Wisdom 2 #catechesis/bible/wisdom
[!abstract] The vain reasonings of the wicked: their persecuting the just, especially the Son of God.
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GR εἶπον γὰρ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς λογισάμενοι οὐκ ὀρθῶς ὀλίγος ἐστὶν καὶ λυπηρὸς ὁ βίος ἡμῶν καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἴασις ἐν τελευτῇ ἀνθρώπου καὶ οὐκ ἐγνώσθη ὁ ἀναλύσας ἐξ ᾅδου
LA Dixerunt enim cogitantes apud se non recte: Exiguum et cum tædio est tempus vitæ nostræ, et non est refrigerium in fine hominis, et non est qui agnitus sit reversus ab inferis.
EN For they have said, reasoning with themselves, but not right: The time of our life is short and tedious, and in the end of a man there is no remedy, and no man has been known to have returned from hell:
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GR ὅτι αὐτοσχεδίως ἐγενήθημεν καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ἐσόμεθα ὡς οὐχ ὑπάρξαντες ὅτι καπνὸς ἡ πνοὴ ἐν ῥισὶν ἡμῶν καὶ ὁ λόγος σπινθὴρ ἐν κινήσει καρδίας ἡμῶν
LA Quia ex nihilo nati sumus, et post hoc erimus tamquam non fuerimus. Quoniam fumus flatus est in naribus nostris, et sermo scintilla ad commovendum cor nostrum:
EN For we are born of nothing, and after this we shall be as if we had not been: for the breath in our nostrils is smoke: and speech a spark to move our heart,
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GR οὗ σβεσθέντος τέφρα ἀποβήσεται τὸ σῶμα καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα διαχυθήσεται ὡς χαῦνος ἀήρ
LA qua extincta, cinis erit corpus nostrum, et spiritus diffundetur tamquam mollis aër; et transibit vita nostra tamquam vestigium nubis, et sicut nebula dissolvetur quæ fugata est a radiis solis, et a calore illius aggravata.
EN which being put out, our body shall be ashes, and our spirit shall be poured abroad as soft air, and our life shall pass away as the trace of a cloud, and shall be dispersed as a mist, which is driven away by the beams of the sun, and overpowered with the heat thereof:
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GR καὶ τὸ ὄνομα ἡμῶν ἐπιλησθήσεται ἐν χρόνῳ καὶ οὐθεὶς μνημονεύσει τῶν ἔργων ἡμῶν καὶ παρελεύσεται ὁ βίος ἡμῶν ὡς ἴχνη νεφέλης καὶ ὡς ὁμίχλη διασκεδασθήσεται διωχθεῖσα ὑπὸ ἀκτίνων ἡλίου καὶ ὑπὸ θερμότητος αὐτοῦ βαρυνθεῖσα
LA Et nomen nostrum oblivionem accipiet per tempus, et nemo memoriam habebit operum nostrorum.
EN And our name in time shall be forgotten, and no man shall have any remembrance of our works.
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GR σκιᾶς γὰρ πάροδος ὁ καιρὸς ἡμῶν καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀναποδισμὸς τῆς τελευτῆς ἡμῶν ὅτι κατεσφραγίσθη καὶ οὐδεὶς ἀναστρέφει
LA Umbræ enim transitus est tempus nostrum, et non est reversio finis nostri: quoniam consignata est, et nemo revertitur.
EN For our time is as the passing of a shadow, and there is no going back of our end: for it is fast sealed, and no man returns:
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GR δεῦτε οὖν καὶ ἀπολαύσωμεν τῶν ὄντων ἀγαθῶν καὶ χρησώμεθα τῇ κτίσει ὡς ἐν νεότητι σπουδαίως
LA Venite ergo, et fruamur bonis quæ sunt, et utamur creatura tamquam in juventute celeriter.
EN Come, therefore, and let us enjoy the good things that are present, and let us speedily use the creatures as in youth.
