Proverbs 20
1 to mock [the] wine to roar strong drink and all to wander in/on/with him not be wise
Wiyn is a letcherouse thing and drunkenesse is ful of noise; who euere delitith in these, schal not be wijs.
2 roaring like/as lion terror king be angry him to sin soul: life his
As the roryng of a lioun, so and the drede of the kyng; he that territh hym to ire, synneth ayens his owne lijf.
3 glory to/for man cessation from strife and all fool(ish) to quarrel
It is onour to a man that departith hym silf fro stryuyngis; but fonned men ben medlid with dispisyngis.
4 from autumn sluggish not to plow/plot (and to ask *Q(K)*) in/on/with harvest and nothing
A slow man nolde ere for coold; therfor he schal begge in somer, and me schal not yyue to hym.
5 water deep counsel in/on/with heart man and man understanding to draw (up/out) her
As deep watir, so counsel is in the herte of a man; but a wijs man schal drawe it out.
6 abundance man to call: call out man: anyone kindness his and man faithful who? to find
Many men ben clepid merciful; but who schal fynde a feithful man?
7 to go: walk in/on/with integrity his righteous blessed son: child his after him
Forsothe a iust man that goith in his simplenesse, schal leeue blessid sones aftir hym.
8 king to dwell upon throne judgment to scatter in/on/with eye his all bad: evil
A king that sittith in the seete of doom, distrieth al yuel bi his lokyng.
9 who? to say to clean heart my be pure from sin my
Who may seie, Myn herte is clene; Y am clene of synne?
10 stone: weight and stone: weight ephah and ephah abomination LORD also two their
A weiyte and a weiyte, a mesure and a mesure, euer eithir is abhomynable at God.
11 also in/on/with deed his to recognize youth if pure and if upright work his
A child is vndurstondun bi hise studies, yf his werkis ben riytful and cleene.
12 ear to hear: hear and eye to see: see LORD to make also two their
An eere heringe, and an iye seynge, God made euere eithir.
13 not to love: lover sleep lest to possess: poor to open eye your to satisfy food: bread
Nyle thou loue sleep, lest nedynesse oppresse thee; opene thin iyen, and be thou fillid with looues.
14 bad: harmful bad: harmful to say [the] to buy and be gone to/for him then to boast: boast
Ech biere seith, It is yuel, it is yuel; and whanne he hath go awey, thanne he schal haue glorie.
15 there gold and abundance jewel and article/utensil preciousness lips knowledge
Gold, and the multitude of iemmes, and a preciouse vessel, ben the lippis of kunnyng.
16 to take: take garment his for to pledge be a stranger and about/through/for (foreign *Q(K)*) to pledge him
Take thou awei the cloth of hym, that was borewe of an othere man; and for straungeris take thou awei a wed fro hym.
17 sweet to/for man food: bread deception and after to fill lip his gravel
The breed of a leesing is sweet to a man; and aftirward his mouth schal be fillid with rikenyng.
18 plot in/on/with counsel to establish: establish and in/on/with counsel to make battle
Thouytis ben maad strong bi counselis; and bateils schulen be tretid bi gouernals.
19 to reveal: reveal counsel to go: went slander and to/for to open wide lip: words his not to pledge
Be thou not medlid with him that schewith pryuetees, and goith gylefulli, and alargith hise lippis.
20 to lighten father his and mother his to put out lamp his (in/on/with pupil *Q(K)*) darkness
The liyt of hym that cursith his fadir and modir, schal be quenchid in the myddis of derknessis.
21 inheritance (to dismay *Q(K)*) in/on/with first and end her not to bless
Eritage to which me haastith in the bigynnyng, schal wante blessing in the laste tyme.
22 not to say to complete bad: evil to await to/for LORD and to save to/for you
Seie thou not, Y schal yelde yuel for yuel; abide thou the Lord, and he schal delyuere thee.
23 abomination LORD stone: weight and stone: weight and balance deceit not pleasant
Abhomynacioun at God is weiyte and weiyte; a gileful balaunce is not good.
24 from LORD step great man and man what? to understand way: conduct his
The steppis of man ben dressid of the Lord; who forsothe of men mai vndurstonde his weie?
25 snare man to blurt holiness and after vow to/for to enquire
Falling of man is to make auow to seyntis, and aftirward to withdrawe the vowis.
26 to scatter wicked king wise and to return: return upon them wheel
A wijs kyng scaterith wickid men; and bowith a bouwe of victorie ouer hem.
27 lamp LORD breath man to search all chamber belly: abdomen
The lanterne of the Lord is the spirit of man, that sekith out alle the priuetees of the wombe.
28 kindness and truth: faithful to watch king and to support in/on/with kindness throne his
Merci and treuthe kepen a kyng; and his trone is maad strong bi mekenesse.
29 beauty youth strength their and glory old greyheaded
The ful out ioiyng of yonge men is the strengthe of hem; and the dignyte of elde men is hoornesse.
30 wound wound (cosmetic *Q(K)*) in/on/with bad: evil and wound chamber belly: abdomen
The wannesse of wounde schal wipe aweie yuels, and woundis in the priuyere thingis of the wombe.
