Proverbs 4
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
1[Audite, filii, disciplinam patris, et attendite ut sciatis prudentiam.
2For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.
2Donum bonum tribuam vobis: legem meam ne derelinquatis.
3When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,
3Nam et ego filius fui patris mei, tenellus et unigenitus coram matre mea.
4he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.
4Et docebat me, atque dicebat: Suscipiat verba mea cor tuum; custodi præcepta mea, et vives.
5Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.
5Posside sapientiam, posside prudentiam: ne obliviscaris, neque declines a verbis oris mei.
6Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
6Ne dimittas eam, et custodiet te: dilige eam, et conservabit te.
7Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.
7Principium sapientiæ: posside sapientiam, et in omni possessione tua acquire prudentiam.
8Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.
8Arripe illam, et exaltabit te; glorificaberis ab ea cum eam fueris amplexatus.
9She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.”
9Dabit capiti tuo augmenta gratiarum, et corona inclyta proteget te.]
10Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.
10[Audi, fili mi, et suscipe verba mea, ut multiplicentur tibi anni vitæ.
11I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.
11Viam sapientiæ monstrabo tibi; ducam te per semitas æquitatis:
12When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.
12quas cum ingressus fueris, non arctabuntur gressus tui, et currens non habebis offendiculum.
13Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
13Tene disciplinam, ne dimittas eam; custodi illam, quia ipsa est vita tua.
14Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
14Ne delecteris in semitis impiorum, nec tibi placeat malorum via.
15Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.
15Fuge ab ea, nec transeas per illam; declina, et desere eam.
16For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
16Non enim dormiunt nisi malefecerint, et rapitur somnus ab eis nisi supplantaverint.
17For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
17Comedunt panem impietatis, et vinum iniquitatis bibunt.
18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
18Justorum autem semita quasi lux splendens procedit, et crescit usque ad perfectam diem.
19But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
19Via impiorum tenebrosa; nesciunt ubi corruant.
20My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
20Fili mi, ausculta sermones meos, et ad eloquia mea inclina aurem tuam.
21Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.
21Ne recedant ab oculis tuis: custodi ea in medio cordis tui:
22For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.
22vita enim sunt invenientibus ea, et universæ carni sanitas.
23Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
23Omni custodia serva cor tuum, quia ex ipso vita procedit.
24Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.
24Remove a te os pravum, et detrahentia labia sint procul a te.
25Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
25Oculi tui recta videant, et palpebræ tuæ præcedant gressus tuos.
26Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure.
26Dirige semitam pedibus tuis, et omnes viæ tuæ stabilientur.
27Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.
27Ne declines ad dexteram neque ad sinistram; averte pedem tuum a malo: vias enim quæ a dextris sunt novit Dominus: perversæ vero sunt quæ a sinistris sunt. Ipse autem rectos faciet cursus tuos, itinera autem tua in pace producet.]
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