Proverbs 9
1 Wisdom has built a house for herself, and set up seven pillars.
sapientia aedificavit sibi domum excidit columnas septem
2 She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine in a bowl, and prepared her table.
immolavit victimas suas miscuit vinum et proposuit mensam suam
3 She has sent forth her servants, calling with a loud proclamation to the feast, saying,
misit ancillas suas ut vocarent ad arcem et ad moenia civitatis
4 Whoso is foolish, let him turn aside to me: and to them that lack understanding she says,
si quis est parvulus veniat ad me et insipientibus locuta est
5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink wine which I have mingled for you.
venite comedite panem meum et bibite vinum quod miscui vobis
6 Leave folly, that you may reign for ever; and seek wisdom, and improve understanding by knowledge.
relinquite infantiam et vivite et ambulate per vias prudentiae
7 He that reproves evil [men] shall get dishonor to himself; and he that rebukes an ungodly [man] shall disgrace himself.
qui erudit derisorem ipse sibi facit iniuriam et qui arguit impium generat maculam sibi
8 Rebuke not evil [men], lest they should hate you: rebuke a wise [man], and he will love you.
noli arguere derisorem ne oderit te argue sapientem et diliget te
9 Give an opportunity to a wise [man], and he will be wiser: instruct a just man, and he will receive more [instruction].
da sapienti et addetur ei sapientia doce iustum et festinabit accipere
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the counsel of saints is understanding: for to know the law is [the character] of a sound mind.
principium sapientiae timor Domini et scientia sanctorum prudentia
11 For in this way you shall live long, and years of your life shall be added to you.
per me enim multiplicabuntur dies tui et addentur tibi anni vitae
12 Son, if you be wise for yourself, you shall also be wise for your neighbors; and if you should prove wicked, you alone will bear the evil. He that stays himself upon falsehoods, attempts to rule the winds, and the same will pursue birds in their fight: for he has forsaken the ways of his own vineyard, and he has caused the axles of his own husbandry to go astray; and he goes through a dry desert, and a [land] appointed to drought, and he gathers barrenness with his hands.
si sapiens fueris tibimet ipsi eris si inlusor solus portabis malum
13 A foolish and bold woman, who knows not modesty, comes to lack a morsel.
mulier stulta et clamosa plenaque inlecebris et nihil omnino sciens
14 She sits at the doors of her house, on a seat openly in the streets,
sedit in foribus domus suae super sellam in excelso urbis loco
15 calling to passers by, and to those that are going right on their ways;
ut vocaret transeuntes viam et pergentes itinere suo
16 [saying], Whoso is most senseless of you, let him turn aside to me; and I exhort those that lack prudence, saying,
quis est parvulus declinet ad me et vecordi locuta est
17 Take and enjoy secret bread, and the sweet water of theft.
aquae furtivae dulciores sunt et panis absconditus suavior
