< Proverbiorum 4 >
1 Audite filii disciplinam patris, et attendite ut sciatis prudentiam.
to hear: hear son: descendant/people discipline: instruction father and to listen to/for to know understanding
2 Donum bonum tribuam vobis, legem meam ne derelinquatis.
for teaching pleasant to give: give to/for you instruction my not to leave: neglect
3 Nam et ego filius fui patris mei, tenellus, et unigenitus coram matre mea:
for son: child to be to/for father my tender and only to/for face mother my
4 et docebat me, atque dicebat: Suscipiat verba mea cor tuum, custodi praecepta mea, et vives.
and to show me and to say to/for me to grasp word my heart your to keep: obey commandment my and to live
5 Posside sapientiam, posside prudentiam: ne obliviscaris, neque declines a verbis oris mei.
to buy wisdom to buy understanding not to forget and not to stretch from word lip my
6 Ne dimittas eam, et custodiet te: dilige eam, et conservabit te.
not to leave: forsake her and to keep: obey you to love: lover her and to watch you
7 Principium sapientiae, posside sapientiam, et in omni possessione tua acquire prudentiam:
first: beginning wisdom to buy wisdom and in/on/with all acquisition your to buy understanding
8 arripe illam, et exaltabit te: glorificaberis ab ea, cum eam fueris amplexatus.
to build her and to exalt you to honor: honour you for to embrace her
9 dabit capiti tuo augmenta gratiarum, et corona inclyta proteget te.
to give: put to/for head your wreath favor crown beauty to deliver you
10 Audi fili mi, et suscipe verba mea, ut multiplicentur tibi anni vitae.
to hear: hear son: child my and to take: recieve word my and to multiply to/for you year life
11 Viam sapientiae monstrabo tibi, ducam te per semitas aequitatis:
in/on/with way: conduct wisdom to show you to tread you in/on/with track uprightness
12 quas cum ingressus fueris, non arctabuntur gressus tui, et currens non habebis offendiculum.
in/on/with to go: walk you not be distressed step your and if to run: run not to stumble
13 Tene disciplinam, ne dimittas eam: custodi illam, quia ipsa est via tua.
to strengthen: hold in/on/with discipline: instruction not to slacken to watch her for he/she/it life your
14 Ne delecteris in semitis impiorum, nec tibi placeat malorum via.
in/on/with way wicked not to come (in): come and not to bless in/on/with way: conduct bad: evil
15 Fuge ab ea, nec transeas per illam: declina, et desere eam.
to neglect him not to pass in/on/with him to turn aside from upon him and to pass
16 non enim dormiunt nisi malefecerint: et non capitur somnus ab eis nisi supplantaverint.
for not to sleep if: until not be evil and to plunder sleep their if: until not (to stumble *Q(K)*)
17 comedunt panem impietatis, et vinum iniquitatis bibunt.
for to feed on food: bread wickedness and wine violence to drink
18 Iustorum autem semita quasi lux splendens, procedit et crescit usque ad perfectam diem.
and way righteous like/as light brightness to go: continue and to light till to establish: prepare [the] day
19 Via impiorum tenebrosa: nesciunt ubi corruant.
way: conduct wicked like/as darkness not to know in/on/with what? to stumble
20 Fili mi, ausculta sermones meos, et ad eloquia mea inclina aurem tuam.
son: child my to/for word my to listen [emph?] to/for word my to stretch ear your
21 ne recedant ab oculis tuis, custodi ea in medio cordis tui:
not be devious from eye: seeing your to keep: obey them in/on/with midst heart your
22 vita enim sunt invenientibus ea, et universae carni sanitas.
for life they(masc.) to/for to find them and to/for all flesh his healing
23 Omni custodia serva cor tuum, quia ex ipso vita procedit.
from all custody to watch heart your for from him outgoing life
24 Remove a te os pravum, et detrahentia labia sint procul a te.
to turn aside: remove from you crookedness lip: word and perversity lip: words to remove from you
25 Oculi tui recta videant, et palpebrae tuae praecedant gressus tuos.
eye your to/for before to look and eyelid your to smooth before you
26 Dirige semitam pedibus tuis, et omnes viae tuae stabilientur.
to envy track foot your and all way: conduct your to establish: establish
27 Ne declines ad dexteram, neque ad sinistram: averte pedem tuum a malo. vias enim, quae a dextris sunt, novit Dominus: perversae vero sunt quae a sinistris sunt. Ipse autem rectos faciet cursus tuos, itinera autem tua in pace producet.
not to stretch right and left to turn aside: depart foot your from bad: evil