Proverbs 1

The parables of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel,

Parabolæ Salomonis, filii David, regis Israël,

παροιμίαι Σαλωμῶντος υἱοῦ Δαυιδ ὃς ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Ισραηλ

To know wisdom, and instruction:

ad sciendam sapientiam et disciplinam;

γνῶναι σοφίαν καὶ παιδείαν νοῆσαί τε λόγους φρονήσεως

To understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction of doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity:

ad intelligenda verba prudentiæ, et suscipiendam eruditionem doctrinæ, justitiam, et judicium, et æquitatem :

δέξασθαί τε στροφὰς λόγων νοῆσαί τε δικαιοσύνην ἀληθῆ καὶ κρίμα κατευθύνειν

To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and understanding.

ut detur parvulis astutia, adolescenti scientia et intellectus.

ἵνα δῷ ἀκάκοις πανουργίαν παιδὶ δὲ νέῳ αἴσθησίν τε καὶ ἔννοιαν

A wise man shall hear, and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth shall possess governments.

Audiens sapiens, sapientior erit, et intelligens gubernacula possidebit.

τῶνδε γὰρ ἀκούσας σοφὸς σοφώτερος ἔσται ὁ δὲ νοήμων κυβέρνησιν κτήσεται

He shall understand a parable and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings.

Animadvertet parabolam et interpretationem, verba sapientum et ænigmata eorum.

νοήσει τε παραβολὴν καὶ σκοτεινὸν λόγον ῥήσεις τε σοφῶν καὶ αἰνίγματα

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Timor Domini principium sapientiæ; sapientiam atque doctrinam stulti despiciunt.

ἀρχὴ σοφίας φόβος θεοῦ σύνεσις δὲ ἀγαθὴ πᾶσι τοῖς ποιοῦσιν αὐτήν εὐσέβεια δὲ εἰς θεὸν ἀρχὴ αἰσθήσεως σοφίαν δὲ καὶ παιδείαν ἀσεβεῖς ἐξουθενήσουσιν

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Audi, fili mi, disciplinam patris tui, et ne dimittas legem matris tuæ :

ἄκουε υἱέ παιδείαν πατρός σου καὶ μὴ ἀπώσῃ θεσμοὺς μητρός σου

That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.

ut addatur gratia capiti tuo, et torques collo tuo.

στέφανον γὰρ χαρίτων δέξῃ σῇ κορυφῇ καὶ κλοιὸν χρύσεον περὶ σῷ τραχήλῳ

My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them.

Fili mi, si te lactaverint peccatores, ne acquiescas eis.

υἱέ μή σε πλανήσωσιν ἄνδρες ἀσεβεῖς μηδὲ βουληθῇς ἐὰν παρακαλέσωσί σε λέγοντες

If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause:

Si dixerint : Veni nobiscum, insidiemur sanguini; abscondamus tendiculas contra insontem frustra;

ἐλθὲ μεθ' ἡμῶν κοινώνησον αἵματος κρύψωμεν δὲ εἰς γῆν ἄνδρα δίκαιον ἀδίκως

Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit.

deglutiamus eum sicut infernus viventem, et integrum quasi descendentem in lacum;

καταπίωμεν δὲ αὐτὸν ὥσπερ ᾅδης ζῶντα καὶ ἄρωμεν αὐτοῦ τὴν μνήμην ἐκ γῆς

We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoils.

omnem pretiosam substantiam reperiemus; implebimus domos nostras spoliis :

τὴν κτῆσιν αὐτοῦ τὴν πολυτελῆ καταλαβώμεθα πλήσωμεν δὲ οἴκους ἡμετέρους σκύλων

Cast in thy lot with us, let us all have one purse.

sortem mitte nobiscum, marsupium unum sit omnium nostrum :

τὸν δὲ σὸν κλῆρον βάλε ἐν ἡμῖν κοινὸν δὲ βαλλάντιον κτησώμεθα πάντες καὶ μαρσίππιον ἓν γενηθήτω ἡμῖν

My son, walk not thou with them, restrain thy foot from their paths.

fili mi, ne ambules cum eis; prohibe pedem tuum a semitis eorum :

μὴ πορευθῇς ἐν ὁδῷ μετ' αὐτῶν ἔκκλινον δὲ τὸν πόδα σου ἐκ τῶν τρίβων αὐτῶν

For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

pedes enim illorum ad malum currunt, et festinant ut effundant sanguinem.

οἱ γὰρ πόδες αὐτῶν εἰς κακίαν τρέχουσιν καὶ ταχινοὶ τοῦ ἐκχέαι αἷμα

But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings.

Frustra autem jacitur rete ante oculos pennatorum.

οὐ γὰρ ἀδίκως ἐκτείνεται δίκτυα πτερωτοῖς

And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls.

Ipsi quoque contra sanguinem suum insidiantur, et moliuntur fraudes contra animas suas.

αὐτοὶ γὰρ οἱ φόνου μετέχοντες θησαυρίζουσιν ἑαυτοῖς κακά ἡ δὲ καταστροφὴ ἀνδρῶν παρανόμων κακή

So the ways of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors.

