箴言 2

1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and wilt hide my commandments with thee,

2That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: Incline thy heart to know prudence:

3For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence:

4If thou shalt seek her as money, and shalt dig for her as for a treasure:

5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and shalt find the knowledge of God.

6Because the Lord giveth wisdom: and out of his mouth cometh prudence and knowledge.

7He will keep the salvation of the righteous, and protect them that walk in simplicity.

8Keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of saints.

9Then shalt thou understand justice, and judgment, and equity, and every good path.

10If wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge please thy soul:

11Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee,

12That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh perverse things:

13Who leave the right way, and walk by dark ways:

14Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in most wicked things:

15Whose ways are perverse, and their steps infamous.

16That thou mayst be delivered from the strange women, and from the stranger, who softeneth her words:

17And forsaketh the guide of her youth,

18And hath forgotten the covenant of her God: for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths to hell.

19None that go in unto her shall return again, neither shall they take hold of the paths of life,

20That thou mayst walk in a good way: and mayst keep the paths of the just.

21For they that are upright shall dwell in the earth, and the simple shall continue in it.

22But the wicked shall be destroyed from the earth: and they that do unjustly shall be taken away from it.

1[Fili mi, si susceperis sermones meos, et mandata mea absconderis penes te:

2ut audiat sapientiam auris tua, inclina cor tuum ad cognoscendam prudentiam.

3Si enim sapientiam invocaveris, et inclinaveris cor tuum prudentiæ;

4si quæsieris eam quasi pecuniam, et sicut thesauros effoderis illam:

5tunc intelliges timorem Domini, et scientiam Dei invenies,

6quia Dominus dat sapientiam, et ex ore ejus prudentia et scientia.

7Custodiet rectorum salutem, et proteget gradientes simpliciter,

8servans semitas justitiæ, et vias sanctorum custodiens.

9Tunc intelliges justitiam, et judicium, et æquitatem, et omnem semitam bonam.]

10[Si intraverit sapientia cor tuum, et scientia animæ tuæ placuerit,

11consilium custodiet te, et prudentia servabit te:

12ut eruaris a via mala, et ab homine qui perversa loquitur;

13qui relinquunt iter rectum, et ambulant per vias tenebrosas;

14qui lætantur cum malefecerint, et exsultant in rebus pessimis;

15quorum viæ perversæ sunt, et infames gressus eorum.

16Ut eruaris a muliere aliena, et ab extranea quæ mollit sermones suos,

17et relinquit ducem pubertatis suæ,

18et pacti Dei sui oblita est. Inclinata est enim ad mortem domus ejus, et ad inferos semitæ ipsius.

19Omnes qui ingrediuntur ad eam non revertentur, nec apprehendent semitas vitæ.

20Ut ambules in via bona, et calles justorum custodias:

21qui enim recti sunt habitabunt in terra, et simplices permanebunt in ea;

22impii vero de terra perdentur, et qui inique agunt auferentur ex ea.]

1My son, if you would accept my words, and conceal my commandments within you,

2so that your ears may listen to wisdom, then bend your heart in order to know prudence.

3For if you would call upon wisdom and bend your heart to prudence,

4if you will seek her like money, and dig for her as if for treasure,

5then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and you will discover the knowledge of God.

6For the Lord bestows wisdom, and out of his mouth, prudence and knowledge.

7He will preserve the salvation of the righteous, and he will protect those who walk in simplicity:

8serving the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of sanctity.

9Then you shall understand justice and judgment, and equity, and every good path.

10If wisdom is to enter into your heart, and if knowledge is to become pleasing to your soul,

11then counsel must guard you, and prudence must serve you,

12so that you may be rescued from the evil way, and from the man who speaks perversities,

13from those who leave the straight path to walk in dark ways,

14who rejoice when they have done evil, and who exult in the most wicked things.

15Their ways are perverse, and their steps are infamous.

16So may you be rescued from the foreign woman, and from the outsider, who softens her speech,

17and who leaves behind the Guide of her youth,

18and who has forgotten the covenant of her God. For her household inclines toward death, and her paths toward Hell.

19All those who enter to her will not return again, nor will they take hold of the paths of life.

20So may you walk in the good way, and keep to the difficult paths of the just.

21For those who are upright shall live upon the earth, and the simple shall continue upon it.

22Yet truly, the impious shall perish from the earth, and those who act unjustly shall be taken away from it.