Proverbs 23
1 When you sit down to eat a meal with a (government official/king), think carefully about what (OR, who) is in front of you.
If you will sit down to eat with a ruler carefully you will consider [that] which [is] before you.
2 [Even] if you (have a big appetite/want to eat a lot of food), restrain yourself.
And you will put a knife in throat your if [are] a master of appetite you.
3 Do not want to eat [a lot of] his fine food, because he may be trying to trick you.
May not (you crave *Q(K)*) for dainties his and it [is] food of lies.
4 Do not [cause yourself to become very tired by] working very hard to become rich; be wise and stop doing that,
May not you labor to gain riches from understanding your cease.
5 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.
(¿ Do you cause to fly *Q(K)*) eyes your on it and there not [is] it for certainly it makes for itself wings like an eagle (it flies away *Q(K)*) the heavens.
6 [If] someone who is stingy [invites you to a meal], do not eat [a lot of] his fine food,
May not you eat [the] food of a [person] evil of eye and may not (you crave *Q(K)*) for dainties his.
7 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.
For - as he calculates in self his [is] so he eat and drink he says to you and heart his not [is] with you.
8 [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.
Morsel your [which] you have eaten you will vomit up it and you will spoil words your pleasant.
9 (Do not [waste time by]/It is useless) talking to foolish people; they will [only] despise the wise things that you say.
In [the] ears of a fool may not you speak for he will despise [the] insight of words your.
10 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,
May not you displace a boundary of antiquity and in [the] fields of fatherless ones may not you go.
11 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.
For redeemer their [is] strong he he will conduct case their with you.
12 Pay attention to what [your teachers] teach you, and try to learn from the wise things that they say.
Bring! to discipline heart your and ears your to words of knowledge.
13 Do not refuse to discipline your children; if you punish/spank them, it will not cause them to die,
May not you withhold from a youth discipline for you will strike him with the rod not he will die.
You with the rod you will strike him and life his from Sheol you will deliver. (Sheol h7585)
15 My son/child, if you [SYN] become wise, I [SYN] will be very happy.
O son my if it is wise heart your it will rejoice heart my also I.
16 I [SYN] will rejoice when I hear you [SYN] say what is right/wise.
So they may rejoice kidneys my when speak lips your uprightness.
17 Do not envy sinful people; instead, revere Yahweh all of your life.
May not it be jealous heart of your sinners that except in [the] fear of Yahweh all the day.
18 [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.
That except there [is] a future and hope your not it will be cut off.
19 My son/child, listen carefully to me and become wise, and think about (all that you do/your behavior).
Listen O you son my and be wise and guide in the way heart your.
20 Do not associate with those who drink a lot of (wine/strong drink) or with those who (are gluttons/eat more than they should),
May not you be among drunkards of wine among gluttons of meat themselves.
21 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).
For a drunkard and a glutton he will become impoverished and rags it will clothe [them] drowsiness.
22 Pay attention to what your father tells you, and (do not neglect/take care of) [LIT] your mother when she is old.
Listen to father your who he begot you and may not you despise if she is old mother your.
23 Try to know/learn what is wise, and get good instruction and understanding; and do not throw those things away.
Truth buy and may not you sell [it] wisdom and discipline and understanding.
24 Righteous [children] will cause their parents to be very happy; those whose children are wise are proud of them.
(Certainly he rejoices *Q(k)*) [the] father of a righteous [son] (and [one who] begets *Q(K)*) a wise [son] (he rejoices *Q(K)*) in him.
25 [Do what will] cause your father to be glad and enable your mother [also] to be happy.
May he rejoice father your and mother your and may she rejoice [the] [one who] bore you.
26 My son, heed what I say to you, and allow what I do to be an example for you.
Give! O son my heart your to me and eyes your ways my (let them observe. *Q(K)*)
27 Prostitutes and immoral women [DOU] are [like] [MET] a deep pit or a well [that you may fall into].
For [is] a pit deep a prostitute and [is] a well narrow a foreign [woman].
28 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.
Also she like a robber she lies in wait and treacherous [people] among humankind she increases.
29 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.
[belongs] to Whom? woe [belongs] to whom? woe! [belong] to whom? (contentions *Q(K)*) [belongs] to whom? complaint [belong] to whom? wounds without cause [belongs] to whom? dullness of eyes.
30 [It is] those who drink a lot of wine, who try drinking other kinds of strong drinks.
To [those who] delay over the wine to [those who] go to examine mixed wine.
31 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,
May not you see wine for it will be red if it will give (in the cup *Q(K)*) eye its it will go with smoothness.
32 because the next morning [you will feel like] you have been bitten by a poisonous snake [DOU].
End its like a snake it will bite and like a viper it will sting.
33 You [SYN] will [think that you are] seeing strange/weird things, and you [SYN] will not be able to think clearly or speak clearly.
Eyes your they will see strange [things] and heart your it will speak perverse things.
34 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.
And you will be like [one who] lies down in [the] heart of [the] sea and like [one who] lies down at [the] top of a mast.
35 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?”
They struck me not I am sick they beat me not I know when? will I awake I will repeat I will seek it again.
