Proverbs 27
1 Haue thou not glorie on the morewe, `not knowynge what thing the dai to comynge schal bringe forth.
不要為明日自誇，因為你不知今天能發生什麼。
2 Another man, and not thi mouth preise thee; a straunger, and not thi lippis `preise thee.
只應讓人讚美你，你不應開口自誇；讚你的該是他人，不該是你的唇舌。
3 A stoon is heuy, and grauel is chariouse; but the ire of a fool is heuyere than euer eithir.
石頭重，沙礫沉，愚人的忿怒，比二者都重。
4 Ire hath no merci, and woodnesse brekynge out `hath no merci; and who mai suffre the fersnesse of a spirit stirid?
憤怒固然殘酷，暴怒更是猛烈；可是面對妒恨，有誰能夠抵受﹖
5 Betere is opyn repreuyng, than loue hid.
公開的責斥，勝於暗中的溺愛。
6 Betere ben the woundis of hym that loueth, than the gileful cossis of hym that hatith.
友人的抨擊是忠誠，仇人的擁吻是欺騙。
7 A man fillid schal dispise an hony coomb; but an hungri man schal take, yhe, bittir thing for swete.
人若吃飽了，蜂蜜也厭惡；若肚子饑餓，苦物也甘甜。
8 As a brid passinge ouer fro his nest, so is a man that forsakith his place.
離家飄泊的遊子，有如無巢可歸的雀鳥。
9 The herte delitith in oynement, and dyuerse odours; and a soule is maad swete bi the good counsels of a frend.
香油和香料，能暢快人心；朋友的勸勉，能撫慰人靈。
10 Forsake thou not thi frend, and the frend of thi fadir; and entre thou not in to the hous of thi brothir, in the dai of thi turment. Betere is a neiybore nyy, than a brothir afer.
你的知心朋友，你父親的至交，你切不可離棄；在你憂患的時日，不要進兄弟的家。靠近的鄰舍，勝於遠地的兄弟。
11 Mi sone, studie thou a boute wisdom, and make thou glad myn herte; that thou maist answere a word to a dispisere.
我兒，作個智慧人，使我心高興，好叫我回答笑罵我的人。
12 A fel man seynge yuel was hid; litle men of wit passinge forth suffriden harmes.
精明人遇見災禍，即行隱避；無知者反向前走，自招損害。
13 Take thou awei his clooth, that bihiyte for a straunger; and take thou awei a wed fro hym for an alien man.
誰為外方人作保，拿出他的衣服；誰為異族人作保，以他本人作質。
14 He that blessith his neiybore with greet vois; and risith bi niyt, schal be lijk hym that cursith.
清晨向人高聲祝福，就等於向他人咀咒。
15 Roouys droppynge in the dai of coold, and a womman ful of chidyng ben comparisond.
豪雨的時日，滴漏不已：好吵的女人，也是如此；
16 He that withholdith hir, as if he holdith wynd; and auoidith the oile of his riyt hond.
誰願意攔阻她，無異攔阻狂風，又好似右手抓油。
17 Yrun is whettid bi irun; and a man whettith the face of his frend.
朋友互相砥礪，有如以鐵銼鐵。
18 He that kepith a fige tre, schal ete the fruytis therof; and he that is a kepere of his lord, schal be glorified.
看守無花果樹的，必食其果；護守自己主人的，必受器重。
19 As the cheris of men biholdinge schynen in watris; so the hertis of men ben opyn to prudent men.
人心不同，猶如其面。
20 Helle and perdicioun schulen not be fillid; so and the iyen of men moun not be fillid. (Sheol h7585)
陰府和冥域，總填不滿；世人的眼睛，從不滿足。 (Sheol h7585)
21 As siluer is preuyd in a wellyng place, and gold `is preued in a furneys; so a man is preued bi the mouth of preyseris. The herte of a wickid man sekith out yuels; but a riytful herte sekith out kunnyng.
鍋煉銀，爐煉金，諂媚煉人心。
22 Thouy thou beetist a fool in a morter, as with a pestel smytynge aboue dried barli; his foli schal not be don awei fro him.
你盡可在臼中將愚人舂碎，但他的昏愚卻永不能剷除。
23 Knowe thou diligentli the cheere of thi beeste; and biholde thou thi flockis.
對你羊群的情況，應加注意；對你的家畜，應常留心照料；
24 For thou schalt not haue power contynueli; but a coroun schal be youun to thee in generacioun and in to generacioun.
因為錢財並不能永存，寶藏也不能永留萬代。
25 Medewis ben openyd, and greene eerbis apperiden; and hey is gaderid fro hillis.
割去了乾草，青草又叢生；山間的野草，也收集起來；
26 Lambren be to thi clothing; and kidis be to the prijs of feeld.
那時羔羊供你衣料，山羊供你地價，
27 The mylke of geete suffice to thee for thi meetis; in to the necessarie thingis of thin hous, and to lijflode to thin handmaidis.
羊奶足以養你，維持你的家庭，養活你的婢女。
