Proverbs 6 #catechesis/bible/proverbs
[!abstract] Documents on several heads.
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GR υἱέ ἐὰν ἐγγυήσῃ σὸν φίλον παραδώσεις σὴν χεῖρα ἐχθρῷ
LA Fili mi, si spoponderis pro amico tuo, defixisti apud extraneum manum tuam:
EN My son, if you be surety for your friend, you have engaged fast your hand to a stranger,
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GR παγὶς γὰρ ἰσχυρὰ ἀνδρὶ τὰ ἴδια χείλη καὶ ἁλίσκεται χείλεσιν ἰδίου στόματος
LA illaqueatus es verbis oris tui, et captus propriis sermonibus.
EN you are ensnared with the words of your mouth, and caught with your own words.
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GR ποίει υἱέ ἃ ἐγώ σοι ἐντέλλομαι καὶ σῴζου ἥκεις γὰρ εἰς χεῖρας κακῶν διὰ σὸν φίλον ἴθι μὴ ἐκλυόμενος παρόξυνε δὲ καὶ τὸν φίλον σου ὃν ἐνεγυήσω
LA Fac ergo quod dico, fili mi, et temetipsum libera, quia incidisti in manum proximi tui. Discurre, festina, suscita amicum tuum.
EN Do, therefore, my son, what I say, and deliver yourself: because you are fallen into the hand of your neighbour. Run about, make haste, stir up your friend:
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GR μὴ δῷς ὕπνον σοῖς ὄμμασιν μηδὲ ἐπινυστάξῃς σοῖς βλεφάροις
LA Ne dederis somnum oculis tuis, nec dormitent palpebræ tuæ.
EN Give not sleep to your eyes, neither let your eyelids slumber.
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GR ἵνα σῴζῃ ὥσπερ δορκὰς ἐκ βρόχων καὶ ὥσπερ ὄρνεον ἐκ παγίδος
LA Eruere quasi damula de manu, et quasi avis de manu aucupis.
EN Deliver yourself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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GR ἴθι πρὸς τὸν μύρμηκα ὦ ὀκνηρέ καὶ ζήλωσον ἰδὼν τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ γενοῦ ἐκείνου σοφώτερος
LA Vade ad formicam, o piger, et considera vias ejus, et disce sapientiam.
EN Go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn wisdom:
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GR ἐκείνῳ γὰρ γεωργίου μὴ ὑπάρχοντος μηδὲ τὸν ἀναγκάζοντα ἔχων μηδὲ ὑπὸ δεσπότην ὢν
LA Quæ cum non habeat ducem, nec præceptorem, nec principem,
EN Which, although she has no guide, nor master, nor captain,
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GR ἑτοιμάζεται θέρους τὴν τροφὴν πολλήν τε ἐν τῷ ἀμήτῳ ποιεῖται τὴν παράθεσιν ἢ πορεύθητι πρὸς τὴν μέλισσαν καὶ μάθε ὡς ἐργάτις ἐστὶν τήν τε ἐργασίαν ὡς σεμνὴν ποιεῖται ἧς τοὺς πόνους βασιλεῖς καὶ ἰδιῶται πρὸς ὑγίειαν προσφέρονται ποθεινὴ δέ ἐστιν πᾶσιν καὶ ἐπίδοξος καίπερ οὖσα τῇ ῥώμῃ ἀσθενής τὴν σοφίαν τιμήσασα προήχθη
LA parat in æstate cibum sibi, et congregat in messe quod comedat.
EN provides her meat for herself in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
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GR ἕως τίνος ὀκνηρέ κατάκεισαι πότε δὲ ἐξ ὕπνου ἐγερθήσῃ
LA Usquequo, piger, dormies? quando consurges e somno tuo?
EN How long will you sleep, O sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?
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GR ὀλίγον μὲν ὑπνοῖς ὀλίγον δὲ κάθησαι μικρὸν δὲ νυστάζεις ὀλίγον δὲ ἐναγκαλίζῃ χερσὶν στήθη
LA Paululum dormies, paululum dormitabis, paululum conseres manus ut dormias;
EN You will sleep a little, you will slumber a little, you will fold your hands a little to sleep:
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GR εἶτ’ ἐμπαραγίνεταί σοι ὥσπερ κακὸς ὁδοιπόρος ἡ πενία καὶ ἡ ἔνδεια ὥσπερ ἀγαθὸς δρομεύς ἐὰν δὲ ἄοκνος ᾖς ἥξει ὥσπερ πηγὴ ὁ ἀμητός σου ἡ δὲ ἔνδεια ὥσπερ κακὸς δρομεὺς ἀπαυτομολήσει
LA et veniet tibi quasi viator egestas, et pauperies quasi vir armatus. Si vero impiger fueris, veniet ut fons messis tua, et egestas longe fugiet a te.
