Proverbios 23
La Sainte Bible (Ostervald)
1Quand tu seras assis pour manger avec un prince, considère avec attention ce qui sera devant toi;
2Autrement tu te mettras le couteau à la gorge, si ton appétit te domine.
3Ne désire point ses friandises; car c'est une nourriture trompeuse.
4Ne te fatigue pas à t'enrichir; n'y applique pas ton esprit.
5Pourquoi jeter les yeux sur des biens qui bientôt ne seront plus? Car certainement ils se feront des ailes, comme l'aigle qui s'envole vers les cieux.
6Ne mange point le pain de celui qui est envieux, et ne désire point ses friandises.
7Car il cache sa pensée au fond de son âme. Il te dira bien: Mange et bois; mais son cœur n'est point avec toi.
8Tu vomiras le morceau que tu auras mangé, et tu auras perdu tes belles paroles.
9Ne parle point quand un insensé t'écoute; car il méprisera la prudence de tes discours.
10Ne déplace point la borne ancienne, et n'entre point dans les champs des orphelins;
11Car leur vengeur est puissant; il plaidera leur cause contre toi.
12Applique ton cœur à l'instruction, et tes oreilles aux paroles de la science.
13N'épargne point la correction au jeune enfant; quand tu l'auras frappé de la verge, il n'en mourra pas.
14En le frappant de la verge, tu délivreras son âme du Sépulcre.
15Mon fils, si ton cœur est sage, mon cœur s'en réjouira; oui, moi-même je m'en réjouirai;
16Et mes reins tressailliront de joie, quand tes lèvres parleront avec droiture.
17Que ton cœur ne porte point envie aux pécheurs; mais adonne-toi à la crainte de l'Éternel continuellement.
18Car il y aura certainement une bonne issue, et ton attente ne sera point trompée.
19Toi, mon fils, écoute, et deviens sage, et dirige ton cœur dans la bonne voie.
20Ne sois point avec les buveurs de vin, ni avec ceux qui aiment la bonne chère.
21Car le buveur et le gourmand deviendront pauvres, et le dormeur portera des haillons.
22Écoute ton père; c'est celui qui t'a donné la vie; et ne méprise point ta mère quand elle sera devenue vieille.
23Achète la vérité, et ne la vends point; achète la sagesse, l'instruction et la prudence.
24Le père du juste a une grande joie; et celui qui aura mis au monde un enfant sage, en sera heureux.
25Que ton père et ta mère se réjouissent, et que celle qui t'a enfanté soit ravie de joie.
26Mon fils, donne-moi ton cœur, et que tes yeux prennent garde à mes voies.
27Car la femme débauchée est une fosse profonde, et l'étrangère est un puits étroit.
28Aussi se tient-elle en embuscade comme un brigand, et elle rendra plusieurs hommes infidèles.
29A qui cette plainte: Malheur sur moi? A qui: Hélas? A qui les débats? A qui le bruit? A qui les blessures sans cause? A qui la rougeur des yeux?
30A ceux qui s'arrêtent auprès du vin, et qui vont chercher le vin mixtionné.
31Ne regarde point le vin quand il est rouge, quand il brille dans la coupe, et qu'il coule aisément.
32A la fin, il mord comme le serpent, et pique comme le basilic.
33Puis tes yeux regarderont les femmes étrangères, et ton cœur parlera d'une manière déréglée;
34Et tu seras comme celui qui dort au milieu de la mer, et comme celui qui dort au sommet d'un mât.
35On m'a battu, diras-tu, et je n'ai point de mal; on m'a frappé, et je ne l'ai point senti. Quand je me réveillerai, j'irai encore en chercher.
Reina-Valera 1909
1CUANDO te sentares á comer con algún señor, considera bien lo que estuviere delante de ti;
2Y pon cuchillo á tu garganta, si tienes gran apetito.
3No codicies sus manjares delicados, porque es pan engañoso.
4No trabajes por ser rico; pon coto á tu prudencia.
5¿Has de poner tus ojos en las riquezas, siendo ningunas? porque hacerse han alas, como alas de águila, y volarán al cielo.
6No comas pan de hombre de mal ojo, ni codicies sus manjares:
7Porque cual es su pensamiento en su alma, tal es él. Come y bebe, te dirá; mas su corazón no está contigo.
8Vomitarás la parte que tú comiste, y perderás tus suaves palabras.
9No hables á oídos del necio; porque menospreciará la prudencia de tus razones.
10No traspases el término antiguo, ni entres en la heredad de los huérfanos:
11Porque el defensor de ellos es el Fuerte, el cual juzgará la causa de ellos contra ti.
12Aplica tu corazón á la enseñanza, y tus oídos á las palabras de sabiduría.
13No rehuses la corrección del muchacho: porque si lo hirieres con vara, no morirá.
14Tú lo herirás con vara, y librarás su alma del infierno.
15Hijo mío, si tu corazón fuere sabio, también á mí se me alegrará el corazón;
16Mis entrañas también se alegrarán, cuando tus labios hablaren cosas rectas.
17No tenga tu corazón envidia de los pecadores, antes persevera en el temor de Jehová todo tiempo:
18Porque ciertamente hay fin, y tu esperanza no será cortada.
19Oye tú, hijo mío, y sé sabio, y endereza tu corazón al camino.
20No estés con los bebedores de vino, ni con los comedores de carne:
21Porque el bebedor y el comilón empobrecerán: y el sueño hará vestir vestidos rotos.
22Oye á tu padre, á aquel que te engendró; y cuando tu madre envejeciere, no la menosprecies.
23Compra la verdad, y no la vendas; la sabiduría, la enseñanza, y la inteligencia.
24Mucho se alegrará el padre del justo: y el que engendró sabio se gozará con él.
25Alégrense tu padre y tu madre, y gócese la que te engendró.
26Dame, hijo mío, tu corazón, y miren tus ojos por mis caminos.
27Porque sima profunda es la ramera, y pozo angosto la extraña.
28También ella, como robador, acecha, y multiplica entre los hombres los prevaricadores.
29¿Para quién será el ay? ¿para quién el ay? ¿para quién las rencillas? ¿para quién las quejas? ¿para quién las heridas en balde? ¿para quién lo amoratado de los ojos?
30Para los que se detienen mucho en el vino, para los que van buscando la mistura.
31No mires al vino cuando rojea, cuando resplandece su color en el vaso: éntrase suavemente;
32Mas al fin como serpiente morderá, y como basilisco dará dolor:
33Tus ojos mirarán las extrañas, y tu corazón hablará perversidades.
34Y serás como el que yace en medio de la mar, ó como el que está en la punta de un mastelero.
35Y dirás: Hiriéronme, mas no me dolió; azotáronme, mas no lo sentí; cuando despertare, aun lo tornaré á buscar.
King James Version
1When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
2And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
4Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
6Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
7For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
8The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
9Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
12Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
16Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
17Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
18For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
20Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
26My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
28She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
30They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
34Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
35They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
World English Bible
1When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;
2put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.
3Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.
4Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
5Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
6Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies,
7for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
8You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
9Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
10Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
11for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
12Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
13Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
14Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.
15My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine.
16Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
17Don’t let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear the LORD all day long.
18Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.
19Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!
20Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat;
21for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
22Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
23Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
24The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
25Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!
26My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.
27For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
28Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
30Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.
31Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
32In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.
33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.
34Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
35“They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don’t feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I will look for more.”