מִשְׁלֵי 12
| אֹהֵב מוּסָר אֹהֵֽב דָּעַת וְשֹׂנֵא תוֹכַחַת בָּֽעַר׃ | 1 |
He that loueth chastisyng, loueth kunnyng; but he that hatith blamyngis, is vnwijs.
| טוֹב יָפִיק רָצוֹן מֵיְהוָה וְאִישׁ מְזִמּוֹת יַרְשִֽׁיעַ׃ | 2 |
He that is good, schal drawe to hym silf grace of the Lord; but he that tristith in hise thouytis, doith wickidli.
| לֹא־יִכּוֹן אָדָם בְּרֶשַׁע וְשֹׁרֶשׁ צַדִּיקִים בַּל־יִמּֽוֹט׃ | 3 |
A man schal not be maad strong by wyckidnesse; and the root of iust men schal not be moued.
| אֵֽשֶׁת־חַיִל עֲטֶרֶת בַּעְלָהּ וּכְרָקָב בְּעַצְמוֹתָיו מְבִישָֽׁה׃ | 4 |
A diligent womman is a coroun to hir hosebond; and rot is in the boonys of that womman, that doith thingis worthi of confusioun.
| מַחְשְׁבוֹת צַדִּיקִים מִשְׁפָּט תַּחְבֻּלוֹת רְשָׁעִים מִרְמָֽה׃ | 5 |
The thouytis of iust men ben domes; and the counselis of wickid men ben gileful.
| דִּבְרֵי רְשָׁעִים אֱרָב־דָּם וּפִי יְשָׁרִים יַצִּילֵֽם׃ | 6 |
The wordis of wickid men setten tresoun to blood; the mouth of iust men schal delyuere hem.
| הָפוֹךְ רְשָׁעִים וְאֵינָם וּבֵית צַדִּיקִים יַעֲמֹֽד׃ | 7 |
Turne thou wickid men, and thei schulen not be; but the housis of iust men schulen dwelle perfitli.
| לְֽפִי־שִׂכְלוֹ יְהֻלַּל־אִישׁ וְנַעֲוֵה־לֵב יִהְיֶה לָבֽוּז׃ | 8 |
A man schal be knowun bi his teching; but he that is veyn and hertles, schal be open to dispising.
| טוֹב נִקְלֶה וְעֶבֶד לוֹ מִמְּתַכַּבֵּד וַחֲסַר־לָֽחֶם׃ | 9 |
Betere is a pore man, and sufficient to him silf, than a gloriouse man, and nedi of breed.
| יוֹדֵעַ צַדִּיק נֶפֶשׁ בְּהֶמְתּוֹ וְֽרַחֲמֵי רְשָׁעִים אַכְזָרִֽי׃ | 10 |
A iust man knowith the soulis of hise werk beestis; but the entrailis of wickid men ben cruel.
| עֹבֵד אַדְמָתוֹ יִֽשְׂבַּֽע־לָחֶם וּמְרַדֵּף רֵיקִים חֲסַר־לֵֽב׃ | 11 |
He that worchith his lond, schal be fillid with looues; but he that sueth idilnesse, is moost fool. He that is swete, lyueth in temperaunces; and in hise monestyngis he forsakith dispisyngis.
| חָמַד רָשָׁע מְצוֹד רָעִים וְשֹׁרֶשׁ צַדִּיקִים יִתֵּֽן׃ | 12 |
The desir of a wickid man is the memorial of worste thingis; but the roote of iust men schal encreesse.
| בְּפֶשַׁע שְׂפָתַיִם מוֹקֵשׁ רָע וַיֵּצֵא מִצָּרָה צַדִּֽיק׃ | 13 |
For the synnes of lippis `falling doun neiyeth to an yuel man; but a iust man schal scape fro angwisch.
