Proverbs 27
1 Don't boast about what you're going to do tomorrow, because you don't know what the day may bring.
Haue thou not glorie on the morewe, `not knowynge what thing the dai to comynge schal bringe forth.
2 Let others praise you, not you yourself; someone else, not you personally.
Another man, and not thi mouth preise thee; a straunger, and not thi lippis `preise thee.
3 Stone may be heavy, and sand may weigh a lot, but the annoyance caused by stupid people is the biggest burden of all.
A stoon is heuy, and grauel is chariouse; but the ire of a fool is heuyere than euer eithir.
4 Fury may be fierce and cruel, anger may be a destructive flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
Ire hath no merci, and woodnesse brekynge out `hath no merci; and who mai suffre the fersnesse of a spirit stirid?
5 Open criticism is better than hidden love.
Betere is opyn repreuyng, than loue hid.
6 A friend's honest comments may hurt you, but an enemy's kisses are over the top.
Betere ben the woundis of hym that loueth, than the gileful cossis of hym that hatith.
7 If you're full up, you can't face honey; but if you're starving, even bitter food tastes sweet.
A man fillid schal dispise an hony coomb; but an hungri man schal take, yhe, bittir thing for swete.
8 Having to leave home is like a bird having to leave its nest.
As a brid passinge ouer fro his nest, so is a man that forsakith his place.
9 Perfume and scented oils make you feel happy, but good advice from a friend is even better.
The herte delitith in oynement, and dyuerse odours; and a soule is maad swete bi the good counsels of a frend.
10 Don't give up on your friends or your family's friends. Don't go to a relative's house when you've got trouble. A friend nearby is more useful than a relative far away.
Forsake thou not thi frend, and the frend of thi fadir; and entre thou not in to the hous of thi brothir, in the dai of thi turment. Betere is a neiybore nyy, than a brothir afer.
11 My son, make me happy by being wise, so I can respond to anyone who criticizes me.
Mi sone, studie thou a boute wisdom, and make thou glad myn herte; that thou maist answere a word to a dispisere.
12 If you're sensible you see danger coming and get out of the way; but stupid people just keep going and suffer the consequences.
A fel man seynge yuel was hid; litle men of wit passinge forth suffriden harmes.
13 If someone guarantees a stranger's debt with their cloak, be sure to take it! Make sure you have whatever is pledged to an immoral woman!
Take thou awei his clooth, that bihiyte for a straunger; and take thou awei a wed fro hym for an alien man.
14 If when you get up every morning you shout a loud hello to your neighbors, they will see that as a curse!
He that blessith his neiybore with greet vois; and risith bi niyt, schal be lijk hym that cursith.
15 An argumentative wife is as irritating as constant dripping on a rainy day.
Roouys droppynge in the dai of coold, and a womman ful of chidyng ben comparisond.
16 Trying to stop her is like trying to make the wind stop or trying to hold olive oil in your hand.
He that withholdith hir, as if he holdith wynd; and auoidith the oile of his riyt hond.
17 An iron blade is sharpened with an iron tool, and one person's mind is sharpened by another's.
Yrun is whettid bi irun; and a man whettith the face of his frend.
18 Those who care for a fig tree eat its fruit, and those who care for their master are rewarded.
He that kepith a fige tre, schal ete the fruytis therof; and he that is a kepere of his lord, schal be glorified.
19 Just as water reflects your face, your mind reflects who you really are.
As the cheris of men biholdinge schynen in watris; so the hertis of men ben opyn to prudent men.
20 In the same way that the grave and destruction are never satisfied, human desire is never satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
Helle and perdicioun schulen not be fillid; so and the iyen of men moun not be fillid. (Sheol h7585)
21 Just as a crucible tests silver, and a furnace tests gold, people are tested by the praise they receive.
As siluer is preuyd in a wellyng place, and gold `is preued in a furneys; so a man is preued bi the mouth of preyseris. The herte of a wickid man sekith out yuels; but a riytful herte sekith out kunnyng.
22 Even if you ground stupid people in a mortar, crushing them like grain with the pestle, you can't get rid of stupidity from them.
Thouy thou beetist a fool in a morter, as with a pestel smytynge aboue dried barli; his foli schal not be don awei fro him.
23 You should know the condition of your flocks really well and take good care of your herds,
Knowe thou diligentli the cheere of thi beeste; and biholde thou thi flockis.
24 for wealth doesn't last forever—is a crown passed down through all generations?
For thou schalt not haue power contynueli; but a coroun schal be youun to thee in generacioun and in to generacioun.
25 Once the hay is cut, and the new growth begins, and fodder from the mountains is gathered,
Medewis ben openyd, and greene eerbis apperiden; and hey is gaderid fro hillis.
26 and the lambs have provided you wool to make clothing, and the sale of goats have paid for a field,
Lambren be to thi clothing; and kidis be to the prijs of feeld.
27 there'll be enough milk from your goats to feed you, your family, and your servant girls.
The mylke of geete suffice to thee for thi meetis; in to the necessarie thingis of thin hous, and to lijflode to thin handmaidis.
