Old Testament
Proverbs
Quando sederis ut comedas cum principe, diligenter attende quæ apposita sunt ante faciem tuam.
When thou shalt sit to eat with a prince, consider diligently what is set before thy face:
Quando sede ut comede cum principe, diligenter attende que appone es ante facie tuo.
Et statue cultrum in gutture tuo: si tamen habes in potestate animam tuam.
And put a knife to thy throat, if it be so that thou have thy soul in thy own power.
Et statue cultu in gutture tuo: si tamen habe in potestate anima tuo.
Ne desideres de cibis ejus, in quo est panis mendacii.
Be not desirous of his meats, in which is the bread of deceit.
Ne desidera de cibos de illo, in quo es pane de mendacio.
Noli laborare ut diteris, sed prudentiæ tuæ pone modum.
Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence.
Ne vol labora ut dic, sed de prudentia tuo pone modo.
Ne erigas oculos tuos ad opes quas non potes habere, quia facient sibi pennas quasi aquilæ, et volabunt in cælum.
Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven.
Ne erige oculos tuo ad opes que non pote habere, quia fac ad se pennas quasi aquilas, et vol in caelo.
Ne comedas cum homine invido, et ne desideres cibos ejus:
Eat not with an envious man, and desire not his meats:
Ne comede cum homine invido, et ne desidera cibos de illo:
quoniam in similitudinem arioli et conjectoris æstimat quod ignorat. Comede et bibe, dicet tibi; et mens ejus non est tecum.
Because, like a soothsayer, and diviner, he thinketh that which he knoweth not. Eat and drink, will he say to thee: and his mind is not with thee.
Quia in similitudine de ariolo et de coniectore aestima quod ignora. Comede et bibe, dic ad te; et mente de illo non es tecum.
Cibos quos comederas evomes, et perdes pulchros sermones tuos.
The meats which thou hadst eaten, thou shalt vomit up: and shalt loose thy beautiful words.
Dibos que comede evome, et perde pulcherrimo sermones tuo.
In auribus insipientium ne loquaris, qui despicient doctrinam eloquii tui.
Speak not in the ears of fools: because they will despise the instruction of thy speech.
In aures insipiente ne qui, despice doctrina de eloquio tuo loque.
Ne attingas parvulorum terminos, et agrum pupillorum ne introëas:
Touch not the bounds of little ones: and enter not into the field of the fatherless:
Ne attinge parvulo terminos, et agro de pupillos ne introi:
propinquus enim illorum fortis est, et ipse judicabit contra te causam illorum.
For their near kinsman is strong: and he will judge their cause against thee.
Propinquo nam de illos forti es, et ipso iudica contra te causa de illos.
Ingrediatur ad doctrinam cor tuum, et aures tuæ ad verba scientiæ.
Let thy heart apply itself to instruction and thy ears to words of knowledge.
Ingredior ad doctrina corde tuo, et aures tuo ad verbos de scientia.
Noli subtrahere a puero disciplinam: si enim percusseris eum virga, non morietur.
Withhold not correction from a child: for if thou strike him with the rod, he shall not die.
Ne vol subtrahe ab puero disciplina: si nam virga percute illo, non more.
Tu virga percuties eum, et animam ejus de inferno liberabis.
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and deliver his soul from hell.
Te virga percute illo, et anima de illo de inferno libera.
Fili mi, si sapiens fuerit animus tuus, gaudebit tecum cor meum:
My son, if thy mind be wise, my heart shall rejoice with thee:
Filio meo, si sape es animo tuo, gaude tecum corde meo:
et exsultabunt renes mei, cum locuta fuerint rectum labia tua.
And my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips shall speak what is right.
Et renes meo exsulta, cum loque es rectus labias tuo.
Non æmuletur cor tuum peccatores, sed in timore Domini esto tota die:
Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long:
Non aemulor corde tuo peccatores, sed in timore de Domino es toto die:
quia habebis spem in novissimo, et præstolatio tua non auferetur.
Because thou shalt have hope in the latter end, and thy expectation shall not be taken away.
Quia habe spe in novissimo, et praestolatione tuo non aufer.
Audi, fili mi, et esto sapiens, et dirige in via animum tuum.
