Proverbs 6
1 My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbour, if thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger,
Mi sone, if thou hast bihiyt for thi freend; thou hast fastned thin hoond at a straunger.
2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words 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 deliver thyself, seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbour; go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbour.
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, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
yyue thou not sleep to thin iyen, nether thin iyeliddis nappe.
5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Be thou rauyschid as a doo fro the hond; and as a bridde fro aspiyngis of the foulere.
6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider 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 having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
Which whanne he hath no duyk, nethir comaundour, nether prince;
8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
makith redi in somer mete to hym silf, and gaderith togidere in heruest that, that he schal ete.
9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Hou long schalt thou, slow man, slepe? whanne schalt thou rise fro thi sleep?
10 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
A litil thou schalt slepe, a litil thou schalt nappe; a litil thou schalt ioyne togidere thin hondis, that thou slepe.
11 So shall thy poverty come as a robber, 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 worthless person, a man of iniquity; he walketh with a froward mouth;
A man apostata, a man vnprofitable, he goith with a weiward mouth;
13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he maketh signs with his fingers;
he bekeneth with iyen, he trampith with the foot, he spekith with the fyngur,
14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth evil continually; he soweth discord.
bi schrewid herte he ymagyneth yuel, and in al tyme he sowith dissenciouns.
15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; on a sudden shall he be broken and that without remedy.
His perdicioun schal come to hym anoon, and he schal be brokun sodeynli; and he schal no more haue medecyn.
16 There be six things which the LORD hateth; yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:
Sixe thingis ben, whyche the Lord hatith; and hise soule cursith the seuenthe thing.
17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;
Hiye iyen, a tunge liere, hondis schedinge out innocent blood,
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief;
an herte ymagynynge worste thouytis, feet swifte to renne in to yuel,
19 A false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
a man bringynge forth lesingis, a fals witnesse; and him that sowith discordis among britheren.
20 My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and forsake 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 continually upon thine heart, tie them about thy neck.
Bynde thou tho continueli in thin herte; and cumpasse `to thi throte.
22 When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
Whanne thou goist, go tho with thee; whanne thou slepist, kepe tho thee; and thou wakynge speke with tho.
23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
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 keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the stranger’s tongue.
`that the comaundementis kepe thee fro an yuel womman, and fro a flaterynge tunge of a straunge womman.
25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Thin herte coueite not the fairnesse of hir; nether be thou takun bi the signes of hir.
26 For on account of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a piece of bread: and the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
For the prijs of an hoore is vnnethe of o loof; but a womman takith the preciouse soule of a man.
27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Whether a man mai hide fier in his bosum, that hise clothis brenne not;
28 Or can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
ethir go on colis, and hise feet be not brent?
29 So he that goeth in to his nieghbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.
So he that entrith to the wijf of his neiybore; schal not be cleene, whanne he hath touchid hir.
30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:
It is not greet synne, whanne a man stelith; for he stelith to fille an hungri soule.
31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
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 that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he doeth it that would destroy his own soul.
But he that is avouter; schal leese his soule, for the pouert of herte.
33 Wounds and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
He gaderith filthe, and sclaundrith to hym silf; and his schenschip schal not be don awei.
34 For jealousy is the rage of a man; and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
For the feruent loue and strong veniaunce of the man schal not spare in the dai of veniaunce,
35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
nether schal assente to the preieris of ony; nether schal take ful many yiftis for raunsum.
