Proverbiorum 2
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
World English Bible
1[Fili mi, si susceperis sermones meos, et mandata mea absconderis penes te:
1My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you,
2ut audiat sapientiam auris tua, inclina cor tuum ad cognoscendam prudentiam.
2so as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
3Si enim sapientiam invocaveris, et inclinaveris cor tuum prudentiæ;
3yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;
4si quæsieris eam quasi pecuniam, et sicut thesauros effoderis illam:
4if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;
5tunc intelliges timorem Domini, et scientiam Dei invenies,
5then you will understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
6quia Dominus dat sapientiam, et ex ore ejus prudentia et scientia.
6For the LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
7Custodiet rectorum salutem, et proteget gradientes simpliciter,
7He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
8servans semitas justitiæ, et vias sanctorum custodiens.
8that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.
9Tunc intelliges justitiam, et judicium, et æquitatem, et omnem semitam bonam.]
9Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.
10[Si intraverit sapientia cor tuum, et scientia animæ tuæ placuerit,
10For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11consilium custodiet te, et prudentia servabit te:
11Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,
12ut eruaris a via mala, et ab homine qui perversa loquitur;
12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,
13qui relinquunt iter rectum, et ambulant per vias tenebrosas;
13who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness,
14qui lætantur cum malefecerint, et exsultant in rebus pessimis;
14who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,
15quorum viæ perversæ sunt, et infames gressus eorum.
15who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,
16Ut eruaris a muliere aliena, et ab extranea quæ mollit sermones suos,
16to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,
17et relinquit ducem pubertatis suæ,
17who forsakes the friend 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 leads down to death, her paths to the departed spirits.
19Omnes qui ingrediuntur ad eam non revertentur, nec apprehendent semitas vitæ.
19None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life.
20Ut ambules in via bona, et calles justorum custodias:
20Therefore walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
21qui enim recti sunt habitabunt in terra, et simplices permanebunt in ea;
21For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect 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. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.
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