8 — Proverbs

1Doth not wisdom cry aloud, and prudence put forth her voice?Non grida ella forse la sapienza, e la prudenza non alza ella la voce?DOTH not wisdom crie, and prudence geue her voice?Numquid non sapientia clamitat, / et prudentia dat vocem suam ? 2Standing in the top of the highest places by the way, in the midst of the paths,Nelle cime più alte, e più rilevate, lungo le pubbliche vie, ai capi delle strade ella si sta,Standing in the high & loftie toppes ouer the way, in the middes of the pathes,In summis excelsisque verticibus supra viam, / in mediis semitis stans, 3Beside the gates of the city, in the very doors she speaketh, saying:Presso alle porte della città, sulle porte medesime parla ella, e dice:beside the gates of the citie in the verie doores she speaketh, saying:juxta portas civitatis, / in ipsis foribus loquitur, dicens: 4O ye men, to you I call, and my voice is to the sons of men.O uomini, a voi io grido, e a' figliuoli degli uomini si indirizza il mio parlare.O men, to you I crie, and my voice is to the children of men.O viri, ad vos clamito, / et vox mea ad filios hominum. 5O little ones understand subtlety, and ye unwise, take notice.Imparate, o piccoli, la prudenza, e voi stolti prestate attenzione,O litle ones vnderstand subtiltie, and ye vnwise marke.Intelligite, parvuli, astutiam, / et insipientes, animadvertite. 6Hear, for I will speak of great things: and my lips shall be opened to preach right things.Ascoltate, mentre di cose grandi son io per discorrere, e le mie labbra si apriranno ad annunziar la giustizia.Heare ye, because I wil speake of great thinges: and my lippes shal be opened to preach right thinges.Audite, quoniam de rebus magnis locutura sum, / et aperientur labia mea ut recta prædicent. 7My mouth shall meditate truth, and my lips shall hate wickedness.La mia bocca sarà organo della verità, e le mie labbra detesteranno l'empietà,My throte shal meditate truth, and my lippes shal detest the impious.Veritatem meditabitur guttur meum, / et labia mea detestabuntur impium. 8All my words are just, there is nothing wicked, nor perverse in them.I miei discorsi son tutti giusti, nulla è in essi di storto, o di perverso:Al my wordes are iust, there is no wicked, nor peruerse thing in them.Justi sunt omnes sermones mei: / non est in eis pravum quid, neque perversum; 9They are right to them that understand, and just to them that find knowledge.Sono diritti per quei, che hanno intelligenza, e facili per quelli, che amano di imparare.They are right to them that vnderstand, and iust to them that finde knowlege.recti sunt intelligentibus, / et æqui invenientibus scientiam. 10Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather than gold.Fate acquisto della mia disciplina, piuttosto che del denaro, e anteponete all'oro la scienza.Receiue ye discipline, & not money: choose doctrine rather then gold.Accipite disciplinam meam, et non pecuniam; / doctrinam magis quam aurum eligite:

11For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to it.Perocché la sapienza più vale, che tutte le cose più preziose, e non è da compararsi con lei qualunque cosa più cara.For wisdom is better then al most precious riches: and whatsoeuer is to be desired can not be compared to it.melior est enim sapientia cunctis pretiosissimis, / et omne desiderabile ei non potest comparari. 12I, wisdom, dwell in counsel, and am present in learned thoughts.In la sapienza abito trai buoni consigli, e presiedo ai saggi pensieri.I wisdome dwel in counsel, and am present in lerned cogitations.Ego sapientia, habito in consilio, / et eruditis intersum cogitationibus. 13The fear of the Lord hateth evil; I hate arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.Il timor del Signore è odio del male: io detesto l'arroganza, e la superbia, e la via storta, e la bocca a due lingue.The feare of our Lord hateth euil: arrogancie, and pride, and wicked way, and a duble toungued mouth I doe detest.Timor Domini odit malum: / arrogantiam, et superbiam, / et viam pravam, et os bilingue, detestor. 14Counsel and equity is mine, prudence is mine, strength is mine.A me appartiene il consiglio, e l'equità, a me la prudenza, a me la fortezza.Myne is counsel & equitie, prudence is mine, strength is mine.Meum est consilium et æquitas; / mea est prudentia, mea est fortitudo. 15By me kings reign, and lawgivers decree just things.Per me regnano i regi, e i legislatori ordinano quello, che è giusto:By me kinges doe reigne, and the makers of law decree iust thinges.Per me reges regnant, / et legum conditores justa decernunt; 16By me princes rule, and the mighty decree justice.Per me i principi comandano, e i giudici amministrano la giustizia.By me princes rule, and the mightie decree iustice.per me principes imperant, / et potentes decernunt justitiam. 17I love them that love me: and they that in the morning early watch for me, shall find me.Io amo quei, che mi amano, e quelli, che di buon mattino si svegliano a ricercarmi, mi troveranno.I loue them that loue me: and they that watch toward me shal finde me.Ego diligentes me diligo, / et qui mane vigilant ad me, invenient me. 18With me are riches and glory, glorious riches and justice.A me appartiene la dovizia, la gloria, le ampie ricchezze, e la giustizia:With me are riches, and glorie, glorious riches, and iustice.Mecum sunt divitiæ et gloria, / opes superbæ et justitia. 19For my fruit is better than gold and the precious stone, and my blossoms than choice silver.Perocché migliore dell'oro, e delle pietre preziose è il mio frutto, e dell'argento più fino li miei prodotti.For my fruite is better then gold, and precious stone, and my blosomes then chosen siluer.Melior est enim fructus meus auro et lapide pretioso, / et genimina me argento electo.

