Proverbs 9
1 Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her pillars—seven.
Wisdom bildide an hous to him silf; he hewide out seuene pileris,
2 She has slaughtered her slaughter, She has mingled her wine, Indeed, she has arranged her table.
he offride his slayn sacrifices, he medlide wijn, and settide forth his table.
3 She has sent forth her girls, She cries on the tops of the high places of the city:
He sente hise handmaides, that thei schulden clepe to the tour; and to the wallis of the citee.
4 “Who [is] simple? Let him turn aside here.” Whoever lacks heart: she has said to him,
If ony man is litil; come he to me. And wisdom spak to vnwise men,
5 “Come, eat of my bread, And drink of the wine I have mingled.
Come ye, ete ye my breed; and drynke ye the wiyn, which Y haue medlid to you.
6 Forsake the simple and live, And be blessed in the way of understanding.”
Forsake ye yong childhed, and lyue ye; and go ye bi the weyes of prudence.
7 The instructor of a scorner Is receiving for it—shame, And a reprover of the wicked—his blemish.
He that techith a scornere, doith wrong to him silf; and he that vndirnymmeth a wickid man, gendrith a wem to him silf.
8 Do not reprove a scorner, lest he hate you, Give reproof to the wise, and he loves you.
Nile thou vndirnyme a scornere; lest he hate thee. Vndirnyme thou a wise man; and he schal loue thee.
9 Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, Make known to the righteous, And he increases learning.
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 commencement of wisdom [is] the fear of YHWH, And a knowledge of the Holy Ones [is] understanding.
The bigynnyng of wisdom is the dreed of the Lord; and prudence is the kunnyng of seyntis.
11 For by me your days multiply, And years of life are added to you.
For thi daies schulen be multiplied bi me; and yeeris of lijf schulen be encreessid to thee.
12 If you have been wise, you have been wise for yourself, And you have scorned—you bear [it] alone.
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 [is] noisy, Simple, and has not known what.
A fonned womman, and ful of cry, and ful of vnleueful lustis, and that kan no thing outirli,
14 And she has sat at the opening of her house, On a throne—the high places of the city,
sittith in the doris of hir hous, on a seete, in an hiy place of the cite;
15 To call to those passing by the way, Who are going straight [on] their paths.
to clepe men passinge bi the weie, and men goynge in her iournei.
16 “Who [is] simple? Let him turn aside here.” And whoever lacks heart—she said to him,
Who is a litil man `of wit; bowe he to me. And sche spak to a coward,
17 “Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.”
Watris of thefte ben swettere, and breed hid is swettere.
18 And he has not known that Rephaim [are] there, Her invited ones in deep places of Sheol! (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)