Sic semitæ omnis avari : animas possidentium rapiunt.

αὗται αἱ ὁδοί εἰσιν πάντων τῶν συντελούντων τὰ ἄνομα τῇ γὰρ ἀσεβείᾳ τὴν ἑαυτῶν ψυχὴν ἀφαιροῦνται

Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets:

Sapientia foris prædicat; in plateis dat vocem suam :

σοφία ἐν ἐξόδοις ὑμνεῖται ἐν δὲ πλατείαις παρρησίαν ἄγει

At the head of multitudes she crieth out, in the entrance of the gates of the city she uttereth her words, saying:

in capite turbarum clamitat; in foribus portarum urbis profert verba sua, dicens :

ἐπ' ἄκρων δὲ τειχέων κηρύσσεται ἐπὶ δὲ πύλαις δυναστῶν παρεδρεύει ἐπὶ δὲ πύλαις πόλεως θαρροῦσα λέγει

O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge?

Usquequo, parvuli, diligitis infantiam, et stulti ea quæ sibi sunt noxia cupient, et imprudentes odibunt scientiam?

ὅσον ἂν χρόνον ἄκακοι ἔχωνται τῆς δικαιοσύνης οὐκ αἰσχυνθήσονται οἱ δὲ ἄφρονες τῆς ὕβρεως ὄντες ἐπιθυμηταί ἀσεβεῖς γενόμενοι ἐμίσησαν αἴσθησιν

Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will show you my words.

convertimini ad correptionem meam. En proferam vobis spiritum meum, et ostendam vobis verba mea.

καὶ ὑπεύθυνοι ἐγένοντο ἐλέγχοις ἰδοὺ προήσομαι ὑμῖν ἐμῆς πνοῆς ῥῆσιν διδάξω δὲ ὑμᾶς τὸν ἐμὸν λόγον

Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded.

Quia vocavi, et renuistis; extendi manum meam, et non fuit qui aspiceret :

ἐπειδὴ ἐκάλουν καὶ οὐχ ὑπηκούσατε καὶ ἐξέτεινον λόγους καὶ οὐ προσείχετε

You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions.

despexistis omne consilium meum, et increpationes meas neglexistis.

ἀλλὰ ἀκύρους ἐποιεῖτε ἐμὰς βουλάς τοῖς δὲ ἐμοῖς ἐλέγχοις ἠπειθήσατε

I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall come to you which you feared.

Ego quoque in interitu vestro ridebo, et subsannabo cum vobis id quod timebatis advenerit.

τοιγαροῦν κἀγὼ τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ ἀπωλείᾳ ἐπιγελάσομαι καταχαροῦμαι δέ ἡνίκα ἂν ἔρχηται ὑμῖν ὄλεθρος

When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and destruction, as a tempest, shall be at hand: when tribulation and distress shall come upon you:

Cum irruerit repentina calamitas, et interitus quasi tempestas ingruerit; quando venerit super vos tribulatio et angustia :

καὶ ὡς ἂν ἀφίκηται ὑμῖν ἄφνω θόρυβος ἡ δὲ καταστροφὴ ὁμοίως καταιγίδι παρῇ καὶ ὅταν ἔρχηται ὑμῖν θλῖψις καὶ πολιορκία ἢ ὅταν ἔρχηται ὑμῖν ὄλεθρος

Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning, and shall not find me:

tunc invocabunt me, et non exaudiam; mane consurgent, et non invenient me :

ἔσται γὰρ ὅταν ἐπικαλέσησθέ με ἐγὼ δὲ οὐκ εἰσακούσομαι ὑμῶν ζητήσουσίν με κακοὶ καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσουσιν

Because they have hated instruction, and received not the fear of the Lord,

eo quod exosam habuerint disciplinam, et timorem Domini non susceperint,

ἐμίσησαν γὰρ σοφίαν τὸν δὲ φόβον τοῦ κυρίου οὐ προείλαντο

Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof.

nec acquieverint consilio meo, et detraxerint universæ correptioni meæ.

οὐδὲ ἤθελον ἐμαῖς προσέχειν βουλαῖς ἐμυκτήριζον δὲ ἐμοὺς ἐλέγχους

Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices.

Comedent igitur fructus viæ suæ, suisque consiliis saturabuntur.

τοιγαροῦν ἔδονται τῆς ἑαυτῶν ὁδοῦ τοὺς καρποὺς καὶ τῆς ἑαυτῶν ἀσεβείας πλησθήσονται

The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Aversio parvulorum interficiet eos, et prosperitas stultorum perdet illos.

ἀνθ' ὧν γὰρ ἠδίκουν νηπίους φονευθήσονται καὶ ἐξετασμὸς ἀσεβεῖς ὀλεῖ

But he that shall hear me, shall rest without terror, and shall enjoy abundance, without fear of evils.

Qui autem me audierit, absque terrore requiescet, et abundantia perfruetur, timore malorum sublato.

ὁ δὲ ἐμοῦ ἀκούων κατασκηνώσει ἐπ' ἐλπίδι καὶ ἡσυχάσει ἀφόβως ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοῦ