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| [1]Numquid non sapientia clamitat, et prudentia dat vocem suam? |
[1]Doth not wisdom cry? And understanding utter her voice? |
| [2]In summis excelsisque verticibus supra viam, in mediis semitis stans, |
[2]She standeth in the top of the high places by the way in the place of the paths. |
| [3]juxta portas civitatis, in ipsis foribus loquitur, dicens: |
[3]She crieth besides the gates before the city at the entry of the doors, |
| [4]O viri, ad vos clamito, et vox mea ad filios hominum. |
[4]O men, I call unto you, and utter my voice to the children of men. |
| [5]Intelligite, parvuli, astutiam, et insipientes, animadvertite. |
[5]O ye foolish men, understand wisdom, and ye, O fools, be wise in heart. |
| [6]Audite, quoniam de rebus magnis locutura sum, et aperientur labia mea ut recta prædicent. |
[6]Give ear, for I will speak of excellent things, and the opening of my lips, shall teach things that be right. |
| [7]Veritatem meditabitur guttur meum, et labia mea detestabuntur impium. |
[7]For my mouth shall speak the truth, and my lips abhor wickedness. |
| [8]Justi sunt omnes sermones mei: non est in eis pravum quid, neque perversum; |
[8]All the words of my mouth are righteous: there is no lewdness, nor frowardness in them. |
| [9]recti sunt intelligentibus, et æqui invenientibus scientiam. |
[9]They are all plain to him that will understand, and straight to them that would find knowledge. |
| [10]Accipite disciplinam meam, et non pecuniam; doctrinam magis quam aurum eligite: |
[10]Receive mine instruction, and not silver, and knowledge rather than fine gold. |
| [11]melior est enim sapientia cunctis pretiosissimis, et omne desiderabile ei non potest comparari. |
[11]For wisdom is better than precious stones: and all pleasures are not to be compared unto her. |
| [12]Ego sapientia, habito in consilio, et eruditis intersum cogitationibus. |
[12]I wisdom dwell with prudence, and I find forth knowledge and counsels. |
| [13]Timor Domini odit malum, arrogantiam et superbiam, et viam pravam, et os bilingue detestor. |
[13]The fear of the Lord is to hate evil as pride, and arrogance, and the evil way: and a mouth that speaketh lewd things, I do hate. |
| [14]Meum est consilium et æquitas; mea est prudentia, mea est fortitudo. |
[14]I have counsel and wisdom: I am understanding, and I have strength. |
| [15]Per me reges regnant, et legum conditores justa decernunt; |
[15]By me, kings reign, and princes decree justice. |
| [16]per me principes imperant, et potentes decernunt justitiam. |
[16]By me princes rule and the nobles, and all the judges of the earth. |
| [17]Ego diligentes me diligo, et qui mane vigilant ad me, invenient me. |
[17]I love them that love me: and they that seek me early, shall find me. |
| [18]Mecum sunt divitiæ et gloria, opes superbæ et justitia. |
[18]Riches and honor are with me: even durable riches and righteousness. |
| [19]Melior est enim fructus meus auro et lapide pretioso, et genimina me argento electo. |
[19]My fruit is better than gold, even than fine gold, and my revenues better than fine silver. |
| [20]In viis justitiæ ambulo, in medio semitarum judicii, |
[20]I cause to walk in the way of righteousness, and in the midst of the paths of judgment, |
| [21]ut ditem diligentes me, et thesauros eorum repleam. |
[21]That I may cause them that love me, to inherit substance, and I will fill their treasures. |
| [22]Dominus possedit me in initio viarum suarum antequam quidquam faceret a principio. |
[22]The Lord hath possessed me in the beginning of his way: I was before his works of old. |
| [23]Ab æterno ordinata sum, et ex antiquis antequam terra fieret. |
[23]I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning and before the earth. |
| [24]Nondum erant abyssi, et ego jam concepta eram, necdum fontes aquarum eruperant; |
[24]When there were no depths, was I begotten, when there were no fountains abounding with water. |
| [25]necdum montes gravi mole constiterant: ante colles ego parturiebar. |
[25]Before the mountains were settled: and before the hills, was I begotten. |
| [26]Adhuc terram non fecerat, et flumina, et cardines orbis terræ. |
[26]He had not yet made the earth, nor the open places, nor the height of the dust in the world. |
| [27]Quando præparabat cælos, aderam; quando certa lege et gyro vallabat abyssos; |
[27]When he prepared the heavens, I was there, when he set the compass upon the deep. |
| [28]quando æthera firmabat sursum, et librabat fontes aquarum; |
[28]When he established the clouds above, when he confirmed the fountains of the deep, |
| [29]quando circumdabat mari terminum suum, et legem ponebat aquis, ne transirent fines suos: quando appendebat fundamenta terræ; |
[29]When he gave his decree to the sea, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth, |
| [30]cum eo eram, cuncta componens. Et delectabar per singulos dies, ludens coram eo omni tempore, |
[30]Then was I with him as a nourisher, and I was daily his delight rejoicing alway before him, |
| [31]ludens in orbe terrarum; et deliciæ meæ esse cum filiis hominum. |
[31]And took my solace in the compass of his earth: and my delight is with the children of men. |
| [32]Nunc ergo, filii, audite me: beati qui custodiunt vias meas. |
[32]Therefore now hearken, O children, unto me: for blessed are they that keep my ways. |
| [33]Audite disciplinam, et estote sapientes, et nolite abjicere eam. |
[33]Hear instruction, and be ye wise, and refuse it not: blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, and giving attendance at the posts of my doors. |
| [34]Beatus homo qui audit me, et qui vigilat ad fores meas quotidie, et observat ad postes ostii mei. |
[34]For he that findeth me, findeth life, and shall obtain favor of the Lord. |
| [35]Qui me invenerit, inveniet vitam, et hauriet salutem a Domino. |
[35]But he that sinneth against me, hurteth his own soul: and all that hate me, love death. |
| [36]Qui autem in me peccaverit, lædet animam suam; omnes qui me oderunt diligunt mortem. |
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