Thy lot thou dost cast among us, One purse is -- to all of us.'

My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,

If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,

That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.

Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?

Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?

He accepteth not the appearance of any atonement, Yea, he doth not consent, Though thou dost multiply bribes!

A man of great wrath is bearing punishment, For, if thou dost deliver, yet again thou dost add.

Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war.

For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.

Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that are sweet.

Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?

If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.