1. Who is the chacham? And who knoweth the pesher (interpretation, explanation) of a thing? A man's chochmah maketh his face bright, and the rudeness of his face is changed.
2. I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that because of the shevuat Elohim (the oath of G-d).
3. Be not hasty to go out of his sight; stand not in a rah (an evil matter); for he executeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
4. For the devar melech is shilton (supreme), and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
5. Whoso is shomer mitzvah shall meet no harm; and a lev of a chacham discerneth both et (time) and mishpat (judgment).
6. Because every matter has its et (time) and mishpat (judgment), though the ra'at haAdam be great upon him.