Proverbiorum 31
1 Verba Lamuelis regis. Visio, qua erudivit eum mater sua.
word Lemuel king burden which to discipline him mother his
2 Quid dilecte mi, quid dilecte uteri mei, quid dilecte votorum meorum?
what? son: child my and what? son: child belly: womb my and what? son: child vow my
3 Ne dederis mulieribus substantiam tuam, et divitias tuas ad delendos reges.
not to give: give to/for woman strength your and way: conduct your to/for to wipe king
4 Noli regibus, o Lamuel, noli regibus dare vinum: quia nullum secretum est ubi regnat ebrietas.
not to/for king Lemuel not to/for king to drink wine and to/for to rule (where? *Q(K)*) strong drink
5 Et ne forte bibant, et obliviscantur iudiciorum, et mutent causam filiorum pauperis.
lest to drink and to forget to decree and to change judgment all son: type of affliction
6 Date siceram mœrentibus, et vinum his, qui amaro sunt animo:
to give: give strong drink to/for to perish and wine to/for bitter soul
7 bibant, et obliviscantur egestatis suæ, et doloris sui non recordentur amplius.
to drink and to forget poverty his and trouble his not to remember still
8 Aperi os tuum muto, et causis omnium filiorum qui pertranseunt:
to open lip your to/for mute to(wards) judgment all son: type of destruction
9 aperi os tuum, decerne quod iustum est, et iudica inopem et pauperem.
to open lip your to judge righteousness and to judge afflicted and needy
10 Mulierem fortem quis inveniet? procul, et de ultimis finibus pretium eius.
woman: wife strength: worthy who? to find and distant from jewel merchandise her
11 Confidit in ea cor viri sui, et spoliis non indigebit.
to trust in/on/with her heart master: husband her and spoil not to lack
12 Reddet ei bonum, et non malum, omnibus diebus vitæ suæ.
to wean him good and not bad: evil all day life her
13 Quæsivit lanam et linum, et operata est consilia manuum suarum.
to seek wool and flax and to make: do in/on/with pleasure palm her
14 Facta est quasi navis institoris, de longe portans panem suum.
to be like/as fleet to trade from distance to come (in): bring food her
15 Et de nocte surrexit, deditque prædam domesticis suis, et cibaria ancillis suis.
and to arise: rise in/on/with still night and to give: give prey to/for house: household her and statute: portion to/for maiden her
16 Consideravit agrum, et emit eum: de fructu manuum suarum plantavit vineam.
to plan land: country and to take: buy him from fruit palm her (to plant *Q(K)*) vineyard
17 Accinxit fortitudine lumbos suos, et roboravit brachium suum.
to gird in/on/with strength loin her and to strengthen arm her
18 Gustavit, et vidit quia bona est negotiatio eius: non extinguetur in nocte lucerna eius.
to perceive for pleasant profit her not to quench (in/on/with night *Q(K)*) lamp her
19 Manum suam misit ad fortia, et digiti eius apprehenderunt fusum.
hand her to send: reach in/on/with distaff and palm her to grasp district
20 Manum suam aperuit inopi, et palmas suas extendit ad pauperem.
palm her to spread to/for afflicted and hand her to send: reach to/for needy
21 Non timebit domui suæ a frigoribus nivis: omnes enim domestici eius vestiti sunt duplicibus.
not to fear to/for house: household her from snow for all house: household her to clothe scarlet
22 Stragulatam vestem fecit sibi: byssus, et purpura indumentum eius.
covering to make to/for her linen and purple clothing her
23 Nobilis in portis vir eius, quando sederit cum senatoribus terræ.
to know in/on/with gate master: husband her in/on/with to dwell he with old: elder land: country/planet
24 Sindonem fecit, et vendidit, et cingulum tradidit Chananæo.
linen to make and to sell and belt to give: give to/for merchant
25 Fortitudo et decor indumentum eius, et ridebit in die novissimo.
strength and glory clothing her and to laugh to/for day last
26 Os suum aperuit sapientiæ, et lex clementiæ in lingua eius.
lip her to open in/on/with wisdom and instruction kindness upon tongue her
27 Consideravit semitas domus suæ, et panem otiosa non comedit.
to watch walk house: household her and food: bread sluggishness not to eat
28 Surrexerunt filii eius, et beatissimam prædicaverunt: vir eius, et laudavit eam.
to arise: rise son: child her and to bless her master: husband her and to boast: praise her
29 Multæ filiæ congregaverunt divitias: tu supergressa es universas.
many daughter to make: do strength: worthy and you(f. s.) to ascend: rise upon all their
30 Fallax gratia, et vana est pulchritudo: mulier timens Dominum ipsa laudabitur.
deception [the] favor and vanity [the] beauty woman afraid LORD he/she/it to boast: praise
31 Date ei de fructu manuum suarum: et laudent eam in portis opera eius.
to give: give to/for her from fruit hand her and to boast: praise her in/on/with gate deed: work her
