Proverbs 23
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well him that is before thee;
1[Quando sederis ut comedas cum principe, diligenter attende quæ apposita sunt ante faciem tuam.
2And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
2Et statue cultrum in gutture tuo: si tamen habes in potestate animam tuam.
3Be not desirous of his dainties; seeing they are deceitful food.
3Ne desideres de cibis ejus, in quo est panis mendacii.
4Weary not thyself to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom.
4Noli laborare ut diteris, sed prudentiæ tuæ pone modum.
5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon it? it is gone; for riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.
5Ne erigas oculos tuos ad opes quas non potes habere, quia facient sibi pennas quasi aquilæ, et volabunt in cælum.
6Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties;
6Ne comedas cum homine invido, et ne desideres cibos ejus:
7For as one that hath reckoned within himself, so is he: 'Eat and drink', saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
7quoniam in similitudinem arioli et conjectoris æstimat quod ignorat. Comede et bibe, dicet tibi; et mens ejus non est tecum.
8The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
8Cibos quos comederas evomes, et perdes pulchros sermones tuos.
9Speak not in the ears of a fool; for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
9In auribus insipientium ne loquaris, qui despicient doctrinam eloquii tui.
10Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless;
10Ne attingas parvulorum terminos, et agrum pupillorum ne introëas:
11For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause with thee.
11propinquus enim illorum fortis est, et ipse judicabit contra te causam illorum.]
12Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
12[Ingrediatur ad doctrinam cor tuum, et aures tuæ ad verba scientiæ.
13Withhold not correction from the child; for though thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.
13Noli subtrahere a puero disciplinam: si enim percusseris eum virga, non morietur.
14Thou beatest him with the rod, and wilt deliver his soul from the nether-world.
14Tu virga percuties eum, et animam ejus de inferno liberabis.
15My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart will be glad, even mine;
15Fili mi, si sapiens fuerit animus tuus, gaudebit tecum cor meum:
16Yea, my reins will rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
16et exsultabunt renes mei, cum locuta fuerint rectum labia tua.
17Let not thy heart envy sinners, but be in the fear of the LORD all the day;
17Non æmuletur cor tuum peccatores, sed in timore Domini esto tota die:
18For surely there is a future; and thy hope shall not be cut off.
18quia habebis spem in novissimo, et præstolatio tua non auferetur.
19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the way.
19Audi, fili mi, et esto sapiens, et dirige in via animum tuum.
20Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of flesh;
20Noli esse in conviviis potatorum, nec in comessationibus eorum qui carnes ad vescendum conferunt:
21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
21quia vacantes potibus et dantes symbola consumentur, et vestietur pannis dormitatio.
22Hearken unto thy father that begot thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
22Audi patrem tuum, qui genuit te, et ne contemnas cum senuerit mater tua.
23Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
23Veritatem eme, et noli vendere sapientiam, et doctrinam, et intelligentiam.
24The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; and he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.
24Exsultat gaudio pater justi; qui sapientem genuit, lætabitur in eo.
25Let thy father and thy mother be glad, and let her that bore thee rejoice.
25Gaudeat pater tuus et mater tua, et exsultet quæ genuit te.
26My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
26Præbe, fili mi, cor tuum mihi, et oculi tui vias meas custodiant.
27For a harlot is a deep ditch; and an alien woman is a narrow pit.
27Fovea enim profunda est meretrix, et puteus angustus aliena.
28She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the faithless among men.
28Insidiatur in via quasi latro, et quos incautos viderit, interficiet.]
29Who crieth: 'Woe'? who: 'Alas'? who hath contentions? who hath raving? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
29[Cui væ? cujus patri væ? cui rixæ? cui foveæ? cui sine causa vulnera? cui suffusio oculorum?
30They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine.
30nonne his qui commorantur in vino, et student calicibus epotandis?
31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its colour in the cup, when it glideth down smoothly;
31Ne intuearis vinum quando flavescit, cum splenduerit in vitro color ejus: ingreditur blande,
32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like a basilisk.
32sed in novissimo mordebit ut coluber, et sicut regulus venena diffundet.
33Thine eyes shall behold strange things, and thy heart shall utter confused things.
33Oculi tui videbunt extraneas, et cor tuum loquetur perversa.
34Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
34Et eris sicut dormiens in medio mari, et quasi sopitus gubernator, amisso clavo.
35'They have struck me, and I felt it not, they have beaten me, and I knew it not; when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.'
35Et dices: Verberaverunt me, sed non dolui; traxerunt me, et ego non sensi. Quando evigilabo, et rursus vina reperiam?]
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