Proverbs 8
1 Does not wisdom cry out, and understanding put forth her voice?
Numquid non sapientia clamitat, et prudentia dat vocem suam?
2 On the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she stands.
In summis, excelsisque verticibus supra viam, in mediis semitis stans,
3 Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she cries aloud:
iuxta portas civitatis in ipsis foribus loquitur, dicens:
4 To you, O men, I call. And my voice is to the sons of men.
O viri, ad vos clamito, et vox mea ad filios hominum.
5 O ye simple, understand prudence, and, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.
Intelligite parvuli astutiam, et insipientes animadvertite.
6 Hear, for I will speak excellent things. And the opening of my lips shall be right things.
Audite, quoniam de rebus magnis locutura sum: et aperientur labia mea, ut recta prædicent.
7 For my mouth shall utter truth. And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
Veritatem meditabitur guttur meum, et labia mea detestabuntur impium.
8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
Iusti sunt omnes sermones mei, non est in eis pravum quid, neque perversum.
9 They are all plain to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.
recti sunt intelligentibus, et æqui invenientibus scientiam.
10 Receive my instruction, and not silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.
Accipite disciplinam meam, et non pecuniam: doctrinam magis, quam aurum eligite.
11 For wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Melior est enim sapientia cunctis pretiosissimis: et omne desiderabile ei non potest comparari.
12 I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling, and find out knowledge and discretion.
Ego sapientia habito in consilio, et eruditis intersum cogitationibus.
13 The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil. Pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.
Timor Domini odit malum: arrogantiam, et superbiam, et viam pravam, et os bilingue detestor.
14 Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge. I am understanding, I have might.
Meum est consilium, et æquitas, mea est prudentia, mea est fortitudo.
15 By me kings reign, and rulers decree justice.
Per me reges regnant, et legum conditores iusta decernunt:
16 By me rulers rule, and ranking men, even all the judges of the earth.
Per me principes imperant, et potentes decernunt iustitiam.
17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently shall find me.
Ego diligentes me diligo: et qui mane vigilant ad me, invenient me.
18 Riches and honor are with me, durable wealth and righteousness.
Mecum sunt divitiæ, et gloria, opes superbæ, et iustitia.
19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold, and my revenue than choice silver.
Melior est enim fructus meus auro, et lapide pretioso, et genimina me argento electo.
20 I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice,
In viis iustitiæ ambulo, in medio semitarum iudicii,
21 that I may cause those who love me to inherit substance, and that I may fill their treasuries.
ut ditem diligentes me, et thesauros eorum repleam.
22 Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
Dominus possedit me in initio viarum suarum, antequam quidquam faceret a principio.
23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth was,
Ab æterno ordinata sum, et ex antiquis antequam terra fieret.
24 when there were no depths. I was brought forth when there were no fountains abounding with water,
Nondum erant abyssi, et ego iam concepta eram: necdum fontes aquarum eruperant:
25 before the mountains were settled, before the hills. I was brought forth
necdum montes gravi mole constiterant: ante colles ego parturiebar:
26 while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
adhuc terram non fecerat, et flumina, et cardines orbis terræ.
27 When he established the heavens, I was there. When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,
Quando præparabat cælos, aderam: quando certa lege, et gyro vallabat abyssos:
28 when he made firm the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong,
quando æthera firmabat sursum, et librabat fontes aquarum:
29 when he gave to the sea its bound that the waters should not transgress his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
quando circumdabat mari terminum suum, et legem ponebat aquis, ne transirent fines suos: quando appendebat fundamenta terræ:
30 then I was by him, a master workman. And I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him,
Cum eo eram cuncta componens: et delectabar per singulos dies, ludens coram eo omni tempore;
31 rejoicing in his habitable earth. And my delight was with the sons of men.
ludens in orbe terrarum: et deliciæ meæ esse, cum filiis hominum.
32 Now therefore, ye sons, hearken to me. For blessed are those who keep my ways.
Nunc ergo filii audite me: Beati, qui custodiunt vias meas.
33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and do not refuse it.
Audite disciplinam, et estote sapientes, et nolite abiicere eam.
34 Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Beatus homo qui audit me, et qui vigilat ad fores meas quotidie, et observat ad postes ostii mei.
35 For he who finds me finds life, and shall obtain favor of Jehovah.
Qui me invenerit, inveniet vitam, et hauriet salutem a Domino:
36 But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.
qui autem in me peccaverit, lædet animam suam. Omnes, qui me oderunt, diligunt mortem.
