Proverbs 30
1 The wordis of hym that gaderith, of the sone spuynge. The prophesie which a man spak, with whom God was, and which man was coumfortid bi God dwellyng with hym,
word Agur son: child Jakeh [the] burden utterance [the] great man to/for `God` to/for `God` and `worn out`
2 and seide, Y am the moost fool of men; and the wisdom of men is not with me.
for stupid I from man: anyone and not understanding man to/for me
3 Y lernede not wisdom; and Y knew not the kunnyng of hooli men.
and not to learn: learn wisdom and knowledge holy to know
4 Who stiede in to heuene, and cam doun? Who helde togidere the spirit in hise hondis? who bonde togidere watris as in a cloth? Who reiside alle the endis of erthe? What is name of hym? and what is the name of his sone, if thou knowist?
who? to ascend: rise heaven and to go down who? to gather spirit: breath in/on/with palm his who? to constrain water in/on/with mantle who? to arise: establish all end land: country/planet what? name his and what? name son: child his for to know
5 Ech word of God is a scheld set a fiere, to alle that hopen in hym.
all word god to refine shield he/she/it to/for to seek refuge in/on/with him
6 Adde thou not ony thing to the wordis of hym, and thou be repreued, and be foundun a liere.
not to add upon word his lest to rebuke in/on/with you and to lie
7 I preiede thee twei thingis; denye not thou to me, bifor that Y die.
two to ask from with you not to withhold from me in/on/with before to die
8 Make thou fer fro me vanyte and wordis of leesyng; yyue thou not to me beggery and richessis; yyue thou oneli necessaries to my lijflode;
vanity: false and word: because lie to remove from me poverty and riches not to give: give to/for me to tear me food statute: portion my
9 lest perauenture Y be fillid, and be drawun to denye, and seie, Who is the Lord? and lest Y compellid bi nedynesse, stele, and forswere the name of my God.
lest to satisfy and to deceive and to say who? LORD and lest to possess: poor and to steal and to capture name God my
10 Accuse thou not a seruaunt to his lord, lest perauenture he curse thee, and thou falle doun.
not to slander servant/slave to(wards) (lord his *Q(K)*) lest to lighten you and be guilty
11 A generacioun that cursith his fadir, and that blessith not his modir.
generation father his to lighten and [obj] mother his not to bless
12 A generacioun that semeth cleene to it silf, and netheles is not waischun fro hise filthis.
generation pure in/on/with eye his and from filth his not to wash: wash
13 A generacioun whose iyen ben hiy, and the iye liddis therof ben reisid in to hiy thingis.
generation what? to exalt eye his and eyelid his to lift: look
14 A generacioun that hath swerdis for teeth, and etith with hise wank teeth; that it ete nedi men of erthe, and the porails of men.
generation sword tooth his and knife jaw his to/for to eat afflicted from land: country/planet and needy from man
15 The watir leche hath twei douytris, seiynge, Brynge, bringe. Thre thingis ben vnable to be fillid, and the fourthe, that seith neuere, It suffisith;
to/for leech two daughter to give to give three they(fem.) not to satisfy four not to say substance
16 helle, and the mouth of the wombe, and the erthe which is neuere fillid with water; but fier seith neuere, It suffisith. (Sheol h7585)
hell: Sheol and coercion womb land: country/planet not to satisfy water and fire not to say substance (Sheol h7585)
17 Crowis of the stronde picke out thilke iye, that scorneth the fadir, and that dispisith the child beryng of his modir; and the briddis of an egle ete that iye.
eye to mock to/for father and to despise to/for obedience mother to dig her raven torrent: valley and to eat her son: young animal eagle
18 Thre thingis ben hard to me, and outirli Y knowe not the fourthe thing;
three they(masc.) to wonder from me (and four *Q(k)*) not to know them
19 the weye of an egle in heuene, the weie of a serpent on a stoon, the weie of a schip in the myddil of the see, and the weie of a man in yong wexynge age.
way: journey [the] eagle in/on/with heaven way: journey serpent upon rock way: journey fleet in/on/with heart sea and way: journey great man in/on/with maiden
20 Siche is the weie of a womman auowtresse, which etith, and wipith hir mouth, and seith, Y wrouyte not yuel.
so way: conduct woman to commit adultery to eat and to wipe lip her and to say not to work evil: wickedness
21 The erthe is moued bi thre thingis, and the fourthe thing, which it may not susteyne;
underneath: under three to tremble land: country/planet and underneath: under four not be able to lift: bear
22 bi a seruaunt, whanne he regneth; bi a fool, whanne he is fillid with mete;
underneath: instead servant/slave for to reign and foolish for to satisfy food
23 bi an hateful womman, whanne sche is takun in matrymonye; and bi an handmaide, whanne sche is eir of hir ladi.
underneath: instead to hate for rule: to marry and maidservant for to possess: take lady her
24 Foure ben the leeste thingis of erthe, and tho ben wisere than wise men;
four they(masc.) small land: country/planet and they(masc.) wise be wise
25 amtis, a feble puple, that maken redi mete in heruest to hem silf;
[the] ant people not strong and to establish: prepare in/on/with summer food their
26 a hare, a puple vnmyyti, that settith his bed in a stoon;
rock badger people not mighty and to set: make in/on/with crag house: home their
27 a locust hath no kyng, and al goith out bi cumpanyes; an euete enforsith with hondis,
king nothing to/for locust and to come out: come to divide all his
28 and dwellith in the housis of kingis.
lizard in/on/with hand to capture and he/she/it in/on/with temple: palace king
29 Thre thingis ben, that goon wel, and the fourthe thing, that goith richeli.
three they(masc.) be good step and four be good to go: walk
30 A lioun, strongeste of beestis, schal not drede at the meetyng of ony man;
lion mighty man in/on/with animal and not to return: return from face: before all
31 a cok gird the leendis, and a ram, and noon is that schal ayenstonde him.
greyhound loin or male goat and king army with him
32 He that apperith a fool, aftir that he is reisid an hiy; for if he hadde vndurstonde, he hadde sett hond on his mouth.
if be senseless in/on/with to lift: exalt and if to plan hand to/for lip
33 Forsothe he that thristith strongli teetis, to drawe out mylk, thristith out botere; and he that smytith greetli, drawith out blood; and he that stirith iris, bringith forth discordis.
for pressing milk to come out: produce curd and pressing face: nose to come out: produce blood and pressing face: anger to come out: produce strife
