Proverbs 2
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World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you,
1[Fili mi, si susceperis sermones meos, et mandata mea absconderis penes te:
2so as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
2ut audiat sapientiam auris tua, inclina cor tuum ad cognoscendam prudentiam.
3yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;
3Si enim sapientiam invocaveris, et inclinaveris cor tuum prudentiæ;
4if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;
4si quæsieris eam quasi pecuniam, et sicut thesauros effoderis illam:
5then you will understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
5tunc intelliges timorem Domini, et scientiam Dei invenies,
6For the LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
6quia Dominus dat sapientiam, et ex ore ejus prudentia et scientia.
7He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
7Custodiet rectorum salutem, et proteget gradientes simpliciter,
8that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.
8servans semitas justitiæ, et vias sanctorum custodiens.
9Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.
9Tunc intelliges justitiam, et judicium, et æquitatem, et omnem semitam bonam.]
10For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
10[Si intraverit sapientia cor tuum, et scientia animæ tuæ placuerit,
11Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,
11consilium custodiet te, et prudentia servabit te:
12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,
12ut eruaris a via mala, et ab homine qui perversa loquitur;
13who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness,
13qui relinquunt iter rectum, et ambulant per vias tenebrosas;
14who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,
14qui lætantur cum malefecerint, et exsultant in rebus pessimis;
15who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,
15quorum viæ perversæ sunt, et infames gressus eorum.
16to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,
16Ut eruaris a muliere aliena, et ab extranea quæ mollit sermones suos,
17who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God;
17et relinquit ducem pubertatis suæ,
18for her house leads down to death, her paths to the departed spirits.
18et pacti Dei sui oblita est. Inclinata est enim ad mortem domus ejus, et ad inferos semitæ ipsius.
19None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life.
19Omnes qui ingrediuntur ad eam non revertentur, nec apprehendent semitas vitæ.
20Therefore walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
20Ut ambules in via bona, et calles justorum custodias:
21For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.
21qui enim recti sunt habitabunt in terra, et simplices permanebunt in ea;
22But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.
22impii vero de terra perdentur, et qui inique agunt auferentur ex ea.]
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