Proverbs 9
1 Wisdom hath built herself a house, she hath hewn her out seven pillars.
Wisdom bildide an hous to him silf; he hewide out seuene pileris,
2 She hath slain her victims, mingled her wine, and set forth her table.
he offride his slayn sacrifices, he medlide wijn, and settide forth his table.
3 She hath sent her maids to invite to the tower, and to the walls of the city:
He sente hise handmaides, that thei schulden clepe to the tour; and to the wallis of the citee.
4 Whosoever is a little one, let him come to me. And to the unwise she said:
If ony man is litil; come he to me. And wisdom spak to vnwise men,
5 Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for you.
Come ye, ete ye my breed; and drynke ye the wiyn, which Y haue medlid to you.
6 Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence.
Forsake ye yong childhed, and lyue ye; and go ye bi the weyes of prudence.
7 He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself: and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.
He that techith a scornere, doith wrong to him silf; and he that vndirnymmeth a wickid man, gendrith a wem to him silf.
8 Rebuke not a scorner lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Nile thou vndirnyme a scornere; lest he hate thee. Vndirnyme thou a wise man; and he schal loue thee.
9 Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it.
Yyue thou occasioun to a wise man; and wisdom schal be encreessid to hym. Teche thou a iust man; and he schal haste to take.
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.
The bigynnyng of wisdom is the dreed of the Lord; and prudence is the kunnyng of seyntis.
11 For by me shall thy days be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.
For thi daies schulen be multiplied bi me; and yeeris of lijf schulen be encreessid to thee.
12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil.
If thou art wijs; thou schalt be to thi silf, and to thi neiyboris. Forsothe if thou art a scornere; thou aloone schalt bere yuel.
13 A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all,
A fonned womman, and ful of cry, and ful of vnleueful lustis, and that kan no thing outirli,
14 Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the city,
sittith in the doris of hir hous, on a seete, in an hiy place of the cite;
15 To call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey:
to clepe men passinge bi the weie, and men goynge in her iournei.
16 He that is a little one, let him turn to me. And to the fool she said:
Who is a litil man `of wit; bowe he to me. And sche spak to a coward,
17 Stolen waters are sweeter, and hid den bread is more pleasant.
Watris of thefte ben swettere, and breed hid is swettere.
18 And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell. (Sheol h7585)
And wiste not that giauntis ben there; and the gestis `of hir ben in the depthis of helle. Sotheli he that schal be applied, ether fastned, to hir; schal go doun to hellis. For whi he that goith awei fro hir; schal be saued. (Sheol h7585)
