Proverbiorum 2
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1[Fili mi, si susceperis sermones meos, et mandata mea absconderis penes te:
1My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
2ut audiat sapientiam auris tua, inclina cor tuum ad cognoscendam prudentiam.
2if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,
3Si enim sapientiam invocaveris, et inclinaveris cor tuum prudentiæ;
3if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
4si quæsieris eam quasi pecuniam, et sicut thesauros effoderis illam:
4if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
5tunc intelliges timorem Domini, et scientiam Dei invenies,
5then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.
6quia Dominus dat sapientiam, et ex ore ejus prudentia et scientia.
6For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7Custodiet rectorum salutem, et proteget gradientes simpliciter,
7He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,
8servans semitas justitiæ, et vias sanctorum custodiens.
8to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
9Tunc intelliges justitiam, et judicium, et æquitatem, et omnem semitam bonam.]
9Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.
10[Si intraverit sapientia cor tuum, et scientia animæ tuæ placuerit,
10For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
11consilium custodiet te, et prudentia servabit te:
11Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
12ut eruaris a via mala, et ab homine qui perversa loquitur;
12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
13qui relinquunt iter rectum, et ambulant per vias tenebrosas;
13from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,
14qui lætantur cum malefecerint, et exsultant in rebus pessimis;
14from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
15quorum viæ perversæ sunt, et infames gressus eorum.
15whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.
16Ut eruaris a muliere aliena, et ab extranea quæ mollit sermones suos,
16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
17et relinquit ducem pubertatis suæ,
17who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
18et pacti Dei sui oblita est. Inclinata est enim ad mortem domus ejus, et ad inferos semitæ ipsius.
18For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
19Omnes qui ingrediuntur ad eam non revertentur, nec apprehendent semitas vitæ.
19None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
20Ut ambules in via bona, et calles justorum custodias:
20So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
21qui enim recti sunt habitabunt in terra, et simplices permanebunt in ea;
21For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
22impii vero de terra perdentur, et qui inique agunt auferentur ex ea.]
22but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.
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