< Proverbs 3 >
1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
O son my instruction my may not you forget and commandments my let it keep heart your.
2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
For length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Loyalty and faithfulness may not they leave you bind them on necks your write them on [the] tablet of heart your.
4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
And find favor and insight good in [the] eyes of God and humankind.
5 Trust in Yhwh with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Trust to Yahweh with all heart your and to own understanding your may not you depend.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
In all ways your acknowledge him and he he will make straight paths your.
7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear Yhwh, and depart from evil.
May not you be wise in own eyes your fear Yahweh and turn aside from evil.
8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
Healing may it be to navel your and refreshment to bones your.
9 Honour Yhwh with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
Honor Yahweh from wealth your and from [the] first of all produce your.
10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
So they may be filled storehouses your plenty and new wine wine vats your they will burst open.
11 My son, despise not the chastening of Yhwh; neither be weary of his correction:
[the] discipline of Yahweh O son my may not you reject and may not you loath rebuke his.
12 For whom Yhwh loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
For [the one] whom he loves Yahweh he reproves and like a father a son [whom] he is pleased with.
13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
How blessed! [is] a person [who] he finds wisdom and a person [who] he obtains understanding.
14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
For [is] good profit her more than [the] profit of silver and more than gold gain her.
15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
[is] precious She (more than jewels *Q(k)*) and all pleasures your not they compare with her.
16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
Length of days [is] in right [hand] her [are] in left [hand] her wealth and honor.
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Ways her [are] ways of kindness and all pathways her [are] well-being.
18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
[is] a tree of Life she to [those who] take hold on her and [those who] hold fast to her [are] called blessed.
19 Yhwh by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
Yahweh by wisdom he founded [the] earth he established [the] heavens by understanding.
20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
By knowledge his [the] depths they were split open and clouds they dripped dew.
21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
O son my may not they depart from eyes your keep sound wisdom and discretion.
22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
So they may be life for self your and grace for neck your.
23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
Then you will walk to security way your and foot your not it will strike.
24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
If you will lie down not you will fear and you will lie down and it will be pleasing sleep your.
25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
May not you be afraid from terror suddenly and from [the] devastation of wicked [people] that it will come.
26 For Yhwh shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
For Yahweh he will be confidence your and he will keep foot your from capture.
27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
May not you withhold good from owners its when belongs to [the] power of (hand your *Q(K)*) to do [it].
28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
May not you say (to neighbor your *Q(K)*) go and come back and tomorrow I will give [it] and there is with you.
29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
May not you devise on neighbor your harm and he [is] dwelling to security with you.
30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
May not (you contend *Q(k)*) with anyone without cause if not he has dealt out to you evil.
31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
May not you be jealous of a person of violence and may not you choose all ways his.
32 For the perverse is abomination to Yhwh: but his secret counsel is with the righteous.
For [is] [the] abomination of Yahweh a crooked [person] and [is] with upright [people] intimacy his.
33 The curse of Yhwh is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
[the] curse of Yahweh [is] on [the] house of [the] wicked and [the] habitation of righteous [people] he blesses.
34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
Though mockers he he mocks (and to humble [people] *Q(K)*) he gives favor.
35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
Honor wise [people] they will inherit and fools [is] lifting up shame.