Proverbs 5
1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom, listen carefully as I explain what makes sense,
Mi sone, perseyue thou my wisdom, and bowe doun thin eere to my prudence; that thou kepe thi thouytis,
2 so you can make good decisions and protect knowledge with your lips.
and thi lippis kepe teching. Yyue thou not tent to the falsnesse of a womman;
3 For the lips of an immoral woman may taste as sweet as honey, the kisses of her mouth may be as smooth as oil,
for the lippis of an hoore ben an hony coomb droppinge, and hir throte is clerere than oile;
4 but in the end what you get from her is the bitterness of wormwood and the sharp pain of being cut with a two-edged sword.
but the last thingis ben bittir as wormod, and hir tunge is scharp as a swerd keruynge on ech side.
Hir feet gon doun in to deeth; and hir steppis persen to hellis. (Sheol h7585)
6 She doesn't follow the path that leads to life—she wanders away and doesn't even know she's lost.
Tho goon not bi the path of lijf; hir steppis ben vncerteyn, and moun not be souyt out.
7 Now, my son, listen to me; don't reject what I have taught you.
Now therfor, my sone, here thou me, and go not awei fro the wordis of my mouth.
8 Stay far away from her! Don't go near the door of her house!
Make fer thi weie fro hir, and neiye thou not to the doris of hir hous.
9 Otherwise you'll surrender your honor to others, and your character to cruel people.
Yyue thou not thin onour to aliens, and thi yeeris to the cruel;
10 Strangers will spend your wealth; everything you've worked for will go to someone else.
lest perauenture straungeris be fillid with thi strengthis, and lest thi trauels be in an alien hous;
11 When you come to the end of your life you'll moan in pain as disease destroys your body.
and thou biweile in the laste daies, whanne thou hast wastid thi fleschis, and thi bodi; and thou seie,
12 You'll say, “How I used to hate discipline, and my mind rebelled against being corrected!
Whi wlatide Y teching, and myn herte assentide not to blamyngis;
13 I didn't listen to what my teacher said. I didn't pay attention to my instructors.
nether Y herde the voys of men techinge me, and Y bowide not doun myn eere to maistris?
14 Now I'm on the verge of being completely disgraced before everyone in the community.”
Almest Y was in al yuel, in the myddis of the chirche, and of the synagoge.
15 Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well.
Drinke thou watir of thi cisterne, and the floodis of thi pit.
16 Why should your springs be spilled outside, your streams of water poured out in the streets?
Thi wellis be stremed forth; and departe thi watris in stretis.
17 Keep them for yourselves alone. They're not for you to share with strangers.
Haue thou aloone `tho watris; and aliens be not thi parceneris.
18 May your spring of water be blessed, and may you enjoy the wife you married when you were young.
Thi veyne be blessid; and be thou glad with the womman of thi yong wexynge age.
19 May she be to you a loving deer, a graceful doe. May her breasts always be intoxicating to you; may you be drunk on her love forever.
An hynde moost dereworthe; and an hert calf moost acceptable. Hir teetis fille thee in al tyme; and delite thou contynueli in the loue of hir.
20 Why, my son, become intoxicated with an immoral woman? Why embrace the breasts of a woman who acts like a prostitute?
Mi sone, whi art thou disseyued of an alien womman; and art fostrid in the bosum of an othere?
21 For the Lord sees everything people do, the Lord investigates everywhere they go.
The Lord seeth the weie of a man; and biholdith alle hise steppis.
22 The wicked are trapped by their evil actions; the cords of their sins tie them up.
The wickidnessis of a wyckid man taken hym; and he is boundun with the roopis of hise synnes.
23 They will die because they lack self-control, lost because of their great stupidity.
He schal die, for he hadde not lernyng; and he schal be disseyued in the mychilnesse of his fooli.
