Proverbs 7 #catechesis/bible/proverbs
[!abstract] The love of wisdom is the best preservative from being led astray by temptation.
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GR υἱέ φύλασσε ἐμοὺς λόγους τὰς δὲ ἐμὰς ἐντολὰς κρύψον παρὰ σεαυτῷ υἱέ τίμα τὸν κύριον καὶ ἰσχύσεις πλὴν δὲ αὐτοῦ μὴ φοβοῦ ἄλλον
LA Fili mi, custodi sermones meos, et præcepta mea reconde tibi. Fili,
EN My son, keep my words, and lay up my precepts with you. Son,
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GR φύλαξον ἐμὰς ἐντολάς καὶ βιώσεις τοὺς δὲ ἐμοὺς λόγους ὥσπερ κόρας ὀμμάτων
LA serva mandata mea, et vives; et legem meam quasi pupillam oculi tui:
EN Keep my commandments, and you shall live: and my law as the apple of your eye:
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GR περίθου δὲ αὐτοὺς σοῖς δακτύλοις ἐπίγραψον δὲ ἐπὶ τὸ πλάτος τῆς καρδίας σου
LA liga eam in digitis tuis, scribe illam in tabulis cordis tui.
EN Bind it upon your fingers, write it upon the tables of your heart.
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GR εἶπον τὴν σοφίαν σὴν ἀδελφὴν εἶναι τὴν δὲ φρόνησιν γνώριμον περιποίησαι σεαυτῷ
LA Dic sapientiæ: Soror mea es, et prudentiam voca amicam tuam:
EN Say to wisdom: You are my sister: and call prudence your friend,
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GR ἵνα σε τηρήσῃ ἀπὸ γυναικὸς ἀλλοτρίας καὶ πονηρᾶς ἐάν σε λόγοις τοῖς πρὸς χάριν ἐμβάληται
LA ut custodiant te a muliere extranea, et ab aliena quæ verba sua dulcia facit.
EN that she may keep you from the woman that is not yours, and from the stranger who sweetens her words.
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GR ἀπὸ γὰρ θυρίδος ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτῆς εἰς τὰς πλατείας παρακύπτουσα
LA De fenestra enim domus meæ per cancellos prospexi,
EN For I looked out of the window of my house through the lattice,
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GR ὃν ἂν ἴδῃ τῶν ἀφρόνων τέκνων νεανίαν ἐνδεῆ φρενῶν
LA et video parvulos; considero vecordem juvenem,
EN and I see little ones, I behold a foolish young man,
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GR παραπορευόμενον παρὰ γωνίαν ἐν διόδοις οἴκων αὐτῆς
LA qui transit per plateam juxta angulum et prope viam domus illius graditur:
EN who passes through the street by the corner, and goes near the way of her house,
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GR καὶ λαλοῦντα ἐν σκότει ἑσπερινῷ ἡνίκα ἂν ἡσυχία νυκτερινὴ ᾖ καὶ γνοφώδης
LA in obscuro, advesperascente die, in noctis tenebris et caligine.
EN in the dark when it grows late, in the darkness and obscurity of the night.
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GR ἡ δὲ γυνὴ συναντᾷ αὐτῷ εἶδος ἔχουσα πορνικόν ἣ ποιεῖ νέων ἐξίπτασθαι καρδίας
LA Et ecce occurrit illi mulier ornatu meretricio, præparata ad capiendas animas: garrula et vaga,
EN And behold a woman meets him in harlot’s attire, prepared to deceive souls: talkative and wandering,
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GR ἀνεπτερωμένη δέ ἐστιν καὶ ἄσωτος ἐν οἴκῳ δὲ οὐχ ἡσυχάζουσιν οἱ πόδες αὐτῆς
LA quietis impatiens, nec valens in domo consistere pedibus suis;
EN not bearing to be quiet, not able to abide still at home,
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GR χρόνον γάρ τινα ἔξω ῥέμβεται χρόνον δὲ ἐν πλατείαις παρὰ πᾶσαν γωνίαν ἐνεδρεύει
LA nunc foris, nunc in plateis, nunc juxta angulos insidians.
EN now abroad, now in the streets, now lying in wait near the corners.
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GR εἶτα ἐπιλαβομένη ἐφίλησεν αὐτόν ἀναιδεῖ δὲ προσώπῳ προσεῖπεν αὐτῷ
LA Apprehensumque deosculatur juvenem, et procaci vultu blanditur, dicens:
EN And catching the young man, she kisses him, and with an impudent face, flatters, saying:
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GR θυσία εἰρηνική μοί ἐστιν σήμερον ἀποδίδωμι τὰς εὐχάς μου
LA Victimas pro salute vovi; hodie reddidi vota mea:
EN I vowed victims for prosperity, this day I have paid my vows.
