Proverbs 4
1 to hear: hear son: descendant/people discipline: instruction father and to listen to/for to know understanding
My children, listen to what I am teaching you. If you pay attention, you will understand what is wise.
2 for teaching pleasant to give: give to/for you instruction my not to leave: neglect
What I am teaching you is good, so do not turn away from it.
3 for son: child to be to/for father my tender and only to/for face mother my
When I was a young boy, loved by my mother,
4 and to show me and to say to/for me to grasp word my heart your to keep: obey commandment my and to live
my father told me, “Remember my words; if you obey my commandments, you will live [a long time].
5 to buy wisdom to buy understanding not to forget and not to stretch from word lip my
Obtain wisdom and understanding, and (do not abandon/hold fast to) [LIT] what I have taught you.
6 not to leave: forsake her and to keep: obey you to love: lover her and to watch you
Do not turn away from wisdom, because if you are wise, you will be protected [from all evil/danger]. If you love wisdom, wisdom [PRS] will guard you.
7 first: beginning wisdom to buy wisdom and in/on/with all acquisition your to buy understanding
The most important thing that you can do is to get wisdom. Even if you obtain many other things, the best thing is to know what things are wise.
8 to build her and to exalt you to honor: honour you for to embrace her
If you consider being wise to be very valuable, [people] will think very highly of you. If you cling to wisdom [like you would cling to a woman you love], [many people] will honor you.
9 to give: put to/for head your wreath favor crown beauty to deliver you
If you become wise, that will for you be [like] a beautiful wreath that is put {someone puts} on your head; it will be [like] a king’s glorious crown.” [That is what my father told me].
10 to hear: hear son: child my and to take: recieve word my and to multiply to/for you year life
[So now I say], “My son, heed what I say. If you do that, you will live a [good] long life.
11 in/on/with way: conduct wisdom to show you to tread you in/on/with track uprightness
I am teaching you the way to live wisely; I am showing you how to act justly [toward others].
12 in/on/with to go: walk you not be distressed step your and if to run: run not to stumble
If you live wisely, when you decide to do something, you will succeed [LIT].
13 to strengthen: hold in/on/with discipline: instruction not to slacken to watch her for he/she/it life your
Hold fast to the things I have taught you to do, and do not let them go. Guard them, because they [will be the source of a good] life.
14 in/on/with way wicked not to come (in): come and not to bless in/on/with way: conduct bad: evil
Do not do the things that wicked people do; [do not behave like they do]; do not even walk on the roads that evil [people] walk on [MET].
15 to neglect him not to pass in/on/with him to turn aside from upon him and to pass
Stay away from those roads; turn aside and walk on other roads;
16 for not to sleep if: until not be evil and to plunder sleep their if: until not (to stumble *Q(K)*)
because evil people cannot sleep if they have not done some evil deed [on that day]. They cannot rest if they have not harmed someone.
17 for to feed on food: bread wickedness and wine violence to drink
What they eat and what they drink are things that they have obtained by acting wickedly and violently.”
18 and way righteous like/as light brightness to go: continue and to light till to establish: prepare [the] day
The behavior of good/righteous [people] is like the light [that begins to shine] at dawn and then [continues to] shine brighter until the brightest time of day.
19 way: conduct wicked like/as darkness not to know in/on/with what? to stumble
[But] the behavior of wicked [people] is like deep/thick darkness. [Because it is very dark], they cannot see the things that cause them to stumble.
20 son: child my to/for word my to listen [emph?] to/for word my to stretch ear your
My son, pay attention to what I am saying. Listen to my words carefully.
21 not be devious from eye: seeing your to keep: obey them in/on/with midst heart your
Keep them close to you; let them penetrate your inner being,
22 for life they(masc.) to/for to find them and to/for all flesh his healing
because you will have [PRS] [a good] life and [good] health if you [search for them and] find them.
23 from all custody to watch heart your for from him outgoing life
It is very important that you be careful about what you think, because what you think controls [MET] the things that you do.
24 to turn aside: remove from you crookedness lip: word and perversity lip: words to remove from you
Do not say anything that deceives [others] and never say what is not true.
25 eye your to/for before to look and eyelid your to smooth before you
Keep looking straight ahead toward the events that are before you, and do not turn aside.
26 to envy track foot your and all way: conduct your to establish: establish
Plan carefully where you will go and what you will do, and then stay on that road. Then what you do will be right.
27 not to stretch right and left to turn aside: depart foot your from bad: evil
Do not leave the straight road by turning to the left or to the right. [Do only what is right] and keep yourself from [doing what is] evil.
