Proverbiorum 9
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1[Sapientia ædificavit sibi domum: excidit columnas septem.
1Wisdom hath built herself a house, she hath hewn her out seven pillars.
2Immolavit victimas suas, miscuit vinum, et proposuit mensam suam.
2She hath slain her victims, mingled her wine, and set forth her table.
3Misit ancillas suas ut vocarent ad arcem et ad mœnia civitatis.
3She hath sent her maids to invite to the tower, and to the walls of the city:
4Si quis est parvulus, veniat ad me. Et insipientibus locuta est:
4Whosoever is a little one, let him come to me. And to the unwise she said:
5Venite, comedite panem meum, et bibite vinum quod miscui vobis.
5Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for you.
6Relinquite infantiam, et vivite, et ambulate per vias prudentiæ.]
6Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence.
7[Qui erudit derisorem, ipse injuriam sibi facit, et qui arguit impium, sibi maculam generat.
7He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself: and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.
8Noli arguere derisorem, ne oderit te: argue sapientem, et diliget te.
8Rebuke not a scorner lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
9Da sapienti occasionem, et addetur ei sapientia; doce justum, et festinabit accipere.
9Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it.
10Principium sapientiæ timor Domini, et scientia sanctorum prudentia.
10The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.
11Per me enim multiplicabuntur dies tui, et addentur tibi anni vitæ.
11For by me shall thy days be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.
12Si sapiens fueris, tibimetipsi eris; si autem illusor, solus portabis malum.]
12If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil.
13[Mulier stulta et clamosa, plenaque illecebris, et nihil omnino sciens,
13A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all,
14sedit in foribus domus suæ, super sellam in excelso urbis loco,
14Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the city,
15ut vocaret transeuntes per viam, et pergentes itinere suo:
15To call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey:
16Qui est parvulus declinet ad me. Et vecordi locuta est:
16He that is a little one, let him turn to me. And to the fool she said:
17Aquæ furtivæ dulciores sunt, et panis absconditus suavior.
17Stolen waters are sweeter, and hid den bread is more pleasant.
18Et ignoravit quod ibi sint gigantes, et in profundis inferni convivæ ejus.]
18And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
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