Proverbs 5 #catechesis/bible/proverbs
[!abstract] An exhortation to fly unlawful lust, and the occasions of it.
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GR υἱέ ἐμῇ σοφίᾳ πρόσεχε ἐμοῖς δὲ λόγοις παράβαλλε σὸν οὖς
LA Fili mi, attende ad sapientiam meam, et prudentiæ meæ inclina aurem tuam:
EN My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline your ear to my prudence,
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GR ἵνα φυλάξῃς ἔννοιαν ἀγαθήν αἴσθησιν δὲ ἐμῶν χειλέων ἐντέλλομαί σοι
LA ut custodias cogitationes, et disciplinam labia tua conservent. Ne attendas fallaciæ mulieris;
EN that you may keep thoughts, and your lips may preserve instruction. Mind not the deceit of a woman.
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GR μὴ πρόσεχε φαύλῃ γυναικί μέλι γὰρ ἀποστάζει ἀπὸ χειλέων γυναικὸς πόρνης ἣ πρὸς καιρὸν λιπαίνει σὸν φάρυγγα
LA favus enim distillans labia meretricis, et nitidius oleo guttur ejus:
EN For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil.
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GR ὕστερον μέντοι πικρότερον χολῆς εὑρήσεις καὶ ἠκονημένον μᾶλλον μαχαίρας διστόμου
LA novissima autem illius amara quasi absinthium, et acuta quasi gladius biceps.
EN But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword.
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GR τῆς γὰρ ἀφροσύνης οἱ πόδες κατάγουσιν τοὺς χρωμένους αὐτῇ μετὰ θανάτου εἰς τὸν ᾅδην τὰ δὲ ἴχνη αὐτῆς οὐκ ἐρείδεται
LA Pedes ejus descendunt in mortem, et ad inferos gressus illius penetrant.
EN Her feet go down into death, and her steps go in as far as hell.
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GR ὁδοὺς γὰρ ζωῆς οὐκ ἐπέρχεται σφαλεραὶ δὲ αἱ τροχιαὶ αὐτῆς καὶ οὐκ εὔγνωστοι
LA Per semitam vitæ non ambulant; vagi sunt gressus ejus et investigabiles.
EN They walk not by the path of life, her steps are wandering, and unaccountable.
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GR νῦν οὖν υἱέ ἄκουέ μου καὶ μὴ ἀκύρους ποιήσῃς ἐμοὺς λόγους
LA Nunc ergo fili mi, audi me, et ne recedas a verbis oris mei.
EN Now, therefore, my son, hear me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
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GR μακρὰν ποίησον ἀπ’ αὐτῆς σὴν ὁδόν μὴ ἐγγίσῃς πρὸς θύραις οἴκων αὐτῆς
LA Longe fac ab ea viam tuam, et ne appropinques foribus domus ejus.
EN Remove your way far from her, and come not near the doors of her house.
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GR ἵνα μὴ πρόῃ ἄλλοις ζωήν σου καὶ σὸν βίον ἀνελεήμοσιν
LA Ne des alienis honorem tuum, et annos tuos crudeli:
EN Give not your honour to strangers, and your years to the cruel.
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GR ἵνα μὴ πλησθῶσιν ἀλλότριοι σῆς ἰσχύος οἱ δὲ σοὶ πόνοι εἰς οἴκους ἀλλοτρίων εἰσέλθωσιν
LA ne forte implentur extranei viribus tuis, et labores tui sint in domo aliena,
EN Lest strangers be filled with your strength, and your labours be in another man’s house,
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GR καὶ μεταμεληθήσῃ ἐπ’ ἐσχάτων ἡνίκα ἂν κατατριβῶσιν σάρκες σώματός σου
LA et gemas in novissimis, quando consumpseris carnes tuas et corpus tuum, et dicas:
EN and you mourn at the last, when you shall have spent your flesh and your body, and say,
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GR καὶ ἐρεῖς πῶς ἐμίσησα παιδείαν καὶ ἐλέγχους ἐξέκλινεν ἡ καρδία μου
LA Cur detestatus sum disciplinam, et increpationibus non acquievit cor meum,
EN Why have I hated instruction, and my heart consented not to reproof,
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GR οὐκ ἤκουον φωνὴν παιδεύοντός με καὶ διδάσκοντός με οὐδὲ παρέβαλλον τὸ οὖς μου
LA nec audivi vocem docentium me, et magistris non inclinavi aurem meam?
