Proverbs 24

Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them:

Ne æmuleris viros malos, nec desideres esse cum eis :

υἱέ μὴ ζηλώσῃς κακοὺς ἄνδρας μηδὲ ἐπιθυμήσῃς εἶναι μετ' αὐτῶν

Because their mind studieth robberies, and their lips speak deceits.

quia rapinas meditatur mens eorum, et fraudes labia eorum loquuntur.

ψεύδη γὰρ μελετᾷ ἡ καρδία αὐτῶν καὶ πόνους τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν λαλεῖ

By wisdom the house shall be built, and by prudence it shall be strengthened.

Sapientia ædificabitur domus, et prudentia roborabitur.

μετὰ σοφίας οἰκοδομεῖται οἶκος καὶ μετὰ συνέσεως ἀνορθοῦται

By instruction the storerooms shall be filled with all precious and most beautiful wealth.

In doctrina replebuntur cellaria, universa substantia pretiosa et pulcherrima.

μετὰ αἰσθήσεως ἐμπίμπλαται ταμίεια ἐκ παντὸς πλούτου τιμίου καὶ καλοῦ

A wise man is strong: and a knowing man, stout and valiant.

Vir sapiens fortis est, et vir doctus robustus et validus :

κρείσσων σοφὸς ἰσχυροῦ καὶ ἀνὴρ φρόνησιν ἔχων γεωργίου μεγάλου

Because war is managed by due ordering: and there shall be safety where there are many counsels.

quia cum dispositione initur bellum, et erit salus ubi multa consilia sunt.

μετὰ κυβερνήσεως γίνεται πόλεμος βοήθεια δὲ μετὰ καρδίας βουλευτικῆς

Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he shall not open his mouth.

Excelsa stulto sapientia; in porta non aperiet os suum.

σοφία καὶ ἔννοια ἀγαθὴ ἐν πύλαις σοφῶν σοφοὶ οὐκ ἐκκλίνουσιν ἐκ στόματος κυρίου

He that deviseth to do evils, shall be called a fool.

Qui cogitat mala facere stultus vocabitur:

ἀλλὰ λογίζονται ἐν συνεδρίοις ἀπαιδεύτοις συναντᾷ θάνατος

The thought of a fool is sin: and the detractor is the abomination of men.

cogitatio stulti peccatum est, et abominatio hominum detractor.

ἀποθνῄσκει δὲ ἄφρων ἐν ἁμαρτίαις ἀκαθαρσία δὲ ἀνδρὶ λοιμῷ ἐμμολυνθήσεται

If thou lose hope, being weary in the day of distress, thy strength shall be diminished.

Si desperaveris lassus in die angustiæ, imminuetur fortitudo tua.

ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κακῇ καὶ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θλίψεως ἕως ἂν ἐκλίπῃ

Deliver them that are led to death: and those that are drawn to death, forbear not to deliver.

Erue eos qui ducuntur ad mortem, et qui trahuntur ad interitum, liberare ne cesses.

ῥῦσαι ἀγομένους εἰς θάνατον καὶ ἐκπρίου κτεινομένους μὴ φείσῃ

If thou say: I have not strength enough: he that seeth into the heart, he understandeth, and nothing deceiveth the keeper of thy soul, and he shall render to a man according to his works.

Si dixeris : Vires non suppetunt; qui inspector est cordis ipse intelligit : et servatorem animæ tuæ nihil fallit, reddetque homini juxta opera sua.

ἐὰν δὲ εἴπῃς οὐκ οἶδα τοῦτον γίνωσκε ὅτι κύριος καρδίας πάντων γινώσκει καὶ ὁ πλάσας πνοὴν πᾶσιν αὐτὸς οἶδεν πάντα ὃς ἀποδίδωσιν ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ

Eat honey, my son, because it is good, and the honeycomb most sweet to thy throat.

Comede, fili mi, mel, quia bonum est, et favum dulcissimum gutturi tuo.

