Proverbs 23
1 Whanne thou sittist, to ete with the prince, perseyue thou diligentli what thingis ben set bifore thi face,
for to dwell to/for to feed on with to rule to understand to understand [obj] which to/for face: before your
2 and sette thou a withholding in thi throte. If netheles thou hast power on thi soule,
and to set: put knife in/on/with throat your if master: men soul: appetite you(m. s.)
3 desire thou not of his metis, in whom is the breed of `a leesing.
not (to desire *Q(K)*) to/for delicacy his and he/she/it food lie
4 Nyle thou trauele to be maad riche, but sette thou mesure to thi prudence.
not be weary/toil to/for to enrich from understanding your to 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.
( to fly *Q(K)*) eye your in/on/with him and nothing he for to make to make to/for him wing like/as eagle (to fly *Q(K)*) [the] heaven
6 Ete thou not with an enuyouse man, and desire thou not hise metis;
not to feed on [obj] food: bread bad: evil eye: appearance and not (to desire *Q(K)*) to/for delicacy 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 like to calculate in/on/with soul his so he/she/it to eat and to drink to say to/for you and heart his not with you
8 Thou schalt brake out the metis, whiche thou hast ete; and thou schalt leese thi faire wordis.
morsel your to eat to vomit her and to ruin word your [the] pleasant
9 Speke thou not in the eeris of vnwise men; for thei schulen dispise the teching of thi speche.
in/on/with ear: hearing fool not to speak: speak for to despise to/for understanding speech your
10 Touche thou not the termes of litle children; and entre thou not in to the feeld of fadirles and modirles children.
not to remove border: boundary forever: antiquity and in/on/with land: country orphan not to come (in): come
11 For the neiybore of hem is strong, and he schal deme her cause ayens thee.
for to redeem: redeem their strong he/she/it to contend [obj] strife their with you
12 Thin herte entre to techyng, and thin eeris `be redi to the wordis of kunnyng.
to come (in): bring [emph?] to/for discipline: instruction heart your and ear your to/for word knowledge
13 Nile thou withdrawe chastisyng fro a child; for thouy thou smyte hym with a yerde, he schal not die.
not to withhold from youth discipline for to smite him in/on/with tribe: staff not to die
you(m. s.) in/on/with tribe: staff to smite him and soul his from hell: Sheol to rescue (Sheol h7585)
15 Mi sone, if thi soule is wijs, myn herte schal haue ioye with thee;
son: child my if be wise heart your to rejoice heart my also I
16 and my reynes schulen make ful out ioye, whanne thi lippis speken riytful thing.
and to exult kidney my in/on/with to speak: speak lips your uprightness
17 Thin herte sue not synneris; but be thou in the drede of the Lord al dai.
not be jealous heart your in/on/with sinner that if: except if: except in/on/with fear LORD all [the] day
18 For thou schalt haue hope at the laste, and thin abidyng schal not be don awei.
that if: except if: except there end and hope your not to cut: eliminate
19 Mi sone, here thou, and be thou wijs, and dresse thi soule in the weie.
to hear: hear you(m. s.) son: child my and be wise and to bless in/on/with way: conduct heart your
20 Nyle thou be in the feestis of drinkeris, nether in the ofte etyngis of hem, that bryngen togidere fleischis to ete.
not to be in/on/with to imbibe wine in/on/with be vile flesh to/for them
21 For men yyuynge tent to drinkis, and yyuyng mussels togidere, schulen be waastid, and napping schal be clothid with clothis.
for to imbibe and be vile to possess: poor and rags to clothe drowsiness
22 Here thi fadir, that gendride thee; and dispise not thi modir, whanne sche is eld.
to hear: hear to/for father your this to beget you and not to despise for be old mother your
23 Bie thou treuthe, and nyle thou sille wisdom, and doctryn, and vndurstonding.
truth: true to buy and not to sell wisdom and discipline: instruction 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.
(to rejoice to rejoice *Q(k)*) father righteous (and to beget *Q(K)*) wise (to rejoice *Q(K)*) in/on/with to rejoice
25 Thi fadir and thi modir haue ioye, and he that gendride thee, make ful out ioye.
to rejoice father your and mother your and to rejoice to beget you
26 My sone, yyue thin herte to me, and thin iyen kepe my weyes.
to give: give [emph?] son: child my heart your to/for me and eye your way: conduct my (to watch *Q(K)*)
27 For an hoore is a deep diche, and an alien womman is a streit pit.
for pit deep to fornicate and well narrow foreign
28 Sche settith aspie in the weie, as a theef; and sche schal sle hem, whiche sche schal se vnwar.
also he/she/it like/as robber to ambush and to act treacherously in/on/with man to add
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?
to/for who? woe! to/for who? pain! to/for who? (contention *Q(K)*) to/for who? complaint to/for who? wound for nothing to/for who? dullness eye
30 Whether not to hem, that dwellen in wyn, and studien to drynke al of cuppis?
to/for to delay upon [the] wine to/for to come (in): come to/for to search mixed drink
31 Biholde thou not wyn, whanne it sparclith, whanne the colour therof schyneth in a ver.
not to see: see wine for to redden for to give: do (in/on/with cup *Q(K)*) eye his to go: went in/on/with uprightness
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 his like/as serpent to bite and like/as serpent to pierce
33 Thin iyen schulen se straunge wymmen, and thi herte schal speke weiwerd thingis.
eye your to see: see be a stranger and heart your to speak: speak perversity
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 to be like/as to lie down: lay down in/on/with heart sea and like/as to lie down: lay down in/on/with head: top 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?
to smite me not be weak: ill to smite me not to know how to awake to add to seek him still
