Kniha Múdrosti

1 (CPDV) Love justice, you who judge the land. Think of the Lord in goodness and seek him in simplicity of heart.
1 (KAT) Milujte spravodlivosť, panovníci zeme! Premýšľajte o Pánovi s dobromyseľnosťou, hľadajte ho v úprimnosti srdca!

2 (CPDV) For he is found by those who do not test him, yet he reveals himself to those who have faith in him.
2 (KAT) Lebo on sa dáva nájsť tým, čo ho nepokúšajú, a tým zjavuje sa, ktorí voči nemu nie sú nedôverčiví.

3 (CPDV) For perverse thoughts separate from God. But his virtue, when it is tested, corrects the foolish.
3 (KAT) Lebo prevrátené rozmýšľanie oddeľuje od Boha a pokúšaná Moc odvrhuje pochabých.

4 (CPDV) For wisdom will not enter into a malicious soul, nor dwell in a body subdued by sin.
4 (KAT) Do zlovoľnej duše múdrosť totiž nevkročí, ani v tele, podrobenom hriechu, bývať nebude.

5 (CPDV) For the holy spirit of instruction will flee from falsehood, and he will withdraw himself from thoughts that are without understanding, and he will not be reached when iniquity overcomes.
5 (KAT) Lebo pred pretvárkou uteká svätý duch výchovy, vzďaľuje sa od pochabých myšlienok, zaháňa ho približujúca sa neprávosť.

6 (CPDV) For the spirit of wisdom is benevolent, and will not release the evil speaker from his talk, because God is a witness of his temperament, and a true examiner of his heart, and an auditor of his words.
6 (KAT) Veď múdrosť je ľudomilný duch, rúhača však nenechá pre jeho pery bez trestu, pretože je svedkom jeho myšlienok, naozajstným pozorovateľom jeho srdca a je poslucháčom jeho jazyka.

7 (CPDV) For the spirit of the Lord has filled the world, and he who contains all things, retains knowledge of every voice.
7 (KAT) Veď Pánov duch naplňuje zemekruh, ten, čo obopína všetko, pozná (každý) hlas.

8 (CPDV) Therefore, he who speaks unjust things cannot escape notice, nor will the chastising judgment pass him by.
8 (KAT) Preto neostane skrytý ten, kto vraví neprávosť, neminie ho trestajúca spravodlivosť.

9 (CPDV) For inquiry will be made into the thoughts of the impious, his conversation also will reach the hearing of God, to the chastising of his iniquities.
9 (KAT) Zistia sa myšlienky bezbožníka a zvesť o jeho rečiach dostáva sa k Pánovi, aby boli potrestané jeho priestupky.

10 (CPDV) For the zealous ear hears all things, and the disturbance of 364 complaining will not be hidden.
10 (KAT) Lebo ucho Žiarlivosti všetko počuje, neujde mu ani šepotavé mrmlanie.

11 (CPDV) Therefore, keep yourselves from complaining, which benefits nothing, and refrain your tongue from slander, because secret conversation will not pass into nothingness, and the mouth that deceives kills the soul.
11 (KAT) Chráňteže sa neužitočného reptania, uchráňte si jazyk od ohovárok, lebo ani tajná reč neuniká trestu: ústa, ktoré klamú, zabíjajú dušu.

12 (CPDV) Do not court death by the error of your life, nor procure your destruction by the works of your hands,
12 (KAT) Nehorlite za smrť na bludisku svojho života, nepriťahujte si skazu činmi svojich rúk,

13 (CPDV) because God did not make death, nor does he rejoice in the loss of the living.
13 (KAT) pretože Boh nestvoril smrť, neteší sa zo záhuby žijúcich.

14 (CPDV) For he created all things that they might exist, and he made the nations of the world curable, and there is no medicine of extermination in them, nor a kingdom of hell upon the earth.
14 (KAT) Veď on stvoril všetko pre bytie: tvory sveta sú tu pre spásu a nieto v nich nijakého jedu záhuby, podsvetie tiež nepanuje na zemi.

15 (CPDV) For justice is perpetual and immortal.
15 (KAT) Lebo spravodlivosť neokúsi smrť.

16 (CPDV) But the impious, with hands and words, have called death to them, and, esteeming it a friend, they have fallen away and have made a covenant with death, because they deserved to take part in it.
16 (KAT) Lenže hriešnici ju privolávajú rukami i rečami; mysliac, že je priateľ, rozplývajú sa, ba zmluvu s ňou uzatvárajú: zasluhujú si stať sa jej korisťou.