Proverbiorum 1
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1[Parabolæ Salomonis, filii David, regis Israël,
1The parables of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.
2ad sciendam sapientiam et disciplinam;
2To know wisdom, and instruction:
3ad intelligenda verba prudentiæ, et suscipiendam eruditionem doctrinæ, justitiam, et judicium, et æquitatem:
3To understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction of doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity:
4ut detur parvulis astutia, adolescenti scientia et intellectus.
4To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and understanding.
5Audiens sapiens, sapientior erit, et intelligens gubernacula possidebit.
5A wise man shall hear and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth, shall possess governments.
6Animadvertet parabolam et interpretationem, verba sapientum et ænigmata eorum.
6He shall understand a parable, and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings.
7Timor Domini principium sapientiæ; sapientiam atque doctrinam stulti despiciunt.]
7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8[Audi, fili mi, disciplinam patris tui, et ne dimittas legem matris tuæ:
8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9ut addatur gratia capiti tuo, et torques collo tuo.
9That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.
10Fili mi, si te lactaverint peccatores, ne acquiescas eis.
10My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them.
11Si dixerint: Veni nobiscum, insidiemur sanguini; abscondamus tendiculas contra insontem frustra;
11If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause:
12deglutiamus eum sicut infernus viventem, et integrum quasi descendentem in lacum;
12Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit.
13omnem pretiosam substantiam reperiemus; implebimus domos nostras spoliis:
13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoils.
14sortem mitte nobiscum, marsupium unum sit omnium nostrum:
14Cast in thy lot with us, let us all have one purse.
15fili mi, ne ambules cum eis; prohibe pedem tuum a semitis eorum:
15My son, walk not thou with them, restrain thy foot from their paths.
16pedes enim illorum ad malum currunt, et festinant ut effundant sanguinem.
16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
17Frustra autem jacitur rete ante oculos pennatorum.
17But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings.
18Ipsi quoque contra sanguinem suum insidiantur, et moliuntur fraudes contra animas suas.
18And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls.
19Sic semitæ omnis avari: animas possidentium rapiunt.]
19So the wage of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors.
20[Sapientia foris prædicat; in plateis dat vocem suam:
20Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets:
21in capite turbarum clamitat; in foribus portarum urbis profert verba sua, dicens:
21At the head of multitudes she crieth out, in the entrance of the gates of the city she uttereth her words, saying:
22Usquequo, parvuli, diligitis infantiam, et stulti ea quæ sibi sunt noxia cupient, et imprudentes odibunt scientiam?
22O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge?
23convertimini ad correptionem meam. En proferam vobis spiritum meum, et ostendam vobis verba mea.
23Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words.
24Quia vocavi, et renuistis; extendi manum meam, et non fuit qui aspiceret:
24Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded.
25despexistis omne consilium meum, et increpationes meas neglexistis.
25You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions.
26Ego quoque in interitu vestro ridebo, et subsannabo cum vobis id quod timebatis advenerit.
26I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall come to you which you feared.
27Cum irruerit repentina calamitas, et interitus quasi tempestas ingruerit; quando venerit super vos tribulatio et angustia:
27When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and destruction, as a tempest, shall be at hand: when tribulation and distress shall come upon you:
28tunc invocabunt me, et non exaudiam; mane consurgent, et non invenient me:
28Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning and shall not find me:
29eo quod exosam habuerint disciplinam, et timorem Domini non susceperint,
29Because they have hated instruction and received not the fear of the Lord,
30nec acquieverint consilio meo, et detraxerint universæ correptioni meæ.
30Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof.
31Comedent igitur fructus viæ suæ, suisque consiliis saturabuntur.
31Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices.
32Aversio parvulorum interficiet eos, et prosperitas stultorum perdet illos.
32The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
33Qui autem me audierit, absque terrore requiescet, et abundantia perfruetur, timore malorum sublato.]
33But he that shall hear me, shall rest without terror, and shall enjoy abundance, without fear of evils.
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