Proverbs 6
1 My son, If thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast struck thy hand for a stranger;
Mi sone, if thou hast bihiyt for thi freend; thou hast fastned thin hoond at a straunger.
2 If thou art ensnared through the words of thy mouth, if thou art caught through the words of thy mouth:
Thou art boundun bi the wordis of thi mouth; and thou art takun with thin owne wordis.
3 [Then] do this by all means, my son, and deliver thyself, because thou art come into the power of thy friend, Go hasten to him, and urge thy friend.
Therfor, my sone, do thou that that Y seie, and delyuere thi silf; for thou hast fallun in to the hond of thi neiybore. Renne thou aboute, haste thou, reise thi freend;
4 Grant not any sleep to thy eyes, nor slumber to thy eyelids.
yyue thou not sleep to thin iyen, nether thin iyeliddis nappe.
5 Deliver thyself as a roebuck from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Be thou rauyschid as a doo fro the hond; and as a bridde fro aspiyngis of the foulere.
6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; look on her ways, and become wise.
O! thou slowe man, go to the `amte, ether pissemyre; and biholde thou hise weies, and lerne thou wisdom.
7 She, that hath no prince, officer, or ruler,
Which whanne he hath no duyk, nethir comaundour, nether prince;
8 Provideth in the summer her provision, gathereth in harvest-time her food.
makith redi in somer mete to hym silf, and gaderith togidere in heruest that, that he schal ete.
9 How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie down? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Hou long schalt thou, slow man, slepe? whanne schalt thou rise fro thi sleep?
10 “A little [more] sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands in lying down;”
A litil thou schalt slepe, a litil thou schalt nappe; a litil thou schalt ioyne togidere thin hondis, that thou slepe.
11 But then will thy poverty come like a rover, and thy want as a man armed with a shield.
And nedynesse, as a weigoere, schal come to thee; and pouert, as an armed man. Forsothe if thou art not slow, thi ripe corn schal come as a welle; and nedynesse schal fle fer fro thee.
12 A Godless person is a man of injustice, who walketh with a distorted mouth.
A man apostata, a man vnprofitable, he goith with a weiward mouth;
13 He blinketh with his eyes, he scrapeth with his feet, he pointeth with his fingers;
he bekeneth with iyen, he trampith with the foot, he spekith with the fyngur,
14 Perverseness is in his heart, he contriveth evil at all times; he scattereth abroad discord.
bi schrewid herte he ymagyneth yuel, and in al tyme he sowith dissenciouns.
15 Therefore shall suddenly come his calamity: unawares shalt he be broken without a remedy.
His perdicioun schal come to hym anoon, and he schal be brokun sodeynli; and he schal no more haue medecyn.
16 Six things there are which the Lord hateth; and seven are an abomination unto his spirit:
Sixe thingis ben, whyche the Lord hatith; and hise soule cursith the seuenthe thing.
17 Haughty eyes, a tongue of falsehood, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Hiye iyen, a tunge liere, hondis schedinge out innocent blood,
18 A heart that contriveth plans of injustice, feet that hasten to run after evil,
an herte ymagynynge worste thouytis, feet swifte to renne in to yuel,
19 A false witness that eagerly uttereth lies, and him that scattereth abroad discord among brethren.
a man bringynge forth lesingis, a fals witnesse; and him that sowith discordis among britheren.
20 Keep, O my son, the commandment of thy father, and reject not the teaching of thy mother:
Mi sone, kepe the comaundementis of thi fadir; and forsake not the lawe of thi modir.
21 Bind them upon thy heart continually, tie them about thy throat.
Bynde thou tho continueli in thin herte; and cumpasse `to thi throte.
22 When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou liest down, it shall watch over thee; and when thou art awake, it shall converse with thee.
Whanne thou goist, go tho with thee; whanne thou slepist, kepe tho thee; and thou wakynge speke with tho.
23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light; and the way of life are the admonitions of correction:
For the comaundement of God is a lanterne, and the lawe is liyt, and the blamyng of techyng is the weie of lijf;
24 To guard thee against a bad woman, from the flattery of an alien tongue.
`that the comaundementis kepe thee fro an yuel womman, and fro a flaterynge tunge of a straunge womman.
25 Covet not her beauty in thy heart, and let her not conquer thee with her eyelids.
Thin herte coueite not the fairnesse of hir; nether be thou takun bi the signes of hir.
26 For by means of a harlot [one is brought down] to the last loaf of bread: and an adulterous woman will even hunt for the precious life,
For the prijs of an hoore is vnnethe of o loof; but a womman takith the preciouse soule of a man.
27 Can a man gather up fire in his lap, and shall his clothes not be burnt?
Whether a man mai hide fier in his bosum, that hise clothis brenne not;
28 Can a man walk along upon hot coals, and shall his feet not be burnt?
ethir go on colis, and hise feet be not brent?
29 So it is with him that goeth in to his neighbor's wife: no one that toucheth her shall remain unpunished.
So he that entrith to the wijf of his neiybore; schal not be cleene, whanne he hath touchid hir.
30 Men do not despise the thief, if he steal, to gratify his craving when he is hungry:
It is not greet synne, whanne a man stelith; for he stelith to fille an hungri soule.
31 And if he be found, he must pay sevenfold; all the wealth his house must he give.
And he takun schal yelde the seuenthe fold; and he schal yyue al the catel of his hous, and schal delyuere hym silf.
32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh sense: he that is the destroyer of his soul, will alone do this.
But he that is avouter; schal leese his soule, for the pouert of herte.
33 Plague and disgrace will he meet with; and his reproach will not be blotted out.
He gaderith filthe, and sclaundrith to hym silf; and his schenschip schal not be don awei.
34 For jealousy is the fury of a husband, and he will not spare on the day of vengeance.
For the feruent loue and strong veniaunce of the man schal not spare in the dai of veniaunce,
35 He will not regard the appearance of any ransom; and he will not be content, though thou give ever so many bribes.
nether schal assente to the preieris of ony; nether schal take ful many yiftis for raunsum.
