Proverbiorum 27
1 Ne glorieris in crastinum, ignorans quid superventura pariat dies.
Boast not thy selfe of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
2 Laudet te alienus, et non os tuum: extraneus, et non labia tua.
Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lips.
3 Grave est saxum, et onerosa arena: sed ira stulti utroque gravior.
A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.
4 Ira non habet misericordiam, nec erumpens furor: et impetum concitati ferre quis poterit?
Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?
5 Melior est manifesta correptio, quam amor absconditus.
Open rebuke is better then secret loue.
6 Meliora sunt vulnera diligentis, quam fraudulenta oscula odientis
The wounds of a louer are faithful, and the kisses of an enemie are pleasant.
7 Anima saturata calcabit favum: et anima esuriens etiam amarum pro dulci sumet.
The person that is full, despiseth an hony combe: but vnto the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.
8 Sicut avis transmigrans de nido suo, sic vir qui derelinquit locum suum.
As a bird that wandreth from her nest, so is a man that wandreth from his owne place.
9 Unguento et variis odoribus delectatur cor: et bonis amici consiliis anima dulcoratur.
As oyntment and perfume reioyce the heart, so doeth the sweetenes of a mans friend by hearty counsell.
10 Amicum tuum, et amicum patris tui ne dimiseris: et domum fratris tui ne ingrediaris in die afflictionis tuæ. Melior est vicinus iuxta, quam frater procul.
Thine owne friend and thy fathers friend forsake thou not: neither enter into thy brothers house in the day of thy calamitie: for better is a neighbour that is neere, then a brother farre off.
11 Stude sapientiæ fili mi, et lætifica cor meum, ut possis exprobranti respondere sermonem.
My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.
12 Astutus videns malum, absconditus est: parvuli transeuntes sustinuerunt dispendia.
A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himselfe: but the foolish goe on still, and are punished.
13 Tolle vestimentum eius, qui spopondit pro extraneo: et pro alienis, aufer ei pignus.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.
14 Qui benedicit proximo suo voce grandi, de nocte consurgens maledicenti similis erit.
He that prayseth his friend with a loude voyce, rising earely in the morning, it shall be counted to him as a curse.
15 Tecta perstillantia in die frigoris, et litigiosa mulier comparantur:
A continual dropping in the day of raine, and a contentious woman are alike.
16 qui retinet eam, quasi qui ventum teneat, et oleum dexteræ suæ vocabit.
He that hideth her, hideth the winde, and she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.
17 Ferrum ferro exacuitur, et homo exacuit faciem amici sui.
Yron sharpeneth yron, so doeth man sharpen the face of his friend.
18 Qui servat ficum, comedet fructus eius: et qui custos est domini sui, glorificabitur.
He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eate the fruite thereof: so he that waiteth vpon his master, shall come to honour.
19 Quomodo in aquis resplendent vultus prospicientium, sic corda hominum manifesta sunt prudentibus.
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
The graue and destruction can neuer be full, so the eyes of man can neuer be satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
21 Quomodo probatur in conflatorio argentum, et in fornace aurum: sic probatur homo ore laudantis. Cor iniqui inquirit mala, cor autem rectum inquirit scientiam.
As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.
22 Si contuderis stultum in pila quasi ptisanas feriente desuper pilo, non auferetur ab eo stultitia eius.
Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate brayed with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnes depart from him.
23 Diligenter agnosce vultum pecoris tui, tuosque greges considera:
Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.
24 Non enim habebis iugiter potestatem: sed corona tribuetur in generationem et generationem.
For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.
25 Aperta sunt prata, et apparuerunt herbæ virentes, et collecta sunt fœna de montibus.
The hey discouereth it selfe, and the grasse appeareth, and the herbes of the mountaines are gathered.
26 Agni ad vestimentum tuum: et hœdi, ad agri pretium.
The lambes are for thy clothing, and the goates are the price of the fielde.
27 Sufficiat tibi lac caprarum in cibos tuos, et in necessaria domus tuæ: et ad victum ancillis tuis.
And let the milke of the goates be sufficient for thy foode, for the foode of thy familie, and for the sustenance of thy maydes.
