Proverbs 8 #catechesis/bible/proverbs
[!abstract] The preaching of wisdom. Her excellence.
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GR σὺ τὴν σοφίαν κηρύξεις ἵνα φρόνησίς σοι ὑπακούσῃ
LA Numquid non sapientia clamitat, et prudentia dat vocem suam?
EN Does not wisdom cry aloud, and prudence put forth her voice?
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GR ἐπὶ γὰρ τῶν ὑψηλῶν ἄκρων ἐστίν ἀνὰ μέσον δὲ τῶν τρίβων ἕστηκεν
LA In summis excelsisque verticibus supra viam, in mediis semitis stans,
EN Standing in the top of the highest places by the way, in the midst of the paths,
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GR παρὰ γὰρ πύλαις δυναστῶν παρεδρεύει ἐν δὲ εἰσόδοις ὑμνεῖται
LA juxta portas civitatis, in ipsis foribus loquitur, dicens:
EN beside the gates of the city, in the very doors she speaks, saying:
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GR ὑμᾶς ὦ ἄνθρωποι παρακαλῶ καὶ προΐεμαι ἐμὴν φωνὴν υἱοῖς ἀνθρώπων
LA O viri, ad vos clamito, et vox mea ad filios hominum.
EN O you men, to you I call, and my voice is to the sons of men.
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GR νοήσατε ἄκακοι πανουργίαν οἱ δὲ ἀπαίδευτοι ἔνθεσθε καρδίαν
LA Intelligite, parvuli, astutiam, et insipientes, animadvertite.
EN O little ones understand subtlety, and you unwise, take notice.
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GR εἰσακούσατέ μου σεμνὰ γὰρ ἐρῶ καὶ ἀνοίσω ἀπὸ χειλέων ὀρθά
LA Audite, quoniam de rebus magnis locutura sum, et aperientur labia mea ut recta prædicent.
EN Hear, for I will speak of great things: and my lips shall be opened to preach right things.
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GR ὅτι ἀλήθειαν μελετήσει ὁ φάρυγξ μου ἐβδελυγμένα δὲ ἐναντίον ἐμοῦ χείλη ψευδῆ
LA Veritatem meditabitur guttur meum, et labia mea detestabuntur impium.
EN My mouth shall meditate truth, and my lips shall hate wickedness.
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GR μετὰ δικαιοσύνης πάντα τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ στόματός μου οὐδὲν ἐν αὐτοῖς σκολιὸν οὐδὲ στραγγαλῶδες
LA Justi sunt omnes sermones mei: non est in eis pravum quid, neque perversum;
EN All my words are just, there is nothing wicked, nor perverse in them.
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GR πάντα ἐνώπια τοῖς συνιοῦσιν καὶ ὀρθὰ τοῖς εὑρίσκουσι γνῶσιν
LA recti sunt intelligentibus, et æqui invenientibus scientiam.
EN They are right to them that understand, and just to them that find knowledge.
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GR λάβετε παιδείαν καὶ μὴ ἀργύριον καὶ γνῶσιν ὑπὲρ χρυσίον δεδοκιμασμένον ἀνθαιρεῖσθε δὲ αἴσθησιν χρυσίου καθαροῦ
LA Accipite disciplinam meam, et non pecuniam; doctrinam magis quam aurum eligite:
EN Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather than gold.
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GR κρείσσων γὰρ σοφία λίθων πολυτελῶν πᾶν δὲ τίμιον οὐκ ἄξιον αὐτῆς ἐστιν
LA melior est enim sapientia cunctis pretiosissimis, et omne desiderabile ei non potest comparari.
EN For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to it.
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GR ἐγὼ ἡ σοφία κατεσκήνωσα βουλήν καὶ γνῶσιν καὶ ἔννοιαν ἐγὼ ἐπεκαλεσάμην
LA Ego sapientia, habito in consilio, et eruditis intersum cogitationibus.
EN I, wisdom, dwell in counsel, and am present in learned thoughts.
