Ecclesiastes 7
1 A good name is betere than preciouse oynementis; and the dai of deth is betere than the dai of birthe.
pleasant name from oil pleasant and day [the] death from day to beget he
2 It is betere to go to the hous of morenyng, than to the hous of a feeste; for in that hous `of morenyng the ende of alle men is monestid, and a man lyuynge thenkith, what is to comynge.
pleasant to/for to go: went to(wards) house: home mourning from to go: went to(wards) house: home feast in/on/with in which he/she/it end all [the] man and [the] alive to give: put to(wards) heart his
3 Yre is betere than leiyyng; for the soule of a trespassour is amendid bi the heuynesse of cheer.
pleasant vexation from laughter for in/on/with evil face be good heart
4 The herte of wise men is where sorewe is; and the herte of foolis is where gladnesse is.
heart wise in/on/with house: home mourning and heart fool in/on/with house: home joy
5 It is betere to be repreued of a wijs man, than to be disseyued bi the flateryng of foolis;
pleasant to/for to hear: hear rebuke wise from man: anyone to hear: hear song fool
6 for as the sown of thornes brennynge vndur a pot, so is the leiyyng of a fool. But also this is vanyte.
for like/as voice: sound [the] thorn underneath: under [the] pot so laughter [the] fool and also this vanity
7 Fals chalenge disturblith a wijs man, and it schal leese the strengthe of his herte.
for [the] oppression to boast: rave madly wise and to perish [obj] heart gift
8 Forsothe the ende of preyer is betere than the bigynnyng. A pacient man is betere than a proud man.
pleasant end word: thing from first: beginning his pleasant slow spirit from high spirit
9 Be thou not swift to be wrooth; for ire restith in the bosum of a fool.
not to dismay in/on/with spirit: temper your to/for to provoke for vexation in/on/with bosom: embrace fool to rest
10 Seie thou not, What gessist thou is of cause, that the formere tymes weren betere than ben now? for whi siche axyng is fonned.
not to say what? to be which/that [the] day [the] first: previous to be pleasant from these for not from wisdom to ask upon this
11 Forsothe wisdom with richessis is more profitable, and profitith more to men seynge the sunne.
pleasant wisdom with inheritance and advantage to/for to see: see [the] sun
12 For as wisdom defendith, so money defendith; but lernyng and wisdom hath this more, that tho yyuen lijf to `her weldere.
for in/on/with shadow [the] wisdom in/on/with shadow [the] silver: money and advantage knowledge [the] wisdom to live master: owning her
13 Biholde thou the werkis of God, that no man may amende hym, whom God hath dispisid.
to see: examine [obj] deed: work [the] God for who? be able to/for be straight [obj] which to pervert him
14 In a good day vse thou goodis, and bifore eschewe thou an yuel day; for God made so this dai as that dai, that a man fynde not iust playnyngis ayens hym.
in/on/with day welfare to be in/on/with good and in/on/with day distress: harm to see: examine also [obj] this to/for close this to make [the] God upon cause which/that not to find [the] man after him anything
15 Also Y siy these thingis in the daies of my natyuyte; a iust man perischith in his riytfulnesse, and a wickid man lyueth myche tyme in his malice.
[obj] [the] all to see: see in/on/with day vanity my there righteous to perish in/on/with righteousness his and there wicked to prolong in/on/with distress: evil his
16 Nyle thou be iust myche, nether vndurstonde thou more than is nedeful; lest thou be astonyed.
not to be righteous to multiply and not be wise advantage to/for what? be desolate: destroyed
17 Do thou not wickidli myche, and nyle thou be a fool; lest thou die in a tyme not thin.
not be wicked to multiply and not to be fool to/for what? to die in/on/with not time your
18 It is good, that thou susteyne a iust man; but also withdrawe thou not thin hond from hym; for he that dredith God, is not necligent of ony thing.
pleasant which to grasp in/on/with this and also from this not to rest [obj] hand your for afraid God to come out: come [obj] all their
19 Wisdom hath coumfortid a wise man, ouer ten pryncis of a citee.
[the] wisdom be strong to/for wise from ten domineering which to be in/on/with city
20 Forsothe no iust man is in erthe, that doith good, and synneth not.
for man nothing righteous in/on/with land: country/planet which to make: do good and not to sin
21 But also yyue thou not thin herte to alle wordis, that ben seid; lest perauenture thou here thi seruaunt cursynge thee;
also to/for all [the] word: thing which to speak: speak not to give: put heart your which not to hear: hear [obj] servant/slave your to lighten you
22 for thi conscience woot, that also thou hast cursid ofte othere men.
for also beat many to know heart your which also (you(m. s.) *Q(K)*) to lighten another
23 I asayede alle thingis in wisdom; Y seide, I schal be maad wijs, and it yede awei ferthere fro me, myche more than it was;
all this to test in/on/with wisdom to say be wise and he/she/it distant from me
24 and the depthe is hiy, who schal fynde it?
distant what? which/that to be and deep deep who? to find him
25 I cumpasside alle thingis in my soule, to kunne, and biholde, and seke wisdom and resoun, and to knowe the wickidnesse of a fool, and the errour of vnprudent men.
to turn: turn I and heart my to/for to know and to/for to spy and to seek wisdom and explanation and to/for to know wickedness loin and [the] folly madness
26 And Y foond a womman bitterere than deth, which is the snare of hunteris, and hir herte is a net, and hir hondis ben boondis; he that plesith God schal ascape hir, but he that is a synnere, schal be takun of hir.
and to find I bitter from death [obj] [the] woman which he/she/it net and net heart her bond hand her pleasant to/for face: before [the] God to escape from her and to sin to capture in/on/with her
27 Lo! Y foond this, seide Ecclesiastes, oon and other, that Y schulde fynde resoun, which my soule sekith yit;
to see: behold! this to find to say preacher one to/for one to/for to find explanation
28 and Y foond not. I foond o man of a thousynde; Y foond not a womman of alle.
which still to seek soul my and not to find man one from thousand to find and woman in/on/with all these not to find
29 I foond this oonli, that God made a man riytful; and he medlide hym silf with questiouns with out noumbre. Who is siche as a wijs man? and who knowith the expownyng of a word?
to/for alone to see: behold! this to find which to make [the] God [obj] [the] man upright and they(masc.) to seek invention many