| מִפְּרִי פִי־אִישׁ יִשְׂבַּע־טוֹב וּגְמוּל יְדֵי־אָדָם ישוב יָשִׁיב לֽוֹ׃ | 14 |
Of the fruyt of his mouth ech man schal be fillid with goodis; and bi the werkis of hise hondis it schal be yoldun to him.
| דֶּרֶךְ אֱוִיל יָשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו וְשֹׁמֵעַ לְעֵצָה חָכָֽם׃ | 15 |
The weie of a fool is riytful in hise iyen; but he that is wijs, herith counsels.
| אֱוִיל בַּיּוֹם יִוָּדַע כַּעְסוֹ וְכֹסֶה קָלוֹן עָרֽוּם׃ | 16 |
A fool schewith anoon his ire; but he that dissymelith wrongis, is wijs.
| יָפִיחַ אֱמוּנָה יַגִּיד צֶדֶק וְעֵד שְׁקָרִים מִרְמָֽה׃ | 17 |
He that spekith that, that he knowith, is a iuge of riytfulnesse; but he that lieth, is a gileful witnesse.
| יֵשׁ בּוֹטֶה כְּמַדְקְרוֹת חָרֶב וּלְשׁוֹן חֲכָמִים מַרְפֵּֽא׃ | 18 |
A man is that bihetith, and he is prickid as with the swerd of conscience; but the tunge of wise men is helthe.
| שְֽׂפַת־אֱמֶת תִּכּוֹן לָעַד וְעַד־אַרְגִּיעָה לְשׁוֹן שָֽׁקֶר׃ | 19 |
The lippe of treuthe schal be stidfast with outen ende; but he that is a sudeyn witnesse, makith redi the tunge of leesyng.
| מִרְמָה בְּלֶב־חֹרְשֵׁי רָע וּֽלְיֹעֲצֵי שָׁלוֹם שִׂמְחָֽה׃ | 20 |
Gile is in the herte of hem that thenken yuels; but ioye sueth hem, that maken counsels of pees.
| לֹא־יְאֻנֶּה לַצַּדִּיק כָּל־אָוֶן וּרְשָׁעִים מָלְאוּ רָֽע׃ | 21 |
What euere bifallith to a iust man, it schal not make hym sori; but wickid men schulen be fillid with yuel.
| תּוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה שִׂפְתֵי־שָׁקֶר וְעֹשֵׂי אֱמוּנָה רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃ | 22 |
False lippis is abhominacioun to the Lord; but thei that don feithfuli, plesen him.
| אָדָם עָרוּם כֹּסֶה דָּעַת וְלֵב כְּסִילִים יִקְרָא אִוֶּֽלֶת׃ | 23 |
A fel man hilith kunnyng; and the herte of vnwise men stirith foli.
| יַד־חָרוּצִים תִּמְשׁוֹל ורְמִיָּה תִּהְיֶה לָמַֽס׃ | 24 |
The hond of stronge men schal haue lordschip; but the hond that is slow, schal serue to tributis.
| דְּאָגָה בְלֶב־אִישׁ יַשְׁחֶנָּה וְדָבָר טוֹב יְשַׂמְּחֶֽנָּה׃ | 25 |
Morenynge in the herte of a iust man schal make hym meke; and he schal be maad glad bi a good word.
| יָתֵר מֵרֵעֵהוּ צַדִּיק וְדֶרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים תַּתְעֵֽם׃ | 26 |
He that dispisith harm for a frend, is a iust man; but the weie of wickid men schal disseyue hem.
| לֹא־יַחֲרֹךְ רְמִיָּה צֵידוֹ וְהוֹן־אָדָם יָקָר חָרֽוּץ׃ | 27 |
A gileful man schal not fynde wynnyng; and the substaunce of man schal be the prijs of gold.
| בְּאֹֽרַח־צְדָקָה חַיִּים וְדֶרֶךְ נְתִיבָה אַל־מָֽוֶת׃ | 28 |
Lijf is in the path of riytfulnesse; but the wrong weie leedith to deeth.