EN And want shall come upon you, as a traveller, and poverty as a man armed. But if you be diligent, your harvest shall come as a fountain, and want shall flee far from you.
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GR ἀνὴρ ἄφρων καὶ παράνομος πορεύεται ὁδοὺς οὐκ ἀγαθάς
LA Homo apostata, vir inutilis, graditur ore perverso;
EN A man that is an apostate, an unprofitable man, walks with a perverse mouth,
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GR ὁ δ’ αὐτὸς ἐννεύει ὀφθαλμῷ σημαίνει δὲ ποδί διδάσκει δὲ ἐννεύμασιν δακτύλων
LA annuit oculis, terit pede, digito loquitur,
EN he winks with the eyes, presses with the foot, speaks with the finger.
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GR διεστραμμένῃ δὲ καρδίᾳ τεκταίνεται κακὰ ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ ὁ τοιοῦτος ταραχὰς συνίστησιν πόλει
LA pravo corde machinatur malum, et omni tempore jurgia seminat.
EN With a wicked heart he devises evil, and at all times he sows discord.
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GR διὰ τοῦτο ἐξαπίνης ἔρχεται ἡ ἀπώλεια αὐτοῦ διακοπὴ καὶ συντριβὴ ἀνίατος
LA Huic extemplo veniet perditio sua, et subito conteretur, nec habebit ultra medicinam.
EN To such a one his destruction shall presently come, and he shall suddenly be destroyed, and shall no longer have any remedy.
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GR ὅτι χαίρει πᾶσιν οἷς μισεῖ ὁ κύριος συντρίβεται δὲ δι’ ἀκαθαρσίαν ψυχῆς
LA Sex sunt quæ odit Dominus, et septimum detestatur anima ejus:
EN Six things there are, which the Lord hates, and the seventh his soul detests:
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GR ὀφθαλμὸς ὑβριστοῦ γλῶσσα ἄδικος χεῖρες ἐκχέουσαι αἷμα δικαίου
LA oculos sublimes, linguam mendacem, manus effundentes innoxium sanguinem,
EN Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
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GR καὶ καρδία τεκταινομένη λογισμοὺς κακοὺς καὶ πόδες ἐπισπεύδοντες κακοποιεῖν
LA cor machinans cogitationes pessimas, pedes veloces ad currendum in malum,
EN a heart that devises wicked plots, feet that are swift to run into mischief,
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GR ἐκκαίει ψεύδη μάρτυς ἄδικος καὶ ἐπιπέμπει κρίσεις ἀνὰ μέσον ἀδελφῶν
LA proferentem mendacia testem fallacem, et eum qui seminat inter fratres discordias.
EN a deceitful witness that utters lies, and him that sows discord among brethren.
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GR υἱέ φύλασσε νόμους πατρός σου καὶ μὴ ἀπώσῃ θεσμοὺς μητρός σου
LA Conserva, fili mi, præcepta patris tui, et ne dimittas legem matris tuæ.
EN My son, keep the commandments of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother.
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GR ἄφαψαι δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ σῇ ψυχῇ διὰ παντὸς καὶ ἐγκλοίωσαι ἐπὶ σῷ τραχήλῳ
LA Liga ea in corde tuo jugiter, et circumda gutturi tuo.
EN Bind them in your heart continually, and put them about your neck.
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GR ἡνίκα ἂν περιπατῇς ἐπάγου αὐτήν καὶ μετὰ σοῦ ἔστω ὡς δ’ ἂν καθεύδῃς φυλασσέτω σε ἵνα ἐγειρομένῳ συλλαλῇ σοι
LA Cum ambulaveris, gradiantur tecum; cum dormieris, custodiant te: et evigilans loquere cum eis.
EN When you walk, let them go with you: when you sleep, let them keep you, and when you awaken, talk with them.
