Proverbs 24
1 Sue thou not yuele men, desire thou not to be with hem.
not be jealous in/on/with human distress: evil and not (to desire *Q(k)*) to/for to be with them
2 For the soule of hem bithenkith raueyns, and her lippis speken fraudis.
for violence to mutter heart their and trouble lips their to speak: speak
3 An hous schal be bildid bi wisdom, and schal be maad strong bi prudence.
in/on/with wisdom to build house: home and in/on/with understanding to establish: establish
4 Celeris schulen be fillid in teching, al riches preciouse and ful fair.
and in/on/with knowledge chamber to fill all substance precious and pleasant
5 A wijs man is strong, and a lerned man is stalworth and miyti.
great man wise in/on/with strength and man knowledge to strengthen strength
6 For whi batel is bigunnun with ordenaunce, and helthe schal be, where many counsels ben.
for in/on/with counsel to make to/for you battle and deliverance: victory in/on/with abundance to advise
7 Wisdom is hiy to a fool; in the yate he schal not opene his mouth.
to exalt to/for fool(ish) wisdom in/on/with gate not to open lip his
8 He that thenkith to do yuels, schal be clepid a fool.
to devise: devise to/for be evil to/for him master: [master of] plot to call: call to
9 The thouyte of a fool is synne; and a bacbitere is abhomynacioun of men.
wickedness folly sin and abomination to/for man to mock
10 If thou that hast slide, dispeirist in the dai of angwisch, thi strengthe schal be maad lesse.
to slacken in/on/with day distress narrow strength your
11 Delyuere thou hem, that ben led to deth; and ceesse thou not to delyuere hem, that ben drawun to deth.
to rescue to take: take to/for death and to shake to/for slaughter if to withhold
12 If thou seist, Strengthis suffisen not; he that is biholdere of the herte, vndirstondith, and no thing disseyueth the kepere of thi soule, and he schal yelde to a man bi hise werkis.
for to say look! not to know this not to measure heart he/she/it to understand and to watch soul your he/she/it to know and to return: pay to/for man like/as work his
13 Mi sone, ete thou hony, for it is good; and an honycomb ful swete to thi throte.
to eat son: child my honey for pleasant and honey sweet upon palate your
14 `So and the techyng of wisdom is good to thi soule; and whanne thou hast founde it, thou schalt haue hope in the laste thingis, and thin hope schal not perische.
so to know [emph?] wisdom to/for soul your if to find and there end and hope your not to cut: eliminate
15 Aspie thou not, and seke not wickidnesse in the hous of a iust man, nether waste thou his reste.
not to ambush wicked to/for pasture righteous not to ruin rest his
16 For a iust man schal falle seuene sithis in the dai, and schal rise ayen; but wickid men schulen falle in to yuele.
for seven to fall: fall righteous and to arise: rise and wicked to stumble in/on/with distress: harm
17 Whanne thin enemye fallith, haue thou not ioye; and thin herte haue not ful out ioiyng in his fal;
in/on/with to fall: fall (enemy your *Q(K)*) not to rejoice and in/on/with to stumble he not to rejoice heart your
18 lest perauenture the Lord se, and it displese hym, and he take awei his ire fro hym.
lest to see: see LORD and be evil in/on/with eye: appearance his and to return: turn back from upon him face: anger his
19 Stryue thou not with `the worste men, nether sue thou wickid men.
not to be incensed in/on/with be evil not be jealous in/on/with wicked
20 For whi yuele men han not hope of thingis to comynge, and the lanterne of wickid men schal be quenchid.
for not to be end to/for bad: evil lamp wicked to put out
21 My sone, drede thou God, and the kyng; and be thou not medlid with bacbiteris.
to fear: revere [obj] LORD son: child my and king with to change not to pledge
22 For her perdicioun schal rise togidere sudenli, and who knowith the fal of euer either?
for suddenly to arise: rise calamity their and disaster two their who? to know
23 Also these thingis that suen ben to wise men. It is not good to knowe a persoone in doom.
also these to/for wise to recognize face: kindness in/on/with justice: judgement not pleasant
24 Puplis schulen curse hem, that seien to a wickid man, Thou art iust; and lynagis schulen holde hem abhomynable.
to say to/for wicked righteous you(m. s.) to curse him people be indignant him people
25 Thei that repreuen iustli synners, schulen be preisid; and blessing schal come on hem.
and to/for to rebuke be pleasant and upon them to come (in): come blessing good
26 He that answerith riytful wordis, schal kisse lippis.
lips to kiss to return: reply word: speaking straightforward
27 Make redi thi werk with outforth, and worche thi feelde dilygentli, that thou bilde thin hous aftirward.
to establish: prepare in/on/with outside work your and be ready her in/on/with land: country to/for you after and to build house: home your
28 Be thou not a witnesse with out resonable cause ayens thi neiybore; nether flatere thou ony man with thi lippis.
not to be witness for nothing in/on/with neighbor your and to open wide in/on/with lips your
29 Seie thou not, As he dide to me, so Y schal do to him, and Y schal yelde to ech man aftir his werk.
not to say like/as as which to make: do to/for me so to make: do to/for him to return: pay to/for man like/as work his
30 I passide bi the feeld of a slow man, and bi the vyner of a fonned man; and, lo!
upon land: country man sluggish to pass and upon vineyard man lacking heart
31 nettlis hadden fillid al, thornes hadden hilid the hiyere part therof, and the wal of stoonys with out morter was distried.
and behold to ascend: rise all his thorn to cover face: surface his nettle and wall stone his to overthrow
32 And whanne Y hadde seyn this thing, Y settide in myn herte, and bi ensaumple Y lernyde techyng.
and to see I to set: consider heart my to see: see to take: recieve discipline: instruction
33 Hou longe slepist thou, slow man? whanne schalt thou ryse fro sleep? Sotheli thou schalt slepe a litil, thou schalt nappe a litil, thou schalt ioyne togidere the hondis a litil, to take reste;
little sleep little slumber little folding hand to/for to lie down: sleep
34 and thi nedynesse as a currour schal come to thee, and thi beggerie as an armed man.
and to come (in): come to go: follow poverty your and need your like/as man shield
