Proverbs 25
1 These also, are proverbs of Solomon, —which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed.
Also these ben the Parablis of Salomon, whiche the men of Ezechie, kyng of Juda, translatiden.
2 The glory of God, is to conceal a thing, but, the glory of kings, is to search out a thing.
The glorie of God is to hele a word; and the glorie of kyngis is to seke out a word.
3 The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, but, the heart of kings, cannot be searched.
Heuene aboue, and the erthe bynethe, and the herte of kyngis is vnserchable.
4 Remove the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth, to the refiner, a vessel:
Do thou a wei rust fro siluer, and a ful cleene vessel schal go out.
5 Remove a lawless man from before the king, that his throne, may be established in righteousness.
Do thou awei vnpite fro the cheer of the kyng, and his trone schal be maad stidfast bi riytfulnesse.
6 Do not honour thyself before a king, nor, in the place of great men, do thou stand;
Appere thou not gloriouse bifore the kyng, and stonde thou not in the place of grete men.
7 For better it be said to thee, Come up hither, —than that thou be put lower down before a noble, whom thine own eyes, have beheld.
For it is betere, that it be seid to thee, Stie thou hidur, than that thou be maad low bifore the prince.
8 Do not go forth to strive in haste, —lest [thou know not] what to do in the latter end thereof, when thy neighbour, hath put thee to shame.
Brynge thou not forth soone tho thingis in strijf, whiche thin iyen sien; lest aftirward thou maist not amende, whanne thou hast maad thi frend vnhonest.
9 Thy contention, urge thou with thy neighbour, and, the secret of another, do not reveal:
Trete thi cause with thi frend, and schewe thou not priuyte to a straunge man;
10 Lest he that heareth expose thee, and, the report concerning thee, turn not away.
lest perauenture he haue ioye of thi fal, whanne he hath herde, and ceesse not to do schenschipe to thee. Grace and frenschip delyueren, whiche kepe thou to thee, that thou be not maad repreuable.
11 Golden fruit in figured silver baskets, is a word spoken on fitting occasion.
A goldun pomel in beddis of siluer is he, that spekith a word in his time.
12 A ring of gold, and a vessel of precious metal, is a wise reprover, on a hearing ear.
A goldun eere ryng, and a schinynge peerle is he, that repreueth a wijs man, and an eere obeiynge.
13 As the cold of snow in the day of harvest, is a faithful messenger to them who send him, —when, the life of his masters, he restoreth.
As the coold of snow in the dai of heruest, so a feithful messanger to hym that sente `thilke messanger, makith his soule to haue reste.
14 Clouds and wind, when rain there is none, is the man who boasteth himself of a pretended gift.
A cloude and wind, and reyn not suynge, is a gloriouse man, and not fillynge biheestis.
15 By long patience, is a judge persuaded, and, a soft tongue, breaketh the bone.
A prince schal be maad soft bi pacience; and a soft tunge schal breke hardnesse.
16 Honey having found, eat to suffice thee, lest thou loathe it, and vomit it forth.
Thou hast founde hony, ete thou that that suffisith to thee; lest perauenture thou be fillid, and brake it out.
17 Withhold thy foot from the house of thy neighbour, —lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.
Withdrawe thi foot fro the hous of thi neiybore; lest sum tyme he be fillid, and hate thee.
18 A hammer and a sword, and a sharpened arrow, is a man becoming a false witness against his neighbour.
A dart, and a swerd, and a scharp arowe, a man that spekith fals witnessing ayens his neiybore.
19 A broken tooth and a faltering foot, is confidence in the treacherous, in the day of danger.
A rotun tooth, and a feynt foot is he, that hopith on an vnfeithful man in the dai of angwisch,
20 As splendour of dress on a cold day—vinegar upon nitre, so is a singer with songs, unto a sad heart.
and leesith his mentil in the dai of coold. Vynegre in a vessel of salt is he, that singith songis to the worste herte. As a mouyte noieth a cloth, and a worm noieth a tree, so the sorewe of a man noieth the herte.
21 If he that hateth thee hunger, give him bread to eat, and, if he be thirsty, give him water to drink;
If thin enemy hungrith, feede thou him; if he thirstith, yyue thou watir to hym to drinke;
22 For, burning coals, shalt thou be heaping upon his head, —and, Yahweh, will repay thee.
for thou schalt gadere togidere coolis on his heed; and the Lord schal yelde to thee.
23 A north wind, bringeth forth rain, and, a face stirred with indignation, a secretive tongue.
The north wind scatereth reynes; and a sorewful face distrieth a tunge bacbitinge.
24 Better to dwell on the corner of the roof, than a quarrelsome wife, and a house in common.
It is betere to sitte in the corner of an hous without roof, than with a womman ful of chidyng, and in a comyn hous.
25 As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is a good report from a far country.
Coold watir to a thirsti man; and a good messanger fro a fer lond.
26 A fountain fouled, a spring spoiled, is a righteous man tottering before one who is lawless.
A welle disturblid with foot, and a veyne brokun, a iust man fallinge bifore a wickid man.
27 To eat honey in abundance, is not good, nor is, searching out their own honour, an honourable thing.
As it is not good to hym that etith myche hony; so he that is a serchere of maieste, schal be put doun fro glorie.
28 A city broken down without a wall, is a man who hath no control over his own spirit.
As a citee opyn, and with out cumpas of wallis; so is a man that mai not refreyne his spirit in speking.
