Liber Proverbiorum, 9
1. sapientia ædificavit sibi domum excidit columnas septem
1. Wisdom hath built herself a house, she hath hewn her out seven pillars.
2. immolavit victimas suas miscuit vinum et proposuit mensam suam
2. She hath slain her victims, mingled her wine, and set forth her table.
3. misit ancillas suas ut vocarent ad arcem et ad mœnia civitatis
3. She hath sent her maids to invite to the tower, and to the walls of the city:
4. si quis est parvulus veniat ad me et insipientibus locuta est
4. Whosoever is a little one, let him come to me. And to the unwise she said:
5. venite comedite panem meum et bibite vinum quod miscui vobis
5. Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for you.
6. relinquite infantiam et vivite et ambulate per vias prudentiæ
6. Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence.
7. qui erudit derisorem ipse sibi facit iniuriam et qui arguit impium generat maculam sibi
7. He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself: and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.
8. noli arguere derisorem ne oderit te argue sapientem et diliget te
8. Rebuke not a scorner lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
9. da sapienti et addetur ei sapientia doce justum et festinabit accipere
9. Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it.
10. principium sapientiæ timor Domini et scientia sanctorum prudentia
10. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.
11. per me enim multiplicabuntur dies tui et addentur tibi anni vitæ
11. For by me shall thy days be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.
12. si sapiens fueris tibimet ipsi eris si inlusor solus portabis malum
12. If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil.
13. mulier stulta et clamosa plenaque inlecebris et nihil omnino sciens
13. A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all,
14. sedit in foribus domus suæ super sellam in excelso urbis loco
14. Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the city,
15. ut vocaret transeuntes viam et pergentes itinere suo
15. To call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey:
16. quis est parvulus declinet ad me et vecordi locuta est
16. He that is a little one, let him turn to me. And to the fool she said:
17. aquæ furtivæ dulciores sunt et panis absconditus suavior
17. Stolen waters are sweeter, and hid den bread is more pleasant.
18. et ignoravit quod gigantes ibi sint et in profundis inferni convivæ ejus
18. And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell. The Parables of Solomon
