Trust not vain dreams, soothsayings, nor lies. 9. Much good is got by experience: 14. and more by fearing God. 21. God rejecteth the oblations of the wicked. 24. Defrauding the poor is like to manslaughter. 28. Destroy not that another buildeth. 30. Repentance without amendment is nothing worth.Trust not vaine dreames, southsayinges, nor lies. 9. Much good is got by experience: 14. and more by fearing God. 21. God reiecteth the oblations of the wicked. 24. Defrauding the poore is like to manslaughter. 28. Destroy not that an other buildeth. 30. Repentance without amendment is nothing worth.✦
Vain hope, and lying is to a foolish man: and dreams extol the unwise.VAINE hope, & lying is to a foolish man: & dreames extol the vnwise.✦Vana spes et mendacium viro insensato : et somnia extollunt imprudentes.
2As he that apprehendeth a shadow, and pursueth the wind: so is he also that attendeth to lying visions.As he that apprehendeth a shadow, and pursueth the winde: so is he also that attendeth to lying visions.✦Quasi qui apprehendit umbram et persequitur ventum, sic et qui attendit ad visa mendacia.
3According to this is the vision of dreams: as a man's similitude before the face of a man.According to this is the vision of dreames: as a mans similitude before the face of a man.✦Hoc secundum hoc visio somniorum, ante faciem hominis similitudo hominis.
4Of the unclean what shall be made clean? and of a liar what truth shall be said?Of the vncleane what shal be made cleane? and of a lyer what truth shal be said?✦Ab immundo, quid mundabitur ? et a mendace, quid verum dicetur ?
5Divination of error, and lying soothsayings, and the dreams of them that do evil, are vanity.Diuination of errour, and lying southsayinges, and the dreames of them that do euil, are vanitie.Divinatio erroris, et auguria mendacia, et somnia malefacientium, vanitas est :
6And as a woman that parturientis: journeyeth; laboureth in childbirth thy heart suffereth phantasias: illusions, apparitions: unless it be a vision sent forth from the Highest, set not thy heart upon them.And as a woman that traueleth thy hart suffereth phantasies: vnlesse it be a vision sent forth from the Highest, set not thy hart vpon them.et sicut parturientis, cor tuum phantasias patitur. Nisi ab Altissimo fuerit emissa visitatio, ne dederis in illis cor tuum :
7For dreams have made many to err, and they that hoped in them have failed.For dreames haue made manie to erre, and they that hoped in them haue failed.✦multos enim errare fecerunt somnia, et exciderunt sperantes in illis.
8The word of the law shall be fulfilled without lying, and wisdom in the mouth of the faithful shall be made plain.The word of the law shal be fulfilled without lying, and wisedom in the mouth of the faithful shal be made plaine.✦Sine mendacio consummabitur verbum legis, et sapientia in ore fidelis complanabitur.
9He that hath not been proved, what knoweth he? A man expert in many things, shall think many things: and he that hath learned many things, shall declare understanding.He that hath not bene proued, what knoweth he? A man expert in manie thinges, shal thinck manie thinges: and he that hath lerned manie thinges, shal declare vnderstanding.Qui non est tentatus quid scit ? vir in multis expertus cogitabit multa : et qui multa didicit enarrabit intellectum.
10He that is not tried, knoweth few things: and he that hath been in many things, multiplieth wickedness:He that is not tryed, knoweth few thinges: and he that hath bene in manie things, multiplyeth wickednes:Qui non est expertus pauca recognoscit : qui autem in multis factus est, multiplicat malitiam.
11He that hath not been proved, what manner of things knoweth he? He that is deceived, shall abound with wickedness.He that hath not bene proued, what maner of thinges knoweth he? He that is deceiued, shal abound with wickednes.✦Qui tentatus non est qualia scit ? qui implanatus est abundabit nequitia.
12I have seen many things in wandering to and fro, and very many consuetudines: styles of dress; manners, customs, usages of words:I haue seene manie thinges in wandring to and fro, and very manie fashions of words:✦Multa vidi errando, et plurimas verborum consuetudines.
13Sometimes I have been in danger unto death for these things, and I was delivered by the grace of God.Some times I haue bene in danger vnto death for these thinges, and I was deliuered by the grace of God.✦Aliquoties usque ad mortem periclitatus sum horum causa, et liberatus sum gratia Dei.
14The spirit of them that fear God is sought, and at his sight shall be blessed.The spirit of them that feare God is sought, & at his sight shal be blessed.Spiritus timentium Deum quæritur, et in respectu illius benedicetur.
