Sirach 9 #catechesis/bible/sirach
[!abstract] Cautions with regard to women, and dangerous conversations.
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GR μὴ ζήλου γυναῖκα τοῦ κόλπου σου μηδὲ διδάξῃς ἐπὶ σεαυτὸν παιδείαν πονηράν
LA Non zeles mulierem sinus tui, ne ostendat super te malitiam doctrinæ nequam.
EN Be not jealous over the wife of your bosom, lest she show in your regard the malice of a wicked lesson.
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GR μὴ δῷς γυναικὶ τὴν ψυχήν σου ἐπιβῆναι αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τὴν ἰσχύν σου
LA Non des mulieri potestatem animæ tuæ, ne ingrediatur in virtutem tuam, et confundaris.
EN Give not the power of your soul to a woman, lest she enter upon your strength, and you be confounded.
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GR μὴ ὑπάντα γυναικὶ ἑταιριζομένῃ μήποτε ἐμπέσῃς εἰς τὰς παγίδας αὐτῆς
LA Ne respicias mulierem multivolam, ne forte incidas in laqueos illius.
EN Look not upon a woman that has a mind for many: lest you fall into her snares.
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GR μετὰ ψαλλούσης μὴ ἐνδελέχιζε μήποτε ἁλῷς ἐν τοῖς ἐπιχειρήμασιν αὐτῆς
LA Cum saltatrice ne assiduus sis, nec audias illam, ne forte pereas in efficacia illius.
EN Use not much the company of her that is a dancer, and hearken not to her, lest you perish by the force of her charms.
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GR παρθένον μὴ καταμάνθανε μήποτε σκανδαλισθῇς ἐν τοῖς ἐπιτιμίοις αὐτῆς
LA Virginem ne conspicias, ne forte scandalizeris in decore illius.
EN Gaze not upon a maiden, lest her beauty be a stumbling block to you.
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GR μὴ δῷς πόρναις τὴν ψυχήν σου ἵνα μὴ ἀπολέσῃς τὴν κληρονομίαν σου
LA Ne des fornicariis animam tuam in ullo, ne perdas te et hæreditatem tuam.
EN Give not your soul to harlots in any point: lest you destroy yourself and your inheritance.
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GR μὴ περιβλέπου ἐν ῥύμαις πόλεως καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἐρήμοις αὐτῆς μὴ πλανῶ
LA Noli circumspicere in vicis civitatis, nec oberraveris in plateis illius.
EN Look not round about you in the ways of the city, nor wander up and down in the streets thereof.
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GR ἀπόστρεψον ὀφθαλμὸν ἀπὸ γυναικὸς εὐμόρφου καὶ μὴ καταμάνθανε κάλλος ἀλλότριον
LA Averte faciem tuam a muliere compta, et ne circumspicias speciem alienam.
EN Turn away your face from a woman dressed up, and gaze not about upon another’s beauty.
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GR ἐν κάλλει γυναικὸς πολλοὶ ἐπλανήθησαν καὶ ἐκ τούτου φιλία ὡς πῦρ ἀνακαίεται
LA Propter speciem mulieris multi perierunt: et ex hoc concupiscentia quasi ignis exardescit.
EN For many have perished by the beauty of a woman, and hereby lust is enkindled as a fire.
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LA Omnis mulier quæ est fornicaria, quasi stercus in via conculcabitur.
EN Every woman that is a harlot, shall be trodden upon as dung in the way.
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LA Speciem mulieris alienæ multi admirati, reprobi facti sunt: colloquium enim illius quasi ignis exardescit.
EN Many by admiring the beauty of another man’s wife, have become reprobate, for her conversation burns as fire.
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GR μετὰ ὑπάνδρου γυναικὸς μὴ κάθου τὸ σύνολον
LA Cum aliena muliere ne sedeas omnino, nec accumbas cum ea super cubitum:
EN Sit not at all with another man’s wife, nor repose upon the bed with her:
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GR καὶ μὴ συμβολοκοπήσῃς μετ’ αὐτῆς ἐν οἴνῳ μήποτε ἐκκλίνῃ ἡ ψυχή σου ἐπ’ αὐτὴν καὶ τῷ πνεύματί σου ὀλίσθῃς εἰς ἀπώλειαν
LA et non alterceris cum illa in vino, ne forte declinet cor tuum in illam, et sanguine tuo labaris in perditionem.
EN And strive not with her over wine, lest your heart decline towards her and by your blood you fall into destruction.
