10:1 Judex sapiens judicabit populum suum, et principatus sensati stabilis erit.
10:1 A wise judge shall judge his people, and the government of a prudent man shall be steady.
10:2 Secundum judicem populi, sic et ministri ejus : et qualis rector est civitatis, tales et inhabitantes in ea.
10:2 As the judge of the people is himself, so also are his ministers: and what manner of man the ruler of a city is, such also are they that dwell therein.
10:3 Rex insipiens perdet populum suum : et civitates inhabitabuntur per sensum potentium.
10:3 An unwise king shall be the ruin of his people: and cities shall be inhabited through the prudence of the rulers.
10:4 In manu Dei potestas terræ : et utilem rectorem suscitabit in tempus super illam.
10:4 The power of the earth is in the hand of God, and in his time he will raise up a profitable ruler over it.
10:5 In manu Dei prosperitas hominis, et super faciem scribæ imponet honorem suum.
10:5 The prosperity of man is in the hand of God, and upon the person of the scribe he shall lay his honour.
10:6 Omnis injuriæ proximi ne memineris, et nihil agas in operibus injuriæ.
10:6 Remember not any injury done thee by thy neighbour, and do thou nothing by deeds of injury.
10:7 Odibilis coram Deo est et hominibus superbia, et execrabilis omnis iniquitas gentium.
10:7 Pride is hateful before God and men: and all iniquity of nations is execrable.
10:8 Regnum a gente in gentem transfertur propter injustitias, et injurias, et contumelias, et diversos dolos.
10:8 A kingdom is translated from one people to another, because of injustices, and wrongs, and injuries, and divers deceits.
10:9 Avaro autem nihil est scelestius. Quid superbit terra et cinis ?
10:9 But nothing is more wicked than the covetous man. Why is earth, and ashes proud?
10:10 Nihil est iniquius quam amare pecuniam : hic enim et animam suam venalem habet, quoniam in vita sua projecit intima sua.
10:10 There is not a more wicked thing than to love money: for such a one setteth even his own soul to sale: because while he liveth he hath cast away his bowels.
10:11 Omnis potentatus brevis vita ; languor prolixior gravat medicum.
10:11 All power is of short life. A long sickness is troublesome to the physician.
10:12 Brevem languorem præcidit medicus : sic et rex hodie est, et cras morietur.
10:12 The physician cutteth off a short sickness: so also a king is to day, and to morrow he shall die.
10:13 Cum enim morietur homo, hæreditabit serpentes, et bestias, et vermes.
10:13 For when a man shall die, he shall inherit serpents, and beasts, and worms.
10:14 Initium superbiæ hominis apostatare a Deo :
10:14 The beginning of the pride of man, is to fall off from God:
10:15 quoniam ab eo qui fecit illum recessit cor ejus, quoniam initium omnis peccati est superbia. Qui tenuerit illam adimplebitur maledictis, et subvertet eum in finem.
10:15 Because his heart is departed from him that made him: for pride is the beginning of all sin: he that holdeth it, shall be filled with maledictions, and it shall ruin him in the end.
10:16 Propterea exhonoravit Dominus conventus malorum, et destruxit eos usque in finem.
10:16 Therefore hath the Lord disgraced the assemblies of the wicked, and hath utterly destroyed them.
10:17 Sedes ducum superborum destruxit Deus, et sedere fecit mites pro eis.
10:17 God hath overturned the thrones of proud princes, and hath set up the meek in their stead.
10:18 Radices gentium superbarum arefecit Deus, et plantavit humiles ex ipsis gentibus.
10:18 God hath made the roots of proud nations to wither, and hath planted the humble of these nations.
10:19 Terras gentium evertit Dominus, et perdidit eas usque ad fundamentum.
10:19 The Lord hath overthrown the lands of the Gentiles, and hath destroyed them even to the foundation.
10:20 Arefecit ex ipsis, et disperdidit eos, et cessare fecit memoriam eorum a terra.
10:20 He hath made some of them to wither away, and hath destroyed them, and hath made the memory of them to cease from the earth.
10:21 Memoria superborum perdidit Deus, et reliquit memoriam humilium sensu.
10:21 God hath abolished the memory of the proud, and hath preserved the memory of them that are humble in mind.
10:22 Non est creata hominibus superbia, neque iracundia nationi mulierum.
10:22 Pride was not made for men: nor wrath for the race of women.
10:23 Semen hominum honorabitur hoc, quod timet Deum : semen autem hoc exhonorabitur, quod præterit mandata Domini.
10:23 That seed of men shall be honoured, which feareth God: but that seed shall be dishonoured, which transgresseth the commandments of the Lord.
10:24 In medio fratrum rector illorum in honore : et qui timent Dominum erunt in oculis illius.
10:24 In the midst of brethren their chief is honourable: so shall they that fear the Lord, be in his eyes.
10:25 Gloria divitum, honoratorum, et pauperum, timor Dei est.
10:25 The fear of God is the glory of the rich, and of the honourable, and of the poor.
10:26 Noli despicere hominem justum pauperem, et noli magnificare virum peccatorem divitem.
10:26 Despise not a just man that is poor, and do not magnify a sinful man that is rich.
10:27 Magnus, et judex, et potens est in honore : et non est major illo qui timet Deum.
10:27 The great man, and the judge, and the mighty is in honour: and there is none greater than he that feareth God.
10:28 Servo sensato liberi servient : et vir prudens et disciplinatus non murmurabit correptus, et inscius non honorabitur.
10:28 They that are free shall serve a servant that is wise: and a man that is prudent and well instructed will not murmur when he is reproved; and he that is ignorant, shall not be honoured.
10:29 Noli extollere te in faciendo opere tuo, et noli cunctari in tempore angustiæ.
10:29 Extol not thyself in doing thy work, and linger not in the time of distress;
10:30 Melior est qui operatur et abundat in omnibus, quam qui gloriatur et eget pane.
10:30 Better is he that laboureth, and aboundeth in all things, than he that boasteth himself and wanteth bread.
10:31 Fili, in mansuetudine serva animam tuam, et da illi honorem secundum meritum suum.
10:31 My son, keep thy soul in meekness, and give it honour according to its desert.
10:32 Peccantem in animam suam quis justificabit ? et quis honorificabit exhonorantem animam suam ?
10:32 Who will justify him that sinneth against his own soul? and who will honour him that dishonoureth his own soul?
10:33 Pauper gloriatur per disciplinam et timorem suum : et est homo qui honorificatur propter substantiam suam.
10:33 The poor man is glorified by his discipline and fear, and there is a man that is honoured for his wealth.
10:34 Qui autem gloriatur in paupertate, quanto magis in substantia ! et qui gloriatur in substantia, paupertatem vereatur.
10:34 But he that is glorified in poverty, how much more in wealth? and he that is glorified in wealth, let him fear poverty.