15For their hope is on him that saveth them, and the eyes of God upon them that love him.For their hope is on him that saueth them, and the eies of God vpon them that loue him.Spes enim illorum in salvantem illos, et oculi Dei in diligentes se.
16He that feareth our Lord shall tremble at nothing, and shall not dread: because he is his hope.He that feareth our Lord shal tremble at nothing, and shal not dread: because he is his hope.✦Qui timet Dominum nihil trepidabit : et non pavebit, quoniam ipse est spes ejus.
17His soul is blessed that feareth our Lord.His soule is blessed that feareth our Lord.Timentis Dominum, beata est anima ejus.
18To whom doth he look, and who is his strength?To whom doth he looke, and who is his strength?Ad quem respicit, et quis est fortitudo ejus ?
19The eyes of our Lord are upon them that fear him, a protector of might, a firmamentum: a pause or sojourn; a support, prop of strength, a cover from the heat, and shadow for the noon time,The eies of our Lord are vpon them that feare him, a protectour of might, a stay of strength, a couer from the heate, and shadow for the noone time,Oculi Domini super timentes eum : protector potentiæ, firmamentum virtutis, tegimen ardoris, et umbraculum meridiani :
20a saving from offence, and help from falling, exalting the soul, and illuminating the eyes, giving health, and life, and blessing.a sauing from offence, and helpe from falling, exalting the soule, and illuminating the eies, geuing health, and life, and blessing.deprecatio offensionis, et adjutorium casus : exaltans animam, et illuminans oculos, dans sanitatem, et vitam, et benedictionem.
21The oblation of him that immolantis: offereth in sacrifice of an unjust thing is maculata: caught sight of; stained, defiled, and the scornings of the unjust are not acceptable.The oblation of him that immolateth of an vniust thing is spotted, and the scorninges of the vniust are not acceptable.✦Immolantis ex iniquo oblatio est maculata, et non sunt beneplacitæ subsannationes injustorum.
22Our Lord is only theirs that sustinentibus: anticipate; wait for, await him, in the way of truth and justice.Our Lord is onlie theirs that expect him, in the way of truth and iustice.✦Dominus solus sustinentibus se in via veritatis et justitiæ.
23The Highest alloweth not the gifts of the wicked: neither hath he regard to the oblations of the unjust, neither will he be made propitiabitur: favourable, opportune; merciful, well-disposed to pardon for sins by the multitude of their sacrifices.The Highest alloweth not the giftes of the wicked: neither hath he regard to the oblations of the vniust, neither wil he be made propitious for sinnes by the multitude of their sacrifices.✦Dona iniquorum non probat Altissimus, nec respicit in oblationes iniquorum, nec in multitudine sacrificiorum eorum propitiabitur peccatis.
24He that offereth sacrifice of poor men's substantia: matter, essence; goods, property, livelihood, is as he that sacrificeth the son in the presence of his father.He that offereth sacrifice of poore mens substance, is as he that sacrificeth the sonne in the presence of his father.✦Qui offert sacrificium ex substantia pauperum, quasi qui victimat filium in conspectu patris sui.
25The bread of the needy, is the life of the poor: he that defraudeth it, is a man of blood.The bread of the needie, is the life of the poore: he that defraudeth it, is a man of bloud.✦Panis egentium vita pauperum est : qui defraudat illum homo sanguinis est.
26He that taketh away bread in sweat, is as he that killeth his neighbour.He that taketh away bread in swet, is as he that killeth his neighbour.Qui aufert in sudore panem, quasi qui occidit proximum suum.
27He that sheddeth blood, and that defraudeth the hired man, are brethren.He that sheddeth bloud, and that defraudeth the hired man, are bretheren.Qui effundit sanguinem, et qui fraudem facit mercenario, fratres sunt.
28One building, and another destroying: what profit have they but the labour?One building, and an other destroing: what profite haue they but the labour?✦Unus ædificans, et unus destruens : quid prodest illis, nisi labor ?
29One praying, and another cursing: cujus: which of the two's voice will God hear?One praying, and an other cursing: whether's voice wil God heare?Unus orans, et unus maledicens : cujus vocem exaudiet Deus ?
30He that is washed from the dead, and toucheth him again, what doth his washing profit?He that is washed from the dead, and toucheth him againe, what doth his washing profit?Qui baptizatur a mortuo, et iterum tangit eum, quid proficit lavatio illius ?
31so a man that fasteth in his sins: and doing the same again, what doth he profit in humbling himself? who will hear his prayer?so a man that fasteth in his sinnes: and doing the same againe, what doth he profite in humbling himself? who wil heare his prayer?Sic homo qui jejunat in peccatis suis, et iterum eadem faciens : quid proficit humiliando se ? orationem illius quis exaudiet ?
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.