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| [1]The hopes of a man void of understanding are vain and false: and dreams lift up fools. |
[1]Vana spes et mendacium viro insensato: et somnia extollunt imprudentes. |
| [2]Whoso regardeth dreams is like him that catcheth at a shadow, and followeth after the wind. |
[2]Quasi qui apprehendit umbram et persequitur ventum, sic et qui attendit ad visa mendacia. |
| [3]The vision of dreams is the resemblance of one thing to another, even as the likeness of a face to a face. |
[3]Hoc secundum hoc visio somniorum, ante faciem hominis similitudo hominis. |
| [4]Of an unclean thing what can be cleansed? and from that thing which is false what truth can come? |
[4]Ab immundo, quid mundabitur? et a mendace, quid verum dicetur? |
| [5]Divinations, and soothsayings, and dreams, are vain: and the heart fancieth, as a woman's heart in travail. |
[5]Divinatio erroris, et auguria mendacia, et somnia malefacientium, vanitas est: |
| [6]If they be not sent from the most High in thy visitation, set not thy heart upon them. |
[6]et sicut parturientis, cor tuum phantasias patitur. Nisi ab Altissimo fuerit emissa visitatio, ne dederis in illis cor tuum: |
| [7]For dreams have deceived many, and they have failed that put their trust in them. |
[7]multos enim errare fecerunt somnia, et exciderunt sperantes in illis. |
| [8]The law shall be found perfect without lies: and wisdom is perfection to a faithful mouth. |
[8]Sine mendacio consummabitur verbum legis, et sapientia in ore fidelis complanabitur. |
| [9]A man that hath travelled knoweth many things; and he that hath much experience will declare wisdom. |
[9]Qui non est tentatus quid scit? vir in multis expertus cogitabit multa: et qui multa didicit enarrabit intellectum. |
| [10]He that hath no experience knoweth little: but he that hath travelled is full of prudence. |
[10]Qui non est expertus pauca recognoscit: qui autem in multis factus est, multiplicat malitiam. |
| [11]When I travelled, I saw many things; and I understand more than I can express. |
[11]Qui tentatus non est qualia scit? qui implanatus est abundabit nequitia. |
| [12]I was ofttimes in danger of death: yet I was delivered because of these things. |
[12]Multa vidi errando, et plurimas verborum consuetudines. |
| [13]The spirit of those that fear the Lord shall live; for their hope is in him that saveth them. |
[13]Aliquoties usque ad mortem periclitatus sum horum causa, et liberatus sum gratia Dei. |
| [14]Whoso feareth the Lord shall not fear nor be afraid; for he is his hope. |
[14]Spiritus timentium Deum quæritur, et in respectu illius benedicetur. |
| [15]Blessed is the soul of him that feareth the Lord: to whom doth he look? and who is his strength? |
[15]Spes enim illorum in salvantem illos, et oculi Dei in diligentes se. |
| [16]For the eyes of the Lord are upon them that love him, he is their mighty protection and strong stay, a defence from heat, and a cover from the sun at noon, a preservation from stumbling, and an help from falling. |
[16]Qui timet Dominum nihil trepidabit: et non pavebit, quoniam ipse est spes ejus. |
| [17]He raiseth up the soul, and lighteneth the eyes: he giveth health, life, and blessing. |
[17]Timentis Dominum, beata est anima ejus. |
| [18]He that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, his offering is ridiculous; and the gifts of unjust men are not accepted. |
[18]Ad quem respicit, et quis est fortitudo ejus? |
| [19]The most High is not pleased with the offerings of the wicked; neither is he pacified for sin by the multitude of sacrifices. |
[19]Oculi Domini super timentes eum: protector potentiæ, firmamentum virtutis, tegimen ardoris, et umbraculum meridiani: |
| [20]Whoso bringeth an offering of the goods of the poor doeth as one that killeth the son before his father's eyes. |
[20]deprecatio offensionis, et adjutorium casus: exaltans animam, et illuminans oculos, dans sanitatem, et vitam, et benedictionem. |
| [21]The bread of the needy is their life: he that defraudeth him thereof is a man of blood. |
[21]Immolantis ex iniquo oblatio est maculata, et non sunt beneplacitæ subsannationes injustorum. |
| [22]He that taketh away his neighbour's living slayeth him; and he that defraudeth the labourer of his hire is a bloodshedder. |
[22]Dominus solus sustinentibus se in via veritatis et justitiæ. |
| [23]When one buildeth, and another pulleth down, what profit have they then but labour? |
[23]Dona iniquorum non probat Altissimus, nec respicit in oblationes iniquorum, nec in multitudine sacrificiorum eorum propitiabitur peccatis. |
| [24]When one prayeth, and another curseth, whose voice will the Lord hear? |
[24]Qui offert sacrificium ex substantia pauperum, quasi qui victimat filium in conspectu patris sui. |
| [25]He that washeth himself after the touching of a dead body, if he touch it again, what availeth his washing? |
[25]Panis egentium vita pauperum est: qui defraudat illum homo sanguinis est. |
| [26]So is it with a man that fasteth for his sins, and goeth again, and doeth the same: who will hear his prayer? or what doth his humbling profit him? |
[26]Qui aufert in sudore panem, quasi qui occidit proximum suum. |
| [27]Qui effundit sanguinem, et qui fraudem facit mercenario, fratres sunt. |
| [28]Unus ædificans, et unus destruens: quid prodest illis, nisi labor? |
| [29]Unus orans, et unus maledicens: cujus vocem exaudiet Deus? |
| [30]Qui baptizatur a mortuo, et iterum tangit eum, quid proficit lavatio illius? |
| [31]Sic homo qui jejunat in peccatis suis, et iterum eadem faciens: quid proficit humiliando se? orationem illius quis exaudiet? |