Proverbs 7
1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
fili mi custodi sermones meos et praecepta mea reconde tibi
2 Keep my commandments and live, and my law as the apple of thine eye.
serva mandata mea et vives et legem meam quasi pupillam oculi tui
3 Bind them upon thy fingers. Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
liga eam in digitis tuis scribe illam in tabulis cordis tui
4 Say to wisdom, Thou are my sister, and call understanding thy kinswoman,
dic sapientiae soror mea es et prudentiam voca amicam tuam
5 that they may keep thee from the interloping woman, from the stranger who flatters with her words.
ut custodiat te a muliere extranea et ab aliena quae verba sua dulcia facit
6 For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice,
de fenestra enim domus meae per cancellos prospexi
7 and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding
et video parvulos considero vecordem iuvenem
8 passing through the street near her corner. And he went the way to her house,
qui transit in platea iuxta angulum et propter viam domus illius graditur
9 in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.
in obscuro advesperascente die in noctis tenebris et caligine
10 And, behold, there met him a woman attired like a harlot, and wily of heart.
et ecce mulier occurrit illi ornatu meretricio praeparata ad capiendas animas garrula et vaga
11 She is loud and headstrong. Her feet abide not in her house.
quietis inpatiens nec valens in domo consistere pedibus suis
12 Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, and lies in wait at every corner.
nunc foris nunc in plateis nunc iuxta angulos insidians
13 So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him,
adprehensumque deosculatur iuvenem et procaci vultu blanditur dicens
14 Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. I have paid my vows this day.
victimas pro salute debui hodie reddidi vota mea
15 Therefore I came forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
idcirco egressa sum in occursum tuum desiderans te videre et repperi
16 I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
intexui funibus lectum meum stravi tapetibus pictis ex Aegypto
17 I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
aspersi cubile meum murra et aloe et cinnamomo
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning. Let us solace ourselves with love.
veni inebriemur uberibus donec inlucescat dies et fruamur cupitis amplexibus
19 For the man is not at home. He has gone a long journey.
non est enim vir in domo sua abiit via longissima
20 He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.
sacculum pecuniae secum tulit in die plenae lunae reversurus est domum suam
21 With her much fair speech she causes him to yield. With the flattering of her lips she forces him along.
inretivit eum multis sermonibus et blanditiis labiorum protraxit illum
22 He goes after her straightaway, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,
statim eam sequitur quasi bos ductus ad victimam et quasi agnus lasciviens et ignorans quod ad vincula stultus trahatur
23 till an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hastens to the snare. And he does not know that it is for his life.
donec transfigat sagitta iecur eius velut si avis festinet ad laqueum et nescit quia de periculo animae illius agitur
24 Now therefore, ye sons, hearken to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
nunc ergo fili audi me et adtende verba oris mei
25 Let not thy heart decline to her ways. Go not astray in her paths.
ne abstrahatur in viis illius mens tua neque decipiaris semitis eius
26 For she has cast down many wounded. Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.
multos enim vulneratos deiecit et fortissimi quique interfecti sunt ab ea
