Proverbs 4
1 to hear: hear son: descendant/people discipline: instruction father and to listen to/for to know understanding
Listen, sons, to a father's instruction; pay attention and discover what makes sense,
2 for teaching pleasant to give: give to/for you instruction my not to leave: neglect
for what I am passing on to you is reliable. Don't reject my teachings.
3 for son: child to be to/for father my tender and only to/for face mother my
When I was a son with my father—a tender young boy, my mother's only child—
4 and to show me and to say to/for me to grasp word my heart your to keep: obey commandment my and to live
he was the one who taught me. He told me, “Pay attention to the words I say and keep them in mind; do what I tell you and you will live.
5 to buy wisdom to buy understanding not to forget and not to stretch from word lip my
Get wisdom, find out what makes sense. Don't forget my words or reject them.
6 not to leave: forsake her and to keep: obey you to love: lover her and to watch you
Don't give up on wisdom for she will keep you safe. Love wisdom and she will protect you.
7 first: beginning wisdom to buy wisdom and in/on/with all acquisition your to buy understanding
The first thing in becoming wise is to get wisdom! Whatever else you gain, gain insight.
8 to build her and to exalt you to honor: honour you for to embrace her
Treasure wisdom, and she will praise you; embrace her, and she will honor you.
9 to give: put to/for head your wreath favor crown beauty to deliver you
She will place on your head a wreath of grace; she will present to you a crown of glory.”
10 to hear: hear son: child my and to take: recieve word my and to multiply to/for you year life
Listen, my son, if you accept what I tell you, then you will live a long life.
11 in/on/with way: conduct wisdom to show you to tread you in/on/with track uprightness
I have explained to you the way of wisdom; I have guided you along the right paths.
12 in/on/with to go: walk you not be distressed step your and if to run: run not to stumble
Nothing will block your way when you walk, you won't stumble when you run.
13 to strengthen: hold in/on/with discipline: instruction not to slacken to watch her for he/she/it life your
Hold on to these instructions—don't let them go. Protect them, for they are life's foundation.
14 in/on/with way wicked not to come (in): come and not to bless in/on/with way: conduct bad: evil
Don't go the way of the wicked or follow the example of those who do evil.
15 to neglect him not to pass in/on/with him to turn aside from upon him and to pass
Avoid that way completely. Don't go there! Turn away, and walk on.
16 for not to sleep if: until not be evil and to plunder sleep their if: until not (to stumble *QK)
Evil people won't rest until they've done something wrong; they can't sleep unless they've tripped someone up.
17 for to feed on food: bread wickedness and wine violence to drink
For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
18 and way righteous like/as light brightness to go: continue and to light till to establish: prepare [the] day
The way of life of the good is like the light of the sunrise, glowing brighter and brighter until the full light of day shines out.
19 way: conduct wicked like/as darkness not to know in/on/with what? to stumble
But the way of life of the wicked is like complete darkness; they don't even know what they're tripping over.
20 son: child my to/for word my to listen [emph?] to/for word my to stretch ear your
My son, pay attention to what I tell you; listen to the words I'm saying.
21 not be devious from eye: seeing your to keep: obey them in/on/with midst heart your
Don't lose sight of them; think about them deeply,
22 for life they(masc.) to/for to find them and to/for all flesh his healing
for they are life to anyone who finds them, and make the whole body healthy.
23 from all custody to watch heart your for from him outgoing life
Most of all, protect your mind, for everything in life flows from it.
24 to turn aside: remove from you crookedness lip: word and perversity lip: words to remove from you
Don't ever lie, and don't say anything dishonest.
25 eye your to/for before to look and eyelid your to smooth before you
Focus on what's ahead of you; look at what's in front of you.
26 to envy track foot your and all way: conduct your to establish: establish
Pay attention to the path you decide to follow, and you'll be safe wherever you go.
27 not to stretch right and left to turn aside: depart foot your from bad: evil
Don't deviate to the right or the left, and turn away from evil.
