1 Mawath (death) zabawabay (flies) cause the shaman (oil) of the perfumer to nabai (send) forth an baash (evil) odor; so does a mait (little) sakalawath (folly) outweigh chakamah (wisdom) and honor.
2 A wise chakam (man's) lab (heart) is at his right yamayan (right hand), but a kasayal (fool's) lab (heart) at his shamaawal (left hand).
3 Yes also, when the sakal (fool) halak (move) by the darak (way), his lab (heart) chasar (fails) him, and he amar (said) to everyone that he is a sakal (fool).
4 If the rawach (spirit / wind) of the mashal (rule/have dominion) ilah (go up / offer) up against you, don't yanach (leave) your maqawam (place); for gentleness yanach (lays) gadawal (very great/important/mighty) offenses to chataa (rest).
5 There is an rai (evil) which I raah (see / saw) seen under the shamash (sun), the sort of shagagah (error) which yatzaa (go out / come out) from the shalayat (ruler).
6 Sakal (folly) is nathan (give) in rab (great) marawam (dignity), and the ishayar (rich) yashab (inhabit/dwell) in a shapal (low) place.
7 I raah (see / saw) seen ibadayam (servants) on sawasayam (horses), and sharayam (princes) halak (move) like ibadayam (servants) on the aratz (Earth/land).
8 He who chapar (digs) a gawamatz (pit) may napal (fall / be cast down) into it; and whoever paratz (breaks) through a gadar (wall) may be bitten by a snake.
9 Whoever carves out abanayam (stones) may be injured by them. Whoever splits itz (wood) may be sakan (endangered) thereby.
10 If the axe is qahah (blunt), and qalal (one) doesn't sharpen the panayam (face), then he must use more chayal (wealth / substance / capability / valor); but skill brings success.
11 If the snake nashak (bites) before it is lachash (charmed), then is there no yatharawan (profit) for the charmer's lashawan (tongue / language).
12 The dabaray (words) of a wise chakam (man's) pah (mouth) are chan (favor); but a kasayal (fool) is balai (swallowed) by his own shapathawath (lips).
13 The thachalah (beginning) of the dabaray (words) of his pah (mouth) is sakalawath (foolishness); and the acharayath (end) of his pah (talk) is rai (mischievous) hawalalawath (madness).
14 A sakal (fool) also rabah (multiplies) dabarayam (words). Adam (man) doesn't yadai (know) what will be; and that which will be achar (other) him, who can nagad (tell) him?
15 The imal (labor) of kasayalayam (fools) yagai (wearies) every one of them; for he doesn't yadai (know) how to yalak (go) to the iyar (city).
16 Ay (woe) to you, aratz (Earth/land), when your malak (king) is a nair (child), and your shar (prince / ruler) akal (eat) in the baqar (morning)!
17 Ashar (who/that) are you, aratz (Earth/land), when your malak (king) is the ban (son) of chawarayam (nobles), and your shar (prince / ruler) akal (eat) in due ith (season), for gabawarah (strength), and not for shathay (drunkenness)!
18 By itzalah (slothfulness) the roof sinks in; and through shapalawath (idleness) of the yadayam (hands) the bayath (house) leaks.
19 A feast is ishah (make) for shachawaq (laughter/joking matter), and yayan (wine) shamach (makes) the life glad; and kasap (money) is the inah (answer / respond) for all things.
20 Don't qalal (curse) the malak (king), no, not in your madai (thoughts); and don't qalal (curse) the ishayar (rich) in your bedroom: for a iwap (flying) of the sky may yalak (carry) your qawal (sound / voice), and that which bail (has) kanapayam (wings) may nagad (tell) the dabar (word / matter).