Proverbs 5
1 O son my to wisdom my be attentive! to understanding my incline ear your.
Mi sone, perseyue thou my wisdom, and bowe doun thin eere to my prudence; that thou kepe thi thouytis,
2 To preserve discretion and knowledge lips your they will observe.
and thi lippis kepe teching. Yyue thou not tent to the falsnesse of a womman;
3 For honey they drip [the] lips of a strange [woman] and [is] smooth more than oil mouth her.
for the lippis of an hoore ben an hony coomb droppinge, and hir throte is clerere than oile;
4 And end her [is] bitter like wormwood sharp like a sword of mouths.
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 [the] path of Life lest she should make level they wander tracks her not she knows.
Tho goon not bi the path of lijf; hir steppis ben vncerteyn, and moun not be souyt out.
7 And therefore O children listen to me and may not you depart from [the] utterances of mouth my.
Now therfor, my sone, here thou me, and go not awei fro the wordis of my mouth.
8 Make far away from with her way your and may not you draw near to [the] entrance of house her.
Make fer thi weie fro hir, and neiye thou not to the doris of hir hous.
9 Lest you should give to others vigor your and years your to a cruel [person].
Yyue thou not thin onour to aliens, and thi yeeris to the cruel;
10 Lest they should be satisfied strangers strength your and labor your [be] in [the] house of a foreigner.
lest perauenture straungeris be fillid with thi strengthis, and lest thi trauels be in an alien hous;
11 And you will groan at end your when wastes away flesh your and body your.
and thou biweile in the laste daies, whanne thou hast wastid thi fleschis, and thi bodi; and thou seie,
12 And you will say how! I hated discipline and rebuke it spurned heart my.
Whi wlatide Y teching, and myn herte assentide not to blamyngis;
13 And not I listened to [the] voice of instructor my and to teachers my not I inclined ear my.
nether Y herde the voys of men techinge me, and Y bowide not doun myn eere to maistris?
14 Like a little I was in every calamity in among [the] assembly and [the] congregation.
Almest Y was in al yuel, in the myddis of the chirche, and of the synagoge.
15 Drink water from own cistern your and streams from [the] midst of own well your.
Drinke thou watir of thi cisterne, and the floodis of thi pit.
16 Will they overflow? springs your [the] outside towards in the open places streams of water.
Thi wellis be stremed forth; and departe thi watris in stretis.
17 Let them belong to you to alone you and not to strangers with you.
Haue thou aloone `tho watris; and aliens be not thi parceneris.
18 May it be spring your blessed and rejoice from [the] wife of youth your.
Thi veyne be blessid; and be thou glad with the womman of thi yong wexynge age.
19 A doe of loves and a goat of grace breasts her may they satisfy you at every time by love her may you be intoxicated continually.
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 And why? will you go astray O son my with a strange [woman] may you embrace? [the] bosom of a foreign [woman].
Mi sone, whi art thou disseyued of an alien womman; and art fostrid in the bosum of an othere?
21 For before - [the] eyes of Yahweh [the] ways of a person and all tracks his [he is] making level.
The Lord seeth the weie of a man; and biholdith alle hise steppis.
22 Iniquities his they will seize him the wicked [person] and by [the] cords of sin his he will be held.
The wickidnessis of a wyckid man taken hym; and he is boundun with the roopis of hise synnes.
23 He he will die for not discipline and in [the] greatness of foolishness his he will go astray.
He schal die, for he hadde not lernyng; and he schal be disseyued in the mychilnesse of his fooli.
