Wisdom of Solomon · Clementine Vulgate
Wisdom of Solomon 2 Clementine Vulgate
Wisdom of Solomon is not in RV1909.
1 [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.
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2 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:
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3 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.
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4 Et nomen nostrum oblivionem accipiet per tempus, et nemo memoriam habebit operum nostrorum.
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5 Umbræ enim transitus est tempus nostrum, et non est reversio finis nostri: quoniam consignata est, et nemo revertitur.
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6 Venite ergo, et fruamur bonis quæ sunt, et utamur creatura tamquam in juventute celeriter.
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7 Vino pretioso et unguentis nos impleamus, et non prætereat nos flos temporis.
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8 Coronemus nos rosis antequam marcescant; nullum pratum sit quod non pertranseat luxuria nostra:
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9 nemo nostrum exsors sit luxuriæ nostræ. Ubique relinquamus signa lætitiæ, quoniam hæc est pars nostra, et hæc est sors.
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10 Opprimamus pauperem justum, et non parcamus viduæ, nec veterani revereamur canos multi temporis:
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11 sit autem fortitudo nostra lex justitiæ; quod enim infirmum est, inutile invenitur.
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12 Circumveniamus ergo justum, quoniam inutilis est nobis, et contrarius est operibus nostris, et improperat nobis peccata legis, et diffamat in nos peccata disciplinæ nostræ.
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13 Promittit se scientiam Dei habere, et filium Dei se nominat.
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14 Factus est nobis in traductionem cogitationum nostrarum.
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15 Gravis est nobis etiam ad videndum, quoniam dissimilis est aliis vita illius, et immutatæ sunt viæ ejus.
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16 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.
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17 Videamus ergo si sermones illius veri sint, et tentemus quæ ventura sunt illi, et sciemus quæ erunt novissima illius.
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18 Si enim est verus filius Dei, suscipiet illum, et liberabit eum de manibus contrariorum.
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19 Contumelia et tormento interrogemus eum, ut sciamus reverentiam ejus, et probemus patientiam illius.
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20 Morte turpissima condemnemus eum; erit enim ei respectus ex sermonibus illius.
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21 Hæc cogitaverunt, et erraverunt: excæcavit enim illos malitia eorum.
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22 Et nescierunt sacramenta Dei: neque mercedem speraverunt justitiæ, nec judicaverunt honorem animarum sanctarum.
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23 Quoniam Deus creavit hominem inexterminabilem, et ad imaginem similitudinis suæ fecit illum.
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24 Invidia autem diaboli mors introivit in orbem terrarum:
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25 imitantur autem illum qui sunt ex parte illius.]
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)