Proverbs 23

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	NOVA VULGATA
1 When you sit down to eat with a leader, pay close attention to what has been set before your face,	1 Quando sederis, ut comedas cum principe, diligenter attende, quae apposita sunt ante faciem tuam,
2 and put a knife to your throat, if, in such a way, you could hold your soul in your own power.	2 et statue cultrum in gutture tuo, si avidus es.
3 Do not desire his foods, in which is the bread of deceit.	3 Ne desideres de cibis eius, quia est panis mendacii.
4 Do not be willing to labor so that you may be enriched. But set limits by your prudence.	4 Noli laborare, ut diteris, sed in prudentia tua acquiesce.
5 Do not raise your eyes toward wealth that you are not able to have. For they will make themselves wings, like those of an eagle, and they will fly in the sky.	5 Si erigas oculos tuos ad opes, iam non sunt; quia facient sibi pennas quasi aquilae et volabunt in caelum.
6 Do not eat with an envious man, and do not desire his foods.	6 Ne comedas cum homine invido et ne desideres cibos eius;
7 For, like a seer and an interpreter of dreams, he presumes what he does not know. “Eat and drink,” he will say to you; and his mind is not with you.	7 quoniam sicut aestimavit in animo suo, ita ipse est. “ Comede et bibe ” dicet tibi, et mens eius non est tecum.
8 The foods that you had eaten, you will vomit up. And you will lose the beauty in your words.	8 Buccellam, quam comederas, evomes et perdes pulchros sermones tuos.
9 Do not speak into the ears of the unwise. They will despise the doctrine of your eloquence.	9 In auribus insipientium ne loquaris, quia despicient doctrinam eloquii tui.
10 Do not touch the boundaries of little ones, and do not enter into the field of the fatherless.	10 Ne attingas terminos viduae et agrum pupillorum ne introeas:
11 For their close relative is strong, and he will judge their case against you.	11 redemptor enim illorum fortis est, et ipse iudicabit contra te causam illorum.
12 Let your heart enter into doctrine, and let your ears enter into words of knowledge.	12 Introduc ad doctrinam cor tuum et aures tuas ad verba scientiae.
13 Do not be willing to take away discipline from a child. For if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.	13 Noli subtrahere a puero disciplinam; si enim percusseris eum virga, non morietur:
14 You will strike him with the rod, and so shall you deliver his soul from Hell.	14 tu virga percuties eum et animam eius de inferno liberabis.
15 My son, if your soul will become wise, my heart will be glad with you.	15 Fili mi, si sapiens fuerit cor tuum, gaudebit tecum et cor meum,
16 And my temperament will exult, when your lips will have spoken what is upright.	16 et exsultabunt renes mei, cum locuta fuerint rectum labia tua.
17 Let not your heart compete with sinners. But be in the fear of the Lord all day long.	17 Non aemuletur cor tuum peccatores, sed in timore Domini esto tota die,
18 For you will have hope in the end, and your expectation will not be taken away.	18 quia est tibi posteritas, et praestolatio tua non auferetur.
19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and direct your soul along the way.	19 Audi, fili mi, et esto sapiens et dirige in via animum tuum.
20 Do not be willing to be in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in the carousings of those who gather to feed on flesh.	20 Noli esse in conviviis potatorum nec in comissationibus carnis,
21 For those who waste time drinking, and who surrender themselves to symbols, will be consumed. And those who sleep will be clothed in rags.	21 quia vacantes potibus et comissatores consumentur, et vestietur pannis dormitatio.
22 Listen to your father, who conceived you. And do not despise your mother, when she is old.	22 Audi patrem tuum, qui genuit te, et ne contemnas, cum senuerit mater tua.
23 Purchase truth, and do not sell wisdom, or doctrine, or understanding.	23 Veritatem eme et noli vendere; sapientiam eme et doctrinam et intellegentiam.
24 The father of the just exults in gladness; he who has conceived the wise will rejoice in him.	24 Exsultat gaudio pater iusti; qui sapientem genuit, laetabitur in eo;
25 Let your father and your mother be joyful, and may she who conceived you exult.	25 gaudeat pater tuus et mater tua, et exsultet, quae genuit te.
26 My son, offer me your heart, and let your eyes keep to my ways.	26 Praebe, fili mi, cor tuum mihi, et oculi tui vias meas custodiant.
27 For a loose woman is a deep pit, and a foreign woman is a constricted well.	27 Fovea enim profunda est meretrix, et puteus angustus aliena,
28 She lies in wait along the way like a robber. And the incautious one whom she sees, she will put to death.	28 nam insidiatur ipsa in via quasi latro et iniquos in hominibus addet.
29 Who has woe? Whose father has woe? Who has quarrels? Who falls into pits? Who has wounds without cause? Who has watery eyes?	29 Cui “ Vae ”? Cui “ Eheu ”? Cui rixae? Cui querela? Cui sine causa vulnera? Cui suffusio oculorum?
30 Is it not those who linger over wine, and who strive to be drinking from their cups?	30 His, qui commorantur in vino et eunt, ut scrutentur mixtum.
31 Do not gaze into the wine when it turns gold, when its color shines in the glass. It enters pleasantly,	31 Ne intuearis vinum, quando flavescit, cum splenduerit in calice color eius: ingreditur blande,
32 but in the end, it will bite like a snake, and it will spread poison like a king of snakes.	32 sed in novissimo mordebit ut coluber et sicut regulus vulnerat.
33 Your eyes will see women who are outsiders, and your heart will utter perversities.	33 Oculi tui videbunt extranea, et cor tuum loquetur perversa;
34 And you will be like someone sleeping in the middle of the sea, and like a pilot, fast asleep, who has lost his hold on the helm.	34 et eris sicut dormiens in medio mari et quasi sopitus ad malum navis:
35 And you will say: “They have beaten me, but I did not feel pain. They have dragged me, and I did not realize it. When will I awaken and find more wine?”	35 “ Verberaverunt me, sed non dolui, percusserunt me, et ego non sensi; quando evigilabo et rursus illud requiram? ”.