Wisdom 11 #catechesis/bible/wisdom
[!abstract] Other benefits of wisdom to the people of God.
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GR εὐόδωσεν τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν ἐν χειρὶ προφήτου ἁγίου
LA Direxit opera eorum in manibus prophetæ sancti.
EN She prospered their works in the hands of the holy prophet.
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GR διώδευσαν ἔρημον ἀοίκητον καὶ ἐν ἀβάτοις ἔπηξαν σκηνάς
LA Iter fecerunt per deserta quæ non habitabantur, et in locis desertis fixerunt casas.
EN They went through wildernesses that were not inhabited, and in desert places they pitched their tents.
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GR ἀντέστησαν πολεμίοις καὶ ἐχθροὺς ἠμύναντο
LA Steterunt contra hostes, et de inimicis se vindicaverunt.
EN They stood against their enemies, and revenged themselves of their adversaries.
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[!note]- Their enemies…
The Amalecites. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR ἐδίψησαν καὶ ἐπεκαλέσαντό σε καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτοῖς ἐκ πέτρας ἀκροτόμου ὕδωρ καὶ ἴαμα δίψης ἐκ λίθου σκληροῦ
LA Sitierunt, et invocaverunt te, et data est illis aqua de petra altissima, et requies sitis de lapide duro.
EN They were thirsty, and they called upon you, and water was given them out of the high rock, and a refreshment of their thirst out of the hard stone.
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[!note]- The holy prophet…
Moses. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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LA Per quæ enim pœnas passi sunt inimici illorum a defectione potus sui, et in eis cum abundarent filii Israël lætati sunt:
EN For by what things their enemies were punished, when their drink failed them, while the children of Israel abounded therewith, and rejoiced:
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GR δι’ ὧν γὰρ ἐκολάσθησαν οἱ ἐχθροὶ αὐτῶν διὰ τούτων αὐτοὶ ἀποροῦντες εὐεργετήθησαν
LA per hæc, cum illis deessent, bene cum illis actum est.
EN By the same things they in their need were benefited.
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GR ἀντὶ μὲν πηγῆς ἀενάου ποταμοῦ αἵματι λυθρώδει ταραχθέντος
LA Nam pro fonte quidem sempiterni fluminis, humanum sanguinem dedisti injustis.
EN For instead of a fountain of an ever running river, you gave human blood to the unjust.
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GR εἰς ἔλεγχον νηπιοκτόνου διατάγματος ἔδωκας αὐτοῖς δαψιλὲς ὕδωρ ἀνελπίστως
LA Qui cum minuerentur in traductione infantium occisorum, dedisti illis abundantem aquam insperate,
EN And whilst they were diminished for a manifest reproof of their murdering the infants, you gave to yours abundant water unlooked for:
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GR δείξας διὰ τοῦ τότε δίψους πῶς τοὺς ὑπεναντίους ἐκόλασας
LA ostendens per sitim quæ tunc fuit, quemadmodum tuos exaltares, et adversarios illorum necares.
EN Showing by the thirst that was then, how you exalted yours, and killed their adversaries.
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GR ὅτε γὰρ ἐπειράσθησαν καίπερ ἐν ἐλέει παιδευόμενοι ἔγνωσαν πῶς μετ’ ὀργῆς κρινόμενοι ἀσεβεῖς ἐβασανίζοντο
LA Cum enim tentati sunt, et quidem cum misericordia disciplinam accipientes, scierunt quemadmodum cum ira judicati impii tormenta paterentur.
EN For when they were tried, and chastised with mercy, they knew how the wicked were judged with wrath, and tormented.
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GR τούτους μὲν γὰρ ὡς πατὴρ νουθετῶν ἐδοκίμασας ἐκείνους δὲ ὡς ἀπότομος βασιλεὺς καταδικάζων ἐξήτασας
LA Hos quidem tamquam pater monens probasti; illos autem tamquam durus rex interrogans condemnasti.
EN For you admonished and tried them as a father: but the others, as a severe king, you examined and condemned.
