Proverbs 14
1 A wijs womman bildith hir hous; and an unwijs womman schal distrie with hondis an hous bildid.
智慧的婦女，足以興家；愚昧的婦女，親手將家拆毀。
2 A man goynge in riytful weie, and dredinge God, is dispisid of hym, that goith in a weie of yuel fame.
履行正路的人，敬畏上主；愛走曲徑的人，輕視上主。
3 The yerde of pride is in the mouth of a fool; the lippis of wijs men kepen hem.
愚昧人口中，有傲慢的根苗；智慧人的唇舌，是自己的保障。
4 Where oxis ben not, the cratche is void; but where ful many cornes apperen, there the strengthe of oxe is opyn.
沒有耕牛，沒有五穀；耕牛愈雄壯，收穫愈豐富。
5 A feithful witnesse schal not lie; a gileful witnesse bringith forth a leesing.
忠實的證人，決不說謊；虛偽的證人，謊言連篇。
6 A scornere sekith wisdom, and he fyndith not; the teching of prudent men is esy.
輕狂人求智，只屬徒然；明智人求知，卻很容易。
7 Go thou ayens a man a fool; and he schal not knowe the lippis of prudence.
你應遠離愚昧的人，由他口中決得不到明哲。
8 The wisdom of a fel man is to vndirstonde his weie; and the vnwarnesse of foolis errith.
明智人的智慧，在於審察自己的行徑；愚昧人的昏愚，在於自欺欺人。
9 A fool scorneth synne; grace schal dwelle among iust men.
罪孽住在愚昧人中，恩愛與正直人為伍。
10 The herte that knowith the bittirnesse of his soule; a straunger schal not be meddlid in the ioie therof.
心頭的愁苦，唯有自己知；心中的喜樂，他人無分享。
11 The hous of wickid men schal be don awei; the tabernaclis of iust men schulen buriowne.
邪僻人的家庭，必遭破壞；正直人的帳幕，卻要興隆。
12 Sotheli a weie is, that semeth iust to a man; but the laste thingis therof leden forth to deth.
有些道路，看來正直；走到盡頭，卻是死路。
13 Leiyyng schal be medlid with sorewe; and morenyng ocupieth the laste thingis of ioye.
連在歡笑中，心亦有感傷；歡笑的結局，往往是痛苦。
14 A fool schal be fillid with hise weies; and a good man schal be aboue hym.
變心的人，必自嘗其果；良善的人，必得其善報。
15 An innocent man bileueth to eche word; a felle man biholdith hise goyngis.
幼稚的人，有話必信；明智的人，步步謹慎。
16 A wijs man dredith, and bowith awei fro yuel; a fool skippith ouer, and tristith.
智慧人戒避邪惡，愚昧人驕矜自負。
17 A man vnpacient schal worche foli; and a gileful man is odiouse.
易怒的人，做事昏愚；慎思的人，事事含忍。
18 Litle men of wit schulen holde foli; and felle men schulen abide kunnyng.
愚昧的人，以愚昧為基業；明智的人，以知識為冠冕。
19 Yuel men schulen ligge bifor goode men; and vnpitouse men bifor the yatis of iust men.
歹徒將伏在善人面前，惡人將跪在義人門前。
20 A pore man schal be hateful, yhe, to his neiybore; but many men ben frendis of riche men.
貧窮的人，為親朋所厭；富貴的人，則高朋滿座。
21 He that dispisith his neiybore, doith synne; but he that doith merci to a pore man, schal be blessid. He that bileueth in the Lord, loueth merci;
藐視近人，便是犯罪；憐憫苦人，纔是有福。
22 thei erren that worchen yuel. Merci and treuthe maken redi goodis;
陰謀邪惡的人，豈非走入歧途﹖策劃行善的人，必獲慈惠忠誠。
23 abundaunce `schal be in ech good werk. Sotheli where ful many wordis ben, there nedynesse is ofte.
一切勞苦皆有利益；只有閒談，引人貧窮。
24 The coroun of wise men is the richessis of hem; the fooli of foolis is vnwarnesse.
智慧人的冠冕，是他們的機智；愚昧人的冠冕，是他們的糊塗。
25 A feithful witnesse delyuereth soulis; and a fals man bringith forth leesyngis.
忠實的見證，救人性命；作假證的人，危害他人。
26 In the drede of the Lord is triste of strengthe; and hope schal be to the sones of it.
敬畏上主，是穩固的靠山；為他的子孫，也是個避難所。
27 The drede of the Lord is a welle of lijf; that it bowe awei fro the fallyng of deth.
敬畏上主，是生命的泉源，使人脫免死亡的羅網。
28 The dignite of the king is in the multitude of puple; and the schenschipe of a prince is in the fewnesse of puple.
人民眾多，是君王的光榮；庶民缺少，是王侯的沒落。
29 He that is pacient, is gouerned bi myche wisdom; but he that is vnpacient, enhaunsith his foli.
緩於發怒的人，必甚有見識；脾氣暴躁的人，必大顯愚昧。
30 Helthe of herte is the lijf of fleischis; enuye is rot of boonys.
心平氣和，使身體康健；心懷嫉忌，使骨骸腐蝕。
31 He that falsli chalengith a nedi man, dispisith his maker; but he that hath merci on a pore man, onourith that makere.
欺壓窮人的，就是凌辱他的造主；憐恤苦人的，就是尊敬他的造主。
32 A wickid man is put out for his malice; but a iust man hopith in his deth.
惡人因自己的邪惡，必被毀滅；義人因自己的正義，有所憑藉。
33 Wisdom restith in the herte of a wijs man; and he schal teche alle vnlerned men.
智慧居於哲人的心中，愚人的懷中一無所見。
34 Riytfulnesse reisith a folc; synne makith puplis wretchis.
正義能以興邦立國，罪惡卻使人民衰落。
35 A mynystre vndurstondynge is acceptable to a kyng; a mynystre vnprofitable schal suffre the wrathfulnesse of him.
明哲的臣僕，蒙受君王的寵幸；無用的臣僕，必遭君王的盛怒。