φάγε μέλι υἱέ ἀγαθὸν γὰρ κηρίον ἵνα γλυκανθῇ σου ὁ φάρυγξ

So also is the doctrine of wisdom to thy soul: which when thou hast found, thou shalt have hope in the end, and thy hope shall not perish.

Sic et doctrina sapientiæ animæ tuæ : quam cum inveneris, habebis in novissimis spem, et spes tua non peribit.

οὕτως αἰσθήσῃ σοφίαν τῇ σῇ ψυχῇ ἐὰν γὰρ εὕρῃς ἔσται καλὴ ἡ τελευτή σου καὶ ἐλπίς σε οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψει

Lie not in wait, nor seek after wickedness in the house of the just, nor spoil his rest.

Ne insidieris, et quæras impietatem in domo justi, neque vastes requiem ejus.

μὴ προσαγάγῃς ἀσεβῆ νομῇ δικαίων μηδὲ ἀπατηθῇς χορτασίᾳ κοιλίας

For a just man shall fall seven times, and shall rise again: but the wicked shall fall down into evil.

Septies enim cadet justus, et resurget : impii autem corruent in malum.

ἑπτάκι γὰρ πεσεῖται ὁ δίκαιος καὶ ἀναστήσεται οἱ δὲ ἀσεβεῖς ἀσθενήσουσιν ἐν κακοῖς

When thy enemy shall fall, be not glad, and in his ruin let not thy heart rejoice:

Cum ceciderit inimicus tuus ne gaudeas, et in ruina ejus ne exsultet cor tuum :

ἐὰν πέσῃ ὁ ἐχθρός σου μὴ ἐπιχαρῇς αὐτῷ ἐν δὲ τῷ ὑποσκελίσματι αὐτοῦ μὴ ἐπαίρου

Lest the Lord see, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

ne forte videat Dominus, et displiceat ei, et auferat ab eo iram suam.

ὅτι ὄψεται κύριος καὶ οὐκ ἀρέσει αὐτῷ καὶ ἀποστρέψει τὸν θυμὸν αὐτοῦ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ

Contend not with the wicked, nor seek to be like the ungodly.

Ne contendas cum pessimis, nec æmuleris impios :

μὴ χαῖρε ἐπὶ κακοποιοῖς μηδὲ ζήλου ἁμαρτωλούς

For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

quoniam non habent futurorum spem mali, et lucerna impiorum extinguetur.

οὐ γὰρ μὴ γένηται ἔκγονα πονηρῶν λαμπτὴρ δὲ ἀσεβῶν σβεσθήσεται

My son, fear the Lord, and the king: and have nothing to do with detractors.

Time Dominum, fili mi, et regem, et cum detractoribus non commiscearis :

φοβοῦ τὸν θεόν υἱέ καὶ βασιλέα καὶ μηθετέρῳ αὐτῶν ἀπειθήσῃς

For their destruction shall rise suddenly: and who knoweth the ruin of both?

quoniam repente consurget perditio eorum, et ruinam utriusque quis novit?

ἐξαίφνης γὰρ τείσονται τοὺς ἀσεβεῖς τὰς δὲ τιμωρίας ἀμφοτέρων τίς γνώσεται λόγον φυλασσόμενος υἱὸς ἀπωλείας ἐκτὸς ἔσται δεχόμενος δὲ ἐδέξατο αὐτόν μηδὲν ψεῦδος ἀπὸ γλώσσης βασιλεῖ λεγέσθω καὶ οὐδὲν ψεῦδος ἀπὸ γλώσσης αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ ἐξέλθῃ μάχαιρα γλῶσσα βασιλέως καὶ οὐ σαρκίνη ὃς δ' ἂν παραδοθῇ συντριβήσεται ἐὰν γὰρ ὀξυνθῇ ὁ θυμὸς αὐτοῦ σὺν νεύροις ἀνθρώπους ἀναλίσκει καὶ ὀστᾶ ἀνθρώπων κατατρώγει καὶ συγκαίει ὥσπερ φλὸξ ὥστε ἄβρωτα εἶναι νεοσσοῖς ἀετῶν

These things also to the wise: It is not good to have respect to persons in judgment.

