Proverbs 20
1 Wiyn is a letcherouse thing and drunkenesse is ful of noise; who euere delitith in these, schal not be wijs.
to mock [the] wine to roar strong drink and all to wander in/on/with him not be wise
2 As the roryng of a lioun, so and the drede of the kyng; he that territh hym to ire, synneth ayens his owne lijf.
roaring like/as lion terror king be angry him to sin soul: life his
3 It is onour to a man that departith hym silf fro stryuyngis; but fonned men ben medlid with dispisyngis.
glory to/for man cessation from strife and all fool(ish) to quarrel
4 A slow man nolde ere for coold; therfor he schal begge in somer, and me schal not yyue to hym.
from autumn sluggish not to plow/plot (and to ask *Q(K)*) in/on/with harvest and nothing
5 As deep watir, so counsel is in the herte of a man; but a wijs man schal drawe it out.
water deep counsel in/on/with heart man and man understanding to draw (up/out) her
6 Many men ben clepid merciful; but who schal fynde a feithful man?
abundance man to call: call out man: anyone kindness his and man faithful who? to find
7 Forsothe a iust man that goith in his simplenesse, schal leeue blessid sones aftir hym.
to go: walk in/on/with integrity his righteous blessed son: child his after him
8 A king that sittith in the seete of doom, distrieth al yuel bi his lokyng.
king to dwell upon throne judgment to scatter in/on/with eye his all bad: evil
9 Who may seie, Myn herte is clene; Y am clene of synne?
who? to say to clean heart my be pure from sin my
10 A weiyte and a weiyte, a mesure and a mesure, euer eithir is abhomynable at God.
stone: weight and stone: weight ephah and ephah abomination LORD also two their
11 A child is vndurstondun bi hise studies, yf his werkis ben riytful and cleene.
also in/on/with deed his to recognize youth if pure and if upright work his
12 An eere heringe, and an iye seynge, God made euere eithir.
ear to hear: hear and eye to see: see LORD to make also two their
13 Nyle thou loue sleep, lest nedynesse oppresse thee; opene thin iyen, and be thou fillid with looues.
not to love: lover sleep lest to possess: poor to open eye your to satisfy food: bread
14 Ech biere seith, It is yuel, it is yuel; and whanne he hath go awey, thanne he schal haue glorie.
bad: harmful bad: harmful to say [the] to buy and be gone to/for him then to boast: boast
15 Gold, and the multitude of iemmes, and a preciouse vessel, ben the lippis of kunnyng.
there gold and abundance jewel and article/utensil preciousness lips knowledge
16 Take thou awei the cloth of hym, that was borewe of an othere man; and for straungeris take thou awei a wed fro hym.
to take: take garment his for to pledge be a stranger and about/through/for (foreign *Q(K)*) to pledge him
17 The breed of a leesing is sweet to a man; and aftirward his mouth schal be fillid with rikenyng.
sweet to/for man food: bread deception and after to fill lip his gravel
18 Thouytis ben maad strong bi counselis; and bateils schulen be tretid bi gouernals.
plot in/on/with counsel to establish: establish and in/on/with counsel to make battle
19 Be thou not medlid with him that schewith pryuetees, and goith gylefulli, and alargith hise lippis.
to reveal: reveal counsel to go: went slander and to/for to open wide lip: words his not to pledge
20 The liyt of hym that cursith his fadir and modir, schal be quenchid in the myddis of derknessis.
to lighten father his and mother his to put out lamp his (in/on/with pupil *Q(K)*) darkness
21 Eritage to which me haastith in the bigynnyng, schal wante blessing in the laste tyme.
inheritance (to dismay *Q(K)*) in/on/with first and end her not to bless
22 Seie thou not, Y schal yelde yuel for yuel; abide thou the Lord, and he schal delyuere thee.
not to say to complete bad: evil to await to/for LORD and to save to/for you
23 Abhomynacioun at God is weiyte and weiyte; a gileful balaunce is not good.
abomination LORD stone: weight and stone: weight and balance deceit not pleasant
24 The steppis of man ben dressid of the Lord; who forsothe of men mai vndurstonde his weie?
from LORD step great man and man what? to understand way: conduct his
25 Falling of man is to make auow to seyntis, and aftirward to withdrawe the vowis.
snare man to blurt holiness and after vow to/for to enquire
26 A wijs kyng scaterith wickid men; and bowith a bouwe of victorie ouer hem.
to scatter wicked king wise and to return: return upon them wheel
27 The lanterne of the Lord is the spirit of man, that sekith out alle the priuetees of the wombe.
lamp LORD breath man to search all chamber belly: abdomen
28 Merci and treuthe kepen a kyng; and his trone is maad strong bi mekenesse.
kindness and truth: faithful to watch king and to support in/on/with kindness throne his
29 The ful out ioiyng of yonge men is the strengthe of hem; and the dignyte of elde men is hoornesse.
beauty youth strength their and glory old greyheaded
30 The wannesse of wounde schal wipe aweie yuels, and woundis in the priuyere thingis of the wombe.
wound wound (cosmetic *Q(K)*) in/on/with bad: evil and wound chamber belly: abdomen
