¹Sin moj, če si postal porok bližnjemu svojemu, če si s podano roko obljubil za tujca:

¹My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger;

²zadrgnil si se z besedami svojih ust, ujet si z besedami svojih ust.

²You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

³Stóri tisto skoraj, sin moj, in reši se, ker si prišel bližnjemu svojemu v roko; pojdi, spusti se na kolena in s prošnjami nadleguj bližnjega svojega!

³Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.

⁴Ne dovoli spanja svojim očem, ne dremanja trepalnicam svojim;

⁴Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.

⁵reši se kakor gazela iz roke lovčeve in kakor ptica iz ptičarjeve pesti.

⁵Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

⁶Pojdi k mravlji, o lenuh, oglej si pota njena in uči se modrosti:

⁶Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

⁷nima vodnika, nadzornika ali zapovednika,

⁸vendar pripravlja poleti hrano svojo, ob žetvi znaša, kar bo uživala.

⁸provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

⁹Doklej boš polegal, lenuh? kdaj vstaneš iz spanja svojega?

⁹How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

¹⁰Malo boš pospančkal, malo podremal, malo sklenil roke in poležal:

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

¹¹v tem ti pride uboštvo kakor uren popotnik in nuja nadte kakor oboroženec.

¹¹so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

¹²Belijalov človek, krivičen mož je, kdor hodi s spačenimi usti,

¹²A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;

¹³mežika z očmi, beseduje z nogami, pomiguje s prsti.

¹³who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers;

¹⁴Vsakršna spačenost tiči v srcu njegovem, zlo snuje sleherni čas, prepire napravlja.

¹⁴in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

¹⁵Zatorej pride nagloma nesreča njegova, v hipu se razbije in ne bo ozdravljenja.

¹⁵Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

¹⁶Šestero je reči, ki jih sovraži GOSPOD, in sedmero se jih studi duši njegovi:

¹⁶There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:

¹⁷oči visoke, jezik lažnjiv in roke, prelivajoče nedolžno kri,

¹⁷haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;

¹⁸srce, ki snuje hudobne naklepe, noge, urno tekoče v hudo,

¹⁸a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

¹⁹kriva priča, ki raznaša laži, in kdor prepire seje med brati.

¹⁹a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

²⁰Hrani, sin moj, zapoved očeta svojega in ne zametuj nauka matere svoje;

²⁰My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.

²¹privezuj ju na srce svoje vedno, pripenjaj ju na grlo svoje!

²¹Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.

²²Kamor koli pojdeš, te bosta spremljala, ko boš ležal, bosta pazila nate, in ko se zbudiš, se pogovarjala s teboj.

²²When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.

²³Kajti zapoved je svetilnica in nauk je luč; in poučna svarila so pot življenja,

²³For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

²⁴da te obvarujejo ženske hudobne, prilizovanja jezika tujke.

²⁴to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.

²⁵Ne poželi si lepote njene v srcu in s trepalnicami svojimi naj te ne ujame.

²⁵Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

²⁶Kajti zaradi nečiste ženske se izgubi kruhek in prešeštnica lovi dušo dragoceno.

²⁶For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

²⁷Ali vzame kdo ogenj v nedrje svoje, in oblačila se mu ne osmode?

²⁷Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?

²⁸Ali pa more kdo hoditi po žerjavici, da bi se mu noge ne obžgale?

²⁸Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?

²⁹Tako, kdor se shaja z bližnjega svojega ženo, kdorkoli se je dotakne, ne ostane brez kazni.

²⁹So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.

³⁰Ne zadene zaničevanje tatu, ako ukrade, da uteši poželenje svoje, ko je gladen;

³⁰Men don’t despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:

³¹vendar zasačen mora povrniti sedemkrat, dati mora vse blago hiše svoje.

³¹but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.

³²A kdor prešeštvuje z ženo, norí; kdor se hoče pogubiti, naj to stori.

³²He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.

³³Šiba in nečast ga zadeneta, in sramota njegova se ne izbriše.

³³He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away.

³⁴Ker ljubosumnost razvname srd moža, zato ne prizanese v dan maščevanja.Ne mara nobene odkupnine in ne sprejme, ponujaj še toliko darov.

³⁴For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won’t spare in the day of vengeance.

³⁵Ne mara nobene odkupnine in ne sprejme, ponujaj še toliko darov.

³⁵He won’t regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.