1 — Proverbs

1The parables of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel,Parabole di Salomone figliuolo di David, re d'Israele.THE Parables of Salomon, the sonne of Dauid, king of Israel.Parabolæ Salomonis, filii David, regis Israël, 2To know wisdom, and instruction:Donde apparar la sapienza, e la disciplina,To know wisdom, and discipline:ad sciendam sapientiam et disciplinam; 3To understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction of doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity:E intendere gli avvertimenti della prudenza, e abbracciare le istruzioni della dottrina, la giustizia, la rettitudine, e l'equità:to vnderstand the wordes of prudence: and to receiue instruction of doctrine, iustice, and iudgement, and equitie: that subtilitie may be geuen to litle ones,ad intelligenda verba prudentiæ, / et suscipiendam eruditionem doctrinæ, / justitiam, et judicium, et æquitatem: 4To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and understanding.Donde i piccoli si provveggano di sagacità, i giovinetti di sapere, e di intelligenza.knowlege and vnderstanding to the youngman.ut detur parvulis astutia, / adolescenti scientia et intellectus. 5A wise man shall hear, and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth shall possess governments.Il saggio, che ascolterà, crescerà in sapienza, e colui, che intenderà, starà al timone:The wise man hearing shal be wiser: and he that vnderstandeth, shal possesse gouernementes.Audiens sapiens, sapientior erit, / et intelligens gubernacula possidebit. 6He shall understand a parable and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings.Comprenderà le parabole, e la loro interpretazione, le parole de' saggi, e i loro enimmi.He shal vnderstand a parable, and interpretation, the wordes of the wise, and their darke sayings.Animadvertet parabolam et interpretationem, / verba sapientum et ænigmata eorum. 7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.I timor del Signore egli o il principio della sapienza: la sapienza, e la dottrina è disprezzata dagli stolti.The feare of our Lord is the begynning of wisdom. Fooles despise wisedom and doctrine.Timor Domini principium sapientiæ; / sapientiam atque doctrinam stulti despiciunt. 8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:Ascolta, figliuol mio, i precetti del padre tuo, e non metter da banda le ammonizioni della tua madre:My sonne, f heare the discipline of thy father, and leaue not the lawe of thy mother:Audi, fili mi, disciplinam patris tui, / et ne dimittas legem matris tuæ:

9That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.Onde tu acquisti corona al tuo capo, e collana al tuo collo.that grace may be added to thy head, and a cheyne of gold to thy necke.ut addatur gratia capiti tuo, / et torques collo tuo. 10My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them.Figliuol mio, se i peccatori ti adescheranno, tu non fare a modo di coloro.My sonne, g if sinners shal entise thee, condescend not to them.Fili mi, si te lactaverint peccatores, / ne acquiescas eis. 11If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause:S'ei diranno: Vieni con noi, insidieremo alla vita altrui, nasconderemo i lacci tesi a colui, che inutilmente è senza colpa:If they shal say: Come with vs, let vs lye in waite for bloud, let vs hide snares against the innocent without cause:Si dixerint: Veni nobiscum, insidiemur sanguini; / abscondamus tendiculas contra insontem frustra; 12Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit.Lo ingoieremo vivo, come fa l'inferno, e tutto intero, come un che cade in un baratro.let vs swalow him aliue as hel, and whole as one descending into the lake.deglutiamus eum sicut infernus viventem, / et integrum quasi descendentem in lacum; 13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoils.Troveremo ricchezze grandi d'ogni maniera, ed empieremo di spoglie le nostre case.We shal finde al precious substance, we shal fil our house with spoiles.omnem pretiosam substantiam reperiemus; / implebimus domos nostras spoliis: 14Cast in thy lot with us, let us all have one purse.Unisci la sorte tua colla nostra, una sola borsa sarà tra tutti noi.Cast in thy lot with vs, let there be one purse of vs al.sortem mitte nobiscum, / marsupium unum sit omnium nostrum: 15My son, walk not thou with them, restrain thy foot from their paths.Figliuol mio, non andar con costoro: tien lungi dalle vie loro i tuoi passi.My sonne, walke not with them, stay thy foote from their pathes.fili mi, ne ambules cum eis; / prohibe pedem tuum a semitis eorum: 16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.Perocché i loro piedi corrono al male, ed ei si affrettano a spargere il sangue;For their feete runne to euil, and make haste to shede bloud.pedes enim illorum ad malum currunt, / et festinant ut effundant sanguinem. 17But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings.Ma indarno si tende la rete dinanzi agli occhi dei pennuti augelli:But h a nette is cast in vayne before the eies of them that haue winges.Frustra autem jacitur rete / ante oculos pennatorum. 18And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls.Costoro di più le insidie tendono alla propria lor vita, e le frodi macchinano contro le anime loro.Them selues also lye inwayte against their owne bloud & practise deceites against their owne soules.Ipsi quoque contra sanguinem suum insidiantur, / et moliuntur fraudes contra animas suas.

