Proverbs 3
1 Mi sone, foryete thou not my lawe; and thyn herte kepe my comaundementis.
son: child my instruction my not to forget and commandment my to watch heart your
2 For tho schulen sette to thee the lengthe of daies, and the yeeris of lijf, and pees.
for length day and year life and peace to add to/for you
3 Merci and treuthe forsake thee not; bynde thou tho to thi throte, and write in the tablis of thin herte.
kindness and truth: faithful not to leave: forsake you to conspire them upon neck your to write them upon tablet heart your
4 And thou schalt fynde grace, and good teching bifore God and men.
and to find favor and understanding pleasant in/on/with eye: seeing God and man
5 Haue thou trist in the Lord, of al thin herte; and triste thou not to thi prudence.
to trust to(wards) LORD in/on/with all heart your and to(wards) understanding your not to lean
6 In alle thi weies thenke thou on hym, and he schal dresse thi goyngis.
in/on/with all way: conduct your to know him and he/she/it to smooth way your
7 Be thou not wijs anentis thi silf; drede thou God, and go awei fro yuel.
not to be wise in/on/with eye your to fear: revere [obj] LORD and to turn aside: depart from bad: evil
8 For whi helthe schal be in thi nawle, and moisting of thi boonys.
healing to be to/for umbilical cord your and drink to/for bone your
9 Onoure thou the Lord of thi catel, and of the beste of alle thi fruytis yyue thou to pore men;
to honor: honour [obj] LORD from substance your and from first: beginning all produce your
10 and thi bernes schulen be fillid with abundaunce, and pressours schulen flowe with wiyn.
and to fill storehouse your abundance and new wine wine your to break through
11 My sone, caste thou not awei the teching of the Lord; and faile thou not, whanne thou art chastisid of him.
discipline LORD son: child my not to reject and not to loathe in/on/with argument his
12 For the Lord chastisith hym, whom he loueth; and as a fadir in the sone he plesith hym.
for [obj] which to love: lover LORD to rebuke and like/as father [obj] son: child to accept
13 Blessid is the man that fyndith wisdom, and which flowith with prudence.
blessed man to find wisdom and man to promote understanding
14 The geting therof is betere than the marchaundie of gold and of siluer; the fruytis therof ben the firste and clenneste.
for pleasant profit her from profit silver: money and from gold produce her
15 It is preciousere than alle richessis; and alle thingis that ben desirid, moun not be comparisound to this.
precious he/she/it (from jewel *Q(k)*) and all pleasure your not be like in/on/with her
16 Lengthe of daies is in the riythalf therof, and richessis and glorie ben in the lifthalf therof.
length day in/on/with right her in/on/with left her riches and glory
17 The weies therof ben feire weies, and alle the pathis therof ben pesible.
way: conduct her way: conduct pleasantness and all path her peace
18 It is a tre of lijf to hem that taken it; and he that holdith it, is blessid.
tree life he/she/it to/for to strengthen: hold in/on/with her and to grasp her to bless
19 The Lord foundide the erthe bi wisdom; he stablischide heuenes bi prudence.
LORD in/on/with wisdom to found land: country/planet to establish: establish heaven in/on/with understanding
20 The depthis of watris braken out bi his wisdom; and cloudis wexen togidere bi dewe.
in/on/with knowledge his abyss to break up/open and cloud to drip dew
21 My sone, these thingis flete not awey fro thin iyen; kepe thou my lawe, and my counsel;
son: child my not be devious from eye: seeing your to watch wisdom and plot
22 and lijf schal be to thi soule, and grace `schal be to thi chekis.
and to be life to/for soul your and favor to/for neck your
23 Thanne thou schalt go tristili in thi weie; and thi foot schal not snapere.
then to go: walk to/for security way: conduct your and foot your not to strike
24 If thou schalt slepe, thou schalt not drede; thou schalt reste, and thi sleep schal be soft.
if to lie down: lay down not to dread and to lie down: lay down and to please sleep your
25 Drede thou not bi sudeyne feer, and the powers of wickid men fallynge in on thee.
not to fear from dread suddenly and from devastation wicked for to come (in): come
26 For the Lord schal be at thi side; and he schal kepe thi foot, that thou be not takun.
for LORD to be in/on/with loin your and to keep: guard foot your from capture
27 Nil thou forbede to do wel him that mai; if thou maist, and do thou wel.
not to withhold good from master: men his in/on/with to be to/for god: power (hand: power your *Q(K)*) to/for to make: do
28 Seie thou not to thi frend, Go, and turne thou ayen, and to morewe Y schal yyue to thee; whanne thou maist yyue anoon.
not to say (to/for neighbor your *Q(K)*) to go: went and to return: again and tomorrow to give: give and there with you
29 Ymagyne thou not yuel to thi freend, whanne he hath trist in thee.
not to plow/plot upon neighbor your distress: evil and he/she/it to dwell to/for security with you
30 Stryue thou not ayens a man with out cause, whanne he doith noon yuel to thee.
not (to contend *Q(k)*) with man for nothing if not to wean you distress: harm
31 Sue thou not an vniust man, sue thou not hise weies.
not be jealous in/on/with man violence and not to choose in/on/with all way: conduct his
32 For ech disseyuer is abhomynacioun of the Lord; and his speking is with simple men.
for abomination LORD be devious and with upright counsel his
33 Nedinesse is sent of the Lord in the hous of a wickid man; but the dwelling places of iust men schulen be blessid.
curse LORD in/on/with house: home wicked and pasture righteous to bless
34 He schal scorne scorneris; and he schal yyue grace to mylde men.
if: surely yes to/for to mock he/she/it to mock (and to/for poor *Q(K)*) to give: give favor
35 Wise men schulen haue glorie; enhaunsing of foolis is schenschipe.
glory wise to inherit and fool to exalt dishonor
