Proverbiorum 4
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1[Audite, filii, disciplinam patris, et attendite ut sciatis prudentiam.
1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
2Donum bonum tribuam vobis: legem meam ne derelinquatis.
2For I give you good doctrine; forsake ye not my teaching.
3Nam et ego filius fui patris mei, tenellus et unigenitus coram matre mea.
3For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
4Et docebat me, atque dicebat: Suscipiat verba mea cor tuum; custodi præcepta mea, et vives.
4And he taught me, and said unto me: 'Let thy heart hold fast my words, keep my commandments, and live;
5Posside sapientiam, posside prudentiam: ne obliviscaris, neque declines a verbis oris mei.
5Get wisdom, get understanding; forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;
6Ne dimittas eam, et custodiet te: dilige eam, et conservabit te.
6Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; love her, and she will keep thee.
7Principium sapientiæ: posside sapientiam, et in omni possessione tua acquire prudentiam.
7The beginning of wisdom is: Get wisdom; yea, with all thy getting get understanding.
8Arripe illam, et exaltabit te; glorificaberis ab ea cum eam fueris amplexatus.
8Extol her, and she will exalt thee; she will bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
9Dabit capiti tuo augmenta gratiarum, et corona inclyta proteget te.]
9She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow on thee.'
10[Audi, fili mi, et suscipe verba mea, ut multiplicentur tibi anni vitæ.
10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
11Viam sapientiæ monstrabo tibi; ducam te per semitas æquitatis:
11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.
12quas cum ingressus fueris, non arctabuntur gressus tui, et currens non habebis offendiculum.
12When thou goest, thy step shall not be straitened; and if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
13Tene disciplinam, ne dimittas eam; custodi illam, quia ipsa est vita tua.
13Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go; keep her, for she is thy life.
14Ne delecteris in semitis impiorum, nec tibi placeat malorum via.
14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and walk not in the way of evil men.
15Fuge ab ea, nec transeas per illam; declina, et desere eam.
15Avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass on.
16Non enim dormiunt nisi malefecerint, et rapitur somnus ab eis nisi supplantaverint.
16For they sleep not, except they have done evil; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
17Comedunt panem impietatis, et vinum iniquitatis bibunt.
17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
18Justorum autem semita quasi lux splendens procedit, et crescit usque ad perfectam diem.
18But the path of the righteous is as the light of dawn, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
19Via impiorum tenebrosa; nesciunt ubi corruant.
19The way of the wicked is as darkness; they know not at what they stumble.
20Fili mi, ausculta sermones meos, et ad eloquia mea inclina aurem tuam.
20My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21Ne recedant ab oculis tuis: custodi ea in medio cordis tui:
21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.
22vita enim sunt invenientibus ea, et universæ carni sanitas.
22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
23Omni custodia serva cor tuum, quia ex ipso vita procedit.
23Above all that thou guardest keep thy heart; for out of it are the issues of life.
24Remove a te os pravum, et detrahentia labia sint procul a te.
24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
25Oculi tui recta videant, et palpebræ tuæ præcedant gressus tuos.
25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
26Dirige semitam pedibus tuis, et omnes viæ tuæ stabilientur.
26Make plain the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
27Ne declines ad dexteram neque ad sinistram; averte pedem tuum a malo: vias enim quæ a dextris sunt novit Dominus: perversæ vero sunt quæ a sinistris sunt. Ipse autem rectos faciet cursus tuos, itinera autem tua in pace producet.]
27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.
Tip: use the ← and → keys to turn chapters.