Proverbs 27

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	NOVA VULGATA
1 Boast not of tomorrow, for you know not what any day may bring forth.	1 Ne glorieris in crastinum ignorans, quid superventura pariat dies.
2 Let another praise you--not your own mouth; Someone else--not your own lips.	2 Laudet te alienus et non os tuum, extraneus et non labia tua.
3 Stone is heavy, and sand a burden, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.	3 Grave est saxum et onerosa arena, sed ira stulti utroque gravior.
4 Anger is relentless, and wrath overwhelming-- but before jealousy who can stand?	4 Saevitas et erumpens furor, et coram zelo consistere quis poterit?
5 Better is an open rebuke than a love that remains hidden.	5 Melior est manifesta correptio quam amor absconditus.
6 Wounds from a friend may be accepted as well meant, but the greetings of an enemy one prays against.	6 Veriora sunt vulnera diligentis quam fraudulenta oscula odientis.
7 One who is full, tramples on virgin honey; but to the man who is hungry, any bitter thing is sweet.	7 Anima saturata calcabit favum, et anima esuriens etiam amarum pro dulci sumet.
8 Like a bird that is far from its nest is a man who is far from his home.	8 Sicut avis transmigrans de nido suo, sic vir errans longe a loco suo.
9 Perfume and incense gladden the heart, but by grief the soul is torn asunder.	9 Unguento et ture delectatur cor et dulcedine amici in consilio ex animo.
10 Your own friend and your father's friend forsake not; but if ruin befalls you, enter not a kinsman's house. Better is a neighbor near at hand than a brother far away.	10 Amicum tuum et amicum patris tui ne dimiseris et domum fratris tui ne ingrediaris in die afflictionis tuae. Melior est vicinus iuxta quam frater procul.
11 If you are wise, my son, you will gladden my heart, and I will be able to rebut him who tuants me.	11 Stude sapientiae, fili mi, et laetifica cor meum, ut possim exprobranti mihi respondere sermonem.
12 The shrewd man perceives evil and hides; simpletons continue on and suffer the penalty.	12 Astutus videns malum absconditus est; simplices transeuntes multati sunt.
13 Take his garment who becomes surety for another, and for the sake of a stranger, yield it up!	13 Tolle vestimentum eius, qui spopondit pro extraneo, et pro alienis aufer ei pignus.
14 When one greets his neighbor with a loud voice in the early morning, a curse can be laid to his charge.	14 Qui benedicit proximo suo voce grandi mane consurgens, maledictio reputabitur ei.
15 For a persistent leak on a rainy day the match is a quarrelsome woman.	15 Tecta perstillantia in die frigoris et litigiosa mulier comparantur;
16 He who keeps her stores up a stormwind; he cannot tell north from south.	16 qui retinet eam, quasi qui ventum teneat, et oleum dextera sua tenere reperietur.
17 As iron sharpens iron, so man sharpens his fellow man.	17 Ferrum ferro exacuitur, et homo exacuit faciem amici sui.
18 He who tends a fig tree eats its fruit, and he who is attentive to his master will be enriched.	18 Qui servat ficum, comedet fructus eius; et, qui custos est domini sui, glorificabitur.
19 As one face differs from another, so does one human heart from another.	19 Quomodo in aqua facies prospicit ad faciem, sic cor hominis ad hominem.
20 The nether world and the abyss are never satisfied; so too the eyes of men.	20 Infernus et Perditio numquam implentur, similiter et oculi hominum insatiabiles.
21 As the crucible tests silver and the furnace gold, so a man is tested by the praise he receives.	21 Quomodo probatur in conflatorio argentum et in fornace aurum, sic probatur homo ore laudantis.
22 Though you should pound the fool to bits with the pestle, amid the grits in a mortar, his folly would not go out of him.	22 Si pilo contuderis stultum in pila quasi ptisanas, non auferetur ab eo stultitia eius.
23 Take good care of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;	23 Diligenter agnosce vultum pecoris tui; appone cor tuum ad greges,
24 For wealth lasts not forever, nor even a crown from age to age.	24 non enim habebis iugiter divitias. Num corona tribuetur in generationem et generationem?
25 When the grass is taken away and the aftergrowth appears, and the mountain greens are gathered in,	25 Nudata sunt prata, et apparuerunt herbae virentes, et collecta sunt fena de montibus;
26 The lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats will bring the price of a field,	26 agni ad vestimentum tuum, et haedi ad agri pretium;
27 And there will be ample goat's milk to supply you, to supply your household, and maintenance for your maidens.	27 sufficiat tibi lac caprarum in cibum tuum et in cibum domus tuae et ad victum ancillis tuis.