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GR καὶ ἀπόντες δὲ καὶ παρόντες ὁμοίως ἐτρύχοντο
LA Absentes enim, et præsentes, similiter torquebantur.
EN For whether absent or present, they were tormented alike.
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GR διπλῆ γὰρ αὐτοὺς ἔλαβεν λύπη καὶ στεναγμὸς μνημῶν τῶν παρελθόντων
LA Duplex enim illos acceperat tædium et gemitus, cum memoria præteritorum.
EN For a double affliction came upon them, and a groaning for the remembrance of things past.
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GR ὅτε γὰρ ἤκουσαν διὰ τῶν ἰδίων κολάσεων εὐεργετημένους αὐτούς ᾔσθοντο τοῦ κυρίου
LA Cum enim audirent per sua tormenta bene secum agi, commemorati sunt Dominum, admirantes in finem exitus.
EN For when they heard that by their punishments the others were benefited, they remembered the Lord, wondering at the end of what had come to pass.
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GR ὃν γὰρ ἐν ἐκθέσει πάλαι ῥιφέντα ἀπεῖπον χλευάζοντες ἐπὶ τέλει τῶν ἐκβάσεων ἐθαύμασαν οὐχ ὅμοια δικαίοις διψήσαντες
LA Quem enim in expositione prava projectum deriserunt, in finem eventus mirati sunt, non similiter justis sitientes.
EN For whom they scorned before, when he was thrown out at the time of his being wickedly exposed to perish, him they admired in the end, when they saw the event: their thirsting being unlike to that of the just.
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GR ἀντὶ δὲ λογισμῶν ἀσυνέτων ἀδικίας αὐτῶν ἐν οἷς πλανηθέντες ἐθρήσκευον ἄλογα ἑρπετὰ καὶ κνώδαλα εὐτελῆ ἐπαπέστειλας αὐτοῖς πλῆθος ἀλόγων ζῴων εἰς ἐκδίκησιν
LA Pro cogitationibus autem insensatis iniquitatis illorum, quod quidam errantes colebant mutos serpentes et bestias supervacuas, immisisti illis multitudinem mutorum animalium in vindictam;
EN But for the foolish devices of their iniquity, because some being deceived worshipped dumb serpents and worthless beasts, you sent upon them a multitude of dumb beasts for vengeance:
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[!note]- Dumb beasts…
Viz., frogs, sciniphs, flies, and locusts. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR ἵνα γνῶσιν ὅτι δι’ ὧν τις ἁμαρτάνει διὰ τούτων κολάζεται
LA ut scirent quia per quæ peccat quis, per hæc et torquetur.
EN That they might know that by what things a man sins, by the same also he is tormented.
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GR οὐ γὰρ ἠπόρει ἡ παντοδύναμός σου χεὶρ καὶ κτίσασα τὸν κόσμον ἐξ ἀμόρφου ὕλης ἐπιπέμψαι αὐτοῖς πλῆθος ἄρκων ἢ θρασεῖς λέοντας
LA Non enim impossibilis erat omnipotens manus tua, quæ creavit orbem terrarum ex materia invisa, immittere illis multitudinem ursorum, aut audaces leones,
EN For your almighty hand, which made the world of matter without form, was not unable to send upon them a multitude of bears, or fierce lions,
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GR ἢ νεοκτίστους θυμοῦ πλήρεις θῆρας ἀγνώστους ἤτοι πυρπνόον φυσῶντας ἄσθμα ἢ βρόμον λικμωμένους καπνοῦ ἢ δεινοὺς ἀπ’ ὀμμάτων σπινθῆρας ἀστράπτοντας
LA aut novi generis ira plenas ignotas bestias, aut vaporem ignium spirantes, aut fumi odorem proferentes, aut horrendas ab oculis scintillas emittentes;
EN or unknown beasts of a new kind, full of rage; either breathing out a fiery vapour, or sending forth a stinking smoke, or shooting horrible sparks out of their eyes:
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GR ὧν οὐ μόνον ἡ βλάβη ἠδύνατο συνεκτρῖψαι αὐτούς ἀλλὰ καὶ ἡ ὄψις ἐκφοβήσασα διολέσαι
LA quarum non solum læsura poterat illos exterminare, sed et aspectus per timorem occidere.
