¹ Be not thou envious of wicked men, neither crave to be with them;

² For, violence, their heart muttereth, and, mischief, their lips do speak.

³ In wisdom, is a house builded, and, in understanding, is it established;

⁴ And, in knowledge, chambers are filled, with all acquisitions, costly and fair.

⁵ A wise man, is mighty, and, a man of knowledge, becometh alert in vigour.

⁶ Surely, with concerted measures, shalt thou make for thyself war, and, success, lieth in the greatness of the counsellor.

⁷ Unattainable to a foolish man, are the dictates of wisdom, in the gate, he openeth not his mouth.

⁸ He that deviseth to do mischief, him, shall men call, a master of plots.

⁹ The purpose of folly, is sin, and, an abomination to mankind, is a buffoon.

¹⁰ Thou hast been slothful in the day of straitness, Strait, is thy strength.

¹¹ Deliver thou such as are being led forth to death, and, them who are tottering to slaughter, oh that thou wouldst hold back!

¹² Though thou say, Lo! we knew not this, Shall not, he that proveth hearts, himself, discern? And, he that formeth thy soul, himself, know? and bring back to a son of earth according to his deed?

¹³ My son, eat thou honey, because it is good,—and droppings from the comb [because they are] sweet to thy palate:

¹⁴ Thus, take knowledge of wisdom, for thine own soul; If thou find it, then there is a future, and, thine expectation, shall not be cut off.

¹⁵ Do not lie in wait, thou lawless man, against the home of the righteous,—neither destroy thou his place of rest;

¹⁶ For, seven times, may the righteous fall and yet arise, but, lawless men, shall stumble into calamity.

¹⁷ When thine enemy falleth, do not thou rejoice, and, when he stumbleth, let not thy heart exult:

¹⁸ Lest Yahweh see it, and it be wicked in his eyes, and he turn away from him his anger.

¹⁹ Burn not with vexation against evil doers, be not envious of lawless men;

²⁰ For there shall be no future for the wicked, The lamp of the lawless, shall go out.

²¹ Revere thou Yahweh, my son, and the king, and, with the fickle, have thou no fellowship;

²² For, suddenly, shall arise their calamity; and, the misfortune of their years, who knoweth?

²³ These things also, concern the wise, To take note of faces in judgment, is not good.

²⁴ He that saith to the lawless man, Righteous, thou art, peoples shall denounce him, populations shall curse him;

²⁵ But, to reprovers, one should be pleasant, and, upon them, should come an excellent blessing:

²⁶ Lips, should one kiss with one who answereth in right words.

²⁷ Prepare, in the open, thy work, and make ready, in the field, for thyself, Afterwards, shalt thou build thy house.

²⁸ Do not become a needless witness against thy neighbour, so mightest thou open too wide thy lips:

²⁹ Do not say—According to what he hath done to me, so, will I do to him, I will repay every one according to his work.

³⁰ By the field of the sluggard, I passed, and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense;

³¹ And lo! there had come up all over it—thorns, there had covered the face thereof—thistles, and, the stone fence thereof, had been thrown down.

³² So I observed it, for myself, I applied my heart, I looked—I accepted correction:

³³ A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest:

³⁴ So shall come in, as a highwayman, thy poverty, and, thy want, as one armed with a shield.