Proverbs 22

NEW JERUSALEM	NOVA VULGATA
1 Fame is preferable to great wealth, favour, to silver and gold.	1 Melius est nomen bonum quam divitiae multae, super argentum et aurum gratia bona.
2 Rich and poor rub shoulders, Yahweh has made them both.	2 Dives et pauper obviaverunt sibi: utriusque operator est Dominus.
3 The discreet sees danger and takes shelter, simpletons go ahead and pay the penalty.	3 Callidus vidit malum et abscondit se; simplices pertransierunt et afflicti sunt damno.
4 The reward of humility is the fear of Yahweh, and riches, honour and life.	4 Praemium modestiae timor Domini, divitiae et gloria et vita.
5 Thorns and snares line the path of the wilful, whoever values life will stay at a distance.	5 Spinae et laquei in via perversi, custos autem animae suae longe recedit ab eis.
6 Give a lad a training suitable to his character and, even when old, he wil not go back on it.	6 Institue adulescentem iuxta viam suam; etiam cum senuerit, non recedet ab ea.
7 The rich lords it over the poor, the borrower is the lender's slave.	7 Dives pauperibus imperat; et, qui accipit mutuum, servus est fenerantis.
8 Whoever sows injustice reaps disaster, and the rod of such anger wil disappear.	8 Qui seminat iniquitatem, metet mala et virga irae suae consummabitur.
9 A kindly eye wil earn a blessing, such a person shares out food with the poor.	9 Qui bono oculo est, benedicetur, de panibus enim suis dedit pauperi.
10 Expel the mocker and strife goes too, law-suits and dislike die down.	10 Eice derisorem, et exibit cum eo iurgium; cessabuntque causae et contumeliae.
11 Whoever loves the pure of heart and is gracious of speech has the king for a friend.	11 Qui diligit cordis munditiam, propter gratiam labiorum suorum habebit amicum regem.
12 Yahweh's eyes protect knowledge, but he confounds deceitful speeches.	12 Oculi Domini custodiunt scientiam, et supplantantur verba iniqui.
13 'There is a lion outside,' says the idler, 'I shal be kil ed in the street!'	13 Dicit piger: “ Leo est foris, in medio platearum occidendus sum ”.
14 The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit, into it fal s the man whom Yahweh rebukes.	14 Fovea profunda os alienae; cui iratus est Dominus, incidet in eam.
15 Fol y is anchored in the heart of a youth, the whip of instruction wil rid him of it.	15 Stultitia colligata est in corde pueri, et virga disciplinae fugabit eam.
16 Harsh treatment enriches the poor, but a gift impoverishes the rich.	16 Opprimis pauperem? Ipse augebit divitias suas. Donas ditiori? Ipse egebis.
17 Give ear, listen to the sayings of the sages, and apply your heart to what I know,	17 Inclina aurem tuam et audi verba sapientium, appone autem cor ad doctrinam meam,
18 for it wil be a delight to keep them deep within you to have them al ready on your lips.	18 quia pulchra erunt, cum servaveris ea in ventre tuo, et redundabunt in labiis tuis.
19 So that your trust may be in Yahweh, it is you whom I wish to instruct today.	19 Ut sit in Domino fiducia tua, ostendi ea tibi hodie.
20 Have I not written for you thirty chapters of advice and knowledge,	20 Nonne descripsi ea tibi nudiustertius in cogitationibus et scientia,
21 to make you know the certainty of true sayings, so that you can return with sound answers to thosewho sent you?	21 ut ostenderem tibi firmitatem verborum veritatis, ut respondeas illi, qui misit te?
22 Do not despoil the weak, for he is weak, and do not oppress the poor at the gate,	22 Non facias violentiam pauperi, quia pauper est, neque conteras egenum in porta,
23 for Yahweh takes up their cause, and extorts the life of their extortioners.	23 quia iudicabit Dominus causam eorum, et anima spoliabit spoliatores.
24 Do not make friends with one who gives way to anger, make no one quick-tempered a companion ofyours,	24 Noli esse amicus homini iracundo neque ambules cum viro furioso,
25 for fear you learn such behaviour and in it find a snare for yourself.	25 ne forte discas semitas eius et sumas scandalum animae tuae.
26 Do not be one of those who go guarantor, who go surety for debts:	26 Noli esse cum his, qui iungunt manus suas et qui vades se offerunt pro debitis:
27 if you have no means of paying your bed wil be taken from under you.	27 si enim non habes unde restituas, quid causae est ut tollat lectum tuum subter te?
28 Do not displace the ancient boundary-stone set by your ancestors.	28 Ne transferas terminos antiquos, quos posuerunt patres tui.
29 You see someone alert at his business? His aim wil be to serve kings; not for him the service of theobscure.	29 Vidisti virum velocem in opere suo: coram regibus stabit nec erit ante ignobiles.