Proverbiorum 6
1 fili mi si spoponderis pro amico tuo defixisti apud extraneum manum tuam
My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hand in pledge for a stranger;
2 inlaqueatus es verbis oris tui et captus propriis sermonibus
You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth.
3 fac ergo quod dico fili mi et temet ipsum libera quia incidisti in manu proximi tui discurre festina suscita amicum tuum
Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, seeing you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.
4 ne dederis somnum oculis tuis nec dormitent palpebrae tuae
Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.
5 eruere quasi dammula de manu et quasi avis de insidiis aucupis
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
6 vade ad formicam o piger et considera vias eius et disce sapientiam
Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;
7 quae cum non habeat ducem nec praeceptorem nec principem
which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
8 parat aestate cibum sibi et congregat in messe quod comedat
provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
9 usquequo piger dormis quando consurges ex somno tuo
How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?
10 paululum dormies paululum dormitabis paululum conseres manus ut dormias
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
11 et veniet tibi quasi viator egestas et pauperies quasi vir armatus
so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.
12 homo apostata vir inutilis graditur ore perverso
A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;
13 annuit oculis terit pede digito loquitur
who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers;
14 pravo corde machinatur malum et in omni tempore iurgia seminat
in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.
15 huic extemplo veniet perditio sua et subito conteretur nec habebit ultra medicinam
Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.
16 sex sunt quae odit Dominus et septimum detestatur anima eius
There are six things which the LORD hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:
17 oculos sublimes linguam mendacem manus effundentes innoxium sanguinem
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;
18 cor machinans cogitationes pessimas pedes veloces ad currendum in malum
a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,
19 proferentem mendacia testem fallacem et eum qui seminat inter fratres discordias
a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
20 conserva fili mi praecepta patris tui et ne dimittas legem matris tuae
My son, keep your father's commandment, and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
21 liga ea in corde tuo iugiter et circumda gutturi tuo
Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.
22 cum ambulaveris gradiantur tecum cum dormieris custodiant te et evigilans loquere cum eis
When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.
23 quia mandatum lucerna est et lex lux et via vitae increpatio disciplinae
For the commandment is a lamp, and the Law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
24 ut custodiant te a muliere mala et a blanda lingua extraneae
to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the foreign woman.
25 non concupiscat pulchritudinem eius cor tuum nec capiaris nutibus illius
Do not lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
26 pretium enim scorti vix unius est panis mulier autem viri pretiosam animam capit
For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
27 numquid abscondere potest homo ignem in sinu suo ut vestimenta illius non ardeant
Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?
28 aut ambulare super prunas et non conburentur plantae eius
Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
29 sic qui ingreditur ad mulierem proximi sui non erit mundus cum tetigerit eam
So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
30 non grandis est culpae cum quis furatus fuerit furatur enim ut esurientem impleat animam
Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:
31 deprehensus quoque reddet septuplum et omnem substantiam domus suae tradet
but if he is found, he must repay seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.
32 qui autem adulter est propter cordis inopiam perdet animam suam
He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.
33 turpitudinem et ignominiam congregat sibi et obprobrium illius non delebitur
He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away.
34 quia zelus et furor viri non parcet in die vindictae
For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won't spare in the day of vengeance.
35 nec adquiescet cuiusquam precibus nec suscipiet pro redemptione dona plurima
He won't regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.
