Proverbiorum 2
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1[Fili mi, si susceperis sermones meos, et mandata mea absconderis penes te:
1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and wilt hide my commandments with thee,
2ut audiat sapientiam auris tua, inclina cor tuum ad cognoscendam prudentiam.
2That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: Incline thy heart to know prudence:
3Si enim sapientiam invocaveris, et inclinaveris cor tuum prudentiæ;
3For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence:
4si quæsieris eam quasi pecuniam, et sicut thesauros effoderis illam:
4If thou shalt seek her as money, and shalt dig for her as for a treasure:
5tunc intelliges timorem Domini, et scientiam Dei invenies,
5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and shalt find the knowledge of God.
6quia Dominus dat sapientiam, et ex ore ejus prudentia et scientia.
6Because the Lord giveth wisdom: and out of his mouth cometh prudence and knowledge.
7Custodiet rectorum salutem, et proteget gradientes simpliciter,
7He will keep the salvation of the righteous, and protect them that walk in simplicity.
8servans semitas justitiæ, et vias sanctorum custodiens.
8Keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of saints.
9Tunc intelliges justitiam, et judicium, et æquitatem, et omnem semitam bonam.]
9Then shalt thou understand justice, and judgment, and equity, and every good path.
10[Si intraverit sapientia cor tuum, et scientia animæ tuæ placuerit,
10If wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge please thy soul:
11consilium custodiet te, et prudentia servabit te:
11Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee,
12ut eruaris a via mala, et ab homine qui perversa loquitur;
12That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh perverse things:
13qui relinquunt iter rectum, et ambulant per vias tenebrosas;
13Who leave the right way, and walk by dark ways:
14qui lætantur cum malefecerint, et exsultant in rebus pessimis;
14Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in most wicked things:
15quorum viæ perversæ sunt, et infames gressus eorum.
15Whose ways are perverse, and their steps infamous.
16Ut eruaris a muliere aliena, et ab extranea quæ mollit sermones suos,
16That thou mayst be delivered from the strange women, and from the stranger, who softeneth her words:
17et relinquit ducem pubertatis suæ,
17And forsaketh the guide of her youth,
18et pacti Dei sui oblita est. Inclinata est enim ad mortem domus ejus, et ad inferos semitæ ipsius.
18And hath forgotten the covenant of her God: for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths to hell.
19Omnes qui ingrediuntur ad eam non revertentur, nec apprehendent semitas vitæ.
19None that go in unto her shall return again, neither shall they take hold of the paths of life,
20Ut ambules in via bona, et calles justorum custodias:
20That thou mayst walk in a good way: and mayst keep the paths of the just.
21qui enim recti sunt habitabunt in terra, et simplices permanebunt in ea;
21For they that are upright shall dwell in the earth, and the simple shall continue in it.
22impii vero de terra perdentur, et qui inique agunt auferentur ex ea.]
22But the wicked shall be destroyed from the earth: and they that do unjustly shall be taken away from it.
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