Proverbs 9
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars;
1[Sapientia ædificavit sibi domum: excidit columnas septem.
2She hath prepared her meat, she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
2Immolavit victimas suas, miscuit vinum, et proposuit mensam suam.
3She hath sent forth her maidens, she calleth, upon the highest places of the city:
3Misit ancillas suas ut vocarent ad arcem et ad mœnia civitatis.
4'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither'; as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him:
4Si quis est parvulus, veniat ad me. Et insipientibus locuta est:
5'Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
5Venite, comedite panem meum, et bibite vinum quod miscui vobis.
6Forsake all thoughtlessness, and live; and walk in the way of understanding.
6Relinquite infantiam, et vivite, et ambulate per vias prudentiæ.]
7He that correcteth a scorner getteth to himself shame, and he that reproveth a wicked man, it becometh unto him a blot.
7[Qui erudit derisorem, ipse injuriam sibi facit, et qui arguit impium, sibi maculam generat.
8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
8Noli arguere derisorem, ne oderit te: argue sapientem, et diliget te.
9Give to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
9Da sapienti occasionem, et addetur ei sapientia; doce justum, et festinabit accipere.
10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the All-holy is understanding.
10Principium sapientiæ timor Domini, et scientia sanctorum prudentia.
11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
11Per me enim multiplicabuntur dies tui, et addentur tibi anni vitæ.
12If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.'
12Si sapiens fueris, tibimetipsi eris; si autem illusor, solus portabis malum.]
13The woman Folly is riotous; she is thoughtless, and knoweth nothing.
13[Mulier stulta et clamosa, plenaque illecebris, et nihil omnino sciens,
14And she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
14sedit in foribus domus suæ, super sellam in excelso urbis loco,
15To call to them that pass by, who go right on their ways:
15ut vocaret transeuntes per viam, et pergentes itinere suo:
16'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither'; and as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him:
16Qui est parvulus declinet ad me. Et vecordi locuta est:
17'Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.'
17Aquæ furtivæ dulciores sunt, et panis absconditus suavior.
18But he knoweth not that the shades are there; that her guests are in the depths of the nether-world.
18Et ignoravit quod ibi sint gigantes, et in profundis inferni convivæ ejus.]
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