잠언 30장 Coverdale Bible
- 1 The wordes of Agur the sonne of Iake. The prophecie of a true faithfull man, who God hath helped, whom God hath coforted & norished.
- 2 For though I am ye leest of all, & haue no mas vnderstodige
- 3 (for I neuerlerned wi?dome) yet haue I vnderstodinge & am wel enfourmed in godly thinges.
- 4 Who hath clymmed vp i to heauen? Who hath come downe from thence? Who hath holden ye wynde fast in his hade? Who hath coprehended ye waters in a garment? Who hath set all the endes of ye worlde? What is his name, or his sonnes name? Canst thou tell?
- 5 All the wordes of God are pure & cleane, for he is a shylde vnto all them, that put their trust in him.
- 6 Put thou nothinge therfore vnto his wordes, lest he reproue the, and thou be founde as a lyar.
- 7 Two thinges I requyre of the, that thou wilt not denye me before I dye.
- 8 Remoue fro me vanite and lyes: geue me nether pouerte ner riches, only graunte me a necessary lyuynge.
- 9 Lest yf I be to full, I denye ye, & saye: what felowe is ye LORDE? And lest I beinge constrayned thorow pouerte, fall vnto stealinge, and forsweare the name of my God.
- 10 Accuse not a seruaunt vnto his master, lest he speake euell of the also, and thou be hurte.
- 11 He that bryngeth vp an euell reporte vpo the generacion of his father and mother, is not worthy to be commended.
- 12 The generacion that thynke them selues cleane, shal not be clensed from their fylthynesse.
- 13 There are people yt haue a proude loke, and cast vp their eye lyddes.
- 14 This peoples tethe are swerdes, and with their chaft bones they consume and deuoure the symple of the earth, and the poore from amonge me.
- 15 This generacion (which is like an horsleche) hath two doughters: ye one is called, fetch hither: the other, brynge hither.
- 16 There be thre thinges that are neuer satisfied, and the fourth saieth neuer hoo. The hell, a womans wombe, and the earth hath neuer water ynough. As for fyre, it sayeth neuer: hoo.
- 17 Who so laugheth his father to scorne, and setteth his mothers commaudement at naught: the rauens pycke out his eyes in the valley, and deuoured be he of the yongle Aegles.
- 18 There be thre thinges to hye for me, and as for the fourth, it passeth my knowlege.
- 19 The waye of an Aegle in ye ayre, ye waye of a serpent ouer ye stone, ye waye of a shippe in ye see, & ye waye of a ma wt a yonge woma.
- 20 Soch is the waye also of a wyfe yt breaketh wedlocke, which wypeth hir mouth like as wha she hath eate, & sayeth: As for me, I haue done no harme.
- 21 Thorow thre thinges the earth is disquieted, & the fourth maye it not beare:
- 22 Thorow a seruaut yt beareth rule, thorow a foole yt hath greate riches,
- 23 thorow an ydle houswife, & thorow an handmayden yt is heyre to hir mastres.
- 24 There be foure thinges in the earth, the which are very litle: but in wy?dome they exceade the wyse.
- 25 The Emmettes are but a weake people, yet gather they their meate together in ye haruest.
- 26 The conyes are but a feble folke, yet make they their couches amonge the rockes.
- 27 The greshoppers haue not a gyde, yet go they forth together by heapes.
- 28 The spyder laboureth wt hir hades, & yt in ye kynges palace.
- 29 There be thre thinges yt go stiffly, but the goinge of the fourth is the goodliest of all.
- 30 A Lyon which is kynge of beastes, & geueth place to no man:
- 31 A cock ready to fight: A rame: And a kynge yt goeth forth wt his people.
- 32 Yf thou be so foolish to magnifie yi self, or medlest wt eny soch thinge, the laye thine hade vpon yi mouth.
- 33 Who so chyrneth mylck, maketh butter: he that rubbeth his nose, maketh it blede, and he that causeth wrath, bryngeth forth strife.