1:1 parabolae Salomonis filii David regis Israhel

1:1 The parables of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel,

1:2 ad sciendam sapientiam et disciplinam

1:2 To know wisdom, and instruction:

1:3 ad intellegenda verba prudentiae et suscipiendam eruditionem doctrinae iustitiam et iudicium et aequitatem

1:3 To understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction of doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity:

1:4 ut detur parvulis astutia adulescenti scientia et intellectus

1:4 To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and understanding.

1:5 audiens sapiens sapientior erit et intellegens gubernacula possidebit

1:5 A wise man shall hear, and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth shall possess governments.

1:6 animadvertet parabolam et interpretationem verba sapientium et enigmata eorum

1:6 He shall understand a parable and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings.

1:7 timor Domini principium scientiae sapientiam atque doctrinam stulti despiciunt

1:7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

1:8 audi fili mi disciplinam patris tui et ne dimittas legem matris tuae

1:8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

1:9 ut addatur gratia capiti tuo et torques collo tuo

1:9 That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.

1:10 fili mi si te lactaverint peccatores ne adquiescas

1:10 My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them.

1:11 si dixerint veni nobiscum insidiemur sanguini abscondamus tendiculas contra insontem frustra

1:11 If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause:

1:12 degluttiamus eum sicut infernus viventem et integrum quasi descendentem in lacum

1:12 Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit.

1:13 omnem pretiosam substantiam repperiemus implebimus domos nostras spoliis

1:13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoils.

1:14 sortem mitte nobiscum marsuppium unum sit omnium nostrum

1:14 Cast in thy lot with us, let us all have one purse.

1:15 fili mi ne ambules cum eis prohibe pedem tuum a semitis eorum

1:15 My son, walk not thou with them, restrain thy foot from their paths.

1:16 pedes enim illorum ad malum currunt et festinant ut effundant sanguinem

1:16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

1:17 frustra autem iacitur rete ante oculos pinnatorum

1:17 But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings.

1:18 ipsique contra sanguinem suum insidiantur et moliuntur fraudes contra animas suas

1:18 And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls.

1:19 sic semitae omnis avari animas possidentium rapiunt

1:19 So the ways of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors.

1:20 sapientia foris praedicat in plateis dat vocem suam

1:20 Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets:

1:21 in capite turbarum clamitat in foribus portarum urbis profert verba sua dicens

1:21 At the head of multitudes she crieth out, in the entrance of the gates of the city she uttereth her words, saying:

1:22 usquequo parvuli diligitis infantiam et stulti ea quae sibi sunt noxia cupiunt et inprudentes odibunt scientiam

1:22 O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge?

1:23 convertimini ad correptionem meam en proferam vobis spiritum meum et ostendam verba mea

1:23 Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words.

1:24 quia vocavi et rennuistis extendi manum meam et non fuit qui aspiceret

1:24 Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded.

1:25 despexistis omne consilium meum et increpationes meas neglexistis

1:25 You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions.

1:26 ego quoque in interitu vestro ridebo et subsannabo cum vobis quod timebatis advenerit

1:26 I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall come to you which you feared.

1:27 cum inruerit repentina calamitas et interitus quasi tempestas ingruerit quando venerit super vos tribulatio et angustia

1:27 When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and destruction, as a tempest, shall be at hand: when tribulation and distress shall come upon you:

1:28 tunc invocabunt me et non exaudiam mane consurgent et non invenient me

1:28 Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning, and shall not find me:

1:29 eo quod exosam habuerint disciplinam et timorem Domini non susceperint

1:29 Because they have hated instruction, and received not the fear of the Lord,

1:30 nec adquieverint consilio meo et detraxerint universae correptioni meae

1:30 Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof.

1:31 comedent igitur fructus viae suae suisque consiliis saturabuntur

1:31 Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices.

1:32 aversio parvulorum interficiet eos et prosperitas stultorum perdet illos

1:32 The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

1:33 qui autem me audierit absque terrore requiescet et abundantia perfruetur malorum timore sublato

1:33 But he that shall hear me, shall rest without terror, and shall enjoy abundance, without fear of evils.