The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha VULA
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1 fili mi si spoponderis pro amico tuo defixisti apud extraneum manum tuam
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My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
2 inlaqueatus es verbis oris tui et captus propriis sermonibus
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you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth.
3 fac ergo quod dico fili mi et temet ipsum libera quia incidisti in manu proximi tui discurre festina suscita amicum tuum
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So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go—to the point of exhaustion—and give your neighbor no rest!
4 ne dederis somnum oculis tuis nec dormitent palpebrae tuae
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Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids.
5 eruere quasi dammula de manu et quasi avis de insidiis aucupis
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Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
6 vade ad formicam o piger et considera vias eius et disce sapientiam
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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!
7 quae cum non habeat ducem nec praeceptorem nec principem
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It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
8 parat aestate cibum sibi et congregat in messe quod comedat
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yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
9 usquequo piger dormis quando consurges ex somno tuo
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How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?
10 paululum dormies paululum dormitabis paululum conseres manus ut dormias
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A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
11 et veniet tibi quasi viator egestas et pauperies quasi vir armatus
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and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
12 homo apostata vir inutilis graditur ore perverso
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A troublemaker and a villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
13 annuit oculis terit pede digito loquitur
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who winks maliciously with his eye, signals with his feet and motions with his fingers,
14 pravo corde machinatur malum et in omni tempore iurgia seminat
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who plots evil with deceit in his heart— he always stirs up conflict.
15 huic extemplo veniet perditio sua et subito conteretur nec habebit ultra medicinam
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Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant; he will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy.
16 sex sunt quae odit Dominus et septimum detestatur anima eius
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There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him:
17 oculos sublimes linguam mendacem manus effundentes innoxium sanguinem
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haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
18 cor machinans cogitationes pessimas pedes veloces ad currendum in malum
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a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil,
19 proferentem mendacia testem fallacem et eum qui seminat inter fratres discordias
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a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
20 conserva fili mi praecepta patris tui et ne dimittas legem matris tuae
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My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
21 liga ea in corde tuo iugiter et circumda gutturi tuo
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Bind them always on your heart; fasten them around your neck.
22 cum ambulaveris gradiantur tecum cum dormieris custodiant te et evigilans loquere cum eis
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When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
23 quia mandatum lucerna est et lex lux et via vitae increpatio disciplinae
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For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life,
24 ut custodiant te a muliere mala et a blanda lingua extraneae
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keeping you from your neighbor’s wife, from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
25 non concupiscat pulchritudinem eius cor tuum nec capiaris nutibus illius
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Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
26 pretium enim scorti vix unius est panis mulier autem viri pretiosam animam capit
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For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread, but another man’s wife preys on your very life.
27 numquid abscondere potest homo ignem in sinu suo ut vestimenta illius non ardeant
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Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?
28 aut ambulare super prunas et non conburentur plantae eius
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Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched?
29 sic qui ingreditur ad mulierem proximi sui non erit mundus cum tetigerit eam
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So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
30 non grandis est culpae cum quis furatus fuerit furatur enim ut esurientem impleat animam
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People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
31 deprehensus quoque reddet septuplum et omnem substantiam domus suae tradet
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Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold, though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
32 qui autem adulter est propter cordis inopiam perdet animam suam
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But a man who commits adultery has no sense; whoever does so destroys himself.
33 turpitudinem et ignominiam congregat sibi et obprobrium illius non delebitur
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Blows and disgrace are his lot, and his shame will never be wiped away.
34 quia zelus et furor viri non parcet in die vindictae
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For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
35 nec adquiescet cuiusquam precibus nec suscipiet pro redemptione dona plurima
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He will not accept any compensation; he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.
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