Proverbs 1 #catechesis/bible/proverbs
[!abstract] The use and end of the proverbs. An exhortation to flee the company of the wicked: and to hearken to the voice of wisdom.
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GR παροιμίαι Σαλωμῶντος υἱοῦ Δαυιδ ὃς ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Ισραηλ
LA Parabolæ Salomonis, filii David, regis Israël,
EN The parables of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel,
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GR γνῶναι σοφίαν καὶ παιδείαν νοῆσαί τε λόγους φρονήσεως
LA ad sciendam sapientiam et disciplinam;
EN to know wisdom, and instruction:
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GR δέξασθαί τε στροφὰς λόγων νοῆσαί τε δικαιοσύνην ἀληθῆ καὶ κρίμα κατευθύνειν
LA ad intelligenda verba prudentiæ, et suscipiendam eruditionem doctrinæ, justitiam, et judicium, et æquitatem:
EN To understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction of doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity:
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GR ἵνα δῷ ἀκάκοις πανουργίαν παιδὶ δὲ νέῳ αἴσθησίν τε καὶ ἔννοιαν
LA ut detur parvulis astutia, adolescenti scientia et intellectus.
EN To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and understanding.
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GR τῶνδε γὰρ ἀκούσας σοφὸς σοφώτερος ἔσται ὁ δὲ νοήμων κυβέρνησιν κτήσεται
LA Audiens sapiens, sapientior erit, et intelligens gubernacula possidebit.
EN A wise man shall hear, and shall be wiser: and he that understands shall possess governments.
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GR νοήσει τε παραβολὴν καὶ σκοτεινὸν λόγον ῥήσεις τε σοφῶν καὶ αἰνίγματα
LA Animadvertet parabolam et interpretationem, verba sapientum et ænigmata eorum.
EN He shall understand a parable and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings.
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GR ἀρχὴ σοφίας φόβος θεοῦ σύνεσις δὲ ἀγαθὴ πᾶσι τοῖς ποιοῦσιν αὐτήν εὐσέβεια δὲ εἰς θεὸν ἀρχὴ αἰσθήσεως σοφίαν δὲ καὶ παιδείαν ἀσεβεῖς ἐξουθενήσουσιν
LA Timor Domini principium sapientiæ; sapientiam atque doctrinam stulti despiciunt.
EN The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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GR ἄκουε υἱέ παιδείαν πατρός σου καὶ μὴ ἀπώσῃ θεσμοὺς μητρός σου
LA Audi, fili mi, disciplinam patris tui, et ne dimittas legem matris tuæ:
EN My son, hear the instruction of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother:
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GR στέφανον γὰρ χαρίτων δέξῃ σῇ κορυφῇ καὶ κλοιὸν χρύσεον περὶ σῷ τραχήλῳ
LA ut addatur gratia capiti tuo, et torques collo tuo.
EN That grace may be added to your head, and a chain of gold to your neck.
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GR υἱέ μή σε πλανήσωσιν ἄνδρες ἀσεβεῖς μηδὲ βουληθῇς ἐὰν παρακαλέσωσί σε λέγοντες
LA Fili mi, si te lactaverint peccatores, ne acquiescas eis.
EN My son, if sinners shall entice you, consent not to them.
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GR ἐλθὲ μεθ’ ἡμῶν κοινώνησον αἵματος κρύψωμεν δὲ εἰς γῆν ἄνδρα δίκαιον ἀδίκως
LA Si dixerint: Veni nobiscum, insidiemur sanguini; abscondamus tendiculas contra insontem frustra;
EN If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause:
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GR καταπίωμεν δὲ αὐτὸν ὥσπερ ᾅδης ζῶντα καὶ ἄρωμεν αὐτοῦ τὴν μνήμην ἐκ γῆς
LA deglutiamus eum sicut infernus viventem, et integrum quasi descendentem in lacum;
EN Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goes down into the pit.
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GR τὴν κτῆσιν αὐτοῦ τὴν πολυτελῆ καταλαβώμεθα πλήσωμεν δὲ οἴκους ἡμετέρους σκύλων
LA omnem pretiosam substantiam reperiemus; implebimus domos nostras spoliis:
EN We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoils.
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GR τὸν δὲ σὸν κλῆρον βάλε ἐν ἡμῖν κοινὸν δὲ βαλλάντιον κτησώμεθα πάντες καὶ μαρσίππιον ἓν γενηθήτω ἡμῖν
LA sortem mitte nobiscum, marsupium unum sit omnium nostrum:
EN Cast in your lot with us, let us all have one purse.
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GR μὴ πορευθῇς ἐν ὁδῷ μετ’ αὐτῶν ἔκκλινον δὲ τὸν πόδα σου ἐκ τῶν τρίβων αὐτῶν
LA fili mi, ne ambules cum eis; prohibe pedem tuum a semitis eorum:
EN My son, walk not with them, restrain your foot from their paths.
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GR οἱ γὰρ πόδες αὐτῶν εἰς κακίαν τρέχουσιν καὶ ταχινοὶ τοῦ ἐκχέαι αἷμα
LA pedes enim illorum ad malum currunt, et festinant ut effundant sanguinem.
EN For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
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GR οὐ γὰρ ἀδίκως ἐκτείνεται δίκτυα πτερωτοῖς
LA Frustra autem jacitur rete ante oculos pennatorum.
EN But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings.
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GR αὐτοὶ γὰρ οἱ φόνου μετέχοντες θησαυρίζουσιν ἑαυτοῖς κακά ἡ δὲ καταστροφὴ ἀνδρῶν παρανόμων κακή
LA Ipsi quoque contra sanguinem suum insidiantur, et moliuntur fraudes contra animas suas.
