The advantages of wisdom: and the evils from which it delivers.
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GR υἱέ ἐὰν δεξάμενος ῥῆσιν ἐμῆς ἐντολῆς κρύψῃς παρὰ σεαυτῷ
LA Fili mi, si susceperis sermones meos, et mandata mea absconderis penes te:
EN My son, if you will receive my words, and will hide my commandments with you,
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GR ὑπακούσεται σοφίας τὸ οὖς σου καὶ παραβαλεῖς καρδίαν σου εἰς σύνεσιν παραβαλεῖς δὲ αὐτὴν ἐπὶ νουθέτησιν τῷ υἱῷ σου
LA ut audiat sapientiam auris tua, inclina cor tuum ad cognoscendam prudentiam.
EN that your ear may hearken to wisdom: incline your heart to know prudence.
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GR ἐὰν γὰρ τὴν σοφίαν ἐπικαλέσῃ καὶ τῇ συνέσει δῷς φωνήν σου τὴν δὲ αἴσθησιν ζητήσῃς μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ
LA Si enim sapientiam invocaveris, et inclinaveris cor tuum prudentiæ;
EN For if you shall call for wisdom, and incline your heart to prudence:
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GR καὶ ἐὰν ζητήσῃς αὐτὴν ὡς ἀργύριον καὶ ὡς θησαυροὺς ἐξερευνήσῃς αὐτήν
LA si quæsieris eam quasi pecuniam, et sicut thesauros effoderis illam:
EN If you shall seek her as money, and shall dig for her as for a treasure:
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GR τότε συνήσεις φόβον κυρίου καὶ ἐπίγνωσιν θεοῦ εὑρήσεις
LA tunc intelliges timorem Domini, et scientiam Dei invenies,
EN Then shall you understand the fear of the Lord, and shall find the knowledge of God:
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GR ὅτι κύριος δίδωσιν σοφίαν καὶ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ γνῶσις καὶ σύνεσις
LA quia Dominus dat sapientiam, et ex ore ejus prudentia et scientia.
EN Because the Lord gives wisdom: and out of his mouth comes prudence and knowledge.
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GR καὶ θησαυρίζει τοῖς κατορθοῦσι σωτηρίαν ὑπερασπιεῖ τὴν πορείαν αὐτῶν
LA Custodiet rectorum salutem, et proteget gradientes simpliciter,
EN He will keep the salvation of the righteous, and protect them that walk in simplicity,
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GR τοῦ φυλάξαι ὁδοὺς δικαιωμάτων καὶ ὁδὸν εὐλαβουμένων αὐτὸν διαφυλάξει
LA servans semitas justitiæ, et vias sanctorum custodiens.
EN keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of saints.
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GR τότε συνήσεις δικαιοσύνην καὶ κρίμα καὶ κατορθώσεις πάντας ἄξονας ἀγαθούς
LA Tunc intelliges justitiam, et judicium, et æquitatem, et omnem semitam bonam.
EN Then shall you understand justice, and judgment, and equity, and every good path.
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GR ἐὰν γὰρ ἔλθῃ ἡ σοφία εἰς σὴν διάνοιαν ἡ δὲ αἴσθησις τῇ σῇ ψυχῇ καλὴ εἶναι δόξῃ
LA Si intraverit sapientia cor tuum, et scientia animæ tuæ placuerit,
EN If wisdom shall enter into your heart, and knowledge please your soul:
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GR βουλὴ καλὴ φυλάξει σε ἔννοια δὲ ὁσία τηρήσει σε
LA consilium custodiet te, et prudentia servabit te:
EN Counsel shall keep you, and prudence shall preserve you,
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GR ἵνα ῥύσηταί σε ἀπὸ ὁδοῦ κακῆς καὶ ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς λαλοῦντος μηδὲν πιστόν
LA ut eruaris a via mala, et ab homine qui perversa loquitur;
EN that you may be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaks perverse things:
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GR ὦ οἱ ἐγκαταλείποντες ὁδοὺς εὐθείας τοῦ πορεύεσθαι ἐν ὁδοῖς σκότους
LA qui relinquunt iter rectum, et ambulant per vias tenebrosas;
EN Who leave the right way, and walk by dark ways:
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GR οἱ εὐφραινόμενοι ἐπὶ κακοῖς καὶ χαίροντες ἐπὶ διαστροφῇ κακῇ
LA qui lætantur cum malefecerint, et exsultant in rebus pessimis;
EN Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in the most wicked things:
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GR ὧν αἱ τρίβοι σκολιαὶ καὶ καμπύλαι αἱ τροχιαὶ αὐτῶν
LA quorum viæ perversæ sunt, et infames gressus eorum.
EN Whose ways are perverse, and their steps infamous.
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GR τοῦ μακράν σε ποιῆσαι ἀπὸ ὁδοῦ εὐθείας καὶ ἀλλότριον τῆς δικαίας γνώμης
LA Ut eruaris a muliere aliena, et ab extranea quæ mollit sermones suos,
EN That you may be delivered from the strange woman, and from the stranger, who softens her words;
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GR υἱέ μή σε καταλάβῃ κακὴ βουλὴ ἡ ἀπολείπουσα διδασκαλίαν νεότητος καὶ διαθήκην θείαν ἐπιλελησμένη
LA et relinquit ducem pubertatis suæ,
EN and forsakes the guide of her youth,
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GR ἔθετο γὰρ παρὰ τῷ θανάτῳ τὸν οἶκον αὐτῆς καὶ παρὰ τῷ ᾅδῃ μετὰ τῶν γηγενῶν τοὺς ἄξονας αὐτῆς
LA et pacti Dei sui oblita est. Inclinata est enim ad mortem domus ejus, et ad inferos semitæ ipsius.
EN and has forgotten the covenant of her God: for her house inclines unto death, and her paths to hell.
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GR πάντες οἱ πορευόμενοι ἐν αὐτῇ οὐκ ἀναστρέψουσιν οὐδὲ μὴ καταλάβωσιν τρίβους εὐθείας οὐ γὰρ καταλαμβάνονται ὑπὸ ἐνιαυτῶν ζωῆς
LA Omnes qui ingrediuntur ad eam non revertentur, nec apprehendent semitas vitæ.
EN None that go in unto her, shall return again, neither shall they take hold of the paths of life.
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GR εἰ γὰρ ἐπορεύοντο τρίβους ἀγαθάς εὕροσαν ἂν τρίβους δικαιοσύνης λείους
LA Ut ambules in via bona, et calles justorum custodias:
EN That you may walk in a good way: and may keep the paths of the just.
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GR χρηστοὶ ἔσονται οἰκήτορες γῆς ἄκακοι δὲ ὑπολειφθήσονται ἐν αὐτῇ ὅτι εὐθεῖς κατασκηνώσουσι γῆν καὶ ὅσιοι ὑπολειφθήσονται ἐν αὐτῇ
LA qui enim recti sunt habitabunt in terra, et simplices permanebunt in ea;
EN For they that are upright, shall dwell in the earth; and the simple shall continue in it.
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GR ὁδοὶ ἀσεβῶν ἐκ γῆς ὀλοῦνται οἱ δὲ παράνομοι ἐξωσθήσονται ἀπ’ αὐτῆς
LA impii vero de terra perdentur, et qui inique agunt auferentur ex ea.
EN But the wicked shall be destroyed from the earth: and they that do unjustly, shall be taken away from it.
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