1. My son, if you: Have become guarantor for your friend, Have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
2. Have been snared by the words of your own mouth, Have been caught by the words of your mouth –
3. Do this at once, my son, and deliver yourself, For you have come into the hand of your friend: Go, humble yourself, and urge your friend.
4. Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids.
5. Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand, And like a bird from the hand of the trapper.
6. Go to the ant, you lazy one! See her ways and be wise,