1 The dabaray (words) of malak (king) Lamawaal (Lemuel); the oracle which his am (mother) yasar (taught) him.
2 “Oh, my bar (son)! Oh, bar (son) of my batan (womb)! Oh, bar (son) of my nadar (vow)!
3 Don't nathan (give) your chayal (wealth / substance / capability / valor) to nashayam (women), nor your darak (ways) to that which machah (destroys) malakayan (kings).
4 It is not for malakayam (kings), Lamawaal (Lemuel); it is not for malakayam (kings) to shathah (drinks) yayan (wine); nor for rawazanayam (princes) to say, ‘Where is shakar (strong) drink?’
5 Lest they shathah (drinks), and shakach (forget) the chaqaq (lawgiver), and shanah (pervert) the dayan (judge) due to anyone who is ban (son).
6 Nathan (give) shakar (strong) drink to him who is ready to abad (destroy / perish); and yayan (wine) to the mar (bitter) in napash (soul):
7 Let him shathah (drinks), and shakach (forget) his rayash (poverty), and zakar (remember) his misery no more.
8 Pathach (open) your pah (mouth) for the mute, in the dayan (judge) of all who are left desolate.
9 Pathach (open) your pah (mouth), shapat (judge / judgement) righteously, and dayan (judge) justice to the inay (poor) and abayawan (needy).”
10 Who can matzaa (find) a chayal (wealth / substance / capability / valor) ayashah (woman / wife)? For her makar (price) is rachawaq (far) above panayanayam (rubies).
11 The lab (heart) of her bail (husband) batach (trusts) in her. He shall have no chasar (lack) of gain.
12 She gamal (does) him tawab (good / proper function), and not rai (harm), all the yamay (days) of her chay (life).
13 She darash (seeks) tzamar (wool) and pashathah (flax), and ishah (make) eagerly with her kap (hands).
14 She is like the sachar (merchant) anayawath (ships). She bawaa (bring) her lacham (bread) from afar.
15 She qawam (rise up) also while it is yet layal (night), nathan (give) food to her bayath (house), and chaq (statute) for her nairah (servant) girls.
16 She zamam (considers) a shadah (field), and laqach (take / seize) it. With the paray (fruit) of her kap (hands), she natai (plants) a karam (vineyard).
17 She arms her waist with iz (strength / might / refuge), and makes her zarawai (arms) iz (strength / might / refuge).
18 She taim (perceives) that her sachar (merchandise) is profitable. Her nayar (lamp) doesn't kabah (go) out by layal (night).
19 She shalach (send) her yad (hand) to the palak (distaff), and her kap (hands) thamak (hold) the kayashawar (spindle).
20 She parash (opens) her arms to the inay (poor); yes, she extends her yad (hand) to the abayawan (needy).
21 She is not yaraa (fear / be afraid) of the shalag (snow) for her bayath (house); for all her bayath (house) are labash (clothed) with shanay (second).
22 She ishah (make) for herself carpets of marabad (tapestry). Her labawash (clothing) is shash (six) linen and aragaman (purple).
23 Her bail (husband) is yadai (respected) in the shairayam (gates), when he yashab (inhabit/dwell) among the zaqanay (elders) of the aratz (Earth/land).
24 She ishah (make) sadayan (linen) garments and makar (sells) them, and nathan (give) sashes to the kanainay (Canaanite).
25 Iz (strength / might / refuge) and dignity are her labawash (clothing). She shachaq (laughs) at the yawam (day) to acharawan (come).
26 She pathach (opens) her pah (mouth) with chakamah (wisdom). Chasad (grace) instruction is on her lashawan (tongue / language).
27 She tzapah (watchman / keep watch) well to the halayakawath (ways) of her bayath (house), and doesn't akal (eat) the lacham (bread) of itzalawath (idleness).
28 Her ban (son) qawam (rise up) up and ashar (who/that) her blessed. Her bail (husband) also halal (praise) her:
29 “Many women ishah (make) noble things, but you ilah (go up / offer) them all.”
30 Charm is shaqar (deceitful), and yapay (beauty) is habal (vain); but a ayashah (woman / wife) who yaraa (fears) Yahawah (), she shall be halal (praise).
31 Nathan (give) her of the paray (fruit) of her yad (hand)! Let her maishah (works) halal (praise) her in the shairayam (gates)!