Proverbs 5
1 Mi sone, perseyue thou my wisdom, and bowe doun thin eere to my prudence; that thou kepe thi thouytis,
son: child my to/for wisdom my to listen [emph?] to/for understanding my to stretch ear your
2 and thi lippis kepe teching. Yyue thou not tent to the falsnesse of a womman;
to/for to keep: guard plot and knowledge lips your to watch
3 for the lippis of an hoore ben an hony coomb droppinge, and hir throte is clerere than oile;
for honey to drip/prophesy lips be a stranger and smooth from oil palate her
4 but the last thingis ben bittir as wormod, and hir tunge is scharp as a swerd keruynge on ech side.
and end her bitter like/as wormwood sharp like/as sword lip: edge
foot her to go down death hell: Sheol step her to grasp (Sheol h7585)
6 Tho goon not bi the path of lijf; hir steppis ben vncerteyn, and moun not be souyt out.
way life lest to envy to shake track her not to know
7 Now therfor, my sone, here thou me, and go not awei fro the wordis of my mouth.
and now son: descendant/people to hear: hear to/for me and not to turn aside: depart from word lip my
8 Make fer thi weie fro hir, and neiye thou not to the doris of hir hous.
to remove from upon her way: journey your and not to present: come to(wards) entrance house: home her
9 Yyue thou not thin onour to aliens, and thi yeeris to the cruel;
lest to give: give to/for another splendor your and year your to/for cruel
10 lest perauenture straungeris be fillid with thi strengthis, and lest thi trauels be in an alien hous;
lest to satisfy be a stranger strength your and toil your in/on/with house: home foreign
11 and thou biweile in the laste daies, whanne thou hast wastid thi fleschis, and thi bodi; and thou seie,
and to groan in/on/with end your in/on/with to end: destroy flesh your and flesh your
12 Whi wlatide Y teching, and myn herte assentide not to blamyngis;
and to say how? to hate discipline and argument to spurn heart my
13 nether Y herde the voys of men techinge me, and Y bowide not doun myn eere to maistris?
and not to hear: hear in/on/with voice rain/teacher my and to/for to learn: teach me not to stretch ear my
14 Almest Y was in al yuel, in the myddis of the chirche, and of the synagoge.
like/as little to be in/on/with all bad: evil in/on/with midst assembly and congregation
15 Drinke thou watir of thi cisterne, and the floodis of thi pit.
to drink water from pit your and to flow from midst well your
16 Thi wellis be stremed forth; and departe thi watris in stretis.
to flow spring your outside [to] in/on/with street/plaza stream water
17 Haue thou aloone `tho watris; and aliens be not thi parceneris.
to be to/for you to/for alone you and nothing to/for be a stranger with you
18 Thi veyne be blessid; and be thou glad with the womman of thi yong wexynge age.
to be fountain your to bless and to rejoice from woman: wife youth your
19 An hynde moost dereworthe; and an hert calf moost acceptable. Hir teetis fille thee in al tyme; and delite thou contynueli in the loue of hir.
doe lover and doe favor breast her to quench you in/on/with all time in/on/with love her to wander continually
20 Mi sone, whi art thou disseyued of an alien womman; and art fostrid in the bosum of an othere?
and to/for what? to wander son: child my in/on/with be a stranger and to embrace bosom: embrace foreign
21 The Lord seeth the weie of a man; and biholdith alle hise steppis.
for before eye LORD way: conduct man and all track his to envy
22 The wickidnessis of a wyckid man taken hym; and he is boundun with the roopis of hise synnes.
iniquity: crime his to capture him [obj] [the] wicked and in/on/with cord sin his to grasp
23 He schal die, for he hadde not lernyng; and he schal be disseyued in the mychilnesse of his fooli.
he/she/it to die in/on/with nothing discipline and in/on/with abundance folly his to wander
