Proverbs 31 #catechesis/bible/proverbs
[!abstract] An exhortation to chastity, temperance, and works of mercy; with the praise of a wise woman.
Book: Proverbs · ← Proverbs 30
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GR οἱ ἐμοὶ λόγοι εἴρηνται ὑπὸ θεοῦ βασιλέως χρηματισμός ὃν ἐπαίδευσεν ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ
LA Verba Lamuelis regis. Visio qua erudivit eum mater sua.
EN The words of King Lamuel. The vision wherewith his mother instructed him.
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[!note]- Lamuel…
This name signifies God with him, and is supposed to have been one of the names of Solomon. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR τί τέκνον τηρήσεις τί ῥήσεις θεοῦ πρωτογενές σοὶ λέγω υἱέ τί τέκνον ἐμῆς κοιλίας τί τέκνον ἐμῶν εὐχῶν
LA Quid, dilecte mi? quid, dilecte uteri mei? quid, dilecte votorum meorum?
EN What, O my beloved, what, O the beloved of my womb, what, O the beloved of my vows?
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GR μὴ δῷς γυναιξὶ σὸν πλοῦτον καὶ τὸν σὸν νοῦν καὶ βίον εἰς ὑστεροβουλίαν
LA Ne dederis mulieribus substantiam tuam, et divitias tuas ad delendos reges.
EN Give not your substance to women, and your riches to destroy kings.
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GR μετὰ βουλῆς πάντα ποίει μετὰ βουλῆς οἰνοπότει οἱ δυνάσται θυμώδεις εἰσίν οἶνον δὲ μὴ πινέτωσαν
LA Noli regibus, o Lamuel, noli regibus dare vinum, quia nullum secretum est ubi regnat ebrietas;
EN Give not to kings, O Lamuel, give not wine to kings: because there is no secret where drunkenness reigns:
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GR ἵνα μὴ πιόντες ἐπιλάθωνται τῆς σοφίας καὶ ὀρθὰ κρῖναι οὐ μὴ δύνωνται τοὺς ἀσθενεῖς
LA et ne forte bibant, et obliviscantur judiciorum, et mutent causam filiorum pauperis.
EN And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor.
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GR δίδοτε μέθην τοῖς ἐν λύπαις καὶ οἶνον πίνειν τοῖς ἐν ὀδύναις
LA Date siceram mœrentibus, et vinum his qui amaro sunt animo.
EN Give strong drink to them that are sad; and wine to them that are grieved in mind:
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GR ἵνα ἐπιλάθωνται τῆς πενίας καὶ τῶν πόνων μὴ μνησθῶσιν ἔτι
LA Bibant, et obliviscantur egestatis suæ, et doloris sui non recordentur amplius.
EN Let them drink, and forget their want, and remember their sorrow no more.
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GR ἄνοιγε σὸν στόμα λόγῳ θεοῦ καὶ κρῖνε πάντας ὑγιῶς
LA Aperi os tuum muto, et causis omnium filiorum qui pertranseunt.
EN Open your mouth for the dumb, and for the causes of all the children that pass.
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GR ἄνοιγε σὸν στόμα καὶ κρῖνε δικαίως διάκρινε δὲ πένητα καὶ ἀσθενῆ
LA Aperi os tuum, decerne quod justum est, et judica inopem et pauperem.
EN Open your mouth, decree that which is just, and do justice to the needy and poor.
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GR γυναῖκα ἀνδρείαν τίς εὑρήσει τιμιωτέρα δέ ἐστιν λίθων πολυτελῶν ἡ τοιαύτη
LA Mulierem fortem quis inveniet? procul et de ultimis finibus pretium ejus.
EN Who shall find a valiant woman? Far, and from the uttermost coasts is the price of her.
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GR θαρσεῖ ἐπ’ αὐτῇ ἡ καρδία τοῦ ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς ἡ τοιαύτη καλῶν σκύλων οὐκ ἀπορήσει
LA Confidit in ea cor viri sui, et spoliis non indigebit.
EN The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he shall have no need of spoils.
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GR ἐνεργεῖ γὰρ τῷ ἀνδρὶ ἀγαθὰ πάντα τὸν βίον
LA Reddet ei bonum, et non malum, omnibus diebus vitæ suæ.
EN She will render him good, and not evil all the days of her life.
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GR μηρυομένη ἔρια καὶ λίνον ἐποίησεν εὔχρηστον ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῆς
LA Quæsivit lanam et linum, et operata est consilia manuum suarum.
EN She has sought wool and flax, and has wrought by the counsel of her hands.
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GR ἐγένετο ὡσεὶ ναῦς ἐμπορευομένη μακρόθεν συνάγει δὲ αὕτη τὸν βίον
LA Facta est quasi navis institoris, de longe portans panem suum.
EN She is like the merchant’s ship, she brings her bread from afar.
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GR καὶ ἀνίσταται ἐκ νυκτῶν καὶ ἔδωκεν βρώματα τῷ οἴκῳ καὶ ἔργα ταῖς θεραπαίναις
LA Et de nocte surrexit, deditque prædam domesticis suis, et cibaria ancillis suis.
EN And she has risen in the night, and given a prey to her household, and victuals to her maidens.
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GR θεωρήσασα γεώργιον ἐπρίατο ἀπὸ δὲ καρπῶν χειρῶν αὐτῆς κατεφύτευσεν κτῆμα
LA Consideravit agrum, et emit eum; de fructu manuum suarum plantavit vineam.
EN She has considered a field, and bought it: with the fruit of her hands she has planted a vineyard.
