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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

⁴Ne daj sna svojim očima ni drijema svojim vjeđama;

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

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

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

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

⁷on nema vođe, nadzornika, ni nadstojnika,

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

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

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

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

¹⁰A 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 your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

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

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

¹²Nevaljalac i opak čovjek hodi s lažljivim ustima;

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

¹³namiguje očima, lupka nogama, pokazuje prstima;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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