< Proverbs 23 >
1 for to dwell to/for to feed on with to rule to understand to understand [obj] which to/for face: before your
When you sit down to eat a meal with a (government official/king), think carefully about what (OR, who) is in front of you.
2 and to set: put knife in/on/with throat your if master: men soul: appetite you(m. s.)
[Even] if you (have a big appetite/want to eat a lot of food), restrain yourself.
3 not (to desire *Q(K)*) to/for delicacy his and he/she/it food lie
Do not want to eat [a lot of] his fine food, because he may be trying to trick you.
4 not be weary/toil to/for to enrich from understanding your to cease
Do not [cause yourself to become very tired by] working very hard to become rich; be wise and stop doing that,
5 ( to fly *Q(K)*) eye your in/on/with him and nothing he for to make to make to/for him wing like/as eagle (to fly *Q(K)*) [the] heaven
because as soon as you look [MTY] at [all the money that you have acquired], it will be gone; it will [disappear as if it] suddenly grew wings [SIM] and flew up into the sky like an eagle.
6 not to feed on [obj] food: bread bad: evil eye: appearance and not (to desire *Q(K)*) to/for delicacy his
[If] someone who is stingy [invites you to a meal], do not eat [a lot of] his fine food,
7 for like to calculate in/on/with soul his so he/she/it to eat and to drink to say to/for you and heart his not with you
because he will be thinking about how much [the food cost that you are eating]. He [will] say to you, “Eat and drink all that you want!”, but that is not what he [will] really be thinking.
8 morsel your to eat to vomit her and to ruin word your [the] pleasant
[When you realize what he is really thinking, it will cause you to want to] vomit what you have eaten; and your kind words [telling him that you are enjoying the meal] will be wasted.
9 in/on/with ear: hearing fool not to speak: speak for to despise to/for understanding speech your
(Do not [waste time by]/It is useless) talking to foolish people; they will [only] despise the wise things that you say.
10 not to remove border: boundary forever: antiquity and in/on/with land: country orphan not to come (in): come
Do not [steal someone’s property by] removing a boundary marker that has been there for a long time, and do not take for yourself the land that belongs to orphans,
11 for to redeem: redeem their strong he/she/it to contend [obj] strife their with you
because Yahweh is strong, and he is [like] a relative that has the responsibility to defend them, he will [stand up in court and] argue for them and against you.
12 to come (in): bring [emph?] to/for discipline: instruction heart your and ear your to/for word knowledge
Pay attention to what [your teachers] teach you, and try to learn from the wise things that they say.
13 not to withhold from youth discipline for to smite him in/on/with tribe: staff not to die
Do not refuse to discipline your children; if you punish/spank them, it will not cause them to die,
14 you(m. s.) in/on/with tribe: staff to smite him and soul his from hell: Sheol to rescue (Sheol )
and it may save them from [going to] the place where dead people are. (Sheol )
15 son: child my if be wise heart your to rejoice heart my also I
My son/child, if you [SYN] become wise, I [SYN] will be very happy.
16 and to exult kidney my in/on/with to speak: speak lips your uprightness
I [SYN] will rejoice when I hear you [SYN] say what is right/wise.
17 not be jealous heart your in/on/with sinner that if: except if: except in/on/with fear LORD all [the] day
Do not envy sinful people; instead, revere Yahweh all of your life.
18 that if: except if: except there end and hope your not to cut: eliminate
[If you do that], you will be happy in the future, and [God] will certainly [do for you what you are] confidently expecting him to do.
19 to hear: hear you(m. s.) son: child my and be wise and to bless in/on/with way: conduct heart your
My son/child, listen carefully to me and become wise, and think about (all that you do/your behavior).
20 not to be in/on/with to imbibe wine in/on/with be vile flesh to/for them
Do not associate with those who drink a lot of (wine/strong drink) or with those who (are gluttons/eat more than they should),
21 for to imbibe and be vile to possess: poor and rags to clothe drowsiness
because drunkards and gluttons will become poor; and if all that you do is eat and sleep, you will [soon] (be wearing rags/not have any money to buy clothes).
22 to hear: hear to/for father your this to beget you and not to despise for be old mother your
Pay attention to what your father tells you, and (do not neglect/take care of) [LIT] your mother when she is old.
23 truth: true to buy and not to sell wisdom and discipline: instruction and understanding
Try to know/learn what is wise, and get good instruction and understanding; and do not throw those things away.
24 (to rejoice to rejoice *Q(k)*) father righteous (and to beget *Q(K)*) wise (to rejoice *Q(K)*) in/on/with to rejoice
Righteous [children] will cause their parents to be very happy; those whose children are wise are proud of them.
25 to rejoice father your and mother your and to rejoice to beget you
[Do what will] cause your father to be glad and enable your mother [also] to be happy.
26 to give: give [emph?] son: child my heart your to/for me and eye your way: conduct my (to watch *Q(K)*)
My son, heed what I say to you, and allow what I do to be an example for you.
27 for pit deep to fornicate and well narrow foreign
Prostitutes and immoral women [DOU] are [like] [MET] a deep pit or a well [that you may fall into].
28 also he/she/it like/as robber to ambush and to act treacherously in/on/with man to add
They wait [for you] like robbers [SIM], and they cause many men to (be unfaithful to/have sex with women who are not) their wives.
29 to/for who? woe! to/for who? pain! to/for who? (contention *Q(K)*) to/for who? complaint to/for who? wound for nothing to/for who? dullness eye
I will tell you [RHQ] what kind of people are always miserable and sad. I will tell you [RHQ] which people are always causing arguments/quarrels and who are always complaining. I will tell you [RHQ] who are injured in fights and whose eyes are always red/bloodshot.
30 to/for to delay upon [the] wine to/for to come (in): come to/for to search mixed drink
[It is] those who drink a lot of wine, who try drinking other kinds of strong drinks.
31 not to see: see wine for to redden for to give: do (in/on/with cup *Q(K)*) eye his to go: went in/on/with uprightness
Do not look with pleasure at red wine that looks nice, and which sparkles when it is [poured out] into cups, and which tastes good as you drink it,
32 end his like/as serpent to bite and like/as serpent to pierce
because the next morning [you will feel like] you have been bitten by a poisonous snake [DOU].
33 eye your to see: see be a stranger and heart your to speak: speak perversity
You [SYN] will [think that you are] seeing strange/weird things, and you [SYN] will not be able to think clearly or speak clearly.
34 and to be like/as to lie down: lay down in/on/with heart sea and like/as to lie down: lay down in/on/with head: top mast
You will think you are in a ship that is tossing on the sea; you be like [SIM] someone who is trying to sleep when the ship is rolling from one side to the other.
35 to smite me not be weak: ill to smite me not to know how to awake to add to seek him still
You will say, “[I think that] someone struck me, but he did not hurt me; he hit me, but I did not feel it. When will I (wake up/feel normal again) in order that I can drink some more wine?”