Sapientiæ Solomonis 6
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
King James Version with Apocrypha
1[Melior est sapientia quam vires, et vir prudens quam fortis.
1Hear therefore, O ye kings, and understand; learn, ye that be judges of the ends of the earth.
2Audite ergo, reges, et intelligite; discite, judices finium terræ.
2Give ear, ye that rule the people, and glory in the multitude of nations.
3Præbete aures, vos qui continetis multitudines, et placetis vobis in turbis nationum.
3For power is given you of the Lord, and sovereignty from the Highest, who shall try your works, and search out your counsels.
4Quoniam data est a Domino potestas vobis, et virtus ab Altissimo: qui interrogabit opera vestra, et cogitationes scrutabitur.
4Because, being ministers of his kingdom, ye have not judged aright, nor kept the law, nor walked after the counsel of God;
5Quoniam cum essetis ministri regni illius, non recte judicastis, nec custodistis legem justitiæ, neque secundum voluntatem Dei ambulastis.
5Horribly and speedily shall he come upon you: for a sharp judgment shall be to them that be in high places.
6Horrende et cito apparebit vobis, quoniam judicium durissimum his qui præsunt fiet.
6For mercy will soon pardon the meanest: but mighty men shall be mightily tormented.
7Exiguo enim conceditur misericordia; potentes autem potenter tormenta patientur.
7For he which is Lord over all shall fear no man’s person, neither shall he stand in awe of any man’s greatness: for he hath made the small and great, and careth for all alike.
8Non enim subtrahet personam cujusquam Deus, nec verebitur magnitudinem ejus cujusquam, quoniam pusillum et magnum ipse fecit, et æqualiter cura est illi de omnibus.
8But a sore trial shall come upon the mighty.
9Fortioribus autem fortior instat cruciatio.
9Unto you therefore, O kings, do I speak, that ye may learn wisdom, and not fall away.
10Ad vos ergo, reges, sunt hi sermones mei: ut discatis sapientiam, et non excidatis.
10For they that keep holiness holily shall be judged holy: and they that have learned such things shall find what to answer.
11Qui enim custodierint justa juste, justificabuntur; et qui didicerint ista, invenient quid respondeant.
11Wherefore set your affection upon my words; desire them, and ye shall be instructed.
12Concupiscite ergo sermones meos; diligite illos, et habebitis disciplinam.
12Wisdom is glorious, and never fadeth away: yea, she is easily seen of them that love her, and found of such as seek her.
13Clara est, et quæ numquam marcescit, sapientia: et facile videtur ab his qui diligunt eam, et invenitur ab his qui quærunt illam.
13She preventeth them that desire her, in making herself first known unto them.
14Præoccupat qui se concupiscunt, ut illis se prior ostendat.
14Whoso seeketh her early shall have no great travail: for he shall find her sitting at his doors.
15Qui de luce vigilaverit ad illam non laborabit; assidentem enim illam foribus suis inveniet.
15To think therefore upon her is perfection of wisdom: and whoso watcheth for her shall quickly be without care.
16Cogitare ergo de illa sensus est consummatus, et qui vigilaverit propter illam cito securus erit.
16For she goeth about seeking such as are worthy of her, sheweth herself favourably unto them in the ways, and meeteth them in every thought.
17Quoniam dignos se ipsa circuit quærens, et in viis ostendit se hilariter, et in omni providentia occurrit illis.
17For the very true beginning of her is the desire of discipline; and the care of discipline is love;
18Initium enim illius verissima est disciplinæ concupiscentia.
18And love is the keeping of her laws; and the giving heed unto her laws is the assurance of incorruption;
19Cura ergo disciplinæ dilectio est, et dilectio custodia legum illius est; custoditio autem legum consummatio incorruptionis est;
19And incorruption maketh us near unto God:
20incorruptio autem facit esse proximum Deo.
20Therefore the desire of wisdom bringeth to a kingdom.
21Concupiscentia itaque sapientiæ deducit ad regnum perpetuum.
21If your delight be then in thrones and sceptres, O ye kings of the people, honour wisdom, that ye may reign for evermore.
22Si ergo delectamini sedibus et sceptris, o reges populi, diligite sapientiam, ut in perpetuum regnetis:
22As for wisdom, what she is, and how she came up, I will tell you, and will not hide mysteries from you: but will seek her out from the beginning of her nativity, and bring the knowledge of her into light, and will not pass over the truth.
23diligite lumen sapientiæ, omnes qui præestis populis.]
23Neither will I go with consuming envy; for such a man shall have no fellowship with wisdom.
24[Quid est autem sapientia, et quemadmodum facta sit, referam, et non abscondam a vobis sacramenta Dei: sed ab initio nativitatis investigabo, et ponam in lucem scientiam illius, et non præteribo veritatem.
24But the multitude of the wise is the welfare of the world: and a wise king is the upholding of the people.
25Neque cum invidia tabescente iter habebo, quoniam talis homo non erit particeps sapientiæ.
25Receive therefore instruction through my words, and it shall do you good.
26Multitudo autem sapientium sanitas est orbis terrarum, et rex sapiens stabilimentum populi est.
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27Ergo accipite disciplinam per sermones meos, et proderit vobis.]
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