²⁵ The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.

⁴ The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.

²⁶ But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,

¹⁶ The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.

¹³ The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

³⁰ I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;

³¹ And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down.

³² Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it.

³³ A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

³⁴ So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.

¹³ The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.

⁴ The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.

²⁴ The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.

¹⁹ Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.

²⁷ He who is slow in his work does not go in search of food; but the ready worker gets much wealth.

²⁴ The hand of the ready worker will have authority, but he who is slow in his work will be put to forced work.

⁶ Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:

⁷ Having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

⁸ She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting.

⁹ How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?

¹⁰ A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

¹¹ Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man