Proverbs 1
1 [the] proverbs of Solomon [the] son of David [the] king of Israel.
The parablis of Salomon, the sone of Dauid, king of Israel;
2 To learn wisdom and discipline to teach words of understanding.
to kunne wisdom and kunnyng;
3 To receive correction of insight righteousness and justice and uprightness.
to vndurstonde the wordis of prudence; and to take the lernyng of teching; to take riytfulnesse, and dom, and equyte;
4 To give to naive people prudence to a youth knowledge and discretion.
that felnesse be youun to litle children, and kunnyng, and vndurstonding to a yong wexynge man.
5 Let him listen a prudent [one] and let him increase insight and a discerning [one] wise directions let him get.
A wise man heringe schal be wisere; and a man vndurstondinge schal holde gouernails.
6 To understand a proverb and an enigma [the] words of learned ones and parables their.
He schal perseyue a parable, and expownyng; the wordis of wise men, and the derk figuratif spechis of hem.
7 [the] fear of Yahweh [is the] beginning of knowledge wisdom and discipline fools they despise.
The drede of the Lord is the bigynning of wisdom; foolis dispisen wisdom and teching.
8 Listen to O son my [the] correction of father your and may not you reject [the] instruction of mother your.
My sone, here thou the teching of thi fadir, and forsake thou not the lawe of thi modir;
9 For - [will be] a wreath of favor they for head your and necklaces for neck your.
that grace be addid, ethir encreessid, to thin heed, and a bie to thi necke.
10 O son my if they will entice you sinners may not you be willing.
Mi sone, if synneris flateren thee, assente thou not to hem.
11 If they will say come! with us let us lie in wait for blood let us lie hidden for an innocent [one] without cause.
If thei seien, Come thou with vs, sette we aspies to blood, hide we snaris of disseitis ayens an innocent without cause;
12 Let us engulf them like Sheol alive and complete like [those who] go down of [the] pit. (Sheol h7585)
swolowe we him, as helle swolowith a man lyuynge; and al hool, as goynge doun in to a lake; we schulen fynde al preciouse catel, (Sheol h7585)
13 All wealth prized we will find we will fill houses our plunder.
we schulen fille oure housis with spuylis; sende thou lot with vs,
14 Lot your you will cast in midst of us a bag one it will belong to all of us.
o purs be of vs alle;
15 O son my may not you walk in [the] way with them restrain foot your from pathway their.
my sone, go thou not with hem; forbede thi foot fro the pathis of hem.
16 For feet their to evil they run and they may make haste to shed blood.
For the feet of hem rennen to yuel; and thei hasten to schede out blood.
17 For in vain [is] spread out the net in [the] eyes of every owner of a wing.
But a net is leid in veyn bifore the iyen of briddis, that han wengis.
18 And they for own blood their they lie in wait they lie hidden for own life their.
Also `thilke wickid disseyueris setten aspies ayens her owne blood; and maken redi fraudis ayens her soulis.
19 [are] thus [the] paths of Every [one who] gains unjustly unjust gain [the] life of owners its it will take.
So the pathis of ech auerouse man rauyschen the soulis of hem that welden.
20 Wisdom in the street it cries aloud in the open places she gives voice her.
Wisdom prechith with outforth; in stretis it yyueth his vois.
21 At [the] top of noisy [places] she calls out at [the] entrances of [the] gates in the city sayings her she utters.
It crieth ofte in the heed of cumpenyes; in the leeues of yatis of the citee it bringith forth hise wordis,
22 Until when? - O naive people will you love naivete and mockers mockery do they delight in? themselves and fools will they hate? knowledge.
and seith, Hou long, ye litle men in wit, louen yong childhod, and foolis schulen coueyte tho thingis, that ben harmful to hem silf, and vnprudent men schulen hate kunnyng?
23 You will turn back to rebuke my here! I will pour out to you spirit my let me declare words my you.
Be ye conuertid at my repreuyng; lo, Y schal profre forth to you my spirit, and Y schal schewe my wordis.
24 Because I called and you refused I offered hand my and there not [was] an attentive [one].
For Y clepide, and ye forsoken; Y helde forth myn hond, and noon was that bihelde.
25 And you ignored all advice my and rebuke my not you yielded to.
Ye dispisiden al my councel; and chargiden not my blamyngis.
26 Also I at calamity your I will laugh I will mock when comes dread your.
And Y schal leiye in youre perisching; and Y schal scorne you, whanne that, that ye dreden, cometh to you.
27 When comes (like devastation *Q(K)*) dread your and calamity your like a storm-wind it will arrive when comes on you trouble and distress.
Whanne sodeyne wretchidnesse fallith in, and perisching bifallith as tempest; whanne tribulacioun and angwisch cometh on you.
28 Then they will call to me and not I will answer they will earnestly seek me and not they will find me.
Thanne thei schulen clepe me, and Y schal not here; thei schulen rise eerli, and thei schulen not fynde me.
29 Because for they hated knowledge and [the] fear of Yahweh not they chose.
For thei hatiden teching, and thei token not the drede of the Lord,
30 Not they yielded to advice my they spurned all rebuke my.
nether assentiden to my councel, and depraueden al myn amendyng.
31 So they may eat from [the] fruit of way their and from own schemes their they will be surfeited.
Therfor thei schulen ete the fruytis of her weie; and thei schulen be fillid with her counseils.
32 For [the] waywardness of naive people it will ruin them and [the] ease of fools it will destroy them.
The turnyng awei of litle men in wit schal sle hem; and the prosperite of foolis schal leese hem.
33 And [one who] listens to me he will dwell security and he will be at ease from dread of trouble.
But he that herith me, schal reste with outen drede; and he schal vse abundaunce, whanne the drede of yuels is takun awei.
