12 Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs

than a fool bent on folly.

12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man,

Rather than a fool in his folly.

12 It is safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs

than to confront a fool caught in foolishness.

12 Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs,

Rather than a fool in his folly.

12 It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs

than to meet a fool doing foolish things.

12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man,

Rather than a fool in his folly.

12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a fool in his folly.

12 Better to meet a bear robbed of its cubs 

than a fool ⸤carried away⸥ with his stupidity. 

12 Better for a man to meet a bear robbed of her cubs

than a fool in his foolishness.

12 Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs

than to confront a fool immersed in folly.

12 May a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring

and not a fool in his folly.

12 It is better to meet a bear whose cubs have been stolen

than to meet a foolish person who is acting foolishly.

12 Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs,

Rather than a fool in his folly.