Proverbs 9
1 Wisdom bildide an hous to him silf; he hewide out seuene pileris,
Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn out her seven pillars:
2 he offride his slayn sacrifices, he medlide wijn, and settide forth his table.
She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine; she has also furnished her table.
3 He sente hise handmaides, that thei schulden clepe to the tour; and to the wallis of the citee.
She has sent forth her maidens: she cries on the highest places of the city,
4 If ony man is litil; come he to me. And wisdom spak to vnwise men,
Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: as for him that wants understanding, she says to him,
5 Come ye, ete ye my breed; and drynke ye the wiyn, which Y haue medlid to you.
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
6 Forsake ye yong childhed, and lyue ye; and go ye bi the weyes of prudence.
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
7 He that techith a scornere, doith wrong to him silf; and he that vndirnymmeth a wickid man, gendrith a wem to him silf.
He that reproves a scorner gets to himself shame: and he that rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot.
8 Nile thou vndirnyme a scornere; lest he hate thee. Vndirnyme thou a wise man; and he schal loue thee.
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
9 Yyue thou occasioun to a wise man; and wisdom schal be encreessid to hym. Teche thou a iust man; and he schal haste to take.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
10 The bigynnyng of wisdom is the dreed of the Lord; and prudence is the kunnyng of seyntis.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
11 For thi daies schulen be multiplied bi me; and yeeris of lijf schulen be encreessid to thee.
For by me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.
12 If thou art wijs; thou schalt be to thi silf, and to thi neiyboris. Forsothe if thou art a scornere; thou aloone schalt bere yuel.
If you be wise, you shall be wise for yourself: but if you scorn, you alone shall bear it.
13 A fonned womman, and ful of cry, and ful of vnleueful lustis, and that kan no thing outirli,
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knows nothing.
14 sittith in the doris of hir hous, on a seete, in an hiy place of the cite;
For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
15 to clepe men passinge bi the weie, and men goynge in her iournei.
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
16 Who is a litil man `of wit; bowe he to me. And sche spak to a coward,
Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him that wants understanding, she says to him,
17 Watris of thefte ben swettere, and breed hid is swettere.
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
18 And wiste not that giauntis ben there; and the gestis `of hir ben in the depthis of helle. Sotheli he that schal be applied, ether fastned, to hir; schal go doun to hellis. For whi he that goith awei fro hir; schal be saued. (Sheol h7585)
But he knows not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. (Sheol h7585)
