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

¹When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well who is before thee;

²stavljaš nož sebi pod grlo ako si proždrljivac;

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

³ne poželi slastica njegovih jer su jelo prijevarno.

³Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.

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

⁴Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:

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

⁵wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.

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

⁶Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties.

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

⁷For as he thinketh in his soul, so is he. Eat and drink! will he say unto thee; but his heart is not with thee.

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

⁸Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou vomit up, and thou wilt have wasted thy sweet words.

⁹Pred bezumnikom nemoj govoriti jer prezire tvoje umne riječi.

⁹Speak not in the ears of a foolish [man], for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

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

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

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

¹¹for their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause against thee.

¹²Obrati pouci srce svoje i uho svoje riječima mudrim.

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

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

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

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

¹⁴thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.

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

¹⁵My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine;

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

¹⁶and my reins shall exult, when thy lips speak right things.

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

¹⁷Let not thy heart envy sinners, but [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day;

¹⁸jer imat ćeš budućnost i tvoja nada neće propasti.

¹⁸for surely there is a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

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

¹⁹Thou, my son, hear and be wise, and direct thy heart in the way.

²⁰Ne druži se s vinopijama ni sa žderačima mesa,

²⁰Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh.

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

²¹For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.

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

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

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

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

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

²⁴The father of a righteous [man] shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise [son] shall have joy of him:

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

²⁵let thy father and thy mother have joy, and let her that bore thee rejoice.

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

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

²⁷Jer bludnica je jama duboka i tuđinka tijesan zdenac.

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

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

²⁸She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.

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

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

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

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

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

³¹Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:

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

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

³³Oči će ti gledati tlapnje i srce govoriti ludosti.

³³Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things;

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

³⁴and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast:

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

³⁵-- ''They have smitten me, [and] I am not sore; they have beaten me, [and] I knew it not. When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.''