Proverbs 6
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,
1[Fili mi, si spoponderis pro amico tuo, defixisti apud extraneum manum tuam:
2if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,
2illaqueatus es verbis oris tui, et captus propriis sermonibus.
3then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.
3Fac ergo quod dico, fili mi, et temetipsum libera, quia incidisti in manum proximi tui. Discurre, festina, suscita amicum tuum.
4Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
4Ne dederis somnum oculis tuis, nec dormitent palpebræ tuæ.
5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
5Eruere quasi damula de manu, et quasi avis de manu aucupis.]
6Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
6[Vade ad formicam, o piger, et considera vias ejus, et disce sapientiam.
7Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,
7Quæ cum non habeat ducem, nec præceptorem, nec principem,
8it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
8parat in æstate cibum sibi, et congregat in messe quod comedat.
9How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
9Usquequo, piger, dormies? quando consurges e somno tuo?
10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
10Paululum dormies, paululum dormitabis, paululum conseres manus ut dormias;
11and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
11et veniet tibi quasi viator egestas, et pauperies quasi vir armatus. Si vero impiger fueris, veniet ut fons messis tua, et egestas longe fugiet a te.]
12A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,
12[Homo apostata, vir inutilis, graditur ore perverso;
13winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.
13annuit oculis, terit pede, digito loquitur,
14With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
14pravo corde machinatur malum, et omni tempore jurgia seminat.
15Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
15Huic extemplo veniet perditio sua, et subito conteretur, nec habebit ultra medicinam.]
16There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
16[Sex sunt quæ odit Dominus, et septimum detestatur anima ejus:
17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
17oculos sublimes, linguam mendacem, manus effundentes innoxium sanguinem,
18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
18cor machinans cogitationes pessimas, pedes veloces ad currendum in malum,
19a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
19proferentem mendacia testem fallacem, et eum qui seminat inter fratres discordias.]
20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
20[Conserva, fili mi, præcepta patris tui, et ne dimittas legem matris tuæ.
21Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
21Liga ea in corde tuo jugiter, et circumda gutturi tuo.
22When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
22Cum ambulaveris, gradiantur tecum; cum dormieris, custodiant te: et evigilans loquere cum eis.
23For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
23Quia mandatum lucerna est, et lex lux, et via vitæ increpatio disciplinæ:
24to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
24ut custodiant te a muliere mala, et a blanda lingua extraneæ.
25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
25Non concupiscat pulchritudinem ejus cor tuum, nec capiaris nutibus illius:
26For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
26pretium enim scorti vix est unius panis, mulier autem viri pretiosam animam capit.
27Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?
27Numquid potest homo abscondere ignem in sinu suo, ut vestimenta illius non ardeant?
28Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?
28aut ambulare super prunas, ut non comburantur plantæ ejus?
29So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
29sic qui ingreditur ad mulierem proximi sui, non erit mundus cum tetigerit eam.
30Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
30Non grandis est culpa cum quis furatus fuerit: furatur enim ut esurientem impleat animam;
31Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.
31deprehensus quoque reddet septuplum, et omnem substantiam domus suæ tradet.
32He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
32Qui autem adulter est, propter cordis inopiam perdet animam suam;
33Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.
33turpitudinem et ignominiam congregat sibi, et opprobrium illius non delebitur:
34For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.
34quia zelus et furor viri non parcet in die vindictæ,
35He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
35nec acquiescet cujusquam precibus, nec suscipiet pro redemptione dona plurima.]
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