Ordspråksboken 23
Svenska Folkbibeln
23 När du sitter till bords med en furste,
besinna då vem du har framför dig.
2 Sätt kniven mot din strupe
om du är alltför hungrig.
3 Var ej lysten efter hans läckerheter,
det kan vara bedräglig kost.
4 Slit inte ut dig för att bli rik,
var klok nog att avstå från det.
5 Far inte med blicken efter det som ingenting är,
ty det gör sig vingar
och flyger som örnen mot himlen.
6 Ät inte den missunnsammes[a] bröd
var ej lysten efter hans läckerheter,
7 för han handlar efter sina själviska beräkningar.
"Ät och drick" säger han till dig,
men menar det ej.
8 Den bit du ätit måste du spy ut,
och dina vackra ord är förspillda.
9 Tala inte för en dåres öron,
han föraktar dina kloka ord.
10 Flytta inte en gammal gränssten
och gör inte intrång på de faderlösas åkrar.
11 Ty deras återlösare är stark.
Han skall föra deras talan mot dig.
12 Öppna ditt hjärta för tillrättavisning
och dina öron för kunskapens ord.
13 Låt inte pojken vara utan fostran,
slår du honom med riset skall han inte dö.
14 När du slår honom med riset
räddar du hans själ från dödsriket.
15 Min son, om ditt hjärta blir vist
gläder sig också mitt hjärta.
16 Mitt innersta fröjdar sig
när dina läppar talar det rätta.
17 Låt inte ditt hjärta avundas syndare,
utan sträva alltid efter Herrens fruktan.
18 Förvisso har du då en framtid,
och ditt hopp skall ej bli om intet.
19 Hör, min son, och bli vis
och låt ditt hjärta gå rätta vägar.
20 Umgås inte med drinkare
eller med dem som frossar i mat.
21 Ty drinkare och frossare blir fattiga,
och sömnaktighet ger trasiga kläder.
22 Lyssna till din far som har fött dig
och förakta inte din mor när hon blir gammal.
23 Förvärva sanning och sälj den inte,
förvärva vishet, fostran och insikt.
24 Jubel fyller den rättfärdiges far,
en vis son skänker glädje.
25 Låt din far och mor vara glada,
må hon som fött dig kunna fröjda sig.
26 Min son, ge mig ditt hjärta
och låt mina vägar behaga dig.
27 Ty skökan är en djup grop,
den okända kvinnan en trång brunn.
28 Ja, som en rövare ligger hon på lur,
hon förökar de trolösas skara bland människorna.
29 Vem ropar "ack", vem ropar "ve"?
Vem vållar kiv, vem klagar?
Vem har sår utan orsak?
Vem har dimmiga ögon?
30 De som stannar länge vid vinet,
de som går för att pröva kryddat vin.
31 Se inte på vinet att det är så rött,
att det ger sådan glans i bägaren
och rinner ner så lätt.
32 Till slut biter det som en orm,
och stinger som en giftorm.
33 Dina ögon får då se konstiga syner,
och ditt hjärta talar galenskaper.
34 Du blir lik en som ligger mitt ute på havet
eller svävar i toppen av en mast.
35 "De slår mig, men det gör inte ont,
de ger mig stryk, men jag känner inget.
När skall jag vakna,
så att jag kan få tag i mer?"
Footnotes
- Ordspråksboken 23:6 den missunnsamme Ordagrant: "den som har ett ont öga".
Proverbs 23
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
23 When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider who and what are before you;
2 For you will put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to desire.
3 Be not desirous of his dainties, for it is deceitful food [offered with questionable motives].
4 Weary not yourself to be rich; cease from your own [human] wisdom.(A)
5 Will you set your eyes upon wealth, when [suddenly] it is gone? For riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.
6 Eat not the bread of him who has a hard, grudging, and envious eye, neither desire his dainty foods;
7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. As one who reckons, he says to you, eat and drink, yet his heart is not with you [but is grudging the cost].
8 The morsel which you have eaten you will vomit up, and your complimentary words will be wasted.
9 Speak not in the ears of a [self-confident] fool, for he will despise the [godly] Wisdom of your words.(B)
10 Remove not the ancient landmark and enter not into the fields of the fatherless,(C)
11 For their Redeemer is mighty; He will plead their cause against you.
12 Apply your mind to instruction and correction and your ears to words of knowledge.
13 Withhold not discipline from the child; for if you strike and punish him with the [reedlike] rod, he will not die.
14 You shall whip him with the rod and deliver his life from Sheol (Hades, the place of the dead).
15 My son, if your heart is wise, my heart will be glad, even mine;
16 Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak right things.
17 Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord all the day long.
18 For surely there is a latter end [a future and a reward], and your hope and expectation shall not be cut off.
19 Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your mind in the way [of the Lord].
20 Do not associate with winebibbers; be not among them nor among gluttonous eaters of meat,(D)
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
22 Hearken to your father, who begot you, and despise not your mother when she is old.
23 Buy the truth and sell it not; not only that, but also get discernment and judgment, instruction and understanding.
24 The father of the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) shall greatly rejoice, and he who becomes the father of a wise child shall have joy in him.
25 Let your father and your mother be glad, and let her who bore you rejoice.
26 My son, give me your heart and let your eyes observe and delight in my ways,
27 For a harlot is a deep ditch, and a loose woman is a narrow pit.
28 She also lies in wait as a robber or as one waits for prey, and she increases the treacherous among men.
29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness and dimness of eyes?
30 Those who tarry long at the wine, those who go to seek and try mixed wine.(E)
31 Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the wineglass, when it goes down smoothly.
32 At the last it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder.
33 [Under the influence of wine] your eyes will behold strange things [and loose women] and your mind will utter things turned the wrong way [untrue, incorrect, and petulant].
34 Yes, you will be [as unsteady] as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, and [as open to disaster] as he who lies upon the top of a mast.
35 You will say, They struck me, but I was not hurt! They beat me [as with a hammer], but I did not feel it! When shall I awake? I will crave and seek more wine again [and escape reality].
Proverbs 23
King James Version
23 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.
18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
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