EN and have not heard the voice of them that taught me, and have not inclined my ear to masters?
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GR παρ’ ὀλίγον ἐγενόμην ἐν παντὶ κακῷ ἐν μέσῳ ἐκκλησίας καὶ συναγωγῆς
LA pene fui in omni malo, in medio ecclesiæ et synagogæ.
EN I have almost been in all evil, in the midst of the church and of the congregation.
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GR πῖνε ὕδατα ἀπὸ σῶν ἀγγείων καὶ ἀπὸ σῶν φρεάτων πηγῆς
LA Bibe aquam de cisterna tua, et fluenta putei tui;
EN Drink water out of your own cistern, and the streams of your own well:
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GR μὴ ὑπερεκχείσθω σοι τὰ ὕδατα ἐκ τῆς σῆς πηγῆς εἰς δὲ σὰς πλατείας διαπορευέσθω τὰ σὰ ὕδατα
LA deriventur fontes tui foras, et in plateis aquas tuas divide.
EN Let your fountains be conveyed abroad, and in the streets divide your waters.
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GR ἔστω σοι μόνῳ ὑπάρχοντα καὶ μηδεὶς ἀλλότριος μετασχέτω σοι
LA Habeto eas solus, nec sint alieni participes tui.
EN Keep them to yourself alone, neither let strangers be partakers with you.
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GR ἡ πηγή σου τοῦ ὕδατος ἔστω σοι ἰδία καὶ συνευφραίνου μετὰ γυναικὸς τῆς ἐκ νεότητός σου
LA Sit vena tua benedicta, et lætare cum muliere adolescentiæ tuæ.
EN Let your vein be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of your youth:
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GR ἔλαφος φιλίας καὶ πῶλος σῶν χαρίτων ὁμιλείτω σοι ἡ δὲ ἰδία ἡγείσθω σου καὶ συνέστω σοι ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ ἐν γὰρ τῇ ταύτης φιλίᾳ συμπεριφερόμενος πολλοστὸς ἔσῃ
LA Cerva carissima, et gratissimus hinnulus: ubera ejus inebrient te in omni tempore; in amore ejus delectare jugiter.
EN Let her be your dearest hind, and most agreeable fawn: let her breasts inebriate you at all times: be delighted continually with her love.
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GR μὴ πολὺς ἴσθι πρὸς ἀλλοτρίαν μηδὲ συνέχου ἀγκάλαις τῆς μὴ ἰδίας
LA Quare seduceris, fili mi, ab aliena, et foveris in sinu alterius?
EN Why are you seduced, my son, by a strange woman, and are cherished in the bosom of another?
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GR ἐνώπιον γάρ εἰσιν τῶν τοῦ θεοῦ ὀφθαλμῶν ὁδοὶ ἀνδρός εἰς δὲ πάσας τὰς τροχιὰς αὐτοῦ σκοπεύει
LA Respicit Dominus vias hominis, et omnes gressus ejus considerat.
EN The Lord beholds the ways of man, and considers all his steps.
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GR παρανομίαι ἄνδρα ἀγρεύουσιν σειραῖς δὲ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ ἁμαρτιῶν ἕκαστος σφίγγεται
LA Iniquitates suas capiunt impium, et funibus peccatorum suorum constringitur.
EN His own iniquities catch the wicked, and he is fast bound with the ropes of his own sins.
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GR οὗτος τελευτᾷ μετὰ ἀπαιδεύτων ἐκ δὲ πλήθους τῆς ἑαυτοῦ βιότητος ἐξερρίφη καὶ ἀπώλετο δι’ ἀφροσύνην
LA Ipse morietur, quia non habuit disciplinam, et in multitudine stultitiæ suæ decipietur.
EN He shall die, because he has not received instruction, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived.
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