1When you sit down to eat a meal with a ◄government official/king►,
2Even if you ◄have a big appetite/want to eat a lot of food►,
3Do not want to eat a lot of his fine food,
4Do not cause yourself to become very tired by working very hard to become rich;
5because as soon as you look [MTY] at all the money that you have acquired, it will be gone;
6If someone who is stingy invites you to a meal,
7because he will be thinking about how much the food cost that you are eating.
8When you realize what he is really thinking, it will cause you to want to vomit what you have eaten;
9◄Do not waste time by/It is useless► talking to foolish people;
10Do not steal someone’s property by removing a boundary marker that has been there for a long time,
11because Yahweh is strong, and he is like a relative that has the responsibility to defend them,
12Pay attention to what your teachers teach you,
13Do not refuse to discipline your children;
14and it may save them from going to the place where dead people are.
15My son/child, if you [SYN] become wise,
16I [SYN] will rejoice when I hear you [SYN] say what is right/wise.
17Do not envy sinful people;
18If you do that, you will be happy in the future,
19My son/child, listen carefully to me and become wise,
20Do not associate with those who drink a lot of ◄wine/strong drink►
21because drunkards and gluttons will become poor;
22Pay attention to what your father tells you,
23Try to know/learn what is wise, and get good instruction and understanding;
24Righteous children will cause their parents to be very happy;
25Do what will cause your father to be glad
26My son, heed what I say to you,
27Prostitutes and immoral women [DOU] are like [MET] a deep pit
28They wait for you like robbers [SIM],
29I will tell you [RHQ] what kind of people are always miserable and sad.
30It is those who drink a lot of wine,
31Do not look with pleasure at red wine that looks nice, and which sparkles when it is poured out into cups,
32because the next morning you will feel like you have been bitten by a poisonous snake [DOU].
33You [SYN] will think that you are seeing strange/weird things,
34You will think you are in a ship that is tossing on the sea;
35You will say, “I think that someone struck me, but he did not hurt me;