¹My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

¹Sine moj, kad jamčiš bližnjemu svojem i daš svoju ruku drugome,

²Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

²vezao si se vlastitim usnama, uhvatio se riječima svojih usta;

³Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

³učini onda ovo, sine moj: oslobodi se! Jer si dopao u ruke bližnjemu svojemu; idi, baci se preda nj i salijeći bližnjega svoga.

⁴Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

⁴Ne daj sna svojim očima ni drijema svojim vjeđama;

⁵Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

⁵otmi se kao gazela iz mreže i kao ptica iz ruku ptičaru.

⁶Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

⁶Idi k mravu, lijenčino, promatraj njegove pute i budi mudar:

⁷Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

⁷on nema vođe, nadzornika, ni nadstojnika,

⁸Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

⁸ljeti se sebi brine za hranu i prikuplja jelo u doba žetve.

⁹How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

⁹A ti, dokle ćeš, lijenčino, spavati? Kad ćeš se dići oda sna svoga?

¹⁰Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

¹⁰Još malo odspavaj, još malo odrijemaj, još malo podvij ruke za počinak

¹¹So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

¹¹i doći će tvoje siromaštvo kao skitač i tvoja oskudica kao oružanik.

¹²A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

¹²Nevaljalac i opak čovjek hodi s lažljivim ustima;

¹³He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

¹³namiguje očima, lupka nogama, pokazuje prstima;

¹⁴Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

¹⁴prijevare su mu u srcu, snuje zlo u svako doba, zameće svađe.

¹⁵Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

¹⁵Zato će mu iznenada doći propast, i učas će se slomiti i neće mu biti lijeka.

¹⁶These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

¹⁶Šest je stvari koje Gospod mrzi, a sedam ih je gnusoba njegovu biću:

¹⁷A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

¹⁷ohole oči, lažljiv jezik, ruke koje prolijevaju krv nevinu,

¹⁸An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

¹⁸srce koje smišlja grešne misli, noge koje hitaju na zlo,

¹⁹A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

¹⁹lažan svjedok koji širi laži, i čovjek koji zameće svađe među braćom.

²⁰My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

²⁰Sine moj, čuvaj zapovijedi oca svoga i ne odbacuj nauka matere svoje.

²¹Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

²¹Priveži ih sebi na srce zauvijek, ovij ih oko svoga grla;

²²When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

²²da te vode kada hodiš, da te čuvaju kada spavaš i da te razgovaraju kad se probudiš.

²³For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

²³Jer je zapovijed svjetiljka, pouka je svjetlost, opomene stege put su života;

²⁴To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

²⁴da te čuvaju od zle žene, od laskava jezika tuđinke.

²⁵Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

²⁵Ne poželi u svom srcu njezine ljepote i ne daj da te osvoji trepavicama svojim,

²⁶For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.

²⁶jer bludnici dostaje i komad kruha, dok preljubnica lovi dragocjeni život.

²⁷Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

²⁷Može li tko nositi oganj u njedrima a da mu se odjeća ne upali?

²⁸Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

²⁸Može li tko hoditi po živom ugljevlju a svojih nogu da ne ožeže?

²⁹So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

²⁹Tako biva onomu tko ide k ženi svoga bližnjega: neće ostati bez kazne tko god se nje dotakne.

³⁰Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

³⁰Ne sramote li lupeža sve ako je krao da gladan utoli glad:

³¹But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

³¹uhvaćen, on sedmerostruko vraća i plaća svim imanjem kuće svoje.

³²But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

³²Nerazuman je, dakle, tko se upušta s preljubnicom; dušu svoju gubi koji tako čini.

³³A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

³³Bruke i sramote dopada i rug mu se nikad ne briše.

³⁴For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

³⁴Jer bijesna je ljubomornost u muža: on ne zna za milost u osvetni dan;

³⁵He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

³⁵ne pristaje ni na kakav otkup i ne prima ma kolike mu darove dao.