Proverbs 4
1 Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
Listen to O children [the] correction of a father and be attentive to know understanding.
2 For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.
For instruction good I give to you instruction my may not you neglect.
3 When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,
If a son I was of father my tender and only [child] before mother my.
4 he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.
And he taught me and he said to me let it hold fast to words my heart your keep commandments my and live.
5 Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.
Acquire wisdom acquire understanding may not you forget and may not you turn aside from [the] utterances of mouth my.
6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
May not you abandon her and she will keep you love her and she will guard you.
7 Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.
[is] first Wisdom acquire wisdom and by all acquisition your acquire understanding.
8 Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.
Esteem her and she will exalt you she will honor you if you will embrace her.
9 She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.”
She will put to head your a wreath of grace a crown of beauty she will give you.
10 Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.
Listen O son my and receive words my so they may increase for you years of life.
11 I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.
[the] way of Wisdom I taught you I led you in tracks of uprightness.
12 When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.
When walking you not anyone will hinder step[s] your and if you will run not you will stumble.
13 Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
Take hold on discipline may not you let go keep her for she [is] life your.
14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
In [the] path of wicked [people] may not you go and may not you advance in [the] way of evil [people].
15 Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.
Avoid it may not you pass along on it turn aside from on it and pass on.
16 For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
For not they will sleep if not they do harm and it is taken away sleep their if not (they bring injury. *Q(K)*)
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
For they eat [the] bread of wickedness and [the] wine of violence they drink.
18 The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
And [the] path of righteous [people] [is] like a light of brightness [which] goes and [which] shines until [the] established [part] of the day.
19 But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
[the] way of Wicked [people] [is] like darkness not they know on what? are they stumbling.
20 My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
O son my to words my be attentive! to utterances my incline ear your.
21 Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.
Do not let them depart from eyes your keep them in [the] midst of heart your.
22 For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.
For [are] life they to [those who] find them and to all flesh his health.
23 Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
More than all guarding guard heart your for [are] from it [the] sources of life.
24 Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.
Remove from yourself crookedness of mouth and deviousness of lips put far away from yourself.
25 Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
Eyes your before let them look and eyelids your let them look straight before you.
26 Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure.
Make level [the] track of foot your and all ways your let them be steadfast.
27 Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.
May not you turn aside right and left turn aside foot your from evil.