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GR φόβος κυρίου μισεῖ ἀδικίαν ὕβριν τε καὶ ὑπερηφανίαν καὶ ὁδοὺς πονηρῶν μεμίσηκα δὲ ἐγὼ διεστραμμένας ὁδοὺς κακῶν
LA Timor Domini odit malum: arrogantiam, et superbiam, et viam pravam, et os bilingue, detestor.
EN The fear of the Lord hates evil; I hate arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.
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GR ἐμὴ βουλὴ καὶ ἀσφάλεια ἐμὴ φρόνησις ἐμὴ δὲ ἰσχύς
LA Meum est consilium et æquitas; mea est prudentia, mea est fortitudo.
EN Counsel and equity is mine, prudence is mine, strength is mine.
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GR δι’ ἐμοῦ βασιλεῖς βασιλεύουσιν καὶ οἱ δυνάσται γράφουσιν δικαιοσύνην
LA Per me reges regnant, et legum conditores justa decernunt;
EN By me kings reign, and lawgivers decree just things.
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GR δι’ ἐμοῦ μεγιστᾶνες μεγαλύνονται καὶ τύραννοι δι’ ἐμοῦ κρατοῦσι γῆς
LA per me principes imperant, et potentes decernunt justitiam.
EN By me princes rule, and the mighty decree justice.
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GR ἐγὼ τοὺς ἐμὲ φιλοῦντας ἀγαπῶ οἱ δὲ ἐμὲ ζητοῦντες εὑρήσουσιν
LA Ego diligentes me diligo, et qui mane vigilant ad me, invenient me.
EN I love them that love me: and they that in the morning early watch for me, shall find me.
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GR πλοῦτος καὶ δόξα ἐμοὶ ὑπάρχει καὶ κτῆσις πολλῶν καὶ δικαιοσύνη
LA Mecum sunt divitiæ et gloria, opes superbæ et justitia.
EN With me are riches and glory, glorious riches and justice.
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GR βέλτιον ἐμὲ καρπίζεσθαι ὑπὲρ χρυσίον καὶ λίθον τίμιον τὰ δὲ ἐμὰ γενήματα κρείσσω ἀργυρίου ἐκλεκτοῦ
LA Melior est enim fructus meus auro et lapide pretioso, et genimina me argento electo.
EN For my fruit is better than gold and the precious stone, and my blossoms than choice silver.
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GR ἐν ὁδοῖς δικαιοσύνης περιπατῶ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τρίβων δικαιώματος ἀναστρέφομαι
LA In viis justitiæ ambulo, in medio semitarum judicii:
EN I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of judgment,
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GR ἵνα μερίσω τοῖς ἐμὲ ἀγαπῶσιν ὕπαρξιν καὶ τοὺς θησαυροὺς αὐτῶν ἐμπλήσω ἀγαθῶν ἐὰν ἀναγγείλω ὑμῖν τὰ καθ’ ἡμέραν γινόμενα μνημονεύσω τὰ ἐξ αἰῶνος ἀριθμῆσαι
LA ut ditem diligentes me, et thesauros eorum repleam.
EN that I may enrich them that love me, and may fill their treasures.
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GR κύριος ἔκτισέν με ἀρχὴν ὁδῶν αὐτοῦ εἰς ἔργα αὐτοῦ
LA Dominus possedit me in initio viarum suarum antequam quidquam faceret a principio.
EN The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made anything from the beginning.
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GR πρὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος ἐθεμελίωσέν με ἐν ἀρχῇ
LA Ab æterno ordinata sum, et ex antiquis antequam terra fieret.
EN I was set up from eternity, and of old, before the earth was made.
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GR πρὸ τοῦ τὴν γῆν ποιῆσαι καὶ πρὸ τοῦ τὰς ἀβύσσους ποιῆσαι πρὸ τοῦ προελθεῖν τὰς πηγὰς τῶν ὑδάτων
LA Nondum erant abyssi, et ego jam concepta eram: necdum fontes aquarum eruperant,
EN The depths were not as yet, and I was already conceived, neither had the fountains of waters as yet sprung out.
