Proverbs 9 #catechesis/bible/proverbs
[!abstract] Wisdom invites all to her feast. Folly calls another way.
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GR ἡ σοφία ᾠκοδόμησεν ἑαυτῇ οἶκον καὶ ὑπήρεισεν στύλους ἑπτά
LA Sapientia ædificavit sibi domum: excidit columnas septem.
EN Wisdom has built herself a house, she has hewn her out seven pillars.
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GR ἔσφαξεν τὰ ἑαυτῆς θύματα ἐκέρασεν εἰς κρατῆρα τὸν ἑαυτῆς οἶνον καὶ ἡτοιμάσατο τὴν ἑαυτῆς τράπεζαν
LA Immolavit victimas suas, miscuit vinum, et proposuit mensam suam.
EN She has slain her victims, mingled her wine, and set forth her table.
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GR ἀπέστειλεν τοὺς ἑαυτῆς δούλους συγκαλούσα μετὰ ὑψηλοῦ κηρύγματος ἐπὶ κρατῆρα λέγουσα
LA Misit ancillas suas ut vocarent ad arcem et ad mœnia civitatis.
EN She has sent her maids to invite to the tower, and to the walls of the city:
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GR ὅς ἐστιν ἄφρων ἐκκλινάτω πρός με καὶ τοῖς ἐνδεέσι φρενῶν εἶπεν
LA Si quis est parvulus, veniat ad me. Et insipientibus locuta est:
EN Whosoever is a little one, let him come to me. And to the unwise she said:
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GR ἔλθατε φάγετε τῶν ἐμῶν ἄρτων καὶ πίετε οἶνον ὃν ἐκέρασα ὑμῖν
LA Venite, comedite panem meum, et bibite vinum quod miscui vobis.
EN Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for you.
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GR ἀπολείπετε ἀφροσύνην καὶ ζήσεσθε καὶ ζητήσατε φρόνησιν ἵνα βιώσητε καὶ κατορθώσατε ἐν γνώσει σύνεσιν
LA Relinquite infantiam, et vivite, et ambulate per vias prudentiæ.
EN Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence.
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GR ὁ παιδεύων κακοὺς λήμψεται ἑαυτῷ ἀτιμίαν ἐλέγχων δὲ τὸν ἀσεβῆ μωμήσεται ἑαυτόν
LA Qui erudit derisorem, ipse injuriam sibi facit, et qui arguit impium, sibi maculam generat.
EN He that teaches a scorner, does an injury to himself; and he that rebukes a wicked man, gets himself a blot.
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GR μὴ ἔλεγχε κακούς ἵνα μὴ μισῶσίν σε ἔλεγχε σοφόν καὶ ἀγαπήσει σε
LA Noli arguere derisorem, ne oderit te: argue sapientem, et diliget te.
EN Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate you. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
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GR δίδου σοφῷ ἀφορμήν καὶ σοφώτερος ἔσται γνώριζε δικαίῳ καὶ προσθήσει τοῦ δέχεσθαι
LA Da sapienti occasionem, et addetur ei sapientia; doce justum, et festinabit accipere.
EN Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it.
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GR ἀρχὴ σοφίας φόβος κυρίου καὶ βουλὴ ἁγίων σύνεσις τὸ γὰρ γνῶναι νόμον διανοίας ἐστὶν ἀγαθῆς
LA Principium sapientiæ timor Domini, et scientia sanctorum prudentia.
EN The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.
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GR τούτῳ γὰρ τῷ τρόπῳ πολὺν ζήσεις χρόνον καὶ προστεθήσεταί σοι ἔτη ζωῆς σου
LA Per me enim multiplicabuntur dies tui, et addentur tibi anni vitæ.
EN For by me shall your days be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to you.
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GR υἱέ ἐὰν σοφὸς γένῃ σεαυτῷ σοφὸς ἔσῃ καὶ τοῖς πλησίον ἐὰν δὲ κακὸς ἀποβῇς μόνος ἀναντλήσεις κακά ὃς ἐρείδεται ἐπὶ ψεύδεσιν οὗτος ποιμανεῖ ἀνέμους ὁ δ’ αὐτὸς διώξεται ὄρνεα πετόμενα ἀπέλιπεν γὰρ ὁδοὺς τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ ἀμπελῶνος τοὺς δὲ ἄξονας τοῦ ἰδίου γεωργίου πεπλάνηται διαπορεύεται δὲ δι’ ἀνύδρου ἐρήμου καὶ γῆν διατεταγμένην ἐν διψώδεσιν συνάγει δὲ χερσὶν ἀκαρπίαν
LA Si sapiens fueris, tibimetipsi eris; si autem illusor, solus portabis malum.
EN If you be wise, you shall be so to yourself: and if a scorner, you alone shall bear the evil.
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GR γυνὴ ἄφρων καὶ θρασεῖα ἐνδεὴς ψωμοῦ γίνεται ἣ οὐκ ἐπίσταται αἰσχύνην
LA Mulier stulta et clamosa, plenaque illecebris, et nihil omnino sciens,
EN A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all,
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GR ἐκάθισεν ἐπὶ θύραις τοῦ ἑαυτῆς οἴκου ἐπὶ δίφρου ἐμφανῶς ἐν πλατείαις
LA sedit in foribus domus suæ, super sellam in excelso urbis loco,
EN sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the city,
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GR προσκαλουμένη τοὺς παριόντας καὶ κατευθύνοντας ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῶν
LA ut vocaret transeuntes per viam, et pergentes itinere suo:
EN to call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey:
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GR ὅς ἐστιν ὑμῶν ἀφρονέστατος ἐκκλινάτω πρός με ἐνδεέσι δὲ φρονήσεως παρακελεύομαι λέγουσα
LA Qui est parvulus declinet ad me. Et vecordi locuta est:
EN He that is a little one, let him turn to me. And to the fool she said:
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GR ἄρτων κρυφίων ἡδέως ἅψασθε καὶ ὕδατος κλοπῆς γλυκεροῦ
LA Aquæ furtivæ dulciores sunt, et panis absconditus suavior.
EN Stolen waters are sweeter, and hidden bread is more pleasant.
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GR ὁ δὲ οὐκ οἶδεν ὅτι γηγενεῖς παρ’ αὐτῇ ὄλλυνται καὶ ἐπὶ πέτευρον ᾅδου συναντᾷ ἀλλὰ ἀποπήδησον μὴ ἐγχρονίσῃς ἐν τῷ τόπῳ μηδὲ ἐπιστήσῃς τὸ σὸν ὄμμα πρὸς αὐτήν οὕτως γὰρ διαβήσῃ ὕδωρ ἀλλότριον καὶ ὑπερβήσῃ ποταμὸν ἀλλότριον ἀπὸ δὲ ὕδατος ἀλλοτρίου ἀπόσχου καὶ ἀπὸ πηγῆς ἀλλοτρίας μὴ πίῃς ἵνα πολὺν ζήσῃς χρόνον προστεθῇ δέ σοι ἔτη ζωῆς
LA Et ignoravit quod ibi sint gigantes, et in profundis inferni convivæ ejus.
EN And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
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