Hæc quoque sapientibus. Cognoscere personam in judicio non est bonum.

ταῦτα δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν τοῖς σοφοῖς ἐπιγινώσκειν αἰδεῖσθαι πρόσωπον ἐν κρίσει οὐ καλόν

They that say to the wicked man: Thou art just: shall be cursed by the people, and the tribes shall abhor them.

Qui dicunt impio : Justus es : maledicent eis populi, et detestabuntur eos tribus.

ὁ εἰπὼν τὸν ἀσεβῆ δίκαιός ἐστιν ἐπικατάρατος λαοῖς ἔσται καὶ μισητὸς εἰς ἔθνη

They that rebuke him shall be praised: and a blessing shall come upon them.

Qui arguunt eum laudabuntur, et super ipsos veniet benedictio.

οἱ δὲ ἐλέγχοντες βελτίους φανοῦνται ἐπ' αὐτοὺς δὲ ἥξει εὐλογία ἀγαθή

He shall kiss the lips, who answereth right words.

Labia deosculabitur qui recta verba respondet.

χείλη δὲ φιλήσουσιν ἀποκρινόμενα λόγους ἀγαθούς

Prepare thy work without, and diligently till thy ground: that afterward thou mayst build thy house.

Præpara foris opus tuum, et diligenter exerce agrum tuum, ut postea ædifices domum tuam.

ἑτοίμαζε εἰς τὴν ἔξοδον τὰ ἔργα σου καὶ παρασκευάζου εἰς τὸν ἀγρὸν καὶ πορεύου κατόπισθέν μου καὶ ἀνοικοδομήσεις τὸν οἶκόν σου

Be not witness without cause against thy neighbour: and deceive not any man with thy lips.

Ne sis testis frustra contra proximum tuum, nec lactes quemquam labiis tuis.

μὴ ἴσθι ψευδὴς μάρτυς ἐπὶ σὸν πολίτην μηδὲ πλατύνου σοῖς χείλεσιν

Say not: I will do to him as he hath done to me: I will render to every one according to his work.

Ne dicas : Quomodo fecit mihi, sic faciam ei; reddam unicuique secundum opus suum.

μὴ εἴπῃς ὃν τρόπον ἐχρήσατό μοι χρήσομαι αὐτῷ τείσομαι δὲ αὐτὸν ἅ με ἠδίκησεν

I passed by the field of the slothful man, and by the vineyard of the foolish man:

Per agrum hominis pigri transivi, et per vineam viri stulti :

ὥσπερ γεώργιον ἀνὴρ ἄφρων καὶ ὥσπερ ἀμπελὼν ἄνθρωπος ἐνδεὴς φρενῶν

And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down.

et ecce totum repleverant urticæ, et operuerant superficiem ejus spinæ, et maceria lapidum destructa erat.

ἐὰν ἀφῇς αὐτόν χερσωθήσεται καὶ χορτομανήσει ὅλος καὶ γίνεται ἐκλελειμμένος οἱ δὲ φραγμοὶ τῶν λίθων αὐτοῦ κατασκάπτονται

Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction.

Quod cum vidissem, posui in corde meo, et exemplo didici disciplinam.

ὕστερον ἐγὼ μετενόησα ἐπέβλεψα τοῦ ἐκλέξασθαι παιδείαν

Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest.

Parum, inquam, dormies, modicum dormitabis; pauxillum manus conseres ut quiescas :

ὀλίγον νυστάζω ὀλίγον δὲ καθυπνῶ ὀλίγον δὲ ἐναγκαλίζομαι χερσὶν στήθη

And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man.

et veniet tibi quasi cursor egestas, et mendicitas quasi vir armatus.

ἐὰν δὲ τοῦτο ποιῇς ἥξει προπορευομένη ἡ πενία σου καὶ ἡ ἔνδειά σου ὥσπερ ἀγαθὸς δρομεύς