< Proverbiorum 26 >
1 Quomodo nix in æstate, et pluviæ in messe: sic indecens est stulto gloria.
like/as snow in/on/with summer and like/as rain in/on/with harvest so not lovely to/for fool glory
2 Sicut avis ad alia transvolans, et passer quo libet vadens: sic maledictum frustra prolatum in quempiam superveniet.
like/as bird to/for to wander like/as swallow to/for to fly so curse for nothing (to/for him *Q(K)*) to come (in): come
3 Flagellum equo, et camus asino, et virga in dorso imprudentium.
whip to/for horse bridle to/for donkey and tribe: staff to/for back fool
4 Ne respondeas stulto iuxta stultitiam suam, ne efficiaris ei similis.
not to answer fool like/as folly his lest be like to/for him also you(m. s.)
5 Responde stulto iuxta stultitiam suam, ne sibi sapiens esse videatur.
to answer fool like/as folly his lest to be wise in/on/with eye his
6 Claudus pedibus, et iniquitatem bibens, qui mittit verba per nuncium stultum.
to cut off foot violence to drink to send: depart word in/on/with hand fool
7 Quomodo pulchras frustra habet claudus tibias: sic indecens est in ore stultorum parabola.
to languish leg from lame and proverb in/on/with lip fool
8 Sicut qui mittit lapidem in acervum Mercurii: ita qui tribuit insipienti honorem.
like/as to constrain stone in/on/with sling so to give: give to/for fool glory
9 Quomodo si spina nascatur in manu temulenti: sic parabola in ore stultorum.
thistle to ascend: rise in/on/with hand drunken and proverb in/on/with lip fool
10 Iudicium determinat causas: et qui imponit stulto silentium, iras mitigat.
archer to bore all and to hire fool and to hire to pass
11 Sicut canis, qui revertitur ad vomitum suum, sic imprudens, qui iterat stultitiam suam.
like/as dog to return: return upon vomit his fool to repeat in/on/with folly his
12 Vidisti hominem sapientem sibi videri? magis illo spem habebit insipiens.
to see: see man wise in/on/with eye his hope to/for fool from him
13 Dicit piger: Leo est in via, et leæna in itineribus:
to say sluggish lion in/on/with way: road lion between [the] street/plaza
14 sicut ostium vertitur in cardine suo, ita piger in lectulo suo.
[the] door to turn: turn upon hinge her and sluggish upon bed his
15 Abscondit piger manum sub ascella sua, et laborat si ad os suum eam converterit.
to hide sluggish hand his in/on/with dish be weary to/for to return: return her to(wards) lip his
16 Sapientior sibi piger videtur septem viris loquentibus sententias.
wise sluggish in/on/with eye his from seven to return: reply taste
17 Sicut qui apprehendit auribus canem, sic qui transit impatiens, et commiscetur rixæ alterius.
to strengthen: hold in/on/with ear dog to pass: bring be angry upon strife not to/for him
18 Sicut noxius est qui mittit sagittas, et lanceas in mortem:
like/as to amaze [the] to shoot missile arrow and death
19 ita vir, fraudulenter nocet amico suo: et cum fuerit deprehensus, dicit: Ludens feci.
so man to deceive [obj] neighbor his and to say not to laugh I
20 Cum defecerint ligna, extinguetur ignis: et susurrone subtracto, iurgia conquiescent.
in/on/with end tree: wood to quench fire and in/on/with nothing to grumble be quiet strife
21 Sicut carbones ad prunas, et ligna ad ignem, sic homo iracundus suscitat rixas.
coal to/for coal and tree: wood to/for fire and man (contention *Q(K)*) to/for to scorch strife
22 Verba susurronis quasi simplicia, et ipsa perveniunt ad intima ventris.
word to grumble like/as to swallow and they(masc.) to go down chamber belly: body
23 Quomodo si argento sordido ornare velis vas fictile, sic labia tumentia cum pessimo corde sociata.
silver: money dross to overlay upon earthenware lips to burn/pursue and heart bad: evil
24 Labiis suis intelligitur inimicus, cum in corde tractaverit dolos.
(in/on/with lips his *Q(K)*) to alienate to hate and in/on/with entrails: among his to set: put deceit
25 Quando submiserit vocem suam, ne credideris ei: quoniam septem nequitiæ sunt in corde illius.
for be gracious voice his not be faithful in/on/with him for seven abomination in/on/with heart his
26 Qui operit odium fraudulenter, revelabitur malitia eius in consilio.
to cover hating in/on/with guile to reveal: reveal distress: evil his in/on/with assembly
27 Qui fodit foveam, incidet in eam: et qui volvit lapidem, revertetur ad eum.
to pierce pit: grave in/on/with her to fall: fall and to roll stone to(wards) him to return: return
28 Lingua fallax non amat veritatem: et os lubricum operatur ruinas.
tongue deception to hate crushed his and lip smooth to make ruin