Proverbs 5
1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:
Mi sone, perseyue thou my wisdom, and bowe doun thin eere to my prudence; that thou kepe thi thouytis,
2 that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.
and thi lippis kepe teching. Yyue thou not tent to the falsnesse of a womman;
3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,
for the lippis of an hoore ben an hony coomb droppinge, and hir throte is clerere than oile;
4 But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as 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 gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it.
Tho goon not bi the path of lijf; hir steppis ben vncerteyn, and moun not be souyt out.
7 Now therefore, son, listen to me. Do not depart from the words of my mouth.
Now therfor, my sone, here thou me, and go not awei fro the wordis of my mouth.
8 Remove your way far from her. Do not come near the door of her house,
Make fer thi weie fro hir, and neiye thou not to the doris of hir hous.
9 lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the merciless;
Yyue thou not thin onour to aliens, and thi yeeris to the cruel;
10 lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house.
lest perauenture straungeris be fillid with thi strengthis, and lest thi trauels be in an alien hous;
11 You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,
and thou biweile in the laste daies, whanne thou hast wastid thi fleschis, and thi bodi; and thou seie,
12 and say, "How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
Whi wlatide Y teching, and myn herte assentide not to blamyngis;
13 neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me.
nether Y herde the voys of men techinge me, and Y bowide not doun myn eere to maistris?
14 I have come to the brink of utter ruin, in the midst of the gathered assembly."
Almest Y was in al yuel, in the myddis of the chirche, and of the synagoge.
15 Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.
Drinke thou watir of thi cisterne, and the floodis of thi pit.
16 Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?
Thi wellis be stremed forth; and departe thi watris in stretis.
17 Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you.
Haue thou aloone `tho watris; and aliens be not thi parceneris.
18 Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
Thi veyne be blessid; and be thou glad with the womman of thi yong wexynge age.
19 A loving doe and a graceful deer—let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.
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 For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?
Mi sone, whi art thou disseyued of an alien womman; and art fostrid in the bosum of an othere?
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD. He examines all his paths.
The Lord seeth the weie of a man; and biholdith alle hise steppis.
22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
The wickidnessis of a wyckid man taken hym; and he is boundun with the roopis of hise synnes.
23 He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.
He schal die, for he hadde not lernyng; and he schal be disseyued in the mychilnesse of his fooli.
