1 WYC Wisdom bildide an hous to him silf; he hewide out seuene pileris, BSB BSB: Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.
2 WYC he offride his slayn sacrifices, he medlide wijn, and settide forth his table. BSB BSB: She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
3 WYC He sente hise handmaides, that thei schulden clepe to the tour; and to the wallis of the citee. BSB BSB: She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.
4 WYC If ony man is litil; come he to me. And wisdom spak to vnwise men, BSB BSB: “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
5 WYC Come ye, ete ye my breed; and drynke ye the wiyn, which Y haue medlid to you. BSB BSB: “Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.
6 WYC Forsake ye yong childhed, and lyue ye; and go ye bi the weyes of prudence. BSB BSB: Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
7 WYC He that techith a scornere, doith wrong to him silf; and he that vndirnymmeth a wickid man, gendrith a wem to him silf. BSB BSB: He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
8 WYC Nile thou vndirnyme a scornere; lest he hate thee. Vndirnyme thou a wise man; and he schal loue thee. BSB BSB: Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
9 WYC Yyue thou occasioun to a wise man; and wisdom schal be encreessid to hym. Teche thou a iust man; and he schal haste to take. BSB BSB: Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
10 WYC The bigynnyng of wisdom is the dreed of the Lord; and prudence is the kunnyng of seyntis. BSB BSB: The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11 WYC For thi daies schulen be multiplied bi me; and yeeris of lijf schulen be encreessid to thee. BSB BSB: For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
12 WYC If thou art wijs; thou schalt be to thi silf, and to thi neiyboris. Forsothe if thou art a scornere; thou aloone schalt bere yuel. BSB BSB: If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
13 WYC A fonned womman, and ful of cry, and ful of vnleueful lustis, and that kan no thing outirli, BSB BSB: The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
14 WYC sittith in the doris of hir hous, on a seete, in an hiy place of the cite; BSB BSB: She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
15 WYC to clepe men passinge bi the weie, and men goynge in her iournei. BSB BSB: calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.
16 WYC Who is a litil man `of wit; bowe he to me. And sche spak to a coward, BSB BSB: “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
17 WYC Watris of thefte ben swettere, and breed hid is swettere. BSB BSB: “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
18 WYC And wiste not that giauntis ben there; and the gestis `of hir ben in the depthis of helle. Sotheli he that schal be applied, ether fastned, to hir; schal go doun to hellis. For whi he that goith awei fro hir; schal be saued. BSB BSB: But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
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