¹When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;

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

²put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.

²stavljaš nož sebi pod grlo ako si proždrljivac;

³Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

³ne poželi slastica njegovih jer su jelo prijevarno.

⁴Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

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

⁵Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

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

⁶Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies:

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

⁷for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

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

⁸The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, and lose your good words.

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

⁹Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

⁹Pred bezumnikom nemoj govoriti jer prezire tvoje umne riječi.

¹⁰Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless:

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

¹¹for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.

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

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

¹²Obrati pouci srce svoje i uho svoje riječima mudrim.

¹³Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

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

¹⁴Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. .

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

¹⁵My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine:

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

¹⁶yes, my heart will rejoice, when your lips speak what is right.

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

¹⁷Don’t let your heart envy sinners; but rather fear Yahweh all the day long.

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

¹⁸Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.

¹⁸jer imat ćeš budućnost i tvoja nada neće propasti.

¹⁹Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!

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

²⁰Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:

²⁰Ne druži se s vinopijama ni sa žderačima mesa,

²¹for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

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

²²Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

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

²³Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

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

²⁴The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

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

²⁵Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!

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

²⁶My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.

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

²⁷For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

²⁷Jer bludnica je jama duboka i tuđinka tijesan zdenac.

²⁸Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

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

²⁹Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

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

³⁰Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.

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

³¹Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.

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

³²In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.

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

³³Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.

³³Oči će ti gledati tlapnje i srce govoriti ludosti.

³⁴Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:

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

³⁵“They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don’t feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another.”

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