Proverbs 23 #catechesis/bible/proverbs
[!abstract] More wise sayings and axioms, relating to wisdom and folly, virtue and vice.
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GR ἐὰν καθίσῃς δειπνεῖν ἐπὶ τραπέζης δυναστῶν νοητῶς νόει τὰ παρατιθέμενά σοι
LA Quando sederis ut comedas cum principe, diligenter attende quæ apposita sunt ante faciem tuam.
EN When you shall sit to eat with a prince, consider diligently what is set before your face:
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GR καὶ ἐπίβαλλε τὴν χεῖρά σου εἰδὼς ὅτι τοιαῦτά σε δεῖ παρασκευάσαι
LA Et statue cultrum in gutture tuo: si tamen habes in potestate animam tuam.
EN And put a knife to your throat, if it be so that you have your soul in your own power.
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GR εἰ δὲ ἀπληστότερος εἶ μὴ ἐπιθύμει τῶν ἐδεσμάτων αὐτοῦ ταῦτα γὰρ ἔχεται ζωῆς ψευδοῦς
LA Ne desideres de cibis ejus, in quo est panis mendacii.
EN Be not desirous of his meats, in which is the bread of deceit.
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GR μὴ παρεκτείνου πένης ὢν πλουσίῳ τῇ δὲ σῇ ἐννοίᾳ ἀπόσχου
LA Noli laborare ut diteris, sed prudentiæ tuæ pone modum.
EN Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to your prudence.
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GR ἐὰν ἐπιστήσῃς τὸ σὸν ὄμμα πρὸς αὐτόν οὐδαμοῦ φανεῖται κατεσκεύασται γὰρ αὐτῷ πτέρυγες ὥσπερ ἀετοῦ καὶ ὑποστρέφει εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ προεστηκότος αὐτοῦ
LA Ne erigas oculos tuos ad opes quas non potes habere, quia facient sibi pennas quasi aquilæ, et volabunt in cælum.
EN Lift not up your eyes to riches which you can not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven.
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GR μὴ συνδείπνει ἀνδρὶ βασκάνῳ μηδὲ ἐπιθύμει τῶν βρωμάτων αὐτοῦ
LA Ne comedas cum homine invido, et ne desideres cibos ejus:
EN Eat not with an envious man, and desire not his meats:
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GR ὃν τρόπον γὰρ εἴ τις καταπίοι τρίχα οὕτως ἐσθίει καὶ πίνει
LA quoniam in similitudinem arioli et conjectoris æstimat quod ignorat. Comede et bibe, dicet tibi; et mens ejus non est tecum.
EN Because, like a soothsayer, and diviner, he thinks that which he knows not. Eat and drink, will he say to you: and his mind is not with you.
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GR μηδὲ πρὸς σὲ εἰσαγάγῃς αὐτὸν καὶ φάγῃς τὸν ψωμόν σου μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἐξεμέσει γὰρ αὐτὸν καὶ λυμανεῖται τοὺς λόγους σου τοὺς καλούς
LA Cibos quos comederas evomes, et perdes pulchros sermones tuos.
EN The meats which you had eaten, you shall vomit up: and shall lose your beautiful words.
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GR εἰς ὦτα ἄφρονος μηδὲν λέγε μήποτε μυκτηρίσῃ τοὺς συνετοὺς λόγους σου
LA In auribus insipientium ne loquaris, qui despicient doctrinam eloquii tui.
EN Speak not in the ears of fools: because they will despise the instruction of your speech.
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GR μὴ μεταθῇς ὅρια αἰώνια εἰς δὲ κτῆμα ὀρφανῶν μὴ εἰσέλθῃς
LA Ne attingas parvulorum terminos, et agrum pupillorum ne introëas:
EN Touch not the bounds of little ones: and enter not into the field of the fatherless:
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GR ὁ γὰρ λυτρούμενος αὐτοὺς κύριος κραταιός ἐστιν καὶ κρινεῖ τὴν κρίσιν αὐτῶν μετὰ σοῦ
LA propinquus enim illorum fortis est, et ipse judicabit contra te causam illorum.
EN For their near kinsman is strong: and he will judge their cause against you.