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GR οἴνου πολυτελοῦς καὶ μύρων πλησθῶμεν καὶ μὴ παροδευσάτω ἡμᾶς ἄνθος ἔαρος
LA Vino pretioso et unguentis nos impleamus, et non prætereat nos flos temporis.
EN Let us fill ourselves with costly wine, and ointments: and let not the flower of the time pass by us.
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GR στεψώμεθα ῥόδων κάλυξιν πρὶν ἢ μαρανθῆναι
LA Coronemus nos rosis antequam marcescant; nullum pratum sit quod non pertranseat luxuria nostra:
EN Let us crown ourselves with roses, before they be withered: let no meadow escape our riot.
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GR μηδεὶς ἡμῶν ἄμοιρος ἔστω τῆς ἡμετέρας ἀγερωχίας πανταχῇ καταλίπωμεν σύμβολα τῆς εὐφροσύνης ὅτι αὕτη ἡ μερὶς ἡμῶν καὶ ὁ κλῆρος οὗτος
LA nemo nostrum exsors sit luxuriæ nostræ. Ubique relinquamus signa lætitiæ, quoniam hæc est pars nostra, et hæc est sors.
EN Let none of us go without his part in luxury: let us everywhere leave tokens of joy: for this is our portion, and this our lot.
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GR καταδυναστεύσωμεν πένητα δίκαιον μὴ φεισώμεθα χήρας μηδὲ πρεσβύτου ἐντραπῶμεν πολιὰς πολυχρονίους
LA Opprimamus pauperem justum, et non parcamus viduæ, nec veterani revereamur canos multi temporis:
EN Let us oppress the poor just man, and not spare the widow, nor honour the ancient grey hairs of the aged.
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GR ἔστω δὲ ἡμῶν ἡ ἰσχὺς νόμος τῆς δικαιοσύνης τὸ γὰρ ἀσθενὲς ἄχρηστον ἐλέγχεται
LA sit autem fortitudo nostra lex justitiæ; quod enim infirmum est, inutile invenitur.
EN But let our strength be the law of justice: for that which is feeble is found to be nothing worth.
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GR ἐνεδρεύσωμεν τὸν δίκαιον ὅτι δύσχρηστος ἡμῖν ἐστιν καὶ ἐναντιοῦται τοῖς ἔργοις ἡμῶν καὶ ὀνειδίζει ἡμῖν ἁμαρτήματα νόμου καὶ ἐπιφημίζει ἡμῖν ἁμαρτήματα παιδείας ἡμῶν
LA Circumveniamus ergo justum, quoniam inutilis est nobis, et contrarius est operibus nostris, et improperat nobis peccata legis, et diffamat in nos peccata disciplinæ nostræ.
EN Let us, therefore, lie in wait for the just, because he is not for our turn, and he is contrary to our doings, and upbraids us with transgressions of the law, and divulges against us the sins of our way of life.
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GR ἐπαγγέλλεται γνῶσιν ἔχειν θεοῦ καὶ παῖδα κυρίου ἑαυτὸν ὀνομάζει
LA Promittit se scientiam Dei habere, et filium Dei se nominat.
EN He boasts that he has the knowledge of God, and calls himself the son of God.
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GR ἐγένετο ἡμῖν εἰς ἔλεγχον ἐννοιῶν ἡμῶν βαρύς ἐστιν ἡμῖν καὶ βλεπόμενος
LA Factus est nobis in traductionem cogitationum nostrarum.
EN He has become a censurer of our thoughts.
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GR ὅτι ἀνόμοιος τοῖς ἄλλοις ὁ βίος αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξηλλαγμέναι αἱ τρίβοι αὐτοῦ
LA Gravis est nobis etiam ad videndum, quoniam dissimilis est aliis vita illius, et immutatæ sunt viæ ejus.
EN He is grievous unto us, even to behold: for his life is not like other men’s, and his ways are very different.
