Proverbs 6
1 My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,
Mi sone, if thou hast bihiyt for thi freend; thou hast fastned thin hoond at a straunger.
2 Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,
Thou art boundun bi the wordis of thi mouth; and thou art takun with thin owne wordis.
3 Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For thou hast come into the hand of thy friend. Go, trample on thyself, and strengthen thy friend,
Therfor, my sone, do thou that that Y seie, and delyuere thi silf; for thou hast fallun in to the hond of thi neiybore. Renne thou aboute, haste thou, reise thi freend;
4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,
yyue thou not sleep to thin iyen, nether thin iyeliddis nappe.
5 Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.
Be thou rauyschid as a doo fro the hond; and as a bridde fro aspiyngis of the foulere.
6 Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;
O! thou slowe man, go to the `amte, ether pissemyre; and biholde thou hise weies, and lerne thou wisdom.
7 Which hath not captain, overseer, and ruler,
Which whanne he hath no duyk, nethir comaundour, nether prince;
8 She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food.
makith redi in somer mete to hym silf, and gaderith togidere in heruest that, that he schal ete.
9 Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?
Hou long schalt thou, slow man, slepe? whanne schalt thou rise fro thi sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest,
A litil thou schalt slepe, a litil thou schalt nappe; a litil thou schalt ioyne togidere thin hondis, that thou slepe.
11 And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.
And nedynesse, as a weigoere, schal come to thee; and pouert, as an armed man. Forsothe if thou art not slow, thi ripe corn schal come as a welle; and nedynesse schal fle fer fro thee.
12 A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking [with] perverseness of mouth,
A man apostata, a man vnprofitable, he goith with a weiward mouth;
13 Winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, Directing with his fingers,
he bekeneth with iyen, he trampith with the foot, he spekith with the fyngur,
14 Frowardness [is] in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.
bi schrewid herte he ymagyneth yuel, and in al tyme he sowith dissenciouns.
15 Therefore suddenly cometh his calamity, Instantly he is broken — and no healing.
His perdicioun schal come to hym anoon, and he schal be brokun sodeynli; and he schal no more haue medecyn.
16 These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven [are] abominations to His soul.
Sixe thingis ben, whyche the Lord hatith; and hise soule cursith the seuenthe thing.
17 Eyes high — tongues false — And hands shedding innocent blood —
Hiye iyen, a tunge liere, hondis schedinge out innocent blood,
18 A heart devising thoughts of vanity — Feet hasting to run to evil —
an herte ymagynynge worste thouytis, feet swifte to renne in to yuel,
19 A false witness [who] doth breathe out lies — And one sending forth contentions between brethren.
a man bringynge forth lesingis, a fals witnesse; and him that sowith discordis among britheren.
20 Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.
Mi sone, kepe the comaundementis of thi fadir; and forsake not the lawe of thi modir.
21 Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.
Bynde thou tho continueli in thin herte; and cumpasse `to thi throte.
22 In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked — it talketh [with] thee.
Whanne thou goist, go tho with thee; whanne thou slepist, kepe tho thee; and thou wakynge speke with tho.
23 For a lamp [is] the command, And the law a light, And a way of life [are] reproofs of instruction,
For the comaundement of God is a lanterne, and the lawe is liyt, and the blamyng of techyng is the weie of lijf;
24 To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
`that the comaundementis kepe thee fro an yuel womman, and fro a flaterynge tunge of a straunge womman.
25 Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.
Thin herte coueite not the fairnesse of hir; nether be thou takun bi the signes of hir.
26 For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.
For the prijs of an hoore is vnnethe of o loof; but a womman takith the preciouse soule of a man.
27 Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt?
Whether a man mai hide fier in his bosum, that hise clothis brenne not;
28 Doth a man walk on the hot coals, And are his feet not scorched?
ethir go on colis, and hise feet be not brent?
29 So [is] he who hath gone in unto the wife of his neighbour, None who doth touch her is innocent.
So he that entrith to the wijf of his neiybore; schal not be cleene, whanne he hath touchid hir.
30 They do not despise the thief, When he stealeth to fill his soul when he is hungry,
It is not greet synne, whanne a man stelith; for he stelith to fille an hungri soule.
31 And being found he repayeth sevenfold, All the substance of his house he giveth.
And he takun schal yelde the seuenthe fold; and he schal yyue al the catel of his hous, and schal delyuere hym silf.
32 He who committeth adultery [with] a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.
But he that is avouter; schal leese his soule, for the pouert of herte.
33 A stroke and shame he doth find, And his reproach is not wiped away,
He gaderith filthe, and sclaundrith to hym silf; and his schenschip schal not be don awei.
34 For jealousy [is] the fury of a man, And he doth not spare in a day of vengeance.
For the feruent loue and strong veniaunce of the man schal not spare in the dai of veniaunce,
35 He accepteth not the appearance of any atonement, Yea, he doth not consent, Though thou dost multiply bribes!
nether schal assente to the preieris of ony; nether schal take ful many yiftis for raunsum.
