Proverbs 7
1 Mi sone, kepe thou my wordis; and kepe myn heestis to thee. Sone, onoure thou the Lord, and thou schalt be `myyti; but outakun hym drede thou not an alien.
son: child my to keep: guard word my and commandment my to treasure with you
2 Kepe thou myn heestis, and thou schalt lyue; and my lawe as the appil of thin iyen.
to keep: guard commandment my and to live and instruction my like/as pupil eye your
3 Bynde thou it in thi fyngris; write thou it in the tablis of thin herte.
to conspire them upon finger your to write them upon tablet heart your
4 Seie thou to wisdom, Thou art my sistir; and clepe thou prudence thi frendesse.
to say to/for wisdom sister my you(f. s.) and kinsman to/for understanding to call: call to
5 That it kepe thee fro a straunge womman; and fro an alien womman, that makith hir wordis swete.
to/for to keep: guard you from woman be a stranger from foreign word her to smooth
6 For whi fro the wyndow of myn hous bi the latijs Y bihelde; and Y se litle children.
for in/on/with window house: home my about/through/for lattice my to look
7 I biholde a yong man coward,
and to see: see in/on/with simple to understand in/on/with son: child youth lacking heart
8 that passith bi the stretis, bisidis the corner; and he
to pass in/on/with street beside corner her and way: road house: home her to march
9 goith niy the weie of hir hous in derk tyme, whanne the dai drawith to niyt, in the derknessis and myst of the nyyt.
in/on/with twilight in/on/with evening day in/on/with pupil night and darkness
10 And lo! a womman, maad redi with ournement of an hoore to disseyue soulis, meetith hym, and sche is a ianglere, and goynge about,
and behold woman to/for to encounter: meet him garment to fornicate and to watch heart
11 and vnpacient of reste, and mai not stonde in the hous with hir feet;
to roar he/she/it and to rebel in/on/with house: home her not to dwell foot her
12 and now without forth, now in stretis, now bisidis corneris sche `aspieth.
beat in/on/with outside beat in/on/with street/plaza and beside all corner to ambush
13 And sche takith, and kissith the yong man; and flaterith with wowynge cheer, and seith, Y ouyte sacrifices for heelthe;
and to strengthen: hold in/on/with him and to kiss to/for him be strong face her and to say to/for him
14 to dai Y haue yolde my vowis.
sacrifice peace offering upon me [the] day to complete vow my
15 Therfor Y yede out in to thi meetyng, and Y desiride to se thee; and Y haue founde thee.
upon so to come out: come to/for to encounter: meet you to/for to seek face of your and to find you
16 Y haue maad my bed with coordis, Y haue arayed with tapetis peyntid of Egipt;
covering to spread bed my colored fine linen Egypt
17 Y haue bispreynt my bed with myrre, and aloes, and canel.
to sprinkle bed my myrrh aloe and cinnamon
18 Come thou, be we fillid with tetis, and vse we collyngis that ben coueitid; til the dai bigynne to be cleer.
to go: come! [emph?] to quench beloved: love till [the] morning to rejoice in/on/with beloved
19 For myn hosebonde is not in his hows; he is goon a ful long weie.
for nothing [the] man: husband in/on/with house: home his to go: went in/on/with way: journey from distant
20 He took with hym a bagge of money; he schal turne ayen in to his hous in the dai of ful moone.
bundle [the] silver: money to take: take in/on/with hand: to his to/for day [the] full moon to come (in): come house: home his
21 Sche boonde hym with many wordis; and sche drow forth hym with flateryngis of lippis.
to stretch him in/on/with abundance teaching her in/on/with smoothness lip: words her to banish him
22 Anoon he as an oxe led to slayn sacrifice sueth hir, and as a ioli lomb and vnkunnynge; and the fool woot not, that he is drawun to bondys,
to go: follow after her suddenly like/as cattle to(wards) slaughter to come (in): come and like/as anklet to(wards) discipline: bonds fool(ish)
23 til an arowe perse his mawe. As if a brid hastith to the snare; and woot not, that it is don of the perel of his lijf.
till to cleave arrow liver his like/as to hasten bird to(wards) snare and not to know for in/on/with soul: life his he/she/it
24 Now therfor, my sone, here thou me; and perseyue the wordis of my mouth.
and now son: descendant/people to hear: hear to/for me and to listen to/for word lip my
25 Lest thi soule be drawun awei in the weies of hir; nether be thou disseyued in the pathis of hir.
not to turn aside to(wards) way: conduct her heart your not to go astray in/on/with path her
26 For sche castide doun many woundid men; and alle strongeste men weren slayn of hir.
for many slain: wounded to fall: deserting and mighty all to kill her