EN Whereof not only the hurt might be able to destroy them, but also the very sight might kill them through fear.
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GR καὶ χωρὶς δὲ τούτων ἑνὶ πνεύματι πεσεῖν ἐδύναντο ὑπὸ τῆς δίκης διωχθέντες καὶ λικμηθέντες ὑπὸ πνεύματος δυνάμεώς σου ἀλλὰ πάντα μέτρῳ καὶ ἀριθμῷ καὶ σταθμῷ διέταξας
LA Sed et sine his uno spiritu poterant occidi, persecutionem passi ab ipsis factis suis, et dispersi per spiritum virtutis tuæ: sed omnia in mensura, et numero et pondere disposuisti.
EN Yea, and without these, they might have been slain with one blast, persecuted by their own deeds, and scattered by the breath of your power: but you have ordered all things in measure, and number, and weight.
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GR τὸ γὰρ μεγάλως ἰσχύειν σοι πάρεστιν πάντοτε καὶ κράτει βραχίονός σου τίς ἀντιστήσεται
LA Multum enim valere, tibi soli supererat semper: et virtuti brachii tui quis resistet?
EN For great power always belonged to you alone: and who shall resist the strength of your arm?
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GR ὅτι ὡς ῥοπὴ ἐκ πλαστίγγων ὅλος ὁ κόσμος ἐναντίον σου καὶ ὡς ῥανὶς δρόσου ὀρθρινὴ κατελθοῦσα ἐπὶ γῆν
LA Quoniam tamquam momentum stateræ, sic est ante te orbis terrarum, et tamquam gutta roris antelucani quæ descendit in terram.
EN For the whole world before you is as the least grain of the balance, and as a drop of the morning dew, that falls down upon the earth.
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GR ἐλεεῖς δὲ πάντας ὅτι πάντα δύνασαι καὶ παρορᾷς ἁμαρτήματα ἀνθρώπων εἰς μετάνοιαν
LA Sed misereris omnium, quia omnia potes; et dissimulas peccata hominum, propter pœnitentiam.
EN But you have mercy upon all, because you can do all things, and overlook the sins of men for the sake of repentance.
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GR ἀγαπᾷς γὰρ τὰ ὄντα πάντα καὶ οὐδὲν βδελύσσῃ ὧν ἐποίησας οὐδὲ γὰρ ἂν μισῶν τι κατεσκεύασας
LA Diligis enim omnia quæ sunt, et nihil odisti eorum quæ fecisti; nec enim odiens aliquid constituisti aut fecisti.
EN For you love all things that are, and hate none of the things which you have made: for you did not appoint, or make anything hating it.
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GR πῶς δὲ διέμεινεν ἄν τι εἰ μὴ σὺ ἠθέλησας ἢ τὸ μὴ κληθὲν ὑπὸ σοῦ διετηρήθη
LA Quomodo autem posset aliquid permanere, nisi tu voluisses? aut quod a te vocatum non esset conservaretur?
EN And how could anything endure, if you would not? Or be preserved, if not called by you?
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GR φείδῃ δὲ πάντων ὅτι σά ἐστιν δέσποτα φιλόψυχε
LA Parcis autem omnibus, quoniam tua sunt, Domine, qui amas animas.
EN But you spare all: because they are yours, O Lord, who love souls.
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[!note]- By what things, etc…
The meaning is, that God, who wrought a miracle to punish the Egyptians by thirst, when he turned all their waters into blood, (at which time the Israelites, who were exempt from those plagues, had plenty of water), wrought another miracle in favour of his own people in their thirst, by giving them water out of the rock. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- By their punishments, etc…
That is, that the Israelites had been benefited and miraculously favoured in the same kind, in which they had been punished. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
