Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/Door43/ulb-en

20-PRO/07.usfm

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 \c 7
 \q
 \v 1 My son, keep my words
-\q and store up my commands within you.
+\q and store up my commands within yourselves.
 \q
 \v 2 Keep my commands and live
 \q and keep my instruction as the apple of your eye.
@@ -17,30 +17,30 @@
 \v 4 Say to wisdom, "You are my sister,"
 \q and call understanding your kinsman,
 \q
-\v 5 in order to keep you from the seductive woman,
-\q from the adulteress with her smooth words.
+\v 5 in order to keep yourself from the unlawful woman,
+\q from the female stranger with her smooth words.
 
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 \q
 \v 6 At the window of my house
-\q I looked out through the lattice
+\q I was looking out through the lattice.
 \q
-\v 7 and I saw among the simple,
-\q I noticed among the youths
-\q a young man who had no sense.
+\v 7 I looked at the inexperienced people,
+\q and I noticed among the young men
+\q a youth who had no sense.
 
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 \q
-\v 8 That young man passed through the street near her corner
-\q and he went toward her house—
+\v 8 That young man passed down the street near her corner,
+\q and he went toward her house.
 \q
-\v 9 it was twilight, in the evening of the day,
-\q at the time of the night and darkness.
+\v 9 It was twilight, in the evening of the day,
+\q at the time of night and darkness.
 
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 \q
-\v 10 And there a woman met him,
-\q dressed like a prostitute, and she knew why she was there.
+\v 10 There a woman met him,
+\q dressed like a prostitute, with a false heart.
 \q
 \v 11 She is loud and wayward,
 \q her feet do not stay at home—

20-PRO/22.usfm

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
  
 \s5
 \q
-\v 17 Pay attention and hear the words of the wise
+\v 17 Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise
 \q and apply your heart to my knowledge,
 \q
 \v 18 for it will be pleasant for you if you keep them within you,
@@ -85,23 +85,23 @@
 
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 \q
-\v 22 Do not rob the poor person, because he is poor,
-\q or crush the needy person at the gate,
+\v 22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
+\q or crush the needy at the gate,
 \q
-\v 23 for Yahweh will plead their case
-\q and he will rob those of life who robbed them.
+\v 23 for Yahweh will plead their case,
+\q and he will rob of life those who robbed them.
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 \q
 \v 24 Do not make a friend of someone who is ruled by anger
 \q and you must not go with one who rages,
 \q
 \v 25 or you will learn his ways
-\q and you will entangle yourself in a snare.
+\q and you will take bait for your soul.
 
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 \q
-\v 26 Do not be one who gives binding pledges regarding money
-\q and do not give a guarantee for the debts of others.
+\v 26 Do not among those who strike hands,
+\q who pledge debts.
 \q
 \v 27 If you lack the means to pay,
 \q what could stop someone from taking away your bed from under you?

20-PRO/23.usfm

@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 4 Do not work too hard so you can become rich;
+\v 4 Do not work too hard to gain wealth;
 \q be wise enough to know when to stop.
 \q
-\v 5 When your eyes light upon the money, it is gone,
-\q and suddenly it takes up wings
-\q and flies off to the sky like an eagle.
+\v 5 Will you let your eyes light upon it?
+\q It will be gone,
+\q for it will surely take up wings like an eagle
+\q and fly off to the sky.
  
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43-LUK/03.usfm

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 \v 10 Then the crowds kept asking him, saying, "What then are we to do?"
 \v 11 He answered and said to them, "If someone has two tunics, he should share it with a person who has none, and the one having food should do the same."
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-\v 12 Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what should we do?"
+\v 12 Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what must we do?"
 \v 13 He said to them, "Do not collect more money than you have been ordered to collect."
 
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