Proverbs 1
1 The parablis of Salomon, the sone of Dauid, king of Israel;
The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, King of Israel:
2 to kunne wisdom and kunnyng;
For the knowledge of wisdom and correction, for discerning the sayings of intelligence;
3 to vndurstonde the wordis of prudence; and to take the lernyng of teching; to take riytfulnesse, and dom, and equyte;
For receiving the correction of prudence, righteousness and justice, and equity;
4 that felnesse be youun to litle children, and kunnyng, and vndurstonding to a yong wexynge man.
For giving To the simple shrewdness, To the young man, knowledge and discretion.
5 A wise man heringe schal be wisere; and a man vndurstondinge schal holde gouernails.
A wise man, will hear, and will increase learning, and a, discreet man, wise counsels, will acquire,
6 He schal perseyue a parable, and expownyng; the wordis of wise men, and the derk figuratif spechis of hem.
By gaining discernment of proverb, and satire, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7 The drede of the Lord is the bigynning of wisdom; foolis dispisen wisdom and teching.
The reverence of Yahweh, is the beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and correction, the foolish have despised.
8 My sone, here thou the teching of thi fadir, and forsake thou not the lawe of thi modir;
Hear, my son, the correction of thy father, and do not reject the instruction of thy mother;
9 that grace be addid, ethir encreessid, to thin heed, and a bie to thi necke.
For, a wreath of beauty, shall they be to thy head, and chains of ornament, to thy neck.
10 Mi sone, if synneris flateren thee, assente thou not to hem.
My son, if sinners entice thee, do not consent.
11 If thei seien, Come thou with vs, sette we aspies to blood, hide we snaris of disseitis ayens an innocent without cause;
If they say—Come with us, —Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us watch in secret for him who is needlessly innocent;
12 swolowe we him, as helle swolowith a man lyuynge; and al hool, as goynge doun in to a lake; we schulen fynde al preciouse catel, (Sheol h7585)
Let us engulf them, like hades, alive, While in health, like them who are going down to the pit; (Sheol h7585)
13 we schulen fille oure housis with spuylis; sende thou lot with vs,
All costly substance, shall we find, We shall fill our houses with spoil;
14 o purs be of vs alle;
Thy lot, shalt thou cast into our midst, One purse, shall there be, for us all.
15 my sone, go thou not with hem; forbede thi foot fro the pathis of hem.
My son, do not walk in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path.
16 For the feet of hem rennen to yuel; and thei hasten to schede out blood.
For, their feet, to mischief, do run, and haste to the shedding of blood.
17 But a net is leid in veyn bifore the iyen of briddis, that han wengis.
Surely, in vain, is spread the net, in the sight of aught that hath wings!
18 Also `thilke wickid disseyueris setten aspies ayens her owne blood; and maken redi fraudis ayens her soulis.
Yet, they, for their own blood, lie in wait, They watch in secret for their own life.
19 So the pathis of ech auerouse man rauyschen the soulis of hem that welden.
Such are the ways of every one that graspeth with greed, The life of the owners thereof, it taketh away!
20 Wisdom prechith with outforth; in stretis it yyueth his vois.
Wisdom, in the open place, soundeth forth, in the broadways, she raiseth her voice;
21 It crieth ofte in the heed of cumpenyes; in the leeues of yatis of the citee it bringith forth hise wordis,
At the head of bustling streets, she crieth aloud, —at the openings of the gates in the city—her sayings, she doth utter: —
22 and seith, Hou long, ye litle men in wit, louen yong childhod, and foolis schulen coueyte tho thingis, that ben harmful to hem silf, and vnprudent men schulen hate kunnyng?
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and, scoffers, in scoffing, delight them? and, dullards, hate knowledge?
23 Be ye conuertid at my repreuyng; lo, Y schal profre forth to you my spirit, and Y schal schewe my wordis.
Will ye turn, at my reproof? Lo! I will pour out to you my spirit, I will make known my words to you.
24 For Y clepide, and ye forsoken; Y helde forth myn hond, and noon was that bihelde.
Because I called, and ye refused, I stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;
25 Ye dispisiden al my councel; and chargiden not my blamyngis.
But ye dismissed all my counsel, and, to my rebuke, would not yield,
26 And Y schal leiye in youre perisching; and Y schal scorne you, whanne that, that ye dreden, cometh to you.
I also, at your calamity, will laugh, I will mock, when cometh your dread;
27 Whanne sodeyne wretchidnesse fallith in, and perisching bifallith as tempest; whanne tribulacioun and angwisch cometh on you.
When cometh as a crashing your dread, and, your calamity, as a storm-wind, overtaketh, when there come upon you, distress and anguish.
28 Thanne thei schulen clepe me, and Y schal not here; thei schulen rise eerli, and thei schulen not fynde me.
Then, will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me diligently, but shall not find me.
29 For thei hatiden teching, and thei token not the drede of the Lord,
Because they hated knowledge, and, the reverence of Yahweh, did not choose;
30 nether assentiden to my councel, and depraueden al myn amendyng.
Consented not to my counsel, disdained all my rebuke,
31 Therfor thei schulen ete the fruytis of her weie; and thei schulen be fillid with her counseils.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and, with their own counsels, be filled.
32 The turnyng awei of litle men in wit schal sle hem; and the prosperite of foolis schal leese hem.
For, the turning away of the simple, will slay them, —and, the carelessness of dullards, will destroy them.
33 But he that herith me, schal reste with outen drede; and he schal vse abundaunce, whanne the drede of yuels is takun awei.
Whereas, he that hearkeneth unto me, shall dwell safely, and be at rest, without dread of misfortune.
