箴言 17
1 設筵滿屋，大家相爭， 不如有塊乾餅，大家相安。
Betere is a drie mussel with ioye, than an hous ful of sacrifices with chidyng.
2 僕人辦事聰明，必管轄貽羞之子， 又在眾子中同分產業。
A wijs seruaunt schal be lord of fonned sones; and he schal departe eritage among britheren.
3 鼎為煉銀，爐為煉金； 惟有耶和華熬煉人心。
As siluer is preued bi fier, and gold is preued bi a chymnei, so the Lord preueth hertis.
4 行惡的，留心聽奸詐之言； 說謊的，側耳聽邪惡之語。
An yuel man obeieth to a wickid tunge; and a fals man obeieth to false lippis.
5 戲笑窮人的，是辱沒造他的主； 幸災樂禍的，必不免受罰。
He that dispisith a pore man, repreueth his maker; and he that is glad in the fallyng of another man, schal not be vnpunyschid.
6 子孫為老人的冠冕； 父親是兒女的榮耀。
The coroun of elde men is the sones of sones; and the glorie of sones is the fadris of hem.
7 愚頑人說美言本不相宜， 何況君王說謊話呢？
Wordis wel set togidere bisemen not a fool; and a liynge lippe bicometh not a prince.
8 賄賂在餽送的人眼中看為寶玉， 隨處運動都得順利。
A preciouse stoon moost acceptable is the abiding of hym that sekith; whidur euere he turneth hym silf, he vndurstondith prudentli.
9 遮掩人過的，尋求人愛； 屢次挑錯的，離間密友。
He that helith trespas, sekith frenschipis; he that rehersith bi an hiy word, departith hem, that ben knyt togidere in pees.
10 一句責備話深入聰明人的心， 強如責打愚昧人一百下。
A blamyng profitith more at a prudent man, than an hundryd woundis at a fool.
11 惡人只尋背叛， 所以必有嚴厲的使者奉差攻擊他。
Euere an yuel man sekith stryues; forsothe a cruel aungel schal be sent ayens hym.
12 寧可遇見丟崽子的母熊， 不可遇見正行愚妄的愚昧人。
It spedith more to meete a femal bere, whanne the whelpis ben rauyschid, than a fool tristynge to hym silf in his foli.
13 以惡報善的， 禍患必不離他的家。
Yuel schal not go a wei fro the hous of hym, that yeldith yuels for goodis.
14 紛爭的起頭如水放開， 所以，在爭鬧之先必當止息爭競。
He that leeueth watir, is heed of stryues; and bifor that he suffrith wrong, he forsakith dom.
15 定惡人為義的，定義人為惡的， 這都為耶和華所憎惡。
Bothe he that iustifieth a wickid man, and he that condempneth a iust man, euer ethir is abhomynable at God.
16 愚昧人既無聰明， 為何手拿價銀買智慧呢？
What profitith it to a fool to haue richessis, sithen he mai not bie wisdom? He that makith his hous hiy, sekith falling; and he that eschewith to lerne, schal falle in to yuels.
17 朋友乃時常親愛， 弟兄為患難而生。
He that is a frend, loueth in al tyme; and a brother is preuyd in angwischis.
18 在鄰舍面前擊掌作保 乃是無知的人。
A fonned man schal make ioie with hondis, whanne he hath bihiyt for his frend.
19 喜愛爭競的，是喜愛過犯； 高立家門的，乃自取敗壞。
He that bithenkith discordis, loueth chidingis; and he that enhaunsith his mouth, sekith fallyng.
20 心存邪僻的，尋不着好處； 舌弄是非的，陷在禍患中。
He that is of weiward herte, schal not fynde good; and he that turneth the tunge, schal falle in to yuel.
21 生愚昧子的，必自愁苦； 愚頑人的父毫無喜樂。
A fool is borun in his schenschipe; but nether the fadir schal be glad in a fool.
22 喜樂的心乃是良藥； 憂傷的靈使骨枯乾。
A ioiful soule makith likinge age; a sorewful spirit makith drie boonys.
23 惡人暗中受賄賂， 為要顛倒判斷。
A wickid man takith yiftis fro the bosum, to mys turne the pathis of doom.
24 明哲人眼前有智慧； 愚昧人眼望地極。
Wisdom schyneth in the face of a prudent man; the iyen of foolis ben in the endis of erthe.
25 愚昧子使父親愁煩， 使母親憂苦。
A fonned sone is the ire of the fadir, and the sorewe of the modir that gendride hym.
26 刑罰義人為不善； 責打君子為不義。
It is not good to brynge in harm to a iust man; nether to smyte the prince that demeth riytfuli.
27 寡少言語的，有知識； 性情溫良的，有聰明。
He that mesurith his wordis, is wijs and prudent; and a lerud man is of preciouse spirit.
28 愚昧人若靜默不言也可算為智慧； 閉口不說也可算為聰明。
Also a foole, if he is stille, schal be gessid a wijs man; and, if he pressith togidre hise lippis, he `schal be gessid an vndurstondynge man.
