Proverbiorum 4
1 audite filii disciplinam patris et adtendite ut sciatis prudentiam
Listen to O children [the] correction of a father and be attentive to know understanding.
2 donum bonum tribuam vobis legem meam ne derelinquatis
For instruction good I give to you instruction my may not you neglect.
3 nam et ego filius fui patris mei tenellus et unigenitus coram matre mea
If a son I was of father my tender and only [child] before mother my.
4 et docebat me atque dicebat suscipiat verba mea cor tuum custodi praecepta mea et vives
And he taught me and he said to me let it hold fast to words my heart your keep commandments my and live.
5 posside sapientiam posside prudentiam ne obliviscaris neque declines a verbis oris mei
Acquire wisdom acquire understanding may not you forget and may not you turn aside from [the] utterances of mouth my.
6 ne dimittas eam et custodiet te dilige eam et servabit te
May not you abandon her and she will keep you love her and she will guard you.
7 principium sapientiae posside sapientiam et in omni possessione tua adquire prudentiam
[is] first Wisdom acquire wisdom and by all acquisition your acquire understanding.
8 arripe illam et exaltabit te glorificaberis ab ea cum eam fueris amplexatus
Esteem her and she will exalt you she will honor you if you will embrace her.
9 dabit capiti tuo augmenta gratiarum et corona inclita proteget te
She will put to head your a wreath of grace a crown of beauty she will give you.
10 audi fili mi et suscipe verba mea ut multiplicentur tibi anni vitae
Listen O son my and receive words my so they may increase for you years of life.
11 viam sapientiae monstravi tibi duxi te per semitas aequitatis
[the] way of Wisdom I taught you I led you in tracks of uprightness.
12 quas cum ingressus fueris non artabuntur gressus tui et currens non habebis offendiculum
When walking you not anyone will hinder step[s] your and if you will run not you will stumble.
13 tene disciplinam ne dimittas eam custodi illam quia ipsa est vita tua
Take hold on discipline may not you let go keep her for she [is] life your.
14 ne delecteris semitis impiorum nec tibi placeat malorum via
In [the] path of wicked [people] may not you go and may not you advance in [the] way of evil [people].
15 fuge ab ea ne transeas per illam declina et desere eam
Avoid it may not you pass along on it turn aside from on it and pass on.
16 non enim dormiunt nisi malefecerint et rapitur somnus ab eis nisi subplantaverint
For not they will sleep if not they do harm and it is taken away sleep their if not (they bring injury. *Q(K)*)
17 comedunt panem impietatis et vinum iniquitatis bibunt
For they eat [the] bread of wickedness and [the] wine of violence they drink.
18 iustorum autem semita quasi lux splendens procedit et crescit usque ad perfectam diem
And [the] path of righteous [people] [is] like a light of brightness [which] goes and [which] shines until [the] established [part] of the day.
19 via impiorum tenebrosa nesciunt ubi corruant
[the] way of Wicked [people] [is] like darkness not they know on what? are they stumbling.
20 fili mi ausculta sermones meos et ad eloquia mea inclina aurem tuam
O son my to words my be attentive! to utterances my incline ear your.
21 ne recedant ab oculis tuis custodi ea in medio cordis tui
Do not let them depart from eyes your keep them in [the] midst of heart your.
22 vita enim sunt invenientibus ea et universae carni sanitas
For [are] life they to [those who] find them and to all flesh his health.
23 omni custodia serva cor tuum quia ex ipso vita procedit
More than all guarding guard heart your for [are] from it [the] sources of life.
24 remove a te os pravum et detrahentia labia sint procul a te
Remove from yourself crookedness of mouth and deviousness of lips put far away from yourself.
25 oculi tui recta videant et palpebrae tuae praecedant gressus tuos
Eyes your before let them look and eyelids your let them look straight before you.
26 dirige semitam pedibus tuis et omnes viae tuae stabilientur
Make level [the] track of foot your and all ways your let them be steadfast.
27 ne declines ad dexteram et ad sinistram averte pedem tuum a malo
May not you turn aside right and left turn aside foot your from evil.
