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

¹Kadar boš sedel, da ješ z vladarjem, pazi pridno na njega, ki je pred teboj;

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

²drugače nastaviš nož na goltanec svoj, ako bi bil poželjivosti poln.

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

³Ne požéli slaščic njegovih, ker je jed varljiva.

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

⁴Ne trudi se, da bi obogatel: te razumnosti svoje se odvadi!

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

⁵Ali naj bi oči vpiral v to, česar skoraj ne bode? Kajti bogastvo si res dela peruti, kakor orel zleti proti nebu.

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

⁶Ne uživaj jedi njega, ki ima oko nevoščljivo, in ne poželi slaščic njegovih;

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

⁷kajti odmerja ti vse v srcu svojem. „Jej in pij!“ ti veli, toda srce njegovo ni s teboj.

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

⁸Grižljaj, ki si ga pojedel, boš izbljuval, in izgubil si sladke besede svoje.

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

⁹Vpričo bedaka ne govóri, kajti zaničeval bo razumnost tvojih besed.

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

¹⁰Ne premikaj starega mejnika in ne stopaj na njive sirot!

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

¹¹Močan je namreč njih odrešenik, on se potegne za njih pravdo zoper tebe.

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

¹²Nagni k pouku srce svoje in ušesa svoja k besedam znanja.

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

¹³Ne odtezaj dečku strahovanja, kajti če ga udariš s šibo, ne umrje.

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

¹⁴Opletaj ga s šibo, in otmeš dušo njegovo iz pekla.

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

¹⁵Sin moj, če je modro srce tvoje, veselilo se bo tudi moje srce,

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

¹⁶in radovale se bodo ledice moje, ko bodo govorile ustne tvoje, kar je pošteno.

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

¹⁷Srce tvoje naj ne zavida grešnikom, ampak góri za strah GOSPODOV ves dan.

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

¹⁸Zares, še je zate bodočnost, in upanje tvoje se ne bo iztrebilo.

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

¹⁹Poslušaj, sin moj, in bodi moder in po ravnem potu vodi srce svoje.

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

²⁰Ne bivaj med popivači vina, ne med požeruhi mesa:

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

²¹zakaj požrešnik obuboža in pijanec, in s cunjami se bo oblačil zaspanec.

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

²²Poslušaj očeta svojega, ki te je rodil, in ne zaničuj matere svoje, ko se postara.

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

²³Resnico kupi in je ne prodaj, nabavi si modrosti, pouka in razumnosti.

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

²⁴Silno se raduje oče pravičnega, in kdor je rodil modrega, se ga veseli.

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

²⁵Veseli se naj oče tvoj in mati tvoja, in naj se raduje roditeljica tvoja!

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

²⁶Daj mi, sin moj, srce svoje, in oči naj se ti vesele na potih mojih.

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

²⁷Kajti jama globoka je nečistnica in tesen vodnjak tuja žena;

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

²⁸ker ona kakor razbojnik preži in nezvestnike množi med ljudmi.

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

²⁹Komu gorjé, komu joj? čigavi so prepiri, čigavo jadikovanje? čigave rane brez vzroka? čigava motnost oči?

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

³⁰Njih, ki pozno sedevajo pri vinu, ki hodijo okušat mešano pijačo.

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

³¹Ne glej vina, ko se zlati, ko kaže v kozarcu barvo svojo! Gladko teče po grlu,

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

³²a naposled piči kakor kača in zbode kakor gad.

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

³³Oči tvoje bodo čudne videle stvari in srce tvoje bo govorilo napačnosti.

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:

³⁴In bodeš, kakor kdor leži sredi morja in kakor kdor leži na vrhu jadrnika.Bíli so me, porečeš, a ni me bolelo, tepli so me, nisem čutil. Ko se zbudim, bom nadaljeval, zopet ga poiščem!

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.”

³⁵Bíli so me, porečeš, a ni me bolelo, tepli so me, nisem čutil. Ko se zbudim, bom nadaljeval, zopet ga poiščem!