Question

Надпись на латинском " Cave, cave, Deus videt ",что означает "Бойся, бойся, ибо Господь всё видит" можно ли как-то литературно перевести на английский,не чтобы "be afraid, be afraid because god sees everything", а как-нибудь красиво?

Answer 1

Beware, Beware, God Sees

Answer 2

The Latin inscription "Cave, cave, Deus videt" means "Beware, beware, God sees". It is a warning to the viewers of the painting The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things, attributed to Hieronymus Bosch or a follower of his, to avoid the temptations of sin and to remember the consequences of their actions in the afterlife.

A possible literary translation of the phrase into English could be "Tremble, tremble, the Lord beholds". This preserves the rhyme and the sense of fear and awe that the original conveys. Another option could be "Shudder, shudder, God is the watcher". This also rhymes and emphasizes the omniscience and omnipresence of God.