Proverbs 7
1 My son, heed my advice, and guard my instructions [as you would] [MET] [guard] a treasure.
| בני שמר אמרי ומצותי תצפן אתך׃ |
2 Obey my commands, and [as a result you will] live [a good life]. Consider the things that I teach you [to be very precious]; guard them, [just] like you protect your eyes.
| שמר מצותי וחיה ותורתי כאישון עיניך׃ |
3 Tie my commands around your fingers [in order that they will remind you to obey them]. Always keep them in mind [MET].
| קשרם על אצבעתיך כתבם על לוח לבך׃ |
4 [Love] wisdom [like you love] your sister. Understand what is wise, [and let that be as dear to you as] members of your family.
| אמר לחכמה אחתי את ומדע לבינה תקרא׃ |
5 If you are wise and if you understand what is wise [PRS], you will not [sleep with] an immoral woman; you will not listen to a woman who tries to entice you [to sleep with her] by what she says.
| לשמרך מאשה זרה מנכריה אמריה החליקה׃ |
6 One day, I was standing at the window inside my house, and I looked outside.
| כי בחלון ביתי בעד אשנבי נשקפתי׃ |
7 I saw some young men who did not have good sense. Among them was a man who was very foolish.
| וארא בפתאים אבינה בבנים נער חסר לב׃ |
8 He crossed the street near [the house of] an immoral woman. He was walking along the path toward her house
| עבר בשוק אצל פנה ודרך ביתה יצעד׃ |
9 at twilight, when it was getting dark [DOU].
| בנשף בערב יום באישון לילה ואפלה׃ |
10 Suddenly the woman came out to see/meet him. She was dressed (seductively/like a prostitute), wanting to persuade him to sleep with her.
| והנה אשה לקראתו שית זונה ונצרת לב׃ |
11 She was a loud talker, one who was rebellious; she [SYN] never stayed at home.
| המיה היא וסררת בביתה לא ישכנו רגליה׃ |
12 She often went into the city streets and plazas/markets, waiting to trap some man.
| פעם בחוץ פעם ברחבות ואצל כל פנה תארב׃ |
13 [When she saw that young man], she put her arms around him and kissed him. Then without being a bit ashamed, she said,
| והחזיקה בו ונשקה לו העזה פניה ותאמר לו׃ |
14 “I have [some meat that is left over from] a sacrifice that I made today [to maintain fellowship with Yahweh]; I have fulfilled/done what I promised him that I would do.
| זבחי שלמים עלי היום שלמתי נדרי׃ |
15 And now I have come out to meet/see you. I was searching for you, and [now] I have found you!
| על כן יצאתי לקראתך לשחר פניך ואמצאך׃ |
16 I have put on my bed sheets/bedspreads that were made from [very fine] linen [that were imported] {[people brought]} from Egypt.
| מרבדים רבדתי ערשי חטבות אטון מצרים׃ |
17 I have sprinkled [sweet-smelling] perfumes on my bed— myrrh and aloes and cinnamon.
| נפתי משכבי מר אהלים וקנמון׃ |
18 Come [with me]; let us enjoy having sex until [tomorrow] morning. Let’s enjoy making love.
| לכה נרוה דדים עד הבקר נתעלסה באהבים׃ |
19 My husband is not at home; he has gone away on a long journey.
| כי אין האיש בביתו הלך בדרך מרחוק׃ |
20 He is carrying a wallet filled with money, and he will not return until the middle of this month.”
| צרור הכסף לקח בידו ליום הכסא יבא ביתו׃ |
21 [So] she persuaded him by [her] enticing/tempting words. She allured him by her smooth/sweet talk.
| הטתו ברב לקחה בחלק שפתיה תדיחנו׃ |
22 [And] he went with her immediately, like an ox that was going to where it would be slaughtered, or like a deer (OR, a fool) that is stepping into a noose/trap,
| הולך אחריה פתאם כשור אל טבח יבוא וכעכס אל מוסר אויל׃ |
23 where it will remain/stay until someone shoots an arrow into its liver [and kills it]. [He was] like a bird that flew into a trap. He did not know that (it would cost him his life/he would die as a result).
| עד יפלח חץ כבדו כמהר צפור אל פח ולא ידע כי בנפשו הוא׃ |
24 My son, listen to what I say; pay [careful] attention to my words.
| ועתה בנים שמעו לי והקשיבו לאמרי פי׃ |
25 Do not allow anything to arouse/persuade you to go with an immoral woman like that. Do not go where she goes.
| אל ישט אל דרכיה לבך אל תתע בנתיבותיה׃ |
26 She has caused many men to be ruined; truly, no one can count the men she has killed.
| כי רבים חללים הפילה ועצמים כל הרגיה׃ |