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GR δὸς εἰς παιδείαν τὴν καρδίαν σου τὰ δὲ ὦτά σου ἑτοίμασον λόγοις αἰσθήσεως
LA Ingrediatur ad doctrinam cor tuum, et aures tuæ ad verba scientiæ.
EN Let your heart apply itself to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
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GR μὴ ἀπόσχῃ νήπιον παιδεύειν ὅτι ἐὰν πατάξῃς αὐτὸν ῥάβδῳ οὐ μὴ ἀποθάνῃ
LA Noli subtrahere a puero disciplinam: si enim percusseris eum virga, non morietur.
EN Withhold not correction from a child: for if you strike him with the rod, he shall not die.
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GR σὺ μὲν γὰρ πατάξεις αὐτὸν ῥάβδῳ τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἐκ θανάτου ῥύσῃ
LA Tu virga percuties eum, et animam ejus de inferno liberabis.
EN You shall beat him with the rod, and deliver his soul from hell.
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GR υἱέ ἐὰν σοφὴ γένηταί σου ἡ καρδία εὐφρανεῖς καὶ τὴν ἐμὴν καρδίαν
LA Fili mi, si sapiens fuerit animus tuus, gaudebit tecum cor meum:
EN My son, if your mind be wise, my heart shall rejoice with you:
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GR καὶ ἐνδιατρίψει λόγοις τὰ σὰ χείλη πρὸς τὰ ἐμὰ χείλη ἐὰν ὀρθὰ ὦσιν
LA et exsultabunt renes mei, cum locuta fuerint rectum labia tua.
EN And my reins shall rejoice, when your lips shall speak what is right.
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GR μὴ ζηλούτω ἡ καρδία σου ἁμαρτωλούς ἀλλὰ ἐν φόβῳ κυρίου ἴσθι ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν
LA Non æmuletur cor tuum peccatores, sed in timore Domini esto tota die:
EN Let not your heart envy sinners: but be in the fear of the Lord all the day long:
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GR ἐὰν γὰρ τηρήσῃς αὐτά ἔσται σοι ἔκγονα ἡ δὲ ἐλπίς σου οὐκ ἀποστήσεται
LA quia habebis spem in novissimo, et præstolatio tua non auferetur.
EN Because you shall have hope in the latter end, and your expectation shall not be taken away.
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GR ἄκουε υἱέ καὶ σοφὸς γίνου καὶ κατεύθυνε ἐννοίας σῆς καρδίας
LA Audi, fili mi, et esto sapiens, et dirige in via animum tuum.
EN Hear, my son, and be wise: and guide your mind in the way.
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GR μὴ ἴσθι οἰνοπότης μηδὲ ἐκτείνου συμβολαῖς κρεῶν τε ἀγορασμοῖς
LA Noli esse in conviviis potatorum, nec in comessationibus eorum qui carnes ad vescendum conferunt:
EN Be not in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in their revellings, who contribute flesh to eat:
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GR πᾶς γὰρ μέθυσος καὶ πορνοκόπος πτωχεύσει καὶ ἐνδύσεται διερρηγμένα καὶ ῥακώδη πᾶς ὑπνώδης
LA quia vacantes potibus et dantes symbola consumentur, et vestietur pannis dormitatio.
EN Because they that give themselves to drinking, and that club together, shall be consumed: and drowsiness shall be clothed with rags.
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GR ἄκουε υἱέ πατρὸς τοῦ γεννήσαντός σε καὶ μὴ καταφρόνει ὅτι γεγήρακέν σου ἡ μήτηρ
LA Audi patrem tuum, qui genuit te, et ne contemnas cum senuerit mater tua.
EN Hearken to your father, that begot you: and despise not your mother when she is old.
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LA Veritatem eme, et noli vendere sapientiam, et doctrinam, et intelligentiam.
EN Buy truth, and do not sell wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
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GR καλῶς ἐκτρέφει πατὴρ δίκαιος ἐπὶ δὲ υἱῷ σοφῷ εὐφραίνεται ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ
LA Exsultat gaudio pater justi; qui sapientem genuit, lætabitur in eo.
EN The father of the just rejoices greatly: he that has begotten a wise son, shall have joy in him.
