Proverbiorum 12
1 qui diligit disciplinam diligit scientiam qui autem odit increpationes insipiens est
He that loueth chastisyng, loueth kunnyng; but he that hatith blamyngis, is vnwijs.
2 qui bonus est hauriet a Domino gratiam qui autem confidit cogitationibus suis impie agit
He that is good, schal drawe to hym silf grace of the Lord; but he that tristith in hise thouytis, doith wickidli.
3 non roborabitur homo ex impietate et radix iustorum non commovebitur
A man schal not be maad strong by wyckidnesse; and the root of iust men schal not be moued.
4 mulier diligens corona viro suo et putredo in ossibus eius quae confusione res dignas gerit
A diligent womman is a coroun to hir hosebond; and rot is in the boonys of that womman, that doith thingis worthi of confusioun.
5 cogitationes iustorum iudicia et consilia impiorum fraudulentia
The thouytis of iust men ben domes; and the counselis of wickid men ben gileful.
6 verba impiorum insidiantur sanguini os iustorum liberabit eos
The wordis of wickid men setten tresoun to blood; the mouth of iust men schal delyuere hem.
7 verte impios et non erunt domus autem iustorum permanebit
Turne thou wickid men, and thei schulen not be; but the housis of iust men schulen dwelle perfitli.
8 doctrina sua noscetur vir qui autem vanus et excors est patebit contemptui
A man schal be knowun bi his teching; but he that is veyn and hertles, schal be open to dispising.
9 melior est pauper et sufficiens sibi quam gloriosus et indigens pane
Betere is a pore man, and sufficient to him silf, than a gloriouse man, and nedi of breed.
10 novit iustus animas iumentorum suorum viscera autem impiorum crudelia
A iust man knowith the soulis of hise werk beestis; but the entrailis of wickid men ben cruel.
11 qui operatur terram suam saturabitur panibus qui autem sectatur otium stultissimus est
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.
12 desiderium impii munimentum est pessimorum radix autem iustorum proficiet
The desir of a wickid man is the memorial of worste thingis; but the roote of iust men schal encreesse.
13 propter peccata labiorum ruina proximat malo effugiet autem iustus de angustia
For the synnes of lippis `falling doun neiyeth to an yuel man; but a iust man schal scape fro angwisch.
14 de fructu oris sui unusquisque replebitur bonis et iuxta opera manuum suarum retribuetur ei
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.
15 via stulti recta in oculis eius qui autem sapiens est audit consilia
The weie of a fool is riytful in hise iyen; but he that is wijs, herith counsels.
16 fatuus statim indicat iram suam qui autem dissimulat iniuriam callidus est
A fool schewith anoon his ire; but he that dissymelith wrongis, is wijs.
17 qui quod novit loquitur index iustitiae est qui autem mentitur testis est fraudulentus
He that spekith that, that he knowith, is a iuge of riytfulnesse; but he that lieth, is a gileful witnesse.
18 est qui promittit et quasi gladio pungitur conscientiae lingua autem sapientium sanitas est
A man is that bihetith, and he is prickid as with the swerd of conscience; but the tunge of wise men is helthe.
19 labium veritatis firmum erit in perpetuum qui autem testis est repentinus concinnat linguam mendacii
The lippe of treuthe schal be stidfast with outen ende; but he that is a sudeyn witnesse, makith redi the tunge of leesyng.
20 dolus in corde cogitantium mala qui autem ineunt pacis consilia sequitur eos gaudium
Gile is in the herte of hem that thenken yuels; but ioye sueth hem, that maken counsels of pees.
21 non contristabit iustum quicquid ei acciderit impii autem replebuntur malo
What euere bifallith to a iust man, it schal not make hym sori; but wickid men schulen be fillid with yuel.
22 abominatio Domino labia mendacia qui autem fideliter agunt placent ei
False lippis is abhominacioun to the Lord; but thei that don feithfuli, plesen him.
23 homo versutus celat scientiam et cor insipientium provocabit stultitiam
A fel man hilith kunnyng; and the herte of vnwise men stirith foli.
24 manus fortium dominabitur quae autem remissa est tributis serviet
The hond of stronge men schal haue lordschip; but the hond that is slow, schal serue to tributis.
25 maeror in corde viri humiliabit illud et sermone bono laetificabitur
Morenynge in the herte of a iust man schal make hym meke; and he schal be maad glad bi a good word.
26 qui neglegit damnum propter amicum iustus est iter autem impiorum decipiet eos
He that dispisith harm for a frend, is a iust man; but the weie of wickid men schal disseyue hem.
27 non inveniet fraudulentus lucrum et substantia hominis erit auri pretium
A gileful man schal not fynde wynnyng; and the substaunce of man schal be the prijs of gold.
28 in semita iustitiae vita iter autem devium ducit ad mortem
Lijf is in the path of riytfulnesse; but the wrong weie leedith to deeth.
