Proverbiorum 8
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1[Numquid non sapientia clamitat, et prudentia dat vocem suam?
1Doth not wisdom call, and understanding put forth her voice?
2In summis excelsisque verticibus supra viam, in mediis semitis stans,
2In the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she standeth;
3juxta portas civitatis, in ipsis foribus loquitur, dicens:
3Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:
4O viri, ad vos clamito, et vox mea ad filios hominum.
4'Unto you, O men, I call, and my voice is to the sons of men.
5Intelligite, parvuli, astutiam, et insipientes, animadvertite.
5O ye thoughtless, understand prudence, and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
6Audite, quoniam de rebus magnis locutura sum, et aperientur labia mea ut recta prædicent.
6Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
7Veritatem meditabitur guttur meum, et labia mea detestabuntur impium.
7For my mouth shall utter truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8Justi sunt omnes sermones mei: non est in eis pravum quid, neque perversum;
8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness, there is nothing perverse or crooked in them.
9recti sunt intelligentibus, et æqui invenientibus scientiam.
9They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
10Accipite disciplinam meam, et non pecuniam; doctrinam magis quam aurum eligite:
10Receive my instruction, and not silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.
11melior est enim sapientia cunctis pretiosissimis, et omne desiderabile ei non potest comparari.]
11For wisdom is better than rubies, and all things desirable are not to be compared unto her.
12[Ego sapientia, habito in consilio, et eruditis intersum cogitationibus.
12I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of devices.
13Timor Domini odit malum: arrogantiam, et superbiam, et viam pravam, et os bilingue, detestor.
13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
14Meum est consilium et æquitas; mea est prudentia, mea est fortitudo.
14Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding, power is mine.
15Per me reges regnant, et legum conditores justa decernunt;
15By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
16per me principes imperant, et potentes decernunt justitiam.
16By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
17Ego diligentes me diligo, et qui mane vigilant ad me, invenient me.
17I love them that love me, and those that seek me earnestly shall find me.
18Mecum sunt divitiæ et gloria, opes superbæ et justitia.
18Riches and honour are with me; yea, enduring riches and righteousness.
19Melior est enim fructus meus auro et lapide pretioso, et genimina me argento electo.
19My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my produce than choice silver.
20In viis justitiæ ambulo, in medio semitarum judicii:
20I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice;
21ut ditem diligentes me, et thesauros eorum repleam.]
21That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, and that I may fill their treasuries.
22[Dominus possedit me in initio viarum suarum antequam quidquam faceret a principio.
22The LORD made me as the beginning of His way, the first of His works of old.
23Ab æterno ordinata sum, et ex antiquis antequam terra fieret.
23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
24Nondum erant abyssi, et ego jam concepta eram: necdum fontes aquarum eruperant,
24When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
25necdum montes gravi mole constiterant: ante colles ego parturiebar.
25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth;
26Adhuc terram non fecerat, et flumina, et cardines orbis terræ.
26While as yet He had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
27Quando præparabat cælos, aderam; quando certa lege et gyro vallabat abyssos;
27When He established the heavens, I was there; when He set a circle upon the face of the deep,
28quando æthera firmabat sursum, et librabat fontes aquarum;
28When He made firm the skies above, when the fountains of the deep showed their might,
29quando circumdabat mari terminum suum, et legem ponebat aquis, ne transirent fines suos; quando appendebat fundamenta terræ:
29When He gave to the sea His decree, that the waters should not transgress His commandment, when He appointed the foundations of the earth;
30cum eo eram, cuncta componens. Et delectabar per singulos dies, ludens coram eo omni tempore,
30Then I was by Him, as a nursling; and I was daily all delight, playing always before Him,
31ludens in orbe terrarum; et deliciæ meæ esse cum filiis hominum.
31Playing in His habitable earth, and my delights are with the sons of men.
32Nunc ergo, filii, audite me: beati qui custodiunt vias meas.
32Now therefore, ye children, hearken unto me; for happy are they that keep my ways.
33Audite disciplinam, et estote sapientes, et nolite abjicere eam.
33Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
34Beatus homo qui audit me, et qui vigilat ad fores meas quotidie, et observat ad postes ostii mei.
34Happy is the man that hearkeneth to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
35Qui me invenerit, inveniet vitam, et hauriet salutem a Domino.
35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
36Qui autem in me peccaverit, lædet animam suam; omnes qui me oderunt diligunt mortem.]
36But he that misseth me wrongeth his own soul; all they that hate me love death.'
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