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GR εὐφραινέσθω ὁ πατὴρ καὶ ἡ μήτηρ ἐπὶ σοί καὶ χαιρέτω ἡ τεκοῦσά σε
LA Gaudeat pater tuus et mater tua, et exsultet quæ genuit te.
EN Let your father and your mother be joyful, and let her rejoice that bore you.
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GR δός μοι υἱέ σὴν καρδίαν οἱ δὲ σοὶ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἐμὰς ὁδοὺς τηρείτωσαν
LA Præbe, fili mi, cor tuum mihi, et oculi tui vias meas custodiant.
EN My son, give me your heart: and let your eyes keep my ways.
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GR πίθος γὰρ τετρημένος ἐστὶν ἀλλότριος οἶκος καὶ φρέαρ στενὸν ἀλλότριον
LA Fovea enim profunda est meretrix, et puteus angustus aliena.
EN For a harlot is a deep ditch: and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
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GR οὗτος γὰρ συντόμως ἀπολεῖται καὶ πᾶς παράνομος ἀναλωθήσεται
LA Insidiatur in via quasi latro, et quos incautos viderit, interficiet.
EN She lies in wait in the way as a robber, and him whom she shall see unwary, she will kill.
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GR τίνι οὐαί τίνι θόρυβος τίνι κρίσις τίνι ἀηδίαι καὶ λέσχαι τίνι συντρίμματα διὰ κενῆς τίνος πέλειοι οἱ ὀφθαλμοί
LA Cui væ? cujus patri væ? cui rixæ? cui foveæ? cui sine causa vulnera? cui suffusio oculorum?
EN Who has woe? Whose father has woe? Who has contentions? Who falls into pits? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?
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GR οὐ τῶν ἐγχρονιζόντων ἐν οἴνοις οὐ τῶν ἰχνευόντων ποῦ πότοι γίνονται
LA nonne his qui commorantur in vino, et student calicibus epotandis?
EN Surely they that pass their time in wine, and study to drink off their cups.
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GR μὴ μεθύσκεσθε οἴνῳ ἀλλὰ ὁμιλεῖτε ἀνθρώποις δικαίοις καὶ ὁμιλεῖτε ἐν περιπάτοις ἐὰν γὰρ εἰς τὰς φιάλας καὶ τὰ ποτήρια δῷς τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς σου ὕστερον περιπατήσεις γυμνότερος ὑπέρου
LA Ne intuearis vinum quando flavescit, cum splenduerit in vitro color ejus: ingreditur blande,
EN Look not upon the wine when it is yellow, when the colour thereof shines in the glass: it goes in pleasantly,
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GR τὸ δὲ ἔσχατον ὥσπερ ὑπὸ ὄφεως πεπληγὼς ἐκτείνεται καὶ ὥσπερ ὑπὸ κεράστου διαχεῖται αὐτῷ ὁ ἰός
LA sed in novissimo mordebit ut coluber, et sicut regulus venena diffundet.
EN but in the end, it will bite like a snake, and will spread abroad poison like a basilisk.
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GR οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου ὅταν ἴδωσιν ἀλλοτρίαν τὸ στόμα σου τότε λαλήσει σκολιά
LA Oculi tui videbunt extraneas, et cor tuum loquetur perversa.
EN Your eyes shall behold strange women, and your heart shall utter perverse things.
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GR καὶ κατακείσῃ ὥσπερ ἐν καρδίᾳ θαλάσσης καὶ ὥσπερ κυβερνήτης ἐν πολλῷ κλύδωνι
LA Et eris sicut dormiens in medio mari, et quasi sopitus gubernator, amisso clavo.
EN And you shall be as one sleeping in the midst of the sea, and as a pilot fast asleep when the stern is lost.
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GR ἐρεῖς δέ τύπτουσίν με καὶ οὐκ ἐπόνεσα καὶ ἐνέπαιξάν μοι ἐγὼ δὲ οὐκ ᾔδειν πότε ὄρθρος ἔσται ἵνα ἐλθὼν ζητήσω μεθ’ ὧν συνελεύσομαι
LA Et dices: Verberaverunt me, sed non dolui; traxerunt me, et ego non sensi. Quando evigilabo, et rursus vina reperiam?
EN And you shall say: They have beaten me, but I was not sensible of pain: they drew me, and I felt not: when shall I awake and find wine again?
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