¹When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:

¹Kad sjedneš blagovati s moćnikom. dobro pazi što je pred tobom;

²And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

²stavljaš nož sebi pod grlo ako si proždrljivac;

³Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

³ne poželi slastica njegovih jer su jelo prijevarno.

⁴Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

⁴Ne trudi se stjecati bogatstvo; okani se takve misli;

⁵Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

⁵usmjeriš li oči prema njemu, njega već nema jer načini sebi krila kao orao i odleti u nebo.

⁶Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

⁶Ne jedi jela zavidnikova, ne čezni za slasticama njegovim,

⁷For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

⁷jer on je onakav kako u sebi misli: "Jedi i pij", veli ti, ali mu srce nije s tobom.

⁸The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

⁸Zalogaj koji si pojeo izbljuvat ćeš, uzalud ćeš prosut' svoje ljupke riječi.

⁹Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

⁹Pred bezumnikom nemoj govoriti jer prezire tvoje umne riječi.

¹⁰Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

¹⁰Ne pomiči prastare međe i ne prodiri u polje siročadi,

¹¹For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

¹¹jer je moćan njihov osvetnik: branit će njihovo pravo protiv tebe.

¹²Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

¹²Obrati pouci srce svoje i uho svoje riječima mudrim.

¹³Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

¹³Ne uskraćuj djetetu opomene, jer, udariš li ga šibom, neće umrijeti:

¹⁴Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

¹⁴biješ ga šibom, ali mu dušu iz Podzemlja izbavljaš.

¹⁵My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

¹⁵Sine moj, kad ti je mudro srce, i ja se od srca veselim;

¹⁶Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

¹⁶i kliče sva nutrina moja kad ti usne govore što je pravo.

¹⁷Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

¹⁷Neka ti srce ne zavidi grešnicima, nego neka ti uvijek bude u strahu Gospodnjem,

¹⁸For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

¹⁸jer imat ćeš budućnost i tvoja nada neće propasti.

¹⁹Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

¹⁹Slušaj, sine moj, i mudar budi i ravnim putem vodi srce svoje.

²⁰Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

²⁰Ne druži se s vinopijama ni sa žderačima mesa,

²¹For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

²¹jer pijanica i izjelica osiromaše i pospanac se oblači u krpe.

²²Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

²²Slušaj svoga oca, svoga roditelja, i ne prezri majku kad ostari.

²³Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

²³Pribavi istinu i ne prodaji je, steci mudrost, pouku i razbor.

²⁴The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

²⁴Radovat će se otac pravednikov, i roditelj će se mudroga veseliti.

²⁵Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

²⁵Neka se veseli otac tvoj i majka tvoja, i neka se raduje roditeljka tvoja.

²⁶My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

²⁶Daj mi, sine moj, srce svoje, i neka oči tvoje raduju putovi moji.

²⁷For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

²⁷Jer bludnica je jama duboka i tuđinka tijesan zdenac.

²⁸She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

²⁸Ona i vreba u zasjedi kao lupež i uvećava broj bezbožnika među ljudima.

²⁹Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

²⁹Komu: ah? komu: jao? komu: svađe? komu: uzdasi? komu: rane nizašto? komu: zamućene oči?

³⁰They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

³⁰Onima što kasno sjede kod vina, koji su došli kušati vino začinjeno.

³¹Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

³¹Ne gledaj na vino kad rujno iskri, kad se u čaši svjetlucavo prelijeva: pije se tako glatko,

³²At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

³²a na kraju ujeda kao zmija i žaca kao guja ljutica.

³³Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

³³Oči će ti gledati tlapnje i srce govoriti ludosti.

³⁴Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

³⁴I bit će ti kao da ležiš na pučini morskoj ili kao da ležiš navrh jarbola.

³⁵They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

³⁵"Izbiše me, ali me ne zabolje; istukoše me, ali ne osjetih; kad se otrijeznim, još ću tražiti."