Proverbs 2
1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Fili mi, si susceperis sermones meos, et mandata mea absconderis penes te,
2 So that thou incline thy ear to wisdom, [and] apply thy heart to understanding;
ut audiat sapientiam auris tua: inclina cor tuum ad cognoscendam prudentiam.
3 Yes, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding;
Si enim sapientiam invocaveris, et inclinaveris cor tuum prudentiae:
4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures;
si quaesieris eam quasi pecuniam, et sicut thesauros effoderis illam:
5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
tunc intelliges timorem Domini, et scientiam Dei invenies:
6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.
quia Dominus dat sapientiam: et ex ore eius prudentia, et scientia.
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
Custodiet rectorum salutem, et proteget gradientes simpliciter,
8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
servans semitas iustitiae, et vias sanctorum custodiens.
9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [and] every good path.
Tunc intelliges iustitiam, et iudicium, et aequitatem, et omnem semitam bonam.
10 When wisdom entereth into thy heart, and knowledge is pleasant to thy soul;
Si intraverit sapientia cor tuum, et scientia animae tuae placuerit:
11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
consilium custodiet te, et prudentia servabit te,
12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil [man], from the man that speaketh froward things;
ut eruaris a via mala, et ab homine, qui perversa loquitur:
13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
qui relinquunt iter rectum, et ambulant per vias tenebrosas:
14 Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
qui laetantur cum malefecerint, et exultant in rebus pessimis:
15 Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their paths:
quorum viae perversae sunt, et infames gressus eorum.
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [who] flattereth with her words;
Ut eruaris a muliere aliena, et ab extranea, quae mollit sermones suos,
17 Who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
et relinquit ducem pubertatis suae,
18 For her house inclineth to death, and her paths to the dead.
et pacti Dei sui oblita est. inclinata est enim ad mortem domus eius, et ad inferos semitae ipsius. (questioned)
19 None that go to her return again, neither do they take hold of the paths of life.
omnes, qui ingrediuntur ad eam, non revertentur, nec apprehendent semitas vitae.
20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and keep the paths of the righteous.
Ut ambules in via bona: et calles iustorum custodias.
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
Qui enim recti sunt, habitabunt in terra, et simplices permanebunt in ea.
22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
Impii vero de terra perdentur: et qui inique agunt, auferentur ex ea.