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GR πρὸ τοῦ ὄρη ἑδρασθῆναι πρὸ δὲ πάντων βουνῶν γεννᾷ με
LA necdum montes gravi mole constiterant: ante colles ego parturiebar.
EN The mountains, with their huge bulk, had not as yet been established: before the hills, I was brought forth:
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GR κύριος ἐποίησεν χώρας καὶ ἀοικήτους καὶ ἄκρα οἰκούμενα τῆς ὑπ’ οὐρανόν
LA Adhuc terram non fecerat, et flumina, et cardines orbis terræ.
EN He had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of the world.
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GR ἡνίκα ἡτοίμαζεν τὸν οὐρανόν συμπαρήμην αὐτῷ καὶ ὅτε ἀφώριζεν τὸν ἑαυτοῦ θρόνον ἐπ’ ἀνέμων
LA Quando præparabat cælos, aderam; quando certa lege et gyro vallabat abyssos;
EN When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law, and compass, he enclosed the depths:
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GR ἡνίκα ἰσχυρὰ ἐποίει τὰ ἄνω νέφη καὶ ὡς ἀσφαλεῖς ἐτίθει πηγὰς τῆς ὑπ’ οὐρανὸν
LA quando æthera firmabat sursum, et librabat fontes aquarum;
EN When he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters:
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GR καὶ ἰσχυρὰ ἐποίει τὰ θεμέλια τῆς γῆς
LA quando circumdabat mari terminum suum, et legem ponebat aquis, ne transirent fines suos; quando appendebat fundamenta terræ:
EN When he compassed the sea with its bounds, and set a law to the waters that they should not pass their limits: when he balanced the foundations of the earth;
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GR ἤμην παρ’ αὐτῷ ἁρμόζουσα ἐγὼ ἤμην ᾗ προσέχαιρεν καθ’ ἡμέραν δὲ εὐφραινόμην ἐν προσώπῳ αὐτοῦ ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ
LA cum eo eram, cuncta componens. Et delectabar per singulos dies, ludens coram eo omni tempore,
EN I was with him forming all things: and was delighted every day, playing before him at all times;
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GR ὅτε εὐφραίνετο τὴν οἰκουμένην συντελέσας καὶ ἐνευφραίνετο ἐν υἱοῖς ἀνθρώπων
LA ludens in orbe terrarum; et deliciæ meæ esse cum filiis hominum.
EN playing in the world: and my delights were to be with the children of men.
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GR νῦν οὖν υἱέ ἄκουέ μου
LA Nunc ergo, filii, audite me: beati qui custodiunt vias meas.
EN Now, therefore, you children, hear me: blessed are they that keep my ways.
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LA Audite disciplinam, et estote sapientes, et nolite abjicere eam.
EN Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
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GR μακάριος ἀνήρ ὃς εἰσακούσεταί μου καὶ ἄνθρωπος ὃς τὰς ἐμὰς ὁδοὺς φυλάξει ἀγρυπνῶν ἐπ’ ἐμαῖς θύραις καθ’ ἡμέραν τηρῶν σταθμοὺς ἐμῶν εἰσόδων
LA Beatus homo qui audit me, et qui vigilat ad fores meas quotidie, et observat ad postes ostii mei.
EN Blessed is the man that hears me, and that watches daily at my gates, and waits at the posts of my doors.
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GR αἱ γὰρ ἔξοδοί μου ἔξοδοι ζωῆς καὶ ἑτοιμάζεται θέλησις παρὰ κυρίου
LA Qui me invenerit, inveniet vitam, et hauriet salutem a Domino.
EN He that shall find me, shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord.
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GR οἱ δὲ εἰς ἐμὲ ἁμαρτάνοντες ἀσεβοῦσιν τὰς ἑαυτῶν ψυχάς καὶ οἱ μισοῦντές με ἀγαπῶσιν θάνατον
LA Qui autem in me peccaverit, lædet animam suam; omnes qui me oderunt diligunt mortem.
EN But he that shall sin against me shall hurt his own soul. All that hate me love death.
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