1. A flatterer to the mean, deceived
By their feigned respect and honor for him,

2. He closed the door of dignity against himself; no friend
Finds him now, except for vileness in his grasping.

3. Greedy and crafty, fostered by a parasite,
A shameless wheedler - how tired I am of his bargaining,

4. Complaining to me of the hardship of his state,
Wasting and reddening him through his nakedness.

5. He seeks acquittal from one with wounded hands,
Deceived by the sores and tumors he sees on him.

6. But another goes beyond him in meanness,
Rather, he sees him as a spark of his own firebrand.