Proverbs 7
1 My son, observe my sayings, and my commandments must thou treasure up with thee.
υἱέ φύλασσε ἐμοὺς λόγους τὰς δὲ ἐμὰς ἐντολὰς κρύψον παρὰ σεαυτῷ υἱέ τίμα τὸν κύριον καὶ ἰσχύσεις πλὴν δὲ αὐτοῦ μὴ φοβοῦ ἄλλον
2 Observe my commandments, and live: and my teaching as the apple of thy eyes.
φύλαξον ἐμὰς ἐντολάς καὶ βιώσεις τοὺς δὲ ἐμοὺς λόγους ὥσπερ κόρας ὀμμάτων
3 Bind them around thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart.
περίθου δὲ αὐτοὺς σοῖς δακτύλοις ἐπίγραψον δὲ ἐπὶ τὸ πλάτος τῆς καρδίας σου
4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
εἶπον τὴν σοφίαν σὴν ἀδελφὴν εἶναι τὴν δὲ φρόνησιν γνώριμον περιποίησαι σεαυτῷ
5 That they may keep thee from an adulterous woman, from an alien that useth flattering speeches.
ἵνα σε τηρήσῃ ἀπὸ γυναικὸς ἀλλοτρίας καὶ πονηρᾶς ἐάν σε λόγοις τοῖς πρὸς χάριν ἐμβάληται
6 For through the window of my house, through my lattice did I [once] look out,
ἀπὸ γὰρ θυρίδος ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτῆς εἰς τὰς πλατείας παρακύπτουσα
7 And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a lad void of sense;
ὃν ἂν ἴδῃ τῶν ἀφρόνων τέκνων νεανίαν ἐνδεῆ φρενῶν
8 He was passing through the market-place near her corner; and he stepped along on the way to her house,
παραπορευόμενον παρὰ γωνίαν ἐν διόδοις οἴκων αὐτῆς
9 In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the depth of the night and when it was dark:
καὶ λαλοῦντα ἐν σκότει ἑσπερινῷ ἡνίκα ἂν ἡσυχία νυκτερινὴ ᾖ καὶ γνοφώδης
10 And, behold, a woman came to meet him with the attire of a harlot, and obdurate of heart.
ἡ δὲ γυνὴ συναντᾷ αὐτῷ εἶδος ἔχουσα πορνικόν ἣ ποιεῖ νέων ἐξίπτασθαι καρδίας
11 (She is noisy and ungovernable; in her house her feet never rest;
ἀνεπτερωμένη δέ ἐστιν καὶ ἄσωτος ἐν οἴκῳ δὲ οὐχ ἡσυχάζουσιν οἱ πόδες αὐτῆς
12 At one time she is in the street, at another in the open places, and near every corner doth she lurk, )
χρόνον γάρ τινα ἔξω ῥέμβεται χρόνον δὲ ἐν πλατείαις παρὰ πᾶσαν γωνίαν ἐνεδρεύει
13 And she caught hold of him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face she said to him,
εἶτα ἐπιλαβομένη ἐφίλησεν αὐτόν ἀναιδεῖ δὲ προσώπῳ προσεῖπεν αὐτῷ
14 “I had bound myself to bring peace-offerings; this day have I paid my vows:
θυσία εἰρηνική μοί ἐστιν σήμερον ἀποδίδωμι τὰς εὐχάς μου
15 Therefore am I come forth to meet thee, to seek thy presence diligently, and I have found thee.
ἕνεκα τούτου ἐξῆλθον εἰς συνάντησίν σοι ποθοῦσα τὸ σὸν πρόσωπον εὕρηκά σε
16 With tapestry coverings have I decked my bed, with embroidered coverlids of the fine linen of Egypt.
κειρίαις τέτακα τὴν κλίνην μου ἀμφιτάποις δὲ ἔστρωκα τοῖς ἀπ’ Αἰγύπτου
17 I have sprinkled my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
διέρραγκα τὴν κοίτην μου κρόκῳ τὸν δὲ οἶκόν μου κινναμώμῳ
18 Come, let us indulge in love until the morning: let us delight ourselves with dalliances.
ἐλθὲ καὶ ἀπολαύσωμεν φιλίας ἕως ὄρθρου δεῦρο καὶ ἐγκυλισθῶμεν ἔρωτι
19 For the man is not in his house, he is gone on a journey a great way off:
οὐ γὰρ πάρεστιν ὁ ἀνήρ μου ἐν οἴκῳ πεπόρευται δὲ ὁδὸν μακρὰν
20 The bag of money hath he taken with him, by the day of the new-moon festival only will he come home.”
ἔνδεσμον ἀργυρίου λαβὼν ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ δῑ ἡμερῶν πολλῶν ἐπανήξει εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ
21 She seduced him by the abundance of her reasoning: by the flattery of her lips she misguided him.
ἀπεπλάνησεν δὲ αὐτὸν πολλῇ ὁμιλίᾳ βρόχοις τε τοῖς ἀπὸ χειλέων ἐξώκειλεν αὐτόν
22 He followed after her suddenly, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as in fetters to his correction, the fool:
ὁ δὲ ἐπηκολούθησεν αὐτῇ κεπφωθείς ὥσπερ δὲ βοῦς ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἄγεται καὶ ὥσπερ κύων ἐπὶ δεσμοὺς
23 Till an arrow cleaveth through his liver; as a bird hasteneth into the snare, and knoweth not that it is done to take his life.
ἢ ὡς ἔλαφος τοξεύματι πεπληγὼς εἰς τὸ ἧπαρ σπεύδει δὲ ὥσπερ ὄρνεον εἰς παγίδα οὐκ εἰδὼς ὅτι περὶ ψυχῆς τρέχει
24 And now, O children, hearken unto me, and listen to the sayings of my mouth.
νῦν οὖν υἱέ ἄκουέ μου καὶ πρόσεχε ῥήμασιν στόματός μου
25 Let not thy heart turn aside to her ways, do not go astray on her paths.
μὴ ἐκκλινάτω εἰς τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῆς ἡ καρδία σου
26 For many deadly wounded hath she caused to fall: yea, very numerous are all those slain by her.
πολλοὺς γὰρ τρώσασα καταβέβληκεν καὶ ἀναρίθμητοί εἰσιν οὓς πεφόνευκεν
