Proverbs 2
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and lay up my commandments with thee;
1[Fili mi, si susceperis sermones meos, et mandata mea absconderis penes te:
2So that thou make thine ear attend unto wisdom, and thy heart incline to discernment;
2ut audiat sapientiam auris tua, inclina cor tuum ad cognoscendam prudentiam.
3Yea, if thou call for understanding, and lift up thy voice for discernment;
3Si enim sapientiam invocaveris, et inclinaveris cor tuum prudentiæ;
4If thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;
4si quæsieris eam quasi pecuniam, et sicut thesauros effoderis illam:
5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
5tunc intelliges timorem Domini, et scientiam Dei invenies,
6For the LORD giveth wisdom, out of His mouth cometh knowledge and discernment;
6quia Dominus dat sapientiam, et ex ore ejus prudentia et scientia.
7He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright, He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
7Custodiet rectorum salutem, et proteget gradientes simpliciter,
8That He may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of His godly ones.
8servans semitas justitiæ, et vias sanctorum custodiens.
9Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, and equity, yea, every good path.
9Tunc intelliges justitiam, et judicium, et æquitatem, et omnem semitam bonam.]
10For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;
10[Si intraverit sapientia cor tuum, et scientia animæ tuæ placuerit,
11Discretion shall watch over thee, discernment shall guard thee;
11consilium custodiet te, et prudentia servabit te:
12To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;
12ut eruaris a via mala, et ab homine qui perversa loquitur;
13Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
13qui relinquunt iter rectum, et ambulant per vias tenebrosas;
14Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil;
14qui lætantur cum malefecerint, et exsultant in rebus pessimis;
15Who are crooked in their ways, and perverse in their paths;
15quorum viæ perversæ sunt, et infames gressus eorum.
16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words;
16Ut eruaris a muliere aliena, et ab extranea quæ mollit sermones suos,
17That forsaketh the lord of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
17et relinquit ducem pubertatis suæ,
18For her house sinketh down unto death, and her paths unto the shades;
18et pacti Dei sui oblita est. Inclinata est enim ad mortem domus ejus, et ad inferos semitæ ipsius.
19None that go unto her return, neither do they attain unto the paths of life;
19Omnes qui ingrediuntur ad eam non revertentur, nec apprehendent semitas vitæ.
20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
20Ut ambules in via bona, et calles justorum custodias:
21For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the whole-hearted shall remain in it.
21qui enim recti sunt habitabunt in terra, et simplices permanebunt in ea;
22But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the faithless shall be plucked up out of it.
22impii vero de terra perdentur, et qui inique agunt auferentur ex ea.]
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