19So the ways of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors.Così le ruberie di tutti gli avari ruban le anime di quelli, che se le appropiano.So the pathes of euerie couetous man, take violently the soules of the possessors.Sic semitæ omnis avari: / animas possidentium rapiunt. 20Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets:La sapienza esce fuora cantando, alza la voce sua nelle piazze,Wisdom preacheth abrode, she geueth her voice in the streates:Sapientia foris prædicat; / in plateis dat vocem suam: 21At the head of multitudes she crieth out, in the entrance of the gates of the city she uttereth her words, saying:Là, dove si aduna la moltitudine, ella si fa sentire, alle porte (della città) ella espone i suoi documenti, e dice:In the head of multitudes she cryeth, in the doores of the gates of the citie she vttereth her wordes, saying:in capite turbarum clamitat; / in foribus portarum urbis profert verba sua, dicens: 22O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge?Fino a quando, o fanciulli, amerete voi la fanciullaggine? e ameranno gli stolti quello, che ad essi nuoce? e gli imprudenti avranno in odio la scienza?O children how long doe you loue infancie, and fooles couet those thinges, which are hurtful to them selues, and the vnwise hate knowlege?Usquequo, parvuli, diligitis infantiam, / et stulti ea quæ sibi sunt noxia cupient, / et imprudentes odibunt scientiam ? 23Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words.Volgetevi a udire le mie riprensioni: ecco che io vi comunicherò il mio spirito, e voi farò nota la mia dottrina.Turne-ye at my correption: behold I wil vtter my spirite to you, and wil shewe you my wordesconvertimini ad correptionem meam. / En proferam vobis spiritum meum, / et ostendam vobis verba mea. 24Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded.Perché io chiamai, e voi non obbediste, stesi la mano, e nissun vi fece attenzione,Because I called, and you refused: I streched out my hand, and there was none that regarded.Quia vocavi, et renuistis; / extendi manum meam, et non fuit qui aspiceret: 25You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions.Disprezzaste tutti i miei consigli, e poneste in non cale le mie riprensioni;You haue despised al my counsel, and haue neglected my reprehensions.despexistis omne consilium meum, / et increpationes meas neglexistis. 26I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall come to you which you feared.Io pure nella perdizione vostra riderò, e vi schernirò allora quando sopravverrà a voi quello, che temevate.I also wil laugh in your destruction, and wil scorne, when that shal come to you, which you feared.Ego quoque in interitu vestro ridebo, / et subsannabo cum vobis id quod timebatis advenerit.

27When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and destruction, as a tempest, shall be at hand: when tribulation and distress shall come upon you:Quando improvvisa sciagura vi investirà, e la morte, quasi turbine, vi sorprenderà; quando sopra di voi si getterà la tribolazione, e l'affanno.When soden calamirie shal fal on you, and destruction, as a tempest shal be at hand: when tribulation, and distresse shal come vpon you:Cum irruerit repentina calamitas, / et interitus quasi tempestas ingruerit; / quando venerit super vos tribulatio et angustia: 28Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning, and shall not find me:Allora costoro mi invocheranno, ed io non gli esaudirò, si alzeranno, solleciti, e non mi troveranno:Then shal they inuocate me, and I wil not heare: in the morning shal they arise, and shal not finde me:tunc invocabunt me, et non exaudiam; / mane consurgent, et non invenient me: 29Because they have hated instruction, and received not the fear of the Lord,Perocché ebbero in odio la disciplina, e non abbracciarono il timor del Signore.for that they haue hated discipline, and not receiued the feare of our Lord,eo quod exosam habuerint disciplinam, / et timorem Domini non susceperint, 30Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof.E non porser le orecchie ai miei consigli, e si fecer beffe di tutte le mie correzioni.nor consented to my counsel, & detracted from al my correption.nec acquieverint consilio meo, / et detraxerint universæ correptioni meæ. 31Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices.Mangeranno pertanto i frutti delle opere loro, e si satolleranno de' loro consiglj.They shal eate therefore the fruites of their way, and shal be filled with their owne counsels.Comedent igitur fructus viæ suæ, / suisque consiliis saturabuntur. 32The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.La indocilità di questi fanciulli sarà la loro morte, e la prosperità degli stolti li manderà in rovina.The auersion of litle ones shal kil them, and the prosperitie of fooles shal destroy them.Aversio parvulorum interficiet eos, / et prosperitas stultorum perdet illos. 33But he that shall hear me, shall rest without terror, and shall enjoy abundance, without fear of evils.Ma chi ascolta me avrà riposo senza paure, e sarà nell'abbondanza scevro dal timore de' mali.But he that shal heare me, shal rest without terrour, and shal enioy abundance, feare of euils being taken away.Qui autem me audierit, absque terrore requiescet, / et abundantia perfruetur, timore malorum sublato.