Hear thou, my son, and be wise: and guide thy mind in the way.
Audi, filio meo, et es sape, et dirige in via animo tuo.
Noli esse in conviviis potatorum, nec in comessationibus eorum qui carnes ad vescendum conferunt:
Be not in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in their revellings, who contribute flesh to eat:
Ne vol es in convivios pota, nec in comessationes de illos qui confer ad vesce carnes:
quia vacantes potibus et dantes symbola consumentur, et vestietur pannis dormitatio.
Because they that give themselves to drinking, and that club together, shall be consumed: and drowsiness shall be clothed with rags.
Quia vaca ad poses et da symbolos consume, et vestie pannos dormitatio.
Audi patrem tuum, qui genuit te, et ne contemnas cum senuerit mater tua.
Hearken to thy father, that begot thee: and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Audi patre tuo, qui gene te, et ne contemne cum matre tuo senesce.
Veritatem eme, et noli vendere sapientiam, et doctrinam, et intelligentiam.
Buy truth, and do not sell wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Veritate eme, et ne vol vende sapientia, et doctrina, et intelligentia.
Exsultat gaudio pater justi; qui sapientem genuit, lætabitur in eo.
The father of the just rejoiceth greatly: he that hath begotten a wise son, shall have joy in him.
Exsulta gaudio patre iusto; qui gene sapiens, laetor in eo.
Gaudeat pater tuus et mater tua, et exsultet quæ genuit te.
Let thy father and thy mother be joyful, and let her rejoice that bore thee.
Patre tuo et matre tuo caude, et que gene te exsulta.
Præbe, fili mi, cor tuum mihi, et oculi tui vias meas custodiant.
My son, give me thy heart: and let thy eyes keep my ways.
Praesere, filio meo, corde tuo ad me, et oculos tuo custodi vias meo.
Fovea enim profunda est meretrix, et puteus angustus aliena.
For a harlot is a deep ditch: and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Fovea nam profundo es meretrice, et puteo angusto aliena.
Insidiatur in via quasi latro, et quos incautos viderit, interficiet.
She lieth in wait in the way as a robber, and him whom she shall see unwary, she will kill.
Insidior in via quasi latro, et que incauto vide, interfice.
Cui væ? cujus patri væ? cui rixæ? cui foveæ? cui sine causa vulnera? cui suffusio oculorum?
Who hath woe? whose father hath woe? who hath contentions? who falls into pits? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Ad que vae? De que ad patre vae? Ad que de rixa? Ad que de fovea? Ad que sine causa vulneres? Ad que suffusione de oculos?
nonne his qui commorantur in vino, et student calicibus epotandis?
Surely they that pass their time in wine, and study to drink off their cups.
Nonne ad hoc qui commora in vino, et stude calices epota?
Ne intuearis vinum quando flavescit, cum splenduerit in vitro color ejus: ingreditur blande,
Look not upon the wine when it is yellow, when the colour thereof shineth in the glass: it goeth in pleasantly,
Ne intueor vino quando flavesce, cum splende in vitro colore de illo: ingredior blande,
sed in novissimo mordebit ut coluber, et sicut regulus venena diffundet.
But in the end, it will bite like a snake, and will spread abroad poison like a basilisk.
Sed in novissimo morde ut colubro, et sicut regulo diffunde venenos.
Oculi tui videbunt extraneas, et cor tuum loquetur perversa.
Thy eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall utter perverse things.
Oculos tuo vide extraneas, et corde tuo loque perverso.
Et eris sicut dormiens in medio mari, et quasi sopitus gubernator, amisso clavo.
And thou shalt be as one sleeping in the midst of the sea, and as a pilot fast asleep when the stern is lost.
Et es sicut dormi in medio mari, et quasi sopito gubernatore, amitte clavo.
Et dices: Verberaverunt me, sed non dolui; traxerunt me, et ego non sensi. Quando evigilabo, et rursus vina reperiam?
And thou shalt say: They have beaten me, but I was not sensible of pain: they drew me, and I felt not: when shall I awake and find wine again?
Et dic: verbera me, sed non dole; trahe me, et me non senti. Quando evigila, et iterum vinas reperi?
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