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GR εἰς κίβδηλον ἐλογίσθημεν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπέχεται τῶν ὁδῶν ἡμῶν ὡς ἀπὸ ἀκαθαρσιῶν μακαρίζει ἔσχατα δικαίων καὶ ἀλαζονεύεται πατέρα θεόν
LA Tamquam nugaces æstimati sumus ab illo, et abstinet se a viis nostris tamquam ab immunditiis, et præfert novissima justorum, et gloriatur patrem se habere Deum.
EN We are esteemed by him as triflers, and he abstains from our ways as from filthiness, and he prefers the latter end of the just, and glories that he has God for his father.
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GR ἴδωμεν εἰ οἱ λόγοι αὐτοῦ ἀληθεῖς καὶ πειράσωμεν τὰ ἐν ἐκβάσει αὐτοῦ
LA Videamus ergo si sermones illius veri sint, et tentemus quæ ventura sunt illi, et sciemus quæ erunt novissima illius.
EN Let us see then if his words be true, and let us prove what shall happen to him, and we shall know what his end shall be.
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GR εἰ γάρ ἐστιν ὁ δίκαιος υἱὸς θεοῦ ἀντιλήμψεται αὐτοῦ καὶ ῥύσεται αὐτὸν ἐκ χειρὸς ἀνθεστηκότων
LA Si enim est verus filius Dei, suscipiet illum, et liberabit eum de manibus contrariorum.
EN For if he be the true son of God, he will defend him, and will deliver him from the hands of his enemies.
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GR ὕβρει καὶ βασάνῳ ἐτάσωμεν αὐτόν ἵνα γνῶμεν τὴν ἐπιείκειαν αὐτοῦ καὶ δοκιμάσωμεν τὴν ἀνεξικακίαν αὐτοῦ
LA Contumelia et tormento interrogemus eum, ut sciamus reverentiam ejus, et probemus patientiam illius.
EN Let us examine him by outrages and tortures, that we may know his meekness, and try his patience.
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GR θανάτῳ ἀσχήμονι καταδικάσωμεν αὐτόν ἔσται γὰρ αὐτοῦ ἐπισκοπὴ ἐκ λόγων αὐτοῦ
LA Morte turpissima condemnemus eum; erit enim ei respectus ex sermonibus illius.
EN Let us condemn him to a most shameful death: for there shall be respect had unto him by his words.
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GR ταῦτα ἐλογίσαντο καὶ ἐπλανήθησαν ἀπετύφλωσεν γὰρ αὐτοὺς ἡ κακία αὐτῶν
LA Hæc cogitaverunt, et erraverunt: excæcavit enim illos malitia eorum.
EN These things they thought, and were deceived: for their own malice blinded them.
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GR καὶ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν μυστήρια θεοῦ οὐδὲ μισθὸν ἤλπισαν ὁσιότητος οὐδὲ ἔκριναν γέρας ψυχῶν ἀμώμων
LA Et nescierunt sacramenta Dei: neque mercedem speraverunt justitiæ, nec judicaverunt honorem animarum sanctarum.
EN And they knew not the secrets of God, nor hoped for the wages of justice, nor esteemed the honour of holy souls.
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GR ὅτι ὁ θεὸς ἔκτισεν τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐπ’ ἀφθαρσίᾳ καὶ εἰκόνα τῆς ἰδίας ἀϊδιότητος ἐποίησεν αὐτόν
LA Quoniam Deus creavit hominem inexterminabilem, et ad imaginem similitudinis suæ fecit illum.
EN For God created man incorruptible, and to the image of his own likeness he made him.
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GR φθόνῳ δὲ διαβόλου θάνατος εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον
LA Invidia autem diaboli mors introivit in orbem terrarum:
EN But by the envy of the devil, death came into the world:
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GR πειράζουσιν δὲ αὐτὸν οἱ τῆς ἐκείνου μερίδος ὄντες
LA imitantur autem illum qui sunt ex parte illius.
EN And they follow him that are of his side.
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