< Proverbs 2 >
1 Mi sone, if thou resseyuest my wordis, `and hidist myn heestis anentis thee;
son: child my if to take: recieve word my and commandment my to treasure with you
2 that thin eere here wisdom, bowe thin herte to knowe prudence.
to/for to listen to/for wisdom ear your to stretch heart your to/for understanding
3 For if thou inwardli clepist wisdom, and bowist thin herte to prudence;
that if: except if: except to/for understanding to call: call out to/for understanding to give: cry out voice your
4 if thou sekist it as money, and diggist it out as tresours;
if to seek her like/as silver: money and like/as treasure to search her
5 thanne thou schalt vndirstonde the drede of the Lord, and schalt fynde the kunnyng of God.
then to understand fear LORD and knowledge God to find
6 For the Lord yyueth wisdom; and prudence and kunnyng is of his mouth.
for LORD to give: give wisdom from lip his knowledge and understanding
7 He schal kepe the heelthe of riytful men, and he schal defende hem that goen sympli.
(to treasure *Q(K)*) to/for upright wisdom shield to/for to go: walk integrity
8 And he schal kepe the pathis of riytfulnesse, and he schal kepe the weies of hooli men.
to/for to watch way justice and way: journey (pious his *Q(K)*) to keep: guard
9 Thanne thou schalt vndirstonde riytfulnesse, and dom, and equytee, and ech good path.
then to understand righteousness and justice and uprightness all track good
10 If wysdom entrith in to thin herte, and kunnyng plesith thi soule,
for to come (in): come wisdom in/on/with heart your and knowledge to/for soul your be pleasant
11 good councel schal kepe thee, and prudence schal kepe thee; that thou be delyuered fro an yuel weie,
plot to keep: guard upon you understanding to watch you
12 and fro a man that spekith weiward thingis.
to/for to rescue you from way: conduct bad: evil from man: anyone to speak: speak perversity
13 Whiche forsaken a riytful weie, and goen bi derk weies;
[the] to leave: forsake way uprightness to/for to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct darkness
14 whiche ben glad, whanne thei han do yuel, and maken ful out ioye in worste thingis;
[the] glad to/for to make: do bad: evil to rejoice in/on/with perversity bad: evil
15 whose weies ben weywerd, and her goyingis ben of yuel fame.
which way their twisted and be devious in/on/with track their
16 That thou be delyuered fro an alien womman, and fro a straunge womman, that makith soft hir wordis;
to/for to rescue you from woman be a stranger from foreign word her to smooth
17 and forsakith the duyk of hir tyme of mariage,
[the] to leave: forsake tame youth her and [obj] covenant God her to forget
18 and hath foryete the couenaunt of hir God. For the hous of hir is bowid to deeth, and hir pathis to helle.
for to sink to(wards) death house: home her and to(wards) shade track her
19 Alle that entren to hir, schulen not turne ayen, nether schulen catche the pathis of lijf.
all to come (in): come her not to return: return [emph?] and not to overtake way life
20 That thou go in a good weie, and kepe the pathis of iust men.
because to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct pleasant and way righteous to keep: obey
21 Forsothe thei that ben riytful, schulen dwelle in the lond; and symple men schulen perfitli dwelle ther ynne.
for upright (to dwell *L(bah)*) land: country/planet and unblemished: blameless to remain in/on/with her
22 But vnfeithful men schulen be lost fro the loond; and thei that doen wickidli, schulen be takun awey fro it.
and wicked from land: country/planet to cut: eliminate and to act treacherously to pull from her