Proverbiorum 4
1 audite filii disciplinam patris et adtendite 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 servabit 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 adquire 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 inclita 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 monstravi tibi duxi 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 artabuntur 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 vita tua
to strengthen: hold in/on/with discipline: instruction not to slacken to watch her for he/she/it life your
14 ne delecteris 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 ne 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 rapitur somnus ab eis nisi subplantaverint
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 et ad sinistram averte pedem tuum a malo
not to stretch right and left to turn aside: depart foot your from bad: evil
