Proverbs 7
1 son: child my to keep: guard word my and commandment my to treasure with you
My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
2 to keep: guard commandment my and to live and instruction my like/as pupil eye your
Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
3 to conspire them upon finger your to write them upon tablet heart your
Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 to say to/for wisdom sister my you(f. s.) and kinsman to/for understanding to call: call to
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,
5 to/for to keep: guard you from woman be a stranger from foreign word her to smooth
that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
6 for in/on/with window house: home my about/through/for lattice my to look
For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.
7 and to see: see in/on/with simple to understand in/on/with son: child youth lacking heart
I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
8 to pass in/on/with street beside corner her and way: road house: home her to march
crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,
9 in/on/with twilight in/on/with evening day in/on/with pupil night and darkness
at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.
10 and behold woman to/for to encounter: meet him garment to fornicate and to watch heart
Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
11 to roar he/she/it and to rebel in/on/with house: home her not to dwell foot her
She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.
12 beat in/on/with outside beat in/on/with street/plaza and beside all corner to ambush
Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.
13 and to strengthen: hold in/on/with him and to kiss to/for him be strong face her and to say to/for him
She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:
14 sacrifice peace offering upon me [the] day to complete vow my
“I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.
15 upon so to come out: come to/for to encounter: meet you to/for to seek face of your and to find you
So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.
16 covering to spread bed my colored fine linen Egypt
I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
17 to sprinkle bed my myrrh aloe and cinnamon
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.
18 to go: come! [emph?] to quench beloved: love till [the] morning to rejoice in/on/with beloved
Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!
19 for nothing [the] man: husband in/on/with house: home his to go: went in/on/with way: journey from distant
For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
20 bundle [the] silver: money to take: take in/on/with hand: to his to/for day [the] full moon to come (in): come house: home his
He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”
21 to stretch him in/on/with abundance teaching her in/on/with smoothness lip: words her to banish him
With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
22 to go: follow after her suddenly like/as cattle to(wards) slaughter to come (in): come and like/as anklet to(wards) discipline: bonds fool(ish)
He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
23 till to cleave arrow liver his like/as to hasten bird to(wards) snare and not to know for in/on/with soul: life his he/she/it
until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life.
24 and now son: descendant/people to hear: hear to/for me and to listen to/for word lip my
Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25 not to turn aside to(wards) way: conduct her heart your not to go astray in/on/with path her
Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.
26 for many slain: wounded to fall: deserting and mighty all to kill her
For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.
