Proverbs 7
1 My son, heed my advice, and guard my instructions [as you would] [MET] [guard] a treasure.
Fili mi, custodi sermones meos, et praecepta mea reconde tibi. Fili
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.
serva mandata mea, et vives: et legem meam quasi pupillam oculi tui:
3 Tie my commands around your fingers [in order that they will remind you to obey them]. Always keep them in mind [MET].
liga eam in digitis tuis, scribe illam in tabulis cordis tui.
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.
Dic sapientiae, soror mea es: et prudentiam voca amicam tuam,
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.
ut custodiant te a muliere extranea, et ab aliena, quae verba sua dulcia facit.
6 One day, I was standing at the window inside my house, and I looked outside.
De fenestra enim domus meae per cancellos prospexi,
7 I saw some young men who did not have good sense. Among them was a man who was very foolish.
et video parvulos, considero vecordem iuvenem,
8 He crossed the street near [the house of] an immoral woman. He was walking along the path toward her house
qui transit per plateam iuxta angulum, et prope viam domus illius, graditur
9 at twilight, when it was getting dark [DOU].
in obscuro, advesperascente die, in noctis tenebris, et caligine.
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.
Et ecce occurrit illi mulier ornatu meretricio, praeparata ad decipiendas animas: garrula, et vaga,
11 She was a loud talker, one who was rebellious; she [SYN] never stayed at home.
quietis impatiens, nec valens in domo consistere pedibus suis,
12 She often went into the city streets and plazas/markets, waiting to trap some man.
nunc foris, nunc in plateis, nunc iuxta angulos insidians.
13 [When she saw that young man], she put her arms around him and kissed him. Then without being a bit ashamed, she said,
Apprehensumque deosculatur iuvenem, et procaci vultu blanditur, dicens:
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.
Victimas pro salute vovi, hodie reddidi vota mea.
15 And now I have come out to meet/see you. I was searching for you, and [now] I have found you!
idcirco egressa sum in occursum tuum, desiderans te videre, et reperi.
16 I have put on my bed sheets/bedspreads that were made from [very fine] linen [that were imported] {[people brought]} from Egypt.
Intexui funibus lectulum meum, stravi tapetibus pictis ex Aegypto.
17 I have sprinkled [sweet-smelling] perfumes on my bed— myrrh and aloes and cinnamon.
aspersi cubile meum myrrha, et aloe, et cinnamomo.
18 Come [with me]; let us enjoy having sex until [tomorrow] morning. Let’s enjoy making love.
Veni, inebriemur uberibus, et fruamur cupitis amplexibus, donec illucescat dies.
19 My husband is not at home; he has gone away on a long journey.
non est enim vir in domo sua, abiit via longissima.
20 He is carrying a wallet filled with money, and he will not return until the middle of this month.”
sacculum pecuniae secum tulit: in die plenae lunae reversurus est in domum suam.
21 [So] she persuaded him by [her] enticing/tempting words. She allured him by her smooth/sweet talk.
Irretivit eum multis sermonibus, et blanditiis labiorum protraxit illum.
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,
Statim eam sequitur quasi bos ductus ad victimam, et quasi agnus lasciviens, et ignorans quod ad vincula stultus trahatur,
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).
donec transfigat sagitta iecur eius: velut si avis festinet ad laqueum, et nescit quod de periculo animae illius agitur.
24 My son, listen to what I say; pay [careful] attention to my words.
Nunc ergo fili mi, audi me, et attende verbis oris mei.
25 Do not allow anything to arouse/persuade you to go with an immoral woman like that. Do not go where she goes.
Ne abstrahatur in viis illius mens tua: neque decipiaris semitis eius.
26 She has caused many men to be ruined; truly, no one can count the men she has killed.
multos enim vulneratos deiecit, et fortissimi quique interfecti sunt ab ea.
