Proverbs 7
1 O son my keep words my and commandments my you will treasure with you.
My son! Keep my sayings, And lay up my commands with you.
2 Keep commandments my and live and instruction my like [the] pupil of eyes your.
Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of your eye.
3 Bind them on fingers your write them on [the] tablet of heart your.
Bind them on your fingers, Write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Say to wisdom [are] sister my you and a relative to discernment you will call.
Say to wisdom, “You [are] my sister.” And cry to understanding, “Relative!”
5 To keep you from a woman strange from a foreign [woman] [who] words her she makes smooth.
To preserve you from a strange woman, From a stranger who has made her sayings smooth.
6 For at [the] window of house my through lattice my I looked down.
For at a window of my house, I have looked out through my casement,
7 And I saw among the naive people I observed among the sons a youth lacking of heart.
And I see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,
8 [who] was passing by In the street beside corner her and [the] direction of house her he strode.
Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way [to] her house he steps,
9 At twilight in [the] evening of [the] day in [the] middle of [the] night and darkness.
In the twilight—in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness.
10 And there! a woman to meet him [the] garment of a prostitute and guarded of heart.
And behold, a woman to meet him—(A harlot’s dress, and watchful of heart,
11 [is] boisterous She and rebellious in house her not they stay feet her.
She [is] noisy, and stubborn, her feet do not rest in her house.
12 A time - in the street a time in the open places and beside every corner she lies in wait.
Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And she lies in wait near every corner)—
13 And she takes hold on him and she kisses him she has made firm face her and she said to him.
And she laid hold on him and kissed him, She has hardened her face and says to him,
14 Sacrifices of peace offerings [are] on me this day I have paid vows my.
“Sacrifices of peace-offerings [are] by me, Today I have completed my vows.
15 There-fore I have come out to meet you to seek face your and I have found you.
Therefore I have come forth to meet you, To earnestly seek your face, and I find you.
16 Coverings I have spread couch my colored fabrics linen of Egypt.
I decked my bed [with] ornamental coverings, Carved works—cotton of Egypt.
17 I have sprinkled bed my myrrh aloes and cinnamon.
I sprinkled my bed [with] myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come! let us take our fill of love until the morning let us delight ourselves with love.
Come, we are filled [with] love until the morning, We delight ourselves in loves.
19 For not the husband [is] in house his he has gone on a journey from a distance.
For the man is not in his house, He has gone on a long journey.
20 [the] bag of Money he has taken in hand his to [the] day of the full moon he will come house his.
He has taken a bag of money in his hand, At the day of the new moon he comes to his house.”
21 She turns him with [the] greatness of persuasiveness her with [the] seductiveness of lips her she impels him.
She turns him aside with the abundance of her speech, She forces him with the flattery of her lips.
22 [he is] walking Behind her suddenly like an ox [which] to [the] slaughter it goes and like an anklet to [the] chastening of a fool.
He is going after her straight away, he comes as an ox to the slaughter, And as a chain to the discipline of a fool,
23 Until it will pierce an arrow liver his as hurries a bird into a trap and not he knows that [is] for life his it.
Until an arrow splits his liver, As a bird has hurried to a snare, And has not known that it [is] for its life.
24 And therefore O children listen to me and be attentive to [the] words of mouth my.
And now, you sons, listen to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth.
25 May not it turn aside to ways her heart your may not it go astray in pathways her.
Do not let your heart turn to her ways, Do not wander in her paths,
26 For many slain [ones] she has made fall and [are] numerous all killed [men] her.
For many [are] the wounded she caused to fall, And mighty [are] all her slain ones.