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GR ἀναζωσαμένη ἰσχυρῶς τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτῆς ἤρεισεν τοὺς βραχίονας αὐτῆς εἰς ἔργον
LA Accinxit fortitudine lumbos suos, et roboravit brachium suum.
EN She has girded her loins with strength, and has strengthened her arm.
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GR ἐγεύσατο ὅτι καλόν ἐστιν τὸ ἐργάζεσθαι καὶ οὐκ ἀποσβέννυται ὅλην τὴν νύκτα ὁ λύχνος αὐτῆς
LA Gustavit, et vidit quia bona est negotiatio ejus; non extinguetur in nocte lucerna ejus.
EN She has tasted, and seen that her traffic is good: her lamp shall not be put out in the night.
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GR τοὺς πήχεις αὐτῆς ἐκτείνει ἐπὶ τὰ συμφέροντα τὰς δὲ χεῖρας αὐτῆς ἐρείδει εἰς ἄτρακτον
LA Manum suam misit ad fortia, et digiti ejus apprehenderunt fusum.
EN She has put out her hand to strong things, and her fingers have taken hold of the spindle.
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GR χεῖρας δὲ αὐτῆς διήνοιξεν πένητι καρπὸν δὲ ἐξέτεινεν πτωχῷ
LA Manum suam aperuit inopi, et palmas suas extendit ad pauperem.
EN She has opened her hand to the needy, and stretched out her hands to the poor.
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GR οὐ φροντίζει τῶν ἐν οἴκῳ ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς ὅταν που χρονίζῃ πάντες γὰρ οἱ παρ’ αὐτῆς ἐνδιδύσκονται
LA Non timebit domui suæ a frigoribus nivis; omnes enim domestici ejus vestiti sunt duplicibus.
EN She shall not fear for her house in the cold of snow: for all her domestics are clothed with double garments.
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GR δισσὰς χλαίνας ἐποίησεν τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς ἐκ δὲ βύσσου καὶ πορφύρας ἑαυτῇ ἐνδύματα
LA Stragulatam vestem fecit sibi; byssus et purpura indumentum ejus.
EN She has made for herself clothing of tapestry: fine linen, and purple, is her covering.
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GR περίβλεπτος δὲ γίνεται ἐν πύλαις ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς ἡνίκα ἂν καθίσῃ ἐν συνεδρίῳ μετὰ τῶν γερόντων κατοίκων τῆς γῆς
LA Nobilis in portis vir ejus, quando sederit cum senatoribus terræ.
EN Her husband is honourable in the gates, when he sits among the senators of the land.
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GR σινδόνας ἐποίησεν καὶ ἀπέδοτο περιζώματα δὲ τοῖς Χαναναίοις
LA Sindonem fecit, et vendidit, et cingulum tradidit Chananæo.
EN She made fine linen, and sold it, and delivered a girdle to the Chanaanite.
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GR στόμα αὐτῆς διήνοιξεν προσεχόντως καὶ ἐννόμως καὶ τάξιν ἐστείλατο τῇ γλώσσῃ αὐτῆς
LA Fortitudo et decor indumentum ejus, et ridebit in die novissimo.
EN Strength and beauty are her clothing, and she shall laugh in the latter day.
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GR ἰσχὺν καὶ εὐπρέπειαν ἐνεδύσατο καὶ εὐφράνθη ἐν ἡμέραις ἐσχάταις
LA Os suum aperuit sapientiæ, et lex clementiæ in lingua ejus.
EN She has opened her mouth to wisdom, and the law of clemency is on her tongue.
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GR στεγναὶ διατριβαὶ οἴκων αὐτῆς σῖτα δὲ ὀκνηρὰ οὐκ ἔφαγεν
LA Consideravit semitas domus suæ, et panem otiosa non comedit.
EN She has looked well on the paths of her house, and has not eaten her bread idle.
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GR τὸ στόμα δὲ ἀνοίγει σοφῶς καὶ νομοθέσμως ἡ δὲ ἐλεημοσύνη αὐτῆς ἀνέστησεν τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς καὶ ἐπλούτησαν καὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς ᾔνεσεν αὐτήν
LA Surrexerunt filii ejus, et beatissimam prædicaverunt; vir ejus, et laudavit eam.
EN Her children rose up, and called her blessed: her husband, and he praised her.
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GR πολλαὶ θυγατέρες ἐκτήσαντο πλοῦτον πολλαὶ ἐποίησαν δυνατά σὺ δὲ ὑπέρκεισαι καὶ ὑπερῆρας πάσας
LA Multæ filiæ congregaverunt divitias; tu supergressa es universas.
EN Many daughters have gathered together riches: you have surpassed them all.
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GR ψευδεῖς ἀρέσκειαι καὶ μάταιον κάλλος γυναικός γυνὴ γὰρ συνετὴ εὐλογεῖται φόβον δὲ κυρίου αὕτη αἰνείτω
LA Fallax gratia, et vana est pulchritudo: mulier timens Dominum, ipsa laudabitur.
EN Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: the woman that fears the Lord, she shall be praised.
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GR δότε αὐτῇ ἀπὸ καρπῶν χειρῶν αὐτῆς καὶ αἰνείσθω ἐν πύλαις ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς
LA Date ei de fructu manuum suarum, et laudent eam in portis opera ejus.
EN Give her of the fruit of her hands: and let her works praise her in the gates.
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[!note]- The Chanaanite…
The merchant, for Chanaanite, in Hebrew, signifies a merchant. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