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GR μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς φίλον ἀρχαῖον ὁ γὰρ πρόσφατος οὐκ ἔστιν ἔφισος αὐτῷ
LA Ne derelinquas amicum antiquum: novus enim non erit similis illi.
EN Forsake not an old friend, for the new will not be like to him.
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GR οἶνος νέος φίλος νέος ἐὰν παλαιωθῇ μετ’ εὐφροσύνης πίεσαι αὐτόν
LA Vinum novum amicus novus: veterascet, et cum suavitate bibes illud.
EN A new friend is as new wine: it shall grow old, and you shall drink it with pleasure.
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GR μὴ ζηλώσῃς δόξαν ἁμαρτωλοῦ οὐ γὰρ οἶδας τί ἔσται ἡ καταστροφὴ αὐτοῦ
LA Non zeles gloriam et opes peccatoris: non enim scis quæ futura sit illius subversio.
EN Envy not the glory and riches of a sinner: for you know not what his ruin shall be.
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GR μὴ εὐδοκήσῃς ἐν εὐδοκίᾳ ἀσεβῶν μνήσθητι ὅτι ἕως ᾅδου οὐ μὴ δικαιωθῶσιν
LA Non placeat tibi injuria injustorum, sciens quoniam usque ad inferos non placebit impius.
EN Be not pleased with the wrong done by the unjust, knowing that even to hell the wicked shall not please.
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GR μακρὰν ἄπεχε ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου ὃς ἔχει ἐξουσίαν τοῦ φονεύειν καὶ οὐ μὴ ὑποπτεύσῃς φόβον θανάτου
LA Longe abesto ab homine potestatem habente occidendi, et non suspicaberis timorem mortis.
EN Keep you far from the man that has power to kill, so you shall not suspect the fear of death.
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GR κἂν προσέλθῃς μὴ πλημμελήσῃς ἵνα μὴ ἀφέληται τὴν ζωήν σου
LA Et si accesseris ad illum, noli aliquid committere, ne forte auferat vitam tuam.
EN And if you come to him, commit no fault, lest he take away your life.
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GR ἐπίγνωθι ὅτι ἐν μέσῳ παγίδων διαβαίνεις καὶ ἐπὶ ἐπάλξεων πόλεως περιπατεῖς
LA Communionem mortis scito, quoniam in medio laqueorum ingredieris, et super dolentium arma ambulabis.
EN Know it to be a communication with death: for you are going in the midst of snares, and walking upon the arms of them that are grieved.
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GR κατὰ τὴν ἰσχύν σου στόχασαι τοὺς πλησίον καὶ μετὰ σοφῶν συμβουλεύου
LA Secundum virtutem tuam cave te a proximo tuo, et cum sapientibus et prudentibus tracta.
EN According to your power beware of your neighbour, and treat with the wise and prudent.
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GR μετὰ συνετῶν ἔστω ὁ διαλογισμός σου καὶ πᾶσα διήγησίς σου ἐν νόμῳ ὑψίστου
LA Viri justi sint tibi convivæ, et in timore Dei sit tibi gloriatio:
EN Let just men be your guests, and let your glory be in the fear of God.
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GR ἄνδρες δίκαιοι ἔστωσαν σύνδειπνοί σου καὶ ἐν φόβῳ κυρίου ἔστω τὸ καύχημά σου
LA et in sensu sit tibi cogitatus Dei, et omnis enarratio tua in præceptis Altissimi.
EN And let the thought of God be in your mind, and all your discourse on the commandments of the Highest.
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GR ἐν χειρὶ τεχνιτῶν ἔργον ἐπαινεσθήσεται καὶ ὁ ἡγούμενος λαοῦ σοφὸς ἐν λόγῳ αὐτοῦ
LA In manu artificum opera laudabuntur, et princeps populi in sapientia sermonis sui, in sensu vero seniorum verbum.
EN Works shall be praised for the hand of the artificers, and the prince of the people for the wisdom of his speech, but the word of the ancients for the sense.
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GR φοβερὸς ἐν πόλει αὐτοῦ ἀνὴρ γλωσσώδης καὶ ὁ προπετὴς ἐν λόγῳ αὐτοῦ μισηθήσεται
LA Terribilis est in civitate sua homo linguosus: et temerarius in verbo suo odibilis erit.
EN A man full of tongue is terrible in his city, and he that is rash in his word shall be hateful.
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