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