⁶ Go watch the ants, you lazy person.
    Watch what they do and be wise.
⁷ Ants have no commander.
    They have no leader or ruler.
⁸ But they store up food in the summer.
    They gather their supplies at harvest.
⁹ How long will you lie there, you lazy person?
    When will you get up from sleeping?
¹⁰ You sleep a little; you take a nap.
    You fold your hands and rest.
¹¹ So you will be as poor as if you had been robbed.
    You will have as little as if you had been held up.

⁴ A lazy person will end up poor.
    But a hard worker will become rich.

⁵ A son who gathers crops when they are ready is wise.
    But the son who sleeps through the harvest is a disgrace.

²⁶ A lazy person brings trouble to the one he works for.
    He bothers others like vinegar on the teeth or smoke in the eyes.

¹¹ The person who works his land will have plenty of food.
    But the one who chases useless dreams isn’t wise.

²⁴ Hard workers will become leaders.
    But those who are lazy will be slaves.

²⁷ A lazy person catches no food to cook.
    But a hard worker will have great wealth.

⁴ The lazy person will not get what he wants.
    But a hard worker gets everything he wants.

¹¹ Money that comes easily disappears quickly.
    But money that is gathered little by little will slowly grow.

²³ Those who work hard make a profit.
    But those who only talk will be poor.

¹⁹ A lazy person’s life is as difficult as walking through a patch of thorns.
    But an honest person’s life is as easy as walking down a smooth highway.