20I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of judgment,Nelle vie della giustizia io cammino, in mezzo ai sentieri di rettitudine,I Walke in the wayes of iustice, in the middes of the pathes of iudgement,In viis justitiæ ambulo, / in medio semitarum judicii: 21That I may enrich them that love me, and may fill their treasures.Per far ricchi coloro, che mi amano, e riempiere i loro tesori.that I may enriche them that loue me, and may replenish their treasures.ut ditem diligentes me, / et thesauros eorum repleam. 22The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made any thing from the beginning.Il Signore mi ebbe con seco nel cominciamento delle opere sue, da principio, prima che alcuna cosa creasse.Our Lord possessed me in the beginning of his wayes, before he had made any thing from the beginning.Dominus possedit me in initio viarum suarum / antequam quidquam faceret a principio. 23I was set up from eternity, and of old, before the earth was made.Dall'eternità ebbi io principato, e ab antico, prima che fosse fatta la terra.From eternitie I was ordayned & of old before the earth was made.Ab æterno ordinata sum, / et ex antiquis antequam terra fieret. 24The depths were not as yet, and I was already conceived, neither had the fountains of waters as yet sprung out.Non erano ancora gli abissi, ed io era già concepita, non iscaturivano ancora i fonti delle acque,The depthes were not as yet, and I was now conceiued, neither had the fountaines of waters as yet gushed forth:Nondum erant abyssi, et ego jam concepta eram: / necdum fontes aquarum eruperant, 25The mountains, with their huge bulk, had not as yet been established: before the hills, I was brought forth:Non posavano ancora i monti sulla gravitante lor mole: prima delle colline era io partorita:the mountaines with heauie hugenesse stoode not as yet: before the litle hilles I was brought forth:necdum montes gravi mole constiterant: / ante colles ego parturiebar. 26He had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of the world.Egli non avea ancor fatta la terra, né i fiumi, nè i cardini del mondo.he had not yet made the earth, and the riuers, and the poles of the round world.Adhuc terram non fecerat, et flumina, / et cardines orbis terræ. 27When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law, and compass, he enclosed the depths:Quand'egli dava ordine ai cieli io era presente; quando con certa legge, e ne' loro confini chiudeva gli abissi:When he prepared the heauens, I was present: when with a certaine law, and circuite he compassed the depthes:Quando præparabat cælos, aderam; / quando certa lege et gyro vallabat abyssos;

28When he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters:Quand'egli lassù stabiliva l'aere, e sospendeva le sorgive delle acque:When he established the firmament aboue, & poysed the fountaines of waters:quando æthera firmabat sursum, / et librabat fontes aquarum; 29When he compassed the sea with its bounds, and set a law to the waters that they should not pass their limits: when he balanced the foundations of the earth;Quando i suoi confini fissava al mare, e dava legge alle acque, perché non oltre passassero i limiti loro; quand'ei gettava i fondamenti della terrawhen he compassed the sea with her limites, and set a law to the waters that they should not passe their boundes: when he hanged the foundations of the earth. I was with him framing al thinges:quando circumdabat mari terminum suum, / et legem ponebat aquis, ne transirent fines suos; / quando appendebat fundamenta terræ: 30I was with him forming all things: and was delighted every day, playing before him at all times;Con lui era io disponendo tutte le cose, ed era ogni di mio diletto lo scherzare dinanzi a lui continuamente,and was delighted euetie day, playing before him at al time;cum eo eram, cuncta componens. / Et delectabar per singulos dies, / ludens coram eo omni tempore, 31Playing in the world: and my delights were to be with the children of men.Lo scherzare nell'universo: e mia delizia lo stare co' figliuoli degli uomini.playing in the world: & my delights to be with the children of men.ludens in orbe terrarum; / et deliciæ meæ esse cum filiis hominum. 32Now, therefore, ye children, hear me: blessed are they that keep my ways.Or adunque, o figliuoli, ascoltateli: Beati quelli, che battono le mie vie.Now therfore children heare me: blessed are they, that keepe my wayes.Nunc ergo, filii, audite me: / beati qui custodiunt vias meas. 33Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.Udite i mie documenti, e siate saggi, e non li rigettate.Heare ye discipline, and be wise, and reiect it not.Audite disciplinam, et estote sapientes, / et nolite abjicere eam. 34Blessed is the man that heareth me, and that watcheth daily at my gates, and waiteth at the posts of my doors.Beato l'uomo, che mi ascolta, e veglia ogni dì all'ingresso della mia casa, e sta attento sul liminare della mia porta:Blessed is the man that heareth me, & that watcheth at my doores dayly, & wayteth at the postes of my doore.Beatus homo qui audit me, / et qui vigilat ad fores meas quotidie, / et observat ad postes ostii mei. 35He that shall find me, shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord.Chi mi troverà, arerà trovata la vita, e dal Signore riceverà la salute:He that shal finde me, shal finde life, and shal draw saluation of our Lord:Qui me invenerit, inveniet vitam, / et hauriet salutem a Domino.

36But he that shall sin against me shall hurt his own soul. All that hate me love death.Ma chi contro di me peccherà, farà torto all'anima propria. Tutti quelli, che odiano me, amano la morte.but he that shal sinne against me, shal hurt his owne soule. Al that hate me, loue death.Qui autem in me peccaverit, lædet animam suam; / omnes qui me oderunt diligunt mortem.