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

¹Li xcuak li naßleb, aßan aßin: Nak tatbokekß chi cuaßac riqßuin junak cuînk nim xcuanquil, tâcßoxla chi us ani aj iqßuin yôcat chi cuaßac.

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

²Matcuaßac chi nabal usta kßaxal tattzßocâk.

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

³Mâra ru li châbil tzacaêmk cuan saß lix mêx, xban nak mâre re âbalakßinquil nak xqßue.

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

⁴Li xcuuk li naßleb, aßan aßin: Mêtacuasi êrib chixsicßbal lê biomal chi moco chi xic êchßôl chirix li cßaßru cuan êre.

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

⁵Lâex têqßue retal nak li biomal mâcßaß na-oc cuiß. Saß junpât na-osoß. Chanchan nak narupupic li cßuch.

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

⁶Li xcuakxak li naßleb, aßan aßin: Incßaß texxic chi cuaßac riqßuineb li pixeb, chi moco têra ru lix châbil tzacaêmk.

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

⁷Eb aßan nequeßxbok chi cuaßac ut nequeßxye êre “Ocankex, cuaßinkex”. Abanan moco yâl ta li nequeßxye. Incßaß nequenau cßaßru cuan saß xchßôleb.

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

⁸Têxaßcua li cßaßru xetzaca ut mâcßaß aj e nak xeye châbil âtin reheb.

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

⁹Li xbele li naßleb, aßan aßin: Incßaß têqßue xnaßleb li incßaß nequeßxtau xyâlal, xban nak teßxseße li châbil naßleb li tâqßuehekß reheb.

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

¹⁰Li xlaje li naßleb, aßan aßin: Incßaß têjal xnaßaj li nubâl li ac qßuebil najter, chi moco têchap xchßochßeb li mâcßaßeb xnaß xyucuaß,

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

¹¹xban nak eb aßan cuan Jun cau rib nacoloc reheb. Ut Aßan târakok âtin saß êbên.

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

¹²Li xjunlaju li naßleb, aßan aßin: Qßuehomak êchßôl chixqßuebal retal lê tijbal ut têrabi li naßleb li tâqßuehekß êre.

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

¹³Li xcablaju li naßleb, aßan aßin: Junelic têkßus li sâj al. Cui têqßue cuib oxibak lix tzßûm, aßan incßaß tâcâmk xban.

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

¹⁴Têqßue chi tzßûm. Chi joßcan yôkex chixcolbal chiru li sachc.

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

¹⁵Ex cualal incßajol, nak têtau lê naßleb, kßaxal cuißchic tâsahokß inchßôl lâin.

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

¹⁶Cßajoß nak tâsahokß saß inchßôl nak tincuabi nak yôkex chi âtinac saß tîquilal.

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

¹⁷Mêra ru li mâusilal li nequeßxbânu eb laj mâc. Junelic ban chexucua ru li Dios.

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

¹⁸Cui têbânu aßan, us tex-êlk riqßuin li cßaßru têbânu ut têcßul li cßaßru yôquex chiroybeninquil.

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

¹⁹Abihomak, ex cualal incßajol. Chicuânk ênaßleb ut qßuehomak êchßôl chi cuânc saß tîquilal.

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

²⁰Incßaß têcßam êrib riqßuineb li nequeßcala. Ut mêbânu êre joß nequeßxbânu li nequeßnum-ucßac ut nequeßnumcuaßac.

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

²¹Eb li nequeßcala ut eb li nequeßnum-ucßac nequeßnumcuaßac teßcanâk chi mâcßaß cuanqueb re. Ut eb li incßaß nequeßraj cßanjelac, teßcanâk chi mâcßaß rakßeb.

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

²²Chex-abînk chiru lê yucuaß xban nak cui ta mâcßaß aßan, mâcßaßex ajcuiß raj lâex. Mêtzßektâna lê naß nak ac xchecoß. Cheqßue ban xlokßal.

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

²³Li naßleb ut lix yâlal ut li kßusecß kßaxal terto xtzßak. Mêcanab chi numecß yal chi joßcan.

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

²⁴Cßajoß nak tâsahokß saß xchßôl junak yucuaßbej nak cuânk junak ralal châbil ut cuânk xnaßleb. Cuan cßaßut nak sahak saß xchßôl riqßuin.

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

²⁵Cheqßuehak biß chi sahocß saß xchßôleb lê naß êyucuaß. Junelic cheßsahokß saß xchßôleb êriqßuin.

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

²⁶Ex cualal incßajol, cheqßuehak êchßôl chirabinquil li cßaßru tinye êre. Ut chebânuhak li us joß ninbânu lâin.

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

²⁷Mêqßue êrib chixbalakßi li ixk li incßaß us xnaßleb. Ut mêqßue êrib chixbalakßi li ixk li naxcßayi rib xban nak eb li ixk aßan chanchaneb li chamal jul li naru textßanekß cuiß.

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

²⁸Eb li ixk aßan chanchaneb laj êlkß yôqueb chixqßuebal retal jokße naru teßxqßue chi tßanecß li cuînk. Ut nabaleb li cuînk nequeßxqßue chi sachc.

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

²⁹¿Aniheb li teßcßuluk re li raylal? ¿Aniheb li teßcßuluk re li chßaßajquilal? ¿Aniheb li nequeßpletic? Ut, ¿aniheb li nequeßyâbac? ¿Aniheb li nequeßtochßeß chi mâcßaß rajbal? Ut, ¿aniheb li cak cak nequeßiloc?

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

³⁰Aßan eb li junelic yôqueb chi calâc, li incßaß nequeßxcanab ucßac vino. Junelic yôqueb chixsicßbal jalan chic haß re teßcalâk.

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

³¹Abanan lâex, ex cualal incßajol, mêqßue êrib chi âlêc xban li vino, usta cak cak ru nak na-oc saß li secß. Usta sa rucßbal, mêra ru.

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

³²Cui têrucß li vino, aßan naqßuehoc raylal. Chanchan natißoc li cßantiß.

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

³³Nak ac xerucß li vino, texqßue chi rilbal cßaßak re ru incßaß us ut tex-oc chi âtinac yibru aj âtin xban nak incßaß chic jultic êre.

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.

³⁴Têrecßa nak chanchan nak yocyôquex saß junak jucub saß xbên li palau. Malaj ut têrecßa nak chanchan nak cuanquex chak saß rußuj junak li cheß najt xteram.Ut têye: —Xineßxsacß ut incßaß xcuecßa. Xineßxsacß ut incßaß xinqßue retal jokße xineßxsacß. Nak tâaj cuu, tinxic cuißchic chi ucßac, chaßkex.

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.

³⁵Ut têye: —Xineßxsacß ut incßaß xcuecßa. Xineßxsacß ut incßaß xinqßue retal jokße xineßxsacß. Nak tâaj cuu, tinxic cuißchic chi ucßac, chaßkex.