Proverbs 23
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;
1[Quando sederis ut comedas cum principe, diligenter attende quæ apposita sunt ante faciem tuam.
2put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.
2Et statue cultrum in gutture tuo: si tamen habes in potestate animam tuam.
3Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.
3Ne desideres de cibis ejus, in quo est panis mendacii.
4Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
4Noli laborare ut diteris, sed prudentiæ tuæ pone modum.
5Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
5Ne erigas oculos tuos ad opes quas non potes habere, quia facient sibi pennas quasi aquilæ, et volabunt in cælum.
6Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies,
6Ne comedas cum homine invido, et ne desideres cibos ejus:
7for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
7quoniam in similitudinem arioli et conjectoris æstimat quod ignorat. Comede et bibe, dicet tibi; et mens ejus non est tecum.
8You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
8Cibos quos comederas evomes, et perdes pulchros sermones tuos.
9Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
9In auribus insipientium ne loquaris, qui despicient doctrinam eloquii tui.
10Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
10Ne attingas parvulorum terminos, et agrum pupillorum ne introëas:
11for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
11propinquus enim illorum fortis est, et ipse judicabit contra te causam illorum.]
12Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
12[Ingrediatur ad doctrinam cor tuum, et aures tuæ ad verba scientiæ.
13Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
13Noli subtrahere a puero disciplinam: si enim percusseris eum virga, non morietur.
14Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.
14Tu virga percuties eum, et animam ejus de inferno liberabis.
15My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine.
15Fili mi, si sapiens fuerit animus tuus, gaudebit tecum cor meum:
16Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
16et exsultabunt renes mei, cum locuta fuerint rectum labia tua.
17Don’t let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear the LORD all day long.
17Non æmuletur cor tuum peccatores, sed in timore Domini esto tota die:
18Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.
18quia habebis spem in novissimo, et præstolatio tua non auferetur.
19Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!
19Audi, fili mi, et esto sapiens, et dirige in via animum tuum.
20Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat;
20Noli esse in conviviis potatorum, nec in comessationibus eorum qui carnes ad vescendum conferunt:
21for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
21quia vacantes potibus et dantes symbola consumentur, et vestietur pannis dormitatio.
22Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
22Audi patrem tuum, qui genuit te, et ne contemnas cum senuerit mater tua.
23Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
23Veritatem eme, et noli vendere sapientiam, et doctrinam, et intelligentiam.
24The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
24Exsultat gaudio pater justi; qui sapientem genuit, lætabitur in eo.
25Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!
25Gaudeat pater tuus et mater tua, et exsultet quæ genuit te.
26My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.
26Præbe, fili mi, cor tuum mihi, et oculi tui vias meas custodiant.
27For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
27Fovea enim profunda est meretrix, et puteus angustus aliena.
28Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
28Insidiatur in via quasi latro, et quos incautos viderit, interficiet.]
29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
29[Cui væ? cujus patri væ? cui rixæ? cui foveæ? cui sine causa vulnera? cui suffusio oculorum?
30Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.
30nonne his qui commorantur in vino, et student calicibus epotandis?
31Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
31Ne intuearis vinum quando flavescit, cum splenduerit in vitro color ejus: ingreditur blande,
32In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.
32sed in novissimo mordebit ut coluber, et sicut regulus venena diffundet.
33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.
33Oculi tui videbunt extraneas, et cor tuum loquetur perversa.
34Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
34Et eris sicut dormiens in medio mari, et quasi sopitus gubernator, amisso clavo.
35“They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don’t feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I will look for more.”
35Et dices: Verberaverunt me, sed non dolui; traxerunt me, et ego non sensi. Quando evigilabo, et rursus vina reperiam?]
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