< Proverbs 13 >
1 son: child wise discipline father and to mock not to hear: hear rebuke
A wijs sone is the teching of the fadir; but he that is a scornere, herith not, whanne he is repreuyd.
2 from fruit lip man to eat good and soul: appetite to act treacherously violence
A man schal be fillid with goodis of the fruit of his mouth; but the soule of vnpitouse men is wickid.
3 to watch lip his to keep: guard soul: life his to open lips his terror to/for him
He that kepith his mouth, kepith his soule; but he that is vnwar to speke, schal feel yuels.
4 to desire and nothing soul his sluggish and soul sharp to prosper
A slow man wole, and wole not; but the soule of hem that worchen schal be maad fat.
5 word: because deception to hate righteous and wicked to stink and be ashamed
A iust man schal wlate a fals word; but a wickid man schendith, and schal be schent.
6 righteousness to watch integrity way: conduct and wickedness to pervert sin
Riytfulnesse kepith the weie of an innocent man; but wickidnesse disseyueth a synnere.
7 there to enrich and nothing all be poor and substance many
A man is as riche, whanne he hath no thing; and a man is as pore, whanne he is in many richessis.
8 ransom soul: life man riches his and be poor not to hear: hear rebuke
Redempcioun of the soule of man is hise richessis; but he that is pore, suffrith not blamyng.
9 light righteous to rejoice and lamp wicked to put out
The liyt of iust men makith glad; but the lanterne of wickid men schal be quenchid.
10 except in/on/with arrogance to give: give strife and with to advise wisdom
Stryues ben euere a mong proude men; but thei that don alle thingis with counsel, ben gouerned bi wisdom.
11 substance from vanity to diminish and to gather upon hand to multiply
Hastid catel schal be maad lesse; but that that is gaderid litil and litil with hond, schal be multiplied.
12 hope to draw be weak: ill heart and tree life desire to come (in): fulfill
Hope which is dilaied, turmentith the soule; a tre of lijf is desir comyng.
13 to despise to/for word to destroy to/for him and afraid commandment he/she/it to complete
He that bacbitith ony thing, byndith hym silf in to tyme to comynge; but he that dredith the comaundement, schal lyue in pees.
14 instruction wise fountain life to/for to turn aside: depart from snare death
The lawe of a wise man is a welle of lijf; that he bowe awei fro the falling of deth.
15 understanding pleasant to give: give favor and way: conduct to act treacherously strong
Good teching schal yyue grace; a swolowe is in the weie of dispiseris.
16 all prudent to make: do in/on/with knowledge and fool to spread folly
A fel man doith alle thingis with counsel; but he that is a fool, schal opene foli.
17 messenger wicked to fall: fall in/on/with bad: evil and envoy faithful healing
The messanger of a wickid man schal falle in to yuel; a feithful messanger is helthe.
18 poverty and dishonor to neglect discipline and to keep: guard argument to honor: honour
Nedynesse and schenschip is to him that forsakith techyng; but he that assentith to a blamere, schal be glorified.
19 desire to be (to please *LAH(b)*) to/for soul and abomination fool to turn aside: depart from bad: evil
Desir, if it is fillid, delitith the soule; foolis wlaten hem that fleen yuels.
20 (to go: walk *Q(K)*) with wise (be wise *Q(K)*) and to accompany fool be evil
He that goith with wijs men, schal be wijs; the freend of foolis schal be maad lijk hem.
21 sinner to pursue distress: harm and [obj] righteous to complete good
Yuel pursueth synneris; and goodis schulen be yoldun to iust men.
22 pleasant to inherit son: child son: child and to treasure to/for righteous strength: rich to sin
A good man schal leeue aftir him eiris, sones, and the sones of sones; and the catel of a synnere is kept to a iust man.
23 abundance food fallow ground be poor and there to snatch in/on/with not justice
Many meetis ben in the new tilid feeldis of fadris; and ben gaderid to othere men with out doom.
24 to withhold tribe: staff his to hate son: child his and to love: lover him to seek him discipline
He that sparith the yerde, hatith his sone; but he that loueth him, techith bisili.
25 righteous to eat to/for satiety soul: appetite his and belly: abdomen wicked to lack
A iust man etith, and fillith his soule; but the wombe of wickid men is vnable to be fillid.