Proverbs 8

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NOVA VULGATA
1 Doth not wisdom cry aloud, and prudence put forth her voice ?	1 Numquid non sapientia clamitat, et prudentia dat vocem suam?
2 Standing in the top of the highest places by the way, in the midst of the paths.	2 In summis verticibus supra viam in mediis semitis stans,
3 Beside the gates of the city, in the very doors she speaketh, saying:	3 iuxta portas ad introitum civitatis, in ipsis foribus conclamat:
4 O ye men, to you I call, and my voice is to the sons of men.	4 “ O viri, ad vos clamito, et vox mea ad filios hominum.
5 O little ones, understand subtilty, and ye unwise, take notice.	5 Intellegite, parvuli, astutiam; et insipientes, animadvertite.
6 Hear, for I will speak of great things: and my lips shall be opened to preach right things.	6 Audite, quoniam de rebus magnis locutura sum, et aperientur labia mea, ut recta praedicent.
7 My mouth shall meditate truth, and my lips shall hate wickedness.	7 Veritatem meditabitur guttur meum, et labia mea detestabuntur impium.
8 All my words are just, there is nothing wicked nor perverse in them.	8 Iusti sunt omnes sermones oris mei, non est in eis pravum quid neque perversum;
9 They are right to them that understand, and just to them that find knowledge.	9 omnes recti sunt intellegentibus et aequi invenientibus scientiam.
10 Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather than gold.	10 Accipitc disciplinam meam et non pecuniam, doctrinam magis quam aurum electum.
11 ,11For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to	11 Melior est enim sapientia gemmis, et omne desiderabile ei non potest comparari ”.
12 I wisdom dwell in counsel, and am present in learned thoughts.	12 Ego sapientia habito cum prudentia et artem excogitandi invenio.
13 The fear of the Lord hateth evil: I hate arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.	13 Timor Domini odisse malum; arrogantiam et superbiam et viam pravam et os bilingue detestor.
14 Counsel and equity is mine, prudence is mine, strength is mine.	14 Meum est consilium et prudentia, mea est intellegentia, mea est fortitudo.
15 By me kings reign, and lawgivers decree just things,	15 Per me reges regnant, et principes iusta decernunt;
16 By me princes rule, and the mighty decree justice.	16 per me duces imperant, et potentes decernunt iustitiam.
17 I love them that love me: and they that in the morning early watch for me, shall find me.	17 Ego diligentes me diligo; et, qui mane vigilant ad me, invenient me.
18 With me are riches and glory, glorious riches and justice.	18 Mecum sunt divitiae et gloria, opes superbae et iustitia.
19 For my fruit is better than gold and the precious stone, and my blossoms than choice silver.	19 Melior est enim fructus meus auro et obryzo, et genimina mea argento electo.
20 I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of judgment,	20 In viis iustitiae ambulo, in medio semitarum iudicii,
21 That I may enrich them that love me, and may fill their treasures.	21 ut ditem diligentes me et thesauros eorum repleam.
22 The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made any thing from the beginning.	22 Dominus possedit me in initio viarum suarum, antequam quidquam faceret a principio;
23 I was set up from eternity, and of old before the earth was made.	23 ab aeterno ordinata sum et ex antiquis, antequam terra fieret.
24 The depths were not as yet, and I was already conceived. neither had the fountains of waters as yet sprung out:	24 Nondum erant abyssi, et ego iam concepta eram, necdum fontes graves aquis,
25 The mountains with their huge bulk had not as yet been established: before the hills I was brought forth:	25 priusquam montes demergerentur, ante colles ego parturiebar.
26 He had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of the world.	26 Adhuc terram non fecerat et campos et initium glebae orbis terrae.
27 When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law and compass he enclosed the depths:	27 Quando praeparabat caelos, aderam, quando certa lege et gyro vallabat abyssos,
28 When he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters:	28 quando nubes firmabat sursum, et praevaluerunt fontes abyssi,
29 When he compassed the sea with its bounds, and set a law to the waters that they should not pass their limits: when be balanced the foundations of the earth;	29 quando circumdabat mari terminum suum et aquis, ne transirent fines suos, quando iecit fundamenta terrae,
30 I was with him forming all things: and was delighted every day, playing before him at all times;	30 cum eo eram ut artifex: delectatio eius per singulos dies, ludens coram eo omni tempore,
31 Playing in the world: and my delights were to be with the children of men.	31 ludens in orbe terrarum, et deliciae meae esse cum filiis hominum.
32 Now therefore, ye children, hear me: Blessed are they that keep my ways.	32 Nunc ergo, filii, audite me: beati, qui custodiunt vias meas;
33 Hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.	33 audite disciplinam et estote sapientes et nolite abicere eam.
34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, and that watcheth daily at my gates, and waiteth at the posts of my doors.	34 Beatus homo, qui audit me et qui vigilat ad fores meas cotidie et observat ad postes ostii mei.
35 He that shall find me, shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord:	35 Qui me invenerit, inveniet vitam et hauriet delicias a Domino.
36 But he that shall sin against me, shall hurt his own soul. All that hate me love death.	36 Qui autem in me peccaverit, laedet animam suam: omnes, qui me oderunt, diligunt mortem.