1yImev boast about wa'leS; vaD SoH yImev Sov nuq a jaj may qem vo'.
2chaw' another loD naD SoH, je ghobe' lIj ghaj nujDu'; a stranger, je ghobe' lIj ghaj wuSDu'.
3A nagh ghaH 'ugh, je sand ghaH a burden; 'ach a fool's provocation ghaH heavier than both.
4QeHpu' ghaH cruel, je QeH ghaH overwhelming; 'ach 'Iv ghaH laH Daq Qam qaSpa' jealousy?
5Better ghaH poSmoH rebuke than hidden muSHa'.
6voqmoH 'oH the QIDpu'ghachmey vo' a friend; although the kisses vo' an jagh 'oH profuse.
7A teblu'ta' qa' loathes a honeycomb; 'ach Daq a hungry qa', Hoch bitter Doch ghaH sweet.
8As a toQ vetlh wanders vo' Daj nest, vaj ghaH a loD 'Iv wanders vo' Daj home.
9Perfume je He' qem Quch Daq the tIq; vaj ta'taH earnest qeS vo' a man's friend.
10yImev lon lIj friend je lIj vav friend. yImev jaH Daq lIj brother's tuq Daq the jaj vo' lIj disaster: better ghaH a jIl 'Iv ghaH Sum than a distant loDnI'.
11taH val, wIj puqloD, je qem Quch Daq wIj tIq, vaj jIH laH jang wIj tormentor.
12A prudent loD sees danger je takes lulIgh; 'ach the nap juS Daq, je suffer vaD 'oH.
13tlhap Daj garment ghorgh ghaH puts Dung collateral vaD a stranger. 'uch 'oH vaD a wayward be'!
14ghaH 'Iv ghurmoHtaH Daj jIl tlhej a loud ghogh early Daq the po, 'oH DichDaq taH tlhappu' as a mu'qaD Sum ghaH.
15A continual dropping Daq a rainy jaj je a contentious be'nal 'oH alike:
16restraining Daj ghaH rur restraining the SuS, joq rur grasping Hergh Daq Daj nIH ghop.
17Iron sharpens iron; vaj a loD sharpens Daj friend's countenance.
18'Iv tends the fig Sor DIchDaq Sop its baQ. ghaH 'Iv looks after Daj pIn DIchDaq taH honored.
19As bIQ reflects a qab, vaj a loD's tIq reflects the man.
20Sheol { Note: Sheol ghaH the Daq vo' the Heghpu'. } je Abaddon 'oH never satisfied; je a man's mInDu' 'oH never satisfied.
21The crucible ghaH vaD baS chIS, je the furnace vaD SuD baS; 'ach loD ghaH refined Sum Daj naD.
22'a' SoH grind a fool Daq a mortar tlhej a pestle along tlhej grain, yet Daj foolishness DichDaq ghobe' taH teqta' vo' ghaH.
23Sov QaQ the state vo' lIj flocks, je pay attention Daq lIj herds:
24vaD riches 'oH ghobe' reH, ghobe' ta'taH 'ach the crown SIQ Daq Hoch DISmey.
25The hay ghaH teqta', je the chu' growth appears, the grasses vo' the hills 'oH boSta' Daq.
26The 'erHommey 'oH vaD lIj Sut, je the goats 'oH the price vo' a yotlh.
27pa' DichDaq taH plenty vo' goats' milk vaD lIj Soj, vaD lIj family's Soj, je vaD the nourishment vo' lIj toy'wI' girls.