Liber Proverbiorum, 2
1. fili mi si susceperis sermones meos et mandata mea absconderis penes te
1. My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and wilt hide my commandments with thee,
2. ut audiat sapientiam auris tua inclina cor tuum ad noscendam prudentiam
2. That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: Incline thy heart to know prudence:
3. si enim sapientiam invocaveris et inclinaveris cor tuum prudentiæ
3. For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence:
4. si quæsieris eam quasi pecuniam et sicut thesauros effoderis illam
4. If thou shalt seek her as money, and shalt dig for her as for a treasure:
5. tunc intelleges timorem Domini et scientiam Dei invenies
5. Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and shalt find the knowledge of God.
6. quia Dominus dat sapientiam et ex ore ejus scientia et prudentia
6. Because the Lord giveth wisdom: and out of his mouth cometh prudence and knowledge.
7. custodiet rectorum salutem et proteget gradientes simpliciter
7. He will keep the salvation of the righteous, and protect them that walk in simplicity.
8. servans semitas justitiæ et vias sanctorum custodiens
8. Keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of saints.
9. tunc intelleges justitiam et judicium et æquitatem et omnem semitam bonam
9. Then shalt thou understand justice, and judgment, and equity, and every good path.
10. si intraverit sapientia cor tuum et scientia animæ tuæ placuerit
10. If wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge please thy soul:
11. consilium custodiet te prudentia servabit te
11. Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee,
12. ut eruaris de via mala ab homine qui perversa loquitur
12. That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh perverse things:
13. qui relinquunt iter rectum et ambulant per vias tenebrosas
13. Who leave the right way, and walk by dark ways:
14. qui lætantur cum malefecerint et exultant in rebus pessimis
14. Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in most wicked things:
15. quorum viæ perversæ et infames gressus eorum
15. Whose ways are perverse, and their steps infamous.
16. ut eruaris a muliere aliena et ab extranea quæ mollit sermones suos
16. That thou mayst be delivered from the strange women, and from the stranger, who softeneth her words:
17. et relinquit ducem pubertatis suæ
17. And forsaketh the guide of her youth,
18. et pacti Dei sui oblita est inclinata est enim ad mortem domus ejus et ad impios semitæ ipsius
18. And hath forgotten the covenant of her God: for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths to hell.
19. omnes qui ingrediuntur ad eam non revertentur nec adprehendent semitas vitæ
19. None that go in unto her shall return again, neither shall they take hold of the paths of life,
20. ut ambules in via bona et calles justorum custodias
20. That thou mayst walk in a good way: and mayst keep the paths of the just.
21. qui enim recti sunt habitabunt in terra et simplices permanebunt in ea
21. For they that are upright shall dwell in the earth, and the simple shall continue in it.
22. impii vero de terra perdentur et qui inique agunt auferentur ex ea
22. But the wicked shall be destroyed from the earth: and they that do unjustly shall be taken away from it.
