Proverbs 23
King James Version with ApocryphaTranslation
King James Version with Apocrypha
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what 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: for they are deceitful meat.
3Ne desideres de cibis ejus, in quo est panis mendacii.
4Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
4Noli laborare ut diteris, sed prudentiæ tuæ pone modum.
5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle 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 dainty meats:
6Ne comedas cum homine invido, et ne desideres cibos ejus:
7For as he thinketh in his heart, 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 old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
10Ne attingas parvulorum terminos, et agrum pupillorum ne introëas:
11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
11propinquus enim illorum fortis est, et ipse judicabit contra te causam illorum.]
12Apply thine 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 if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
13Noli subtrahere a puero disciplinam: si enim percusseris eum virga, non morietur.
14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
14Tu virga percuties eum, et animam ejus de inferno liberabis.
15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
15Fili mi, si sapiens fuerit animus tuus, gaudebit tecum cor meum:
16Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
16et exsultabunt renes mei, cum locuta fuerint rectum labia tua.
17Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
17Non æmuletur cor tuum peccatores, sed in timore Domini esto tota die:
18For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
18quia habebis spem in novissimo, et præstolatio tua non auferetur.
19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
19Audi, fili mi, et esto sapiens, et dirige in via animum tuum.
20Be not among winebibbers; among riotous 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 begat 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 shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
24Exsultat gaudio pater justi; qui sapientem genuit, lætabitur in eo.
25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
25Gaudeat pater tuus et mater tua, et exsultet quæ genuit te.
26My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
26Præbe, fili mi, cor tuum mihi, et oculi tui vias meas custodiant.
27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
27Fovea enim profunda est meretrix, et puteus angustus aliena.
28She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
28Insidiatur in via quasi latro, et quos incautos viderit, interficiet.]
29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? 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 seek 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 his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
31Ne intuearis vinum quando flavescit, cum splenduerit in vitro color ejus: ingreditur blande,
32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
32sed in novissimo mordebit ut coluber, et sicut regulus venena diffundet.
33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse 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.
35They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt 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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