Proverbs 23
1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Thou considerest diligently that which [is] before thee,
If you will sit down to eat with a ruler carefully you will consider [that] which [is] before you.
2 And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou [art] a man of appetite.
And you will put a knife in throat your if [are] a master of appetite you.
3 Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it [is] lying food.
May not (you crave *Q(K)*) for dainties his and it [is] food of lies.
4 Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.
May not you labor to gain riches from understanding your cease.
5 For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.
(¿ Do you cause to fly *Q(K)*) eyes your on it and there not [is] it for certainly it makes for itself wings like an eagle (it flies away *Q(K)*) the heavens.
6 Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,
May not you eat [the] food of a [person] evil of eye and may not (you crave *Q(K)*) for dainties his.
7 For as he hath thought in his soul, so [is] he, 'Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart [is] not with thee.
For - as he calculates in self his [is] so he eat and drink he says to you and heart his not [is] with you.
8 Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that [are] sweet.
Morsel your [which] you have eaten you will vomit up it and you will spoil words your pleasant.
9 In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.
In [the] ears of a fool may not you speak for he will despise [the] insight of words your.
10 Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not,
May not you displace a boundary of antiquity and in [the] fields of fatherless ones may not you go.
11 For their Redeemer [is] strong, He doth plead their cause with thee.
For redeemer their [is] strong he he will conduct case their with you.
12 Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.
Bring! to discipline heart your and ears your to words of knowledge.
13 Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.
May not you withhold from a youth discipline for you will strike him with the rod not he will die.
You with the rod you will strike him and life his from Sheol you will deliver. (Sheol h7585)
15 My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine,
O son my if it is wise heart your it will rejoice heart my also I.
16 And my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly.
So they may rejoice kidneys my when speak lips your uprightness.
17 Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But — in the fear of Jehovah all the day.
May not it be jealous heart of your sinners that except in [the] fear of Yahweh all the day.
18 For, is there a posterity? Then thy hope is not cut off.
That except there [is] a future and hope your not it will be cut off.
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,
Listen O you son my and be wise and guide in the way heart your.
20 Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,
May not you be among drunkards of wine among gluttons of meat themselves.
21 For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.
For a drunkard and a glutton he will become impoverished and rags it will clothe [them] drowsiness.
22 Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.
Listen to father your who he begot you and may not you despise if she is old mother your.
23 Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,
Truth buy and may not you sell [it] wisdom and discipline and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him.
(Certainly he rejoices *Q(k)*) [the] father of a righteous [son] (and [one who] begets *Q(K)*) a wise [son] (he rejoices *Q(K)*) in him.
25 Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful.
May he rejoice father your and mother your and may she rejoice [the] [one who] bore you.
26 Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.
Give! O son my heart your to me and eyes your ways my (let them observe. *Q(K)*)
27 For a harlot [is] a deep ditch, And a strange woman [is] a strait pit.
For [is] a pit deep a prostitute and [is] a well narrow a foreign [woman].
28 She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.
Also she like a robber she lies in wait and treacherous [people] among humankind she increases.
29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?
[belongs] to Whom? woe [belongs] to whom? woe! [belong] to whom? (contentions *Q(K)*) [belongs] to whom? complaint [belong] to whom? wounds without cause [belongs] to whom? dullness of eyes.
30 Those tarrying by the wine, Those going in to search out mixed wine.
To [those who] delay over the wine to [those who] go to examine mixed wine.
31 See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright.
May not you see wine for it will be red if it will give (in the cup *Q(K)*) eye its it will go with smoothness.
32 Its latter end — as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth.
End its like a snake it will bite and like a viper it will sting.
33 Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things.
Eyes your they will see strange [things] and heart your it will speak perverse things.
34 And thou hast been as one lying down in the heart of the sea, And as one lying down on the top of a mast.
And you will be like [one who] lies down in [the] heart of [the] sea and like [one who] lies down at [the] top of a mast.
35 'They smote me, I have not been sick, They beat me, I have not known. When I awake — I seek it yet again!'
They struck me not I am sick they beat me not I know when? will I awake I will repeat I will seek it again.
