Proverbs 28
1 A wickid man fleeth, whanne no man pursueth; but a iust man as a lioun tristynge schal be with out ferdfulnesse.
to flee and nothing to pursue wicked and righteous like/as lion to trust
2 For the synnes of the lond ben many princis therof; and for the wisdom of a man, and for the kunnyng of these thingis that ben seid, the lijf of the duyk schal be lengere.
in/on/with transgression land: country/planet many ruler her and in/on/with man to understand to know right to prolong
3 A pore man falsli calengynge pore men, is lijk a grete reyn, wherynne hungur is maad redi.
great man be poor and to oppress poor rain to prostatrate and nothing food
4 Thei that forsaken the lawe, preisen a wickid man; thei that kepen `the lawe, ben kyndlid ayens hym.
to leave: forsake instruction to boast: praise wicked and to keep: obey instruction to stir up in/on/with them
5 Wickid men thenken not doom; but thei that seken the Lord, perseyuen alle thingis.
human bad: evil not to understand justice and to seek LORD to understand all
6 Betere is a pore man goynge in his sympilnesse, than a riche man in schrewid weies.
pleasant be poor to go: walk in/on/with integrity his from twisted way: conduct and he/she/it rich
7 He that kepith the lawe, is a wijs sone; but he that fedith glotouns, schendith his fadir.
to watch instruction son: child to understand and to accompany be vile be humiliated father his
8 He that gaderith togidere richessis bi vsuris, and fre encrees, gaderith tho togidere ayens pore men.
to multiply substance his in/on/with interest (and increment *Q(K)*) to/for be gracious poor to gather him
9 His preyer schal be maad cursid, that bowith awei his eere; that he here not the lawe.
to turn aside: depart ear his from to hear: hear instruction also prayer his abomination
10 He that disseyueth iust men in an yuel weye, schal falle in his perisching; and iuste men schulen welde hise goodis.
to wander upright in/on/with way: conduct bad: evil in/on/with pit his he/she/it to fall: fall and unblemished: blameless to inherit good
11 A ryche man semeth wijs to him silf; but a pore man prudent schal serche him.
wise in/on/with eye his man rich and poor to understand to search him
12 In enhaunsing of iust men is miche glorie; whanne wickid men regnen, fallyngis of men ben.
in/on/with to rejoice righteous many beauty and in/on/with to arise: rise wicked to search man
13 He that hidith hise grete trespassis, schal not be maad riytful; but he that knoulechith and forsakith tho, schal gete merci.
to cover transgression his not to prosper and to give thanks and to leave: forsake to have compassion
14 Blessid is the man, which is euere dredeful; but he that is `harde of soule, schal falle in to yuel.
blessed man to dread continually and to harden heart his to fall: fall in/on/with distress: harm
15 A rorynge lioun, and an hungry bere, is a wickid prince on a pore puple.
lion to groan and bear to rush to rule wicked upon people poor
16 A duyk nedi of prudence schal oppresse many men bi fals chalenge; but the daies of hym that hatith aueryce, schulen be maad longe.
leader lacking understanding and many oppression (to hate *Q(K)*) unjust-gain to prolong day
17 No man susteyneth a man that falsly chalengith the blood of a man, if he fleeth `til to the lake.
man to oppress in/on/with blood soul: person till pit to flee not to grasp in/on/with him
18 He that goith simpli, schal be saaf; he that goith bi weiward weies, schal falle doun onys.
to go: walk unblemished: blameless to save and to twist way: conduct to fall: fall in/on/with one
19 He that worchith his lond, schal be fillid with looues; he that sueth ydelnesse, schal be fillid with nedynesse.
to serve: labour land: soil his to satisfy food: bread and to pursue worthless to satisfy poverty
20 A feithful man schal be preisid myche; but he that hastith to be maad riche, schal not be innocent.
man faithfulness many blessing and to hasten to/for to enrich not to clear
21 He that knowith a face in doom, doith not wel; this man forsakith treuthe, yhe, for a mussel of breed.
to recognize face: kindness not pleasant and upon morsel food: bread to transgress great man
22 A man that hastith to be maad riche, and hath enuye to othere men; woot not that nedinesse schal come on hym.
to dismay to/for substance man bad: evil eye: appearance and not to know for poverty to come (in): come him
23 He that repreueth a man, schal fynde grace aftirward at hym; more than he that disseyueth bi flateryngis of tunge.
to rebuke man backwards me favor to find from to smooth tongue
24 He that withdrawith ony thing fro his fadir and fro his modir, and seith that this is no synne, is parcener of a manquellere.
to plunder father his and mother his and to say nothing transgression companion he/she/it to/for man to ruin
25 He that auauntith hym silf, and alargith, reisith stryues; but he that hopith in the Lord, schal be sauyd.
broad: arrogant soul: person to stir up strife and to trust upon LORD to prosper
26 He that tristith in his herte, is a fool; but he that goith wiseli,
to trust in/on/with heart his he/she/it fool and to go: walk in/on/with wisdom he/she/it to escape
27 schal be preysid. He that yyueth to a pore man, schal not be nedi; he that dispisith `a pore man bisechynge, schal suffre nedynesse.
to give: give to/for be poor nothing need and to conceal eye his many curse
28 Whanne vnpitouse men risen, men schulen be hid; whanne tho `vnpitouse men han perischid, iust men schulen be multiplied.
in/on/with to arise: rise wicked to hide man and in/on/with to perish they to multiply righteous
