Liber Proverbiorum, 22

1. Melius est nomen bonum quam divitiae multae, super argentum et aurum gratia bona.

1. A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.

2. Dives et pauper obviaverunt sibi: utriusque operator est Dominus.

2. The rich and the poor meet together; the LORD is the maker of them all.

3. Callidus vidit malum et abscondit se; simplices pertransierunt et afflicti sunt damno.

3. A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple go on, and suffer for it.

4. Praemium modestiae timor Domini, divitiae et gloria et vita.

4. The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life.

5. Spinae et laquei in via perversi, custos autem animae suae longe recedit ab eis.

5. Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards himself will keep far from them.

6. Institue adulescentem iuxta viam suam; etiam cum senuerit, non recedet ab ea.

6. Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

7. Dives pauperibus imperat; et, qui accipit mutuum, servus est fenerantis.

7. The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.

8. Qui seminat iniquitatem, metet mala et virga irae suae consummabitur.

8. He who sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.

9. Qui bono oculo est, benedicetur, de panibus enim suis dedit pauperi.

9. He who has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.

10. Eice derisorem, et exibit cum eo iurgium; cessabuntque causae et contumeliae.

10. Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease.

11. Qui diligit cordis munditiam, propter gratiam labiorum suorum habebit amicum regem.

11. He who loves purity of heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.

12. Oculi Domini custodiunt scientiam, et supplantantur verba iniqui.

12. The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the faithless.

13. Dicit piger: “Leo est foris, in medio platearum occidendus sum”.

13. The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!"

14. Fovea profunda os alienae; cui iratus est Dominus, incidet in eam.

14. The mouth of a loose woman is a deep pit; he with whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.

15. Stultitia colligata est in corde pueri, et virga disciplinae fugabit eam.

15. Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

16. Opprimis pauperem? Ipse augebit divitias suas. Donas ditiori? Ipse egebis.

16. He who oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to want.

17. Inclina aurem tuam et audi verba sapientium, appone autem cor ad doctrinam meam,

17. Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge;

18. quia pulchra erunt, cum servaveris ea in ventre tuo, et redundabunt in labiis tuis.

18. for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.

19. Ut sit in Domino fiducia tua, ostendi ea tibi hodie.

19. That your trust may be in the LORD, I have made them known to you today, even to you.

20. Nonne descripsi ea tibi nudiustertius in cogitationibus et scientia,

20. Have I not written for you thirty sayings of admonition and knowledge,

21. ut ostenderem tibi firmitatem verborum veritatis, ut respondeas illi, qui misit te?

21. to show you what is right and true, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?

22. Non facias violentiam pauperi, quia pauper est, neque conteras egenum in porta,

22. Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate;

23. quia iudicabit Dominus causam eorum, et anima spoliabit spoliatores.

23. for the LORD will plead their cause and despoil of life those who despoil them.

24. Noli esse amicus homini iracundo neque ambules cum viro furioso,

24. Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,

25. ne forte discas semitas eius et sumas scandalum animae tuae.

25. lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

26. Noli esse cum his, qui iungunt manus suas et qui vades se offerunt pro debitis:

26. Be not one of those who give pledges, who become surety for debts.

27. si enim non habes unde restituas, quid causae est ut tollat lectum tuum subter te?

27. If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

28. Ne transferas terminos antiquos, quos posuerunt patres tui.

28. Remove not the ancient landmark which your fathers have set.

29. Vidisti virum velocem in opere suo: coram regibus stabit nec erit ante ignobiles.

29. Do you see a man skilful in his work? he will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.