1rur chuchHommey Daq summer, je as rain Daq harvest, vaj quv ghaH ghobe' fitting vaD a fool.
2rur a fluttering sparrow, rur a darting swallow, vaj the undeserved mu'qaD ta'be' ghoS Daq leS.
3A whip ghaH vaD the horse, a bridle vaD the SarghHom, je a DevwI' naQ vaD the DoH vo' fools!
4yImev jang a fool according Daq Daj folly, lest SoH je taH rur ghaH.
5jang a fool according Daq Daj folly, lest ghaH taH val Daq Daj ghaj mInDu'.
6wa' 'Iv sends a message Sum the ghop vo' a fool ghaH cutting litHa' qamDu' je drinking violence.
7rur the legs vo' the lame vetlh hang loose: vaj ghaH a parable Daq the nujDu' vo' fools.
8As wa' 'Iv binds a nagh Daq a sling, vaj ghaH ghaH 'Iv nob quv Daq a fool.
9rur a thornbush vetlh goes Daq the ghop vo' a drunkard, vaj ghaH a parable Daq the nujDu' vo' fools.
10As an archer 'Iv QIDpu'ghachmey Hoch, vaj ghaH ghaH 'Iv hires a fool joq ghaH 'Iv hires chaH 'Iv juS Sum.
11As a dog vetlh returns Daq Daj vomit, vaj ghaH a fool 'Iv repeats Daj folly.
12ta' SoH legh a loD val Daq Daj ghaj mInDu'? pa' ghaH latlh tul vaD a fool than vaD ghaH.
13The sluggard jatlhtaH, “ pa' ghaH a HaDI'baH Daq the road! A fierce HaDI'baH roams the streets!”
14As the lojmIt turns Daq its hinges, vaj ta'taH the sluggard Daq Daj bed.
15The sluggard buries Daj ghop Daq the dish. ghaH ghaH too lazy Daq qem 'oH DoH Daq Daj nujDu'.
16The sluggard ghaH wiser Daq Daj ghaj mInDu' than Soch loDpu' 'Iv jang tlhej discretion.
17rur wa' 'Iv grabs a dog's qoghDu' ghaH wa' 'Iv passes Sum je meddles Daq a quarrel ghobe' Daj ghaj.
18rur a madman 'Iv shoots torches, arrows, je Hegh,
19ghaH the loD 'Iv deceives Daj jIl je jatlhtaH, “ 'oH jIH ghobe' joking?”
20vaD Hutlh vo' wood a qul goes pa'. Hutlh gossip, a quarrel dies bIng.
21As coals 'oH Daq hot embers, je wood Daq qul, vaj ghaH a contentious loD Daq kindling strife.
22The mu'mey vo' a whisperer 'oH as dainty morsels, chaH jaH bIng Daq the innermost parts.
23rur baS chIS Dochmey lI'be' Daq an earthen vessel 'oH the wuSDu' vo' a fervent wa' tlhej an mIghtaHghach tIq.
24A malicious loD disguises himself tlhej Daj wuSDu', 'ach ghaH harbors mIghtaHghach Daq Daj tIq.
25ghorgh Daj speech ghaH charming, yImev Har ghaH; vaD pa' 'oH Soch qabqu'boghghachmey Daq Daj tIq.
26Daj malice may taH concealed Sum deception, 'ach Daj mIghtaHghach DichDaq taH exposed Daq the yej.
27'Iv digs a pit DIchDaq pum Daq 'oH. 'Iv rolls a nagh, 'oH DichDaq ghoS DoH Daq ghaH.
28A lying jat muS chaH 'oH hurts; je a flattering nujDu' vum ruin.