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GR ὅτι λύχνος ἐντολὴ νόμου καὶ φῶς καὶ ὁδὸς ζωῆς ἔλεγχος καὶ παιδεία
LA Quia mandatum lucerna est, et lex lux, et via vitæ increpatio disciplinæ:
EN Because the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
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GR τοῦ διαφυλάσσειν σε ἀπὸ γυναικὸς ὑπάνδρου καὶ ἀπὸ διαβολῆς γλώσσης ἀλλοτρίας
LA ut custodiant te a muliere mala, et a blanda lingua extraneæ.
EN That they may keep you from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger.
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GR μή σε νικήσῃ κάλλους ἐπιθυμία μηδὲ ἀγρευθῇς σοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς μηδὲ συναρπασθῇς ἀπὸ τῶν αὐτῆς βλεφάρων
LA Non concupiscat pulchritudinem ejus cor tuum, nec capiaris nutibus illius:
EN Let not your heart covet her beauty, be not caught with her winks:
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GR τιμὴ γὰρ πόρνης ὅση καὶ ἑνὸς ἄρτου γυνὴ δὲ ἀνδρῶν τιμίας ψυχὰς ἀγρεύει
LA pretium enim scorti vix est unius panis, mulier autem viri pretiosam animam capit.
EN For the price of a harlot is scarce one loaf: but the woman catches the precious soul of a man.
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GR ἀποδήσει τις πῦρ ἐν κόλπῳ τὰ δὲ ἱμάτια οὐ κατακαύσει
LA Numquid potest homo abscondere ignem in sinu suo, ut vestimenta illius non ardeant?
EN Can a man hide fire in his bosom, and his garments not burn?
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GR ἢ περιπατήσει τις ἐπ’ ἀνθράκων πυρός τοὺς δὲ πόδας οὐ κατακαύσει
LA aut ambulare super prunas, ut non comburantur plantæ ejus?
EN Or can he walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt?
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GR οὕτως ὁ εἰσελθὼν πρὸς γυναῖκα ὕπανδρον οὐκ ἀθῳωθήσεται οὐδὲ πᾶς ὁ ἁπτόμενος αὐτῆς
LA sic qui ingreditur ad mulierem proximi sui, non erit mundus cum tetigerit eam.
EN So he that goes in to his neighbour’s wife, shall not be clean when he shall touch her.
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GR οὐ θαυμαστὸν ἐὰν ἁλῷ τις κλέπτων κλέπτει γὰρ ἵνα ἐμπλήσῃ τὴν ψυχὴν πεινῶν
LA Non grandis est culpa cum quis furatus fuerit: furatur enim ut esurientem impleat animam;
EN The fault is not so great when a man has stolen: for he steals to fill his hungry soul:
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[!note]- The fault is not so great, etc…
The sin of theft is not so great, as to be compared with adultery: especially when a person pressed with hunger (which is the case here spoken of) steals to satisfy nature. Moreover the damage done by theft may much more easily be repaired, than the wrong done by adultery. But this does not hinder, but that theft also is a mortal sin, forbidden by one of the ten commandments. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR ἐὰν δὲ ἁλῷ ἀποτείσει ἑπταπλάσια καὶ πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ δοὺς ῥύσεται ἑαυτόν
LA deprehensus quoque reddet septuplum, et omnem substantiam domus suæ tradet.
EN And if he be taken, he shall restore sevenfold, and shall give up all the substance of his house.
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GR ὁ δὲ μοιχὸς δι’ ἔνδειαν φρενῶν ἀπώλειαν τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτοῦ περιποιεῖται
LA Qui autem adulter est, propter cordis inopiam perdet animam suam;
EN But he that is an adulterer, for the folly of his heart shall destroy his own soul:
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GR ὀδύνας τε καὶ ἀτιμίας ὑποφέρει τὸ δὲ ὄνειδος αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐξαλειφθήσεται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα
LA turpitudinem et ignominiam congregat sibi, et opprobrium illius non delebitur:
EN He gathers to himself shame and dishonour, and his reproach shall not be blotted out:
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GR μεστὸς γὰρ ζήλου θυμὸς ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς οὐ φείσεται ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρίσεως
LA quia zelus et furor viri non parcet in die vindictæ,
EN Because the jealousy and rage of the husband will not spare in the day of revenge,
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GR οὐκ ἀνταλλάξεται οὐδενὸς λύτρου τὴν ἔχθραν οὐδὲ μὴ διαλυθῇ πολλῶν δώρων
LA nec acquiescet cujusquam precibus, nec suscipiet pro redemptione dona plurima.
EN nor will he yield to any man’s prayers, nor will he accept for satisfaction ever so many gifts.
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