잠언 23장 Coverdale Bible
- 1 When thou syttest at the table to eate wt a lorde, ordre thy self manerly wt ye thinges
- 2 that are set before ye Measure thine appetite:
- 3 and yf thou wilt rule thine owne self, be not ouer gredy of his meate, for meate begyleth and disceaueth.
- 4 Take not ouer greate trauayle and labor to be riche, bewarre of soch a purpose.
- 5 Why wilt thou set thine eye vpon ye thinge, which sodenly vanisheth awaye? For riches make them selues wynges, and take their flight like an Aegle in to ye ayre.
- 6 Eate not thou wt ye envyous, and desyre no his meate,
- 7 for he hath a maruelous herte. He sayeth vnto ye: eate and drynke, where as his herte is not wt ye.
- 8 Yee ye morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou perbreake, and lese those swete wordes.
- 9 Tel nothinge in to ye eares of a foole, for he wyl despyse the wy?dome of thy wordes.
- 10 Remoue not ye olde lande marke, and come not within ye felde of the fatherlesse:
- 11 For he yt deliuereth them is mightie, euen he shal defende their cause agaynst the.
- 12 Applie thine herte vnto lernynge, and thine eare to the wordes of knowlege.
- 13 Witholde not correccion from ye childe, for yf thou beatest him wt the rodde, he shal not dye therof.
- 14 Thou smytest him wt the rodde, but thou delyuerest his soule from hell.
- 15 My sonne, yf yi herte receaue wy?dome, my herte also shal reioyce:
- 16 yee my reynes shalbe very glad, yf yi lyppes speake the thinge yt is right.
- 17 Let not thine herte be gelous to folowe synners, but kepe ye still in the feare of the LORDE all the daye loge:
- 18 for the ende is not yet come, and thy pacient abydinge shal not be in vayne.
- 19 My sonne, ue eare & be wyse, so shal thine hert prospere in the waye.
- 20 Kepe no company wt wyne bebbers and ryotous eaters of flesh:
- 21 for soch as be dronckardes and ryotous, shal come to pouerte, & he that is geuen to moch slepe, shal go wt a ragged cote.
- 22 Geue eare vnto thy father that begat the, and despyse not thy mother whan she is olde.
- 23 Labor for to get ye treuth: sell not awaye wy?dome, nourtor & vnderstodinge
- 24 (for a righteous father is maruelous glad of a wyse sonne, & delyteth in hi)
- 25 so shal thy father be glad, and thy mother that bare the, shal reioyse.
- 26 My sonne, geue me thyne herte, and let thine eyes haue pleasure in my wayes.
- 27 For an whore is a depe graue, and an harlot is a narow pytt.
- 28 She lurketh like a thefe, and those that be not awarre she brigeth vnto her.
- 29 Where is wo? where is sorow? where is strife? where is braulynge? where are woundes without cause? where be reed eyes?
- 30 Euen amonge those that be euer at the wyne, and seke out where the best is.
- 31 Loke not thou vpon the wyne, how reed it is, and what a color it geueth in the glasse.
- 32 It goeth downe softly, but at the last it byteth like a serpet, and styngeth as an Adder.
- 33 So shal thine eyes loke vnto straunge women, & thine herte shal muse vpon frowarde thinges.
- 34 Yee thou shalt be as though thou slepte, in ye myddest of ye see, or vpo ye toppe of the mast.
- 35 They wounded me (shalt thou saie) but it hath not hurte me, they smote me, but I felt it not. Whe I am wel wakened, I wil go to ye drynke agayne.