Liber Proverbiorum, 9
1. Sapientia aedificavit sibi domum, excidit columnas septem;
1. Wisdom has built her house, she has set up her seven pillars.
2. immolavit victimas suas, miscuit vinum et proposuit mensam suam.
2. She has slaughtered her beasts, she has mixed her wine, she has also set her table.
3. Misit ancillas suas, ut vocarent ad arcem et ad excelsa civitatis:
3. She has sent out her maids to call from the highest places in the town,
4. “Si quis est parvulus, veniat ad me”. Et vecordi locuta est:
4. "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" To him who is without sense she says,
5. “Venite, comedite panem meum et bibite vinum, quod miscui vobis;
5. "Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.
6. relinquite infantiam et vivite et ambulate per vias prudentiae”.
6. Leave simpleness, and live, and walk in the way of insight."
7. Qui erudit derisorem, ipse iniuriam sibi facit; et, qui arguit impium, sibi maculam generat.
7. He who corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
8. Noli arguere derisorem, ne oderit te; argue sapientem, et diliget te.
8. Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
9. Da sapienti, et sapientior fiet; doce iustum, et addet doctrinam.
9. Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man and he will increase in learning.
10. Principium sapientiae timor Domini, et scientia Sancti est prudentia.
10. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
11. Per me enim multiplicabuntur dies tui, et addentur tibi anni vitae.
11. For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
12. Si sapiens fueris, tibimetipsi eris; si autem illusor, solus portabis malum.
12. If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
13. Mulier stulta est clamosa, fatua et nihil sciens;
13. A foolish woman is noisy; she is wanton and knows no shame.
14. sedit in foribus domus suae super sellam in excelsis urbis,
14. She sits at the door of her house, she takes a seat on the high places of the town,
15. ut vocaret transeuntes per viam et pergentes itinere suo:
15. calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way,
16. “Qui est parvulus, declinet ad me”. Et vecordi locuta est:
16. "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" And to him who is without sense she says,
17. “Aquae furtivae dulciores sunt, et panis in abscondito suavior”.
17. "Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."
18. Et ignoravit quod ibi sint umbrae, et in profundis inferni convivae eius.
18. But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