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GR ἕνεκα τούτου ἐξῆλθον εἰς συνάντησίν σοι ποθοῦσα τὸ σὸν πρόσωπον εὕρηκά σε
LA idcirco egressa sum in occursum tuum, desiderans te videre, et reperi.
EN Therefore I have come out to meet you, desirous to see you, and I have found you.
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GR κειρίαις τέτακα τὴν κλίνην μου ἀμφιτάποις δὲ ἔστρωκα τοῖς ἀπ’ Αἰγύπτου
LA Intexui funibus lectulum meum; stravi tapetibus pictis ex Ægypto:
EN I have woven my bed with cords, I have covered it with painted tapestry, brought from Egypt.
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GR διέρραγκα τὴν κοίτην μου κρόκῳ τὸν δὲ οἶκόν μου κινναμώμῳ
LA aspersi cubile meum myrrha, et aloë, et cinnamomo.
EN I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
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GR ἐλθὲ καὶ ἀπολαύσωμεν φιλίας ἕως ὄρθρου δεῦρο καὶ ἐγκυλισθῶμεν ἔρωτι
LA Veni, inebriemur uberibus, et fruamur cupitis amplexibus donec illucescat dies.
EN Come, let us be inebriated with the breasts, and let us enjoy the desired embraces, till the day appear.
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GR οὐ γὰρ πάρεστιν ὁ ἀνήρ μου ἐν οἴκῳ πεπόρευται δὲ ὁδὸν μακρὰν
LA Non est enim vir in domo sua: abiit via longissima:
EN For my husband is not at home, he has gone a very long journey.
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GR ἔνδεσμον ἀργυρίου λαβὼν ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ δι’ ἡμερῶν πολλῶν ἐπανήξει εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ
LA sacculum pecuniæ secum tulit; in die plenæ lunæ reversurus est in domum suam.
EN He took with him a bag of money: he will return home the day of the full moon.
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GR ἀπεπλάνησεν δὲ αὐτὸν πολλῇ ὁμιλίᾳ βρόχοις τε τοῖς ἀπὸ χειλέων ἐξώκειλεν αὐτόν
LA Irretivit eum multis sermonibus, et blanditiis labiorum protraxit illum.
EN She entangled him with many words, and drew him away with the flattery of her lips.
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GR ὁ δὲ ἐπηκολούθησεν αὐτῇ κεπφωθείς ὥσπερ δὲ βοῦς ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἄγεται καὶ ὥσπερ κύων ἐπὶ δεσμοὺς
LA Statim eam sequitur quasi bos ductus ad victimam, et quasi agnus lasciviens, et ignorans quod ad vincula stultus trahatur:
EN Immediately he follows her as an ox led to be a victim, and as a lamb playing the wanton, and not knowing that he is drawn like a fool to bonds,
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GR ἢ ὡς ἔλαφος τοξεύματι πεπληγὼς εἰς τὸ ἧπαρ σπεύδει δὲ ὥσπερ ὄρνεον εἰς παγίδα οὐκ εἰδὼς ὅτι περὶ ψυχῆς τρέχει
LA donec transfigat sagitta jecur ejus, velut si avis festinet ad laqueum, et nescit quod de periculo animæ illius agitur.
EN till the arrow pierce his liver: as if a bird should make haste to the snare, and knows not that his life is in danger.
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GR νῦν οὖν υἱέ ἄκουέ μου καὶ πρόσεχε ῥήμασιν στόματός μου
LA Nunc ergo, fili mi, audi me, et attende verbis oris mei.
EN Now, therefore, my son, hear me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
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GR μὴ ἐκκλινάτω εἰς τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῆς ἡ καρδία σου
LA Ne abstrahatur in viis illius mens tua, neque decipiaris semitis ejus;
EN Let not your mind be drawn away in her ways: neither be deceived with her paths.
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GR πολλοὺς γὰρ τρώσασα καταβέβληκεν καὶ ἀναρίθμητοί εἰσιν οὓς πεφόνευκεν
LA multos enim vulneratos dejecit, et fortissimi quique interfecti sunt ab ea.
EN For she has cast down many wounded, and the strongest have been slain by her.
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GR ὁδοὶ ᾅδου ὁ οἶκος αὐτῆς κατάγουσαι εἰς τὰ ταμίεια τοῦ θανάτου
LA Viæ inferi domus ejus, penetrantes in interiora mortis.
EN Her house is the way to hell, reaching even to the inner chambers of death.
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