Liber Proverbiorum, 2
1. Fili mi, si susceperis sermones meos et mandata mea absconderis penes te,
1. My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you,
2. intendens ad sapientiam aurem tuam, inclinans cor tuum ad cognoscendam prudentiam;
2. making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;
3. si enim sapientiam invocaveris et dederis vocem tuam prudentiae,
3. yes, if you cry out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,
4. si quaesieris eam quasi pecuniam et sicut thesauros conquisieris illam,
4. if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures;
5. tunc intelleges timorem Domini et scientiam Dei invenies.
5. then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.
6. Quia Dominus dat sapientiam, et ex ore eius scientia et prudentia.
6. For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
7. Thesaurizabit rectis sollertiam et clipeus erit gradientibus simpliciter
7. he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
8. servans semitas iustitiae et vias sanctorum custodiens.
8. guarding the paths of justice and preserving the way of his saints.
9. Tunc intelleges iustitiam et iudicium et aequitatem et omnem semitam bonam,
9. Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path;
10. quia intrabit sapientia cor tuum, et scientia animae tuae placebit.
10. for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
11. Consilium custodiet te, et prudentia servabit te,
11. discretion will watch over you; understanding will guard you;
12. ut eruaris a via mala et ab homine, qui perversa loquitur;
12. delivering you from the way of evil, from men of perverted speech,
13. qui relinquunt iter rectum, ut ambulent per vias tenebrosas;
13. who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,
14. qui laetantur, cum malefecerint, et exsultant in rebus pessimis:
14. who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil;
15. quorum viae perversae sunt, et pravi gressus eorum.
15. men whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways.
16. Ut eruaris a muliere aliena et ab extranea, quae mollit sermones suos
16. You will be saved from the loose woman, from the adventuress with her smooth words,
17. et relinquit ducem pubertatis suae et pacti Dei sui oblita est.
17. who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;
18. Inclinata est enim ad mortem domus eius, et ad inferos semitae ipsius;
18. for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the shades;
19. omnes, qui ingrediuntur ad eam, non revertentur nec apprehendent semitas vitae.
19. none who go to her come back nor do they regain the paths of life.
20. Ut ambules in via bonorum et calles iustorum custodias:
20. So you will walk in the way of good men and keep to the paths of the righteous.
21. qui enim recti sunt, habitabunt in terra, et simplices permanebunt in ea;
21. For the upright will inhabit the land, and men of integrity will remain in it;
22. impii vero de terra perdentur, et, qui inique agunt, auferentur ex ea.
22. but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.