EN And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls.
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GR αὗται αἱ ὁδοί εἰσιν πάντων τῶν συντελούντων τὰ ἄνομα τῇ γὰρ ἀσεβείᾳ τὴν ἑαυτῶν ψυχὴν ἀφαιροῦνται
LA Sic semitæ omnis avari: animas possidentium rapiunt.
EN So the ways of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors.
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GR σοφία ἐν ἐξόδοις ὑμνεῖται ἐν δὲ πλατείαις παρρησίαν ἄγει
LA Sapientia foris prædicat; in plateis dat vocem suam:
EN Wisdom preaches abroad, she utters her voice in the streets:
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GR ἐπ’ ἄκρων δὲ τειχέων κηρύσσεται ἐπὶ δὲ πύλαις δυναστῶν παρεδρεύει ἐπὶ δὲ πύλαις πόλεως θαρροῦσα λέγει
LA in capite turbarum clamitat; in foribus portarum urbis profert verba sua, dicens:
EN At the head of multitudes she cries out, in the entrance of the gates of the city she utters her words, saying:
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GR ὅσον ἂν χρόνον ἄκακοι ἔχωνται τῆς δικαιοσύνης οὐκ αἰσχυνθήσονται οἱ δὲ ἄφρονες τῆς ὕβρεως ὄντες ἐπιθυμηταί ἀσεβεῖς γενόμενοι ἐμίσησαν αἴσθησιν
LA Usquequo, parvuli, diligitis infantiam, et stulti ea quæ sibi sunt noxia cupient, et imprudentes odibunt scientiam?
EN O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge?
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GR καὶ ὑπεύθυνοι ἐγένοντο ἐλέγχοις ἰδοὺ προήσομαι ὑμῖν ἐμῆς πνοῆς ῥῆσιν διδάξω δὲ ὑμᾶς τὸν ἐμὸν λόγον
LA convertimini ad correptionem meam. En proferam vobis spiritum meum, et ostendam vobis verba mea.
EN Turn at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will show you my words.
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GR ἐπειδὴ ἐκάλουν καὶ οὐχ ὑπηκούσατε καὶ ἐξέτεινον λόγους καὶ οὐ προσείχετε
LA Quia vocavi, et renuistis; extendi manum meam, et non fuit qui aspiceret:
EN Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded.
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GR ἀλλὰ ἀκύρους ἐποιεῖτε ἐμὰς βουλάς τοῖς δὲ ἐμοῖς ἐλέγχοις ἠπειθήσατε
LA despexistis omne consilium meum, et increpationes meas neglexistis.
EN You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions.
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GR τοιγαροῦν κἀγὼ τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ ἀπωλείᾳ ἐπιγελάσομαι καταχαροῦμαι δέ ἡνίκα ἂν ἔρχηται ὑμῖν ὄλεθρος
LA Ego quoque in interitu vestro ridebo, et subsannabo cum vobis id quod timebatis advenerit.
EN I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall come to you which you feared.
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GR καὶ ὡς ἂν ἀφίκηται ὑμῖν ἄφνω θόρυβος ἡ δὲ καταστροφὴ ὁμοίως καταιγίδι παρῇ καὶ ὅταν ἔρχηται ὑμῖν θλῖψις καὶ πολιορκία ἢ ὅταν ἔρχηται ὑμῖν ὄλεθρος
LA Cum irruerit repentina calamitas, et interitus quasi tempestas ingruerit; quando venerit super vos tribulatio et angustia:
EN When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and destruction, as a tempest, shall be at hand: when tribulation and distress shall come upon you:
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GR ἔσται γὰρ ὅταν ἐπικαλέσησθέ με ἐγὼ δὲ οὐκ εἰσακούσομαι ὑμῶν ζητήσουσίν με κακοὶ καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσουσιν
LA tunc invocabunt me, et non exaudiam; mane consurgent, et non invenient me:
EN Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning, and shall not find me:
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GR ἐμίσησαν γὰρ σοφίαν τὸν δὲ φόβον τοῦ κυρίου οὐ προείλαντο
LA eo quod exosam habuerint disciplinam, et timorem Domini non susceperint,
EN Because they have hated instruction, and received not the fear of the Lord,
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GR οὐδὲ ἤθελον ἐμαῖς προσέχειν βουλαῖς ἐμυκτήριζον δὲ ἐμοὺς ἐλέγχους
LA nec acquieverint consilio meo, et detraxerint universæ correptioni meæ.
EN nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof.
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GR τοιγαροῦν ἔδονται τῆς ἑαυτῶν ὁδοῦ τοὺς καρποὺς καὶ τῆς ἑαυτῶν ἀσεβείας πλησθήσονται
LA Comedent igitur fructus viæ suæ, suisque consiliis saturabuntur.
EN Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices.
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GR ἀνθ’ ὧν γὰρ ἠδίκουν νηπίους φονευθήσονται καὶ ἐξετασμὸς ἀσεβεῖς ὀλεῖ
LA Aversio parvulorum interficiet eos, et prosperitas stultorum perdet illos.
EN The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
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GR ὁ δὲ ἐμοῦ ἀκούων κατασκηνώσει ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι καὶ ἡσυχάσει ἀφόβως ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοῦ
LA Qui autem me audierit, absque terrore requiescet, et abundantia perfruetur, timore malorum sublato.
EN But he that shall hear me, shall rest without terror, and shall enjoy abundance, without fear of evils.
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