My son, let them not depart from thine eyes, guard thou counsel, and purpose:

For, Yahweh, will be in all thy ways, and will keep thy foot from the snare.

Withhold not good from them who ask it, when it is in power of thy hand to do it:

Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding, Do not forget, neither decline thou from the sayings of my mouth.

Avoid it, do not pass thereon - turn from it, and depart.

Let them not depart from thine eyes, keep them in the midst of thy heart;

Remove from thee, perverseness of mouth, and, craftiness of lips, put far from thee.

Decline not, to the right hand or to the left, - Turn away thy foot from wickedness.

Her feet, are going down to death, - on hades, will her steps take firm hold.

Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken unto me, and do not turn away from the sayings of my mouth.

Keep far from her thy way, and do not go near the opening of her house:

Let thy well-spring be blessed, - and get thy joy from the wife of thy youth: -

How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie? how long ere thou rise from thy sleep?

Observe thou, my son, the commandment of thy father, and do not decline from the instruction of thy mother:

To keep thee from the wicked woman, from the flattery of the tongue of her that is a stranger.

That thou mayest be kept, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who, with her speeches, doth flatter.

When he made firm the skies above, when the fountains of the resounding deep, waxed strong;

Then became I beside him, a firm and sure worker, then became I filled with delight, day by day, exulting before him on every occasion;

For, he that findeth me, findeth life, and hath obtained favour from Yahweh;

The treasures of lawlessness, do not profit, but, righteousness, delivereth from death.

Wealth, shall not profit, in the day of wrath, but, righteousness, shall deliver from death.

A good man, obtaineth favour from Yahweh, but, a man of wicked devices, will he condemn.

A lip that is faithful, shall be firm to futurity, but, only for a twinkling, is the tongue that is false.

the instruction of the wise, is a well-spring of life, by departing from the snares of death.

A desire fulfilled, is sweet to the soul, but it is, an abomination to the lawless, to depart from evil.

Get thee from the presence of a man that is a dullard, when thou perceivest not the lips of knowledge.

With his own ways, shall be filled the backslider in heart, and, from himself, shall a good man be satisfied .

The way of life, is upwards to the prudent, that he may depart from hades beneath.

Far off is Yahweh, from the lawless, but, the prayer of the righteous, will he hear.

To man, belong the preparations of the heart, but, from Yahweh, cometh the answer of the tongue.

By lovingkindness and fidelity, shall iniquity be covered, and, in the revering of Yahweh, is a turning away from wrong.

Into the lap, is cast the lot, but, from Yahweh, is its every decision.

He that returneth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

Who hath found a wife, hath found a blessing, and hath obtained favour from Yahweh.

Wealth, addeth many friends, but, the poor man, from his own friend, is parted.

All the brethren of a poor man, hate him, how much more have, his friends, gone far from him, he may hunt up promises - there are none.

House and substance, are an inheritance from one's fathers, but, from Yahweh, cometh a wife who is prudent.

Cease, my son, to hear instruction that would cause thee to wander from the sayings of knowledge.

Honour, hath the man who sitteth away from strife, but, any fool, may break through.

Who can say, I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin?

From Yahweh, are a man's steps, a son of earth, then - how can he discern his way?

He that shutteth his ear from the cry of the poor, even he, shall call, and not be answered.

The man who wandereth from the way of discretion, in the gathered host of the shades, shall settle down.

Thorns and snares, are in the way of the perverse, - he that guardeth his soul, shall be far from them.

Train up a youth, in the direction of his duty, even when he becometh old, he will not depart from it.

Foolishness, is bound up in the heart of a youth, the rod of correction, shall drive it far from him.

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should one take away thy bed from under thee?

Do not withhold, from a child, correction, When thou smitest him with the rod, he shall not die:

Thou, with the rod, shalt smite him, and, his soul from hades, shalt thou deliver.

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

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

Remove the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth, to the refiner, a vessel:

Remove a lawless man from before the king, that his throne, may be established in righteousness.

Withhold thy foot from the house of thy neighbour, - lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is a good report from a far country.

The surfeited soul, trampleth upon droppings from the comb, but, to the hungry soul, every bitter thing, is sweet.

As a bird wandering from her nest, so, is a man wandering from his place.

Though thou pound a fool in a mortar, amidst grain, with a pestle, his folly, will not depart from him.

For, not age-abiding, are riches, nor is the diadem, from generation to generation: -

He that turneth away his ear from hearing instruction, even his prayer, is an abomination.

He that dealeth tenderly with his servant from childhood, in his after life, shall have him for a son.

Many, seek the face of a ruler, but, from Yahweh, is the sentence of each one.

