Proverbs 2
1 Mi sone, if thou resseyuest my wordis, `and hidist myn heestis anentis thee;
My son, if thou wilt receive my sayings, and, my commandments, wilt treasure up by thee;
2 that thin eere here wisdom, bowe thin herte to knowe prudence.
So that thou direct, unto wisdom, thine ear, bend thy heart, unto understanding;
3 For if thou inwardli clepist wisdom, and bowist thin herte to prudence;
Yea if, for understanding, thou cry aloud, for knowledge, utter thy voice;
4 if thou sekist it as money, and diggist it out as tresours;
If thou seek her as silver, and, like hid treasure, thou search for her,
5 thanne thou schalt vndirstonde the drede of the Lord, and schalt fynde the kunnyng of God.
Then, shalt thou understand the reverence of Yahweh, and, the knowledge of God, shalt thou find.
6 For the Lord yyueth wisdom; and prudence and kunnyng is of his mouth.
For, Yahweh, giveth wisdom, out of his mouth, knowledge and understanding;
7 He schal kepe the heelthe of riytful men, and he schal defende hem that goen sympli.
Yea he treasureth, for the upright, safety, A shield [is he] to them who walk in integrity,
8 And he schal kepe the pathis of riytfulnesse, and he schal kepe the weies of hooli men.
To him that observeth the paths of justice, yea, the way of his men of lovingkindness, he doth guard.
9 Thanne thou schalt vndirstonde riytfulnesse, and dom, and equytee, and ech good path.
Then, shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, and equity—every noble course.
10 If wysdom entrith in to thin herte, and kunnyng plesith thi soule,
When wisdom entereth thy heart, and, knowledge, to thy soul, is sweet,
11 good councel schal kepe thee, and prudence schal kepe thee; that thou be delyuered fro an yuel weie,
Discretion, shall watch over thee, understanding, shall preserve thee: —
12 and fro a man that spekith weiward thingis.
To rescue thee from the way of the wrongful, from the man that speaketh perverse things;
13 Whiche forsaken a riytful weie, and goen bi derk weies;
From them who forsake the paths of rectitude, to walk in the ways of darkness;
14 whiche ben glad, whanne thei han do yuel, and maken ful out ioye in worste thingis;
Who rejoice to do wrong, exult in the perversities of the wrongful;
15 whose weies ben weywerd, and her goyingis ben of yuel fame.
Whose paths, are twisted, and they are tortuous in their tracks:
16 That thou be delyuered fro an alien womman, and fro a straunge womman, that makith soft hir wordis;
To rescue thee, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who with her speeches seduceth;
17 and forsakith the duyk of hir tyme of mariage,
Who forsaketh the friend of her youth, and, the covenant of her God, hath forgotten;
18 and hath foryete the couenaunt of hir God. For the hous of hir is bowid to deeth, and hir pathis to helle.
For she hath appointed, unto death, her house, and unto the shades, her courses;
19 Alle that entren to hir, schulen not turne ayen, nether schulen catche the pathis of lijf.
None who go in unto her, come back, neither attain they unto the paths of life:
20 That thou go in a good weie, and kepe the pathis of iust men.
To the end that thou walk in the way of good men, and, the paths of the righteous, that thou observe.
21 Forsothe thei that ben riytful, schulen dwelle in the lond; and symple men schulen perfitli dwelle ther ynne.
For, the upright, shall abide on the earth, —and, the men of integrity, shall remain therein;
22 But vnfeithful men schulen be lost fro the loond; and thei that doen wickidli, schulen be takun awey fro it.
But, the lawless, out of the earth, shall be cut off, and, traitors, shall they tear away therefrom.
