Proverbiorum 4
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
World English Bible
1[Audite, filii, disciplinam patris, et attendite ut sciatis prudentiam.
1Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;
2Donum bonum tribuam vobis: legem meam ne derelinquatis.
2for I give you sound learning. Don’t forsake my law.
3Nam et ego filius fui patris mei, tenellus et unigenitus coram matre mea.
3For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
4Et docebat me, atque dicebat: Suscipiat verba mea cor tuum; custodi præcepta mea, et vives.
4He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
5Posside sapientiam, posside prudentiam: ne obliviscaris, neque declines a verbis oris mei.
5Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.
6Ne dimittas eam, et custodiet te: dilige eam, et conservabit te.
6Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.
7Principium sapientiæ: posside sapientiam, et in omni possessione tua acquire prudentiam.
7Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
8Arripe illam, et exaltabit te; glorificaberis ab ea cum eam fueris amplexatus.
8Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor when you embrace her.
9Dabit capiti tuo augmenta gratiarum, et corona inclyta proteget te.]
9She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you.”
10[Audi, fili mi, et suscipe verba mea, ut multiplicentur tibi anni vitæ.
10Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.
11Viam sapientiæ monstrabo tibi; ducam te per semitas æquitatis:
11I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.
12quas cum ingressus fueris, non arctabuntur gressus tui, et currens non habebis offendiculum.
12When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.
13Tene disciplinam, ne dimittas eam; custodi illam, quia ipsa est vita tua.
13Take firm hold of instruction. Don’t let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.
14Ne delecteris in semitis impiorum, nec tibi placeat malorum via.
14Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil men.
15Fuge ab ea, nec transeas per illam; declina, et desere eam.
15Avoid it, and don’t pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
16Non enim dormiunt nisi malefecerint, et rapitur somnus ab eis nisi supplantaverint.
16For they don’t sleep unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone 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 like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.
19Via impiorum tenebrosa; nesciunt ubi corruant.
19The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.
20Fili mi, ausculta sermones meos, et ad eloquia mea inclina aurem tuam.
20My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.
21Ne recedant ab oculis tuis: custodi ea in medio cordis tui:
21Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.
22vita enim sunt invenientibus ea, et universæ carni sanitas.
22For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.
23Omni custodia serva cor tuum, quia ex ipso vita procedit.
23Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
24Remove a te os pravum, et detrahentia labia sint procul a te.
24Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.
25Oculi tui recta videant, et palpebræ tuæ præcedant gressus tuos.
25Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.
26Dirige semitam pedibus tuis, et omnes viæ tuæ stabilientur.
26Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your 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.]
27Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.
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