Two things, have I asked of thee, withhold them not from me, ere yet I die:

Vanity and falsehood, remove far from me, Neither poverty nor riches, give me, Feed me with the food appointed me:

A generation! Pure in its own eyes, yet, from its filth, hath it not been bathed,

A generation! Swords, are its teeth, and, knives, its incisors, - to devour the humbled out of the earth, and the needy, from among men.

The lion, hero among beasts, which turneth aside from the face of no one;

She is like the ships of the merchant, from afar, she bringeth in her food;

And the sun, breaketh forth, and the sun, goeth in, - yea, unto his own place, he panteth, from whence he brake forth.

and, nothing that mine eyes asked, withheld I from them, - I did not keep back my heart from any gladness, for, my heart, obtained gladness out of all my toil, and so, this, was my portion, out of all my toil.

There was nothing more blessed for Man than that he should eat and drink, and see his desireth for blessedness in his toil, - even this, saw, I myself, that, from the hand of God, it was.

A time to cast away stones, and a time to heap up stones, - A time to embrace, and a time to be far from loving embrace;

Everything, hath he made beautiful in its own time, - also, intelligence, hath he put in their heart, without which men could not find out the work which God hath wrought, from the beginning even unto the end.

I know, that, whatsoever God doeth, the same, shall be age-abiding, unto it, there is nothing to add, and, from it, there is nothing to take away, - and, God, hath done it, that men should stand in awe before him.

all, go unto one place, - all, came from the dust, and all, return to the dust.

As he came from his mother's womb, naked, he again departeth, as he came, - and, nothing, can he take of his toil, which he can carry in his hand.

It is well that thou shouldst lay fast hold of this, but, even from the other, do not withdraw thy hand, - for, he that revereth God, shall come forth out of them all.

All this, have I proved by wisdom, - I said, I will be wise, but, that, was far from me.

I, could indeed find, to be, more bitter than death, the woman, whose heart is, snares and nets, and her hands, bonds, - whoso is pleasing before God, shall escape from her, but, he that sinneth, shall be captured by her.

Not rashly from his presence, shouldst thou go: do not take thy stand in a vexatious thing, - for, whatsoever he pleaseth, he will do.

And, thereupon, I considered the lawless when buried, when they had entered, their graves , that, from the place of the Holy One, they used to go and boast in the city that they had so done, - even this, was vanity.

Here was a misfortune I had seen under the sun, - a veritable mistake that was going forth from the presence of one who had power:

Therefore remove thou vexation from thy heart, and put away discomfort from thy flesh, - for, youth and dawn, are vanity!

The words of the wise, are as goads, yea, as driven nails, their well-ordered sayings, - given from one shepherd.

And besides, from them, my son, be admonished, - Of making many books, there is no end, and, much study, is a weariness of the flesh.

HEO my dove! In the retreats of the crag, in the hiding-place of the terrace, Let me see thy form, Let me hear thy voice, - For, thy voice, is sweet, and, thy form, comely.

Scarcely had I passed from them, when I found the beloved of my soul, - I caught him, and would not let him go, until that I had brought him into the house of my mother, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

The supports thereof, made he of silver, the couch thereof, of gold, the seat thereof, of purple, - the midst thereof, hath an inlay of love from the daughters of Jerusalem.

HELo! thou art beautiful, my fair one, Lo! thou art beautiful, Thine eyes, are doves, from behind thy veil, - Thy hair, is like a flock of goats, which are reclining on the sides of Mount Gilead:

Thy teeth, are like a flock, evenly grown, which have come up from the washing-place, - whereof, all of them, are twin-bearers, and bereaved, is none among them:

With me, from Lebanon, O bride, with me, from Lebanon, shalt thou enter, - Thou shalt look round from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir, and Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountains of leopards.

A garden fountain, a well of living waters, - and flowings from Lebanon.

The watchmen who were going round in the city, found me, they smote me, wounded me, - The watchmen of the walls, took away my cloak from off me.

His legs, pillars of white marble, founded on sockets of gold, - His form, like Lebanon, choice as cedars:

Turn away thine eyes from me, for, they, have excited me, - Thy hair, is like a flock of goats, that are reclining on the sides of Mount Gilead:

Thy teeth, are like a flock of sheep which have come up from the washing-place, - whereof, all of them, are twin-bearers, and bereaved, is there none among them:

Like a slice of pomegranate, are thy temples, from behind thy veil:

From the sole of the foot even unto the head, there is in it no soundness, Bruise and stripe and newly-made wound, - They have not been pressed out, nor bound up, nor soothed with oil.

Even when ye spread forth your open palms, I hide mine eyes from you; Yea, though ye multiply prayers, I am not hearkening, - Your hands, with deeds of blood, are filled.

Wash you make you clean, Put away the wickedness of your doings from before mine eyes, - Cease to do evil.