Proverbs 23
1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Thou considerest diligently that which [is] before thee,
Whanne thou sittist, to ete with the prince, perseyue thou diligentli what thingis ben set bifore thi face,
2 And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou [art] a man of appetite.
and sette thou a withholding in thi throte. If netheles thou hast power on thi soule,
3 Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it [is] lying food.
desire thou not of his metis, in whom is the breed of `a leesing.
4 Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.
Nyle thou trauele to be maad riche, but sette thou mesure to thi prudence.
5 For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.
Reise not thin iyen to richessis, whiche thou maist not haue; for tho schulen make to hem silf pennes, as of an egle, and tho schulen flee in to heuene.
6 Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,
Ete thou not with an enuyouse man, and desire thou not hise metis;
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 at the licnesse of a fals dyuynour and of a coniectere, he gessith that, that he knowith not. He schal seie to thee, Ete thou and drinke; and his soule is not with thee.
8 Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that [are] sweet.
Thou schalt brake out the metis, whiche thou hast ete; and thou schalt leese thi faire wordis.
9 In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.
Speke thou not in the eeris of vnwise men; for thei schulen dispise the teching of thi speche.
10 Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not,
Touche thou not the termes of litle children; and entre thou not in to the feeld of fadirles and modirles children.
11 For their Redeemer [is] strong, He doth plead their cause with thee.
For the neiybore of hem is strong, and he schal deme her cause ayens thee.
12 Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.
Thin herte entre to techyng, and thin eeris `be redi to the wordis of kunnyng.
13 Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.
Nile thou withdrawe chastisyng fro a child; for thouy thou smyte hym with a yerde, he schal not die.
Thou schalt smyte hym with a yerde, and thou schalt delyuere his soule fro helle. (Sheol h7585)
15 My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine,
Mi sone, if thi soule is wijs, myn herte schal haue ioye with thee;
16 And my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly.
and my reynes schulen make ful out ioye, whanne thi lippis speken riytful thing.
17 Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But — in the fear of Jehovah all the day.
Thin herte sue not synneris; but be thou in the drede of the Lord al dai.
18 For, is there a posterity? Then thy hope is not cut off.
For thou schalt haue hope at the laste, and thin abidyng schal not be don awei.
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,
Mi sone, here thou, and be thou wijs, and dresse thi soule in the weie.
20 Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,
Nyle thou be in the feestis of drinkeris, nether in the ofte etyngis of hem, that bryngen togidere fleischis to ete.
21 For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.
For men yyuynge tent to drinkis, and yyuyng mussels togidere, schulen be waastid, and napping schal be clothid with clothis.
22 Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.
Here thi fadir, that gendride thee; and dispise not thi modir, whanne sche is eld.
23 Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,
Bie thou treuthe, and nyle thou sille wisdom, and doctryn, and vndurstonding.
24 The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him.
The fadir of a iust man ioieth ful out with ioie; he that gendride a wijs man, schal be glad in hym.
25 Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful.
Thi fadir and thi modir haue ioye, and he that gendride thee, make ful out ioye.
26 Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.
My sone, yyue thin herte to me, and thin iyen kepe my weyes.
27 For a harlot [is] a deep ditch, And a strange woman [is] a strait pit.
For an hoore is a deep diche, and an alien womman is a streit pit.
28 She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.
Sche settith aspie in the weie, as a theef; and sche schal sle hem, whiche sche schal se vnwar.
29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?
To whom is wo? to whos fadir is wo? to whom ben chidingis? to whom ben dichis? to whom ben woundis with out cause? to whom is puttyng out of iyen?
30 Those tarrying by the wine, Those going in to search out mixed wine.
Whether not to hem, that dwellen in wyn, and studien to drynke al of cuppis?
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.
Biholde thou not wyn, whanne it sparclith, whanne the colour therof schyneth in a ver.
32 Its latter end — as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth.
It entrith swetli, but at the laste it schal bite as an eddre doith, and as a cocatrice it schal schede abrood venyms.
33 Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things.
Thin iyen schulen se straunge wymmen, and thi herte schal speke weiwerd thingis.
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 thou schalt be as a man slepinge in the myddis of the see, and as a gouernour aslepid, whanne the steere is lost.
35 'They smote me, I have not been sick, They beat me, I have not known. When I awake — I seek it yet again!'
And thou schalt seie, Thei beeten me, but Y hadde not sorewe; thei drowen me, and Y feelide not; whanne schal Y wake out, and Y schal fynde wynes eft?
