Proverbia 22
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| Bibbia Vulgata Clementina | Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition |
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| 1 Melius est nomen bonum quam divitiæ multæ ; super argentum et aurum gratia bona. | 1 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold. |
| 2 Dives et pauper obviaverunt sibi : utriusque operator est Dominus. | 2 The rich and the poor meet together; the LORD is the maker of them all. |
| 3 Callidus vidit malum, et abscondit se ; innocens pertransiit, et afflictus est damno. | 3 A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple go on, and suffer for it. |
| 4 Finis modestiæ timor Domini, divitiæ, et gloria, et vita. | 4 The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life. |
| 5 Arma et gladii in via perversi ; custos autem animæ suæ longe recedit ab eis. | 5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards himself will keep far from them. |
| 6 Proverbium est : adolescens juxta viam suam ; etiam cum senuerit, non recedet ab ea. | 6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. |
| 7 Dives pauperibus imperat, et qui accipit mutuum servus est fœnerantis. | 7 The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender. |
| 8 Qui seminat iniquitatem metet mala, et virga iræ suæ consummabitur. | 8 He who sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail. |
| 9 Qui pronus est ad misericordiam benedicetur : de panibus enim suis dedit pauperi. Victoriam et honorem acquiret qui dat munera ; animam autem aufert accipientium. | 9 He who has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor. |
| 10 Ejice derisorem, et exibit cum eo jurgium, cessabuntque causæ et contumeliæ. | 10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease. |
| 11 Qui diligit cordis munditiam, propter gratiam labiorum suorum habebit amicum regem. | 11 He who loves purity of heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend. |
| 12 Oculi Domini custodiunt scientiam, et supplantantur verba iniqui. | 12 The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the faithless. |
| 13 Dicit piger : Leo est foris ; in medio platearum occidendus sum. | 13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!" |
| 14 Fovea profunda os alienæ : cui iratus est Dominus, incidet in eam. | 14 The mouth of a loose woman is a deep pit; he with whom the LORD is angry will fall into it. |
| 15 Stultitia colligata est in corde pueri, et virga disciplinæ fugabit eam. | 15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him. |
| 16 Qui calumniatur pauperem ut augeat divitias suas, dabit ipse ditiori, et egebit. | 16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to want. |
| 17 Inclina aurem tuam, et audi verba sapientium : appone autem cor ad doctrinam meam, | 17 Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge; |
| 18 quæ pulchra erit tibi cum servaveris eam in ventre tuo, et redundabit in labiis tuis : | 18 for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips. |
| 19 ut sit in Domino fiducia tua, unde et ostendi eam tibi hodie. | 19 That your trust may be in the LORD, I have made them known to you today, even to you. |
| 20 Ecce descripsi eam tibi tripliciter, in cogitationibus et scientia : | 20 Have I not written for you thirty sayings of admonition and knowledge, |
| 21 ut ostenderem tibi firmitatem et eloquia veritatis, respondere ex his illis qui miserunt te. | 21 to show you what is right and true, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you? |
| 22 Non facias violentiam pauperi quia pauper est, neque conteras egenum in porta : | 22 Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate; |
| 23 quia judicabit Dominus causam ejus, et configet eos qui confixerunt animam ejus. | 23 for the LORD will plead their cause and despoil of life those who despoil them. |
| 24 Noli esse amicus homini iracundo, neque ambules cum viro furioso : | 24 Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, |
| 25 ne forte discas semitas ejus, et sumas scandalum animæ tuæ. | 25 lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare. |
| 26 Noli esse cum his qui defigunt manus suas, et qui vades se offerunt pro debitis : | 26 Be not one of those who give pledges, who become surety for debts. |
| 27 si enim non habes unde restituas, quid causæ est ut tollat operimentum de cubili tuo ? | 27 If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you? |
| 28 Ne transgrediaris terminos antiquos, quos posuerunt patres tui. | 28 Remove not the ancient landmark which your fathers have set. |
| 29 Vidisti virum velocem in opere suo ? coram regibus stabit, nec erit ante ignobiles. | 29 Do you see a man skillful in his work? he will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men. |