Proverbs 4
1 Sones, here ye the teching of the fadir; and perseiue ye, that ye kunne prudence.
to hear: hear son: descendant/people discipline: instruction father and to listen to/for to know understanding
2 Y schal yyue to you a good yifte; forsake ye not my lawe.
for teaching pleasant to give: give to/for you instruction my not to leave: neglect
3 For whi and Y was the sone of my fadir, a tendir sone, and oon `gendride bifore my modir.
for son: child to be to/for father my tender and only to/for face mother my
4 And my fadir tauyte me, and seide, Thin herte resseyue my wordis; kepe thou myn heestis, and thou schalt lyue.
and to show me and to say to/for me to grasp word my heart your to keep: obey commandment my and to live
5 Welde thou wisdom, welde thou prudence; foryete thou not, nethir bowe thou awey fro the wordis of my mouth.
to buy wisdom to buy understanding not to forget and not to stretch from word lip my
6 Forsake thou not it, and it schal kepe thee; loue thou it, and it schal kepe thee.
not to leave: forsake her and to keep: obey you to love: lover her and to watch you
7 The bigynnyng of wisdom, welde thou wisdom; and in al thi possessioun gete thou prudence.
first: beginning wisdom to buy wisdom and in/on/with all acquisition your to buy understanding
8 Take thou it, and it schal enhaunse thee; thou schalt be glorified of it, whanne thou hast biclippid it.
to build her and to exalt you to honor: honour you for to embrace her
9 It schal yyue encresyngis of graces to thin heed; and a noble coroun schal defende thee.
to give: put to/for head your wreath favor crown beauty to deliver you
10 Mi sone, here thou, and take my wordis; that the yeris of lijf be multiplied to thee.
to hear: hear son: child my and to take: recieve word my and to multiply to/for you year life
11 Y schal schewe to thee the weie of wisdom; and Y schal lede thee bi the pathis of equyte.
in/on/with way: conduct wisdom to show you to tread you in/on/with track uprightness
12 In to whiche whanne thou hast entrid, thi goyngis schulen not be maad streit; and thou schalt rennen, and schalt not haue hirtyng.
in/on/with to go: walk you not be distressed step your and if to run: run not to stumble
13 Holde thou teching, and forsake it not; kepe thou it, for it is thi lijf.
to strengthen: hold in/on/with discipline: instruction not to slacken to watch her for he/she/it life your
14 Delite thou not in the pathis of wyckid men; and the weie of yuele men plese not thee.
in/on/with way wicked not to come (in): come and not to bless in/on/with way: conduct bad: evil
15 Fle thou fro it, and passe thou not therbi; bowe thou awei, and forsake it.
to neglect him not to pass in/on/with him to turn aside from upon him and to pass
16 For thei slepen not, `no but thei han do yuele; and sleep is rauyschid fro hem, no but thei han disseyued.
for not to sleep if: until not be evil and to plunder sleep their if: until not (to stumble *Q(K)*)
17 Thei eten the breed of vnpite, and drinken the wyn of wickidnesse.
for to feed on food: bread wickedness and wine violence to drink
18 But the path of iust men goith forth as liyt schynynge, and encreessith til to perfit dai.
and way righteous like/as light brightness to go: continue and to light till to establish: prepare [the] day
19 The weie of wickid men is derk; thei witen not where thei schulen falle.
way: conduct wicked like/as darkness not to know in/on/with what? to stumble
20 Mi sone, herkene thou my wordis; and bowe doun thin eeris to my spechis.
son: child my to/for word my to listen [emph?] to/for word my to stretch ear your
21 Go not tho awei fro thyn iyen; kepe thou hem in the myddil of thin herte.
not be devious from eye: seeing your to keep: obey them in/on/with midst heart your
22 For tho ben lijf to men fyndynge thoo, and heelthe `of al fleisch.
for life they(masc.) to/for to find them and to/for all flesh his healing
23 With al keping kepe thin herte, for lijf cometh forth of it.
from all custody to watch heart your for from him outgoing life
24 Remoue thou a schrewid mouth fro thee; and backbitynge lippis be fer fro thee.
to turn aside: remove from you crookedness lip: word and perversity lip: words to remove from you
25 Thin iyen se riytful thingis; and thin iyeliddis go bifore thi steppis.
eye your to/for before to look and eyelid your to smooth before you
26 Dresse thou pathis to thi feet, and alle thi weies schulen be stablischid.
to envy track foot your and all way: conduct your to establish: establish
27 Bowe thou not to the riytside, nether to the leftside; turne awei thi foot fro yuel. For the Lord knowith the weies that ben at the riytside; but the weies ben weiward, that ben at the leftside. Forsothe he schal make thi goyngis riytful; and thi weies schulen be brouyt forth in pees.
not to stretch right and left to turn aside: depart foot your from bad: evil
