Proverbs 23
1 Whanne thou sittist, to ete with the prince, perseyue thou diligentli what thingis ben set bifore thi face,
If you will sit down to eat with a ruler carefully you will consider [that] which [is] before you.
2 and sette thou a withholding in thi throte. If netheles thou hast power on thi soule,
And you will put a knife in throat your if [are] a master of appetite you.
3 desire thou not of his metis, in whom is the breed of `a leesing.
May not (you crave *Q(K)*) for dainties his and it [is] food of lies.
4 Nyle thou trauele to be maad riche, but sette thou mesure to thi prudence.
May not you labor to gain riches from understanding your cease.
5 Reise not thin iyen to richessis, whiche thou maist not haue; for tho schulen make to hem silf pennes, as of an egle, and tho schulen flee in to heuene.
(¿ Do you cause to fly *Q(K)*) eyes your on it and there not [is] it for certainly it makes for itself wings like an eagle (it flies away *Q(K)*) the heavens.
6 Ete thou not with an enuyouse man, and desire thou not hise metis;
May not you eat [the] food of a [person] evil of eye and may not (you crave *Q(K)*) for dainties his.
7 for at the licnesse of a fals dyuynour and of a coniectere, he gessith that, that he knowith not. He schal seie to thee, Ete thou and drinke; and his soule is not with thee.
For - as he calculates in self his [is] so he eat and drink he says to you and heart his not [is] with you.
8 Thou schalt brake out the metis, whiche thou hast ete; and thou schalt leese thi faire wordis.
Morsel your [which] you have eaten you will vomit up it and you will spoil words your pleasant.
9 Speke thou not in the eeris of vnwise men; for thei schulen dispise the teching of thi speche.
In [the] ears of a fool may not you speak for he will despise [the] insight of words your.
10 Touche thou not the termes of litle children; and entre thou not in to the feeld of fadirles and modirles children.
May not you displace a boundary of antiquity and in [the] fields of fatherless ones may not you go.
11 For the neiybore of hem is strong, and he schal deme her cause ayens thee.
For redeemer their [is] strong he he will conduct case their with you.
12 Thin herte entre to techyng, and thin eeris `be redi to the wordis of kunnyng.
Bring! to discipline heart your and ears your to words of knowledge.
13 Nile thou withdrawe chastisyng fro a child; for thouy thou smyte hym with a yerde, he schal not die.
May not you withhold from a youth discipline for you will strike him with the rod not he will die.
You with the rod you will strike him and life his from Sheol you will deliver. (Sheol h7585)
15 Mi sone, if thi soule is wijs, myn herte schal haue ioye with thee;
O son my if it is wise heart your it will rejoice heart my also I.
16 and my reynes schulen make ful out ioye, whanne thi lippis speken riytful thing.
So they may rejoice kidneys my when speak lips your uprightness.
17 Thin herte sue not synneris; but be thou in the drede of the Lord al dai.
May not it be jealous heart of your sinners that except in [the] fear of Yahweh all the day.
18 For thou schalt haue hope at the laste, and thin abidyng schal not be don awei.
That except there [is] a future and hope your not it will be cut off.
19 Mi sone, here thou, and be thou wijs, and dresse thi soule in the weie.
Listen O you son my and be wise and guide in the way heart your.
20 Nyle thou be in the feestis of drinkeris, nether in the ofte etyngis of hem, that bryngen togidere fleischis to ete.
May not you be among drunkards of wine among gluttons of meat themselves.
21 For men yyuynge tent to drinkis, and yyuyng mussels togidere, schulen be waastid, and napping schal be clothid with clothis.
For a drunkard and a glutton he will become impoverished and rags it will clothe [them] drowsiness.
22 Here thi fadir, that gendride thee; and dispise not thi modir, whanne sche is eld.
Listen to father your who he begot you and may not you despise if she is old mother your.
23 Bie thou treuthe, and nyle thou sille wisdom, and doctryn, and vndurstonding.
Truth buy and may not you sell [it] wisdom and discipline and understanding.
24 The fadir of a iust man ioieth ful out with ioie; he that gendride a wijs man, schal be glad in hym.
(Certainly he rejoices *Q(k)*) [the] father of a righteous [son] (and [one who] begets *Q(K)*) a wise [son] (he rejoices *Q(K)*) in him.
25 Thi fadir and thi modir haue ioye, and he that gendride thee, make ful out ioye.
May he rejoice father your and mother your and may she rejoice [the] [one who] bore you.
26 My sone, yyue thin herte to me, and thin iyen kepe my weyes.
Give! O son my heart your to me and eyes your ways my (let them observe. *Q(K)*)
27 For an hoore is a deep diche, and an alien womman is a streit pit.
For [is] a pit deep a prostitute and [is] a well narrow a foreign [woman].
28 Sche settith aspie in the weie, as a theef; and sche schal sle hem, whiche sche schal se vnwar.
Also she like a robber she lies in wait and treacherous [people] among humankind she increases.
29 To whom is wo? to whos fadir is wo? to whom ben chidingis? to whom ben dichis? to whom ben woundis with out cause? to whom is puttyng out of iyen?
[belongs] to Whom? woe [belongs] to whom? woe! [belong] to whom? (contentions *Q(K)*) [belongs] to whom? complaint [belong] to whom? wounds without cause [belongs] to whom? dullness of eyes.
30 Whether not to hem, that dwellen in wyn, and studien to drynke al of cuppis?
To [those who] delay over the wine to [those who] go to examine mixed wine.
31 Biholde thou not wyn, whanne it sparclith, whanne the colour therof schyneth in a ver.
May not you see wine for it will be red if it will give (in the cup *Q(K)*) eye its it will go with smoothness.
32 It entrith swetli, but at the laste it schal bite as an eddre doith, and as a cocatrice it schal schede abrood venyms.
End its like a snake it will bite and like a viper it will sting.
33 Thin iyen schulen se straunge wymmen, and thi herte schal speke weiwerd thingis.
Eyes your they will see strange [things] and heart your it will speak perverse things.
34 And thou schalt be as a man slepinge in the myddis of the see, and as a gouernour aslepid, whanne the steere is lost.
And you will be like [one who] lies down in [the] heart of [the] sea and like [one who] lies down at [the] top of a mast.
35 And thou schalt seie, Thei beeten me, but Y hadde not sorewe; thei drowen me, and Y feelide not; whanne schal Y wake out, and Y schal fynde wynes eft?
They struck me not I am sick they beat me not I know when? will I awake I will repeat I will seek it again.
