Παροιμίαι 5
1 Υιέ μου, πρόσεχε εις την σοφίαν μου, κλίνον το ωτίον σου εις την σύνεσίν μου·
My son, listen carefully to some [more] wise things that I will tell you. Listen well to what I am going to teach you.
2 διά να τηρής φρόνησιν και τα χείλη σου να φυλάττωσι γνώσιν.
If you do that, you will be able to choose wisely [what to do], and you will know [the right things] to say [MTY].
3 Διότι τα χείλη της αλλοτρίας γυναικός στάζουσιν ως κηρήθρα μέλιτος, και ο ουρανίσκος αυτής είναι μαλακώτερος ελαίου·
What an immoral woman says [to you may be] as sweet as honey, and sound smoother than olive oil [feels on your skin],
4 το τέλος όμως αυτής είναι πικρόν ως αψίνθιον, οξύ ως μάχαιρα δίστομος.
but the result [of being with her] will be bitter like gall and [injure you as badly], like being cut with a sharp two-edged sword.
If you go where she goes [MTY], you will go down to where the dead people are. Her steps will lead you straight to the grave. (Sheol h7585)
6 διά να μη γνωρίσης την οδόν της ζωής, αι πορείαι αυτής είναι άστατοι και ουχί ευδιάγνωστοι.
She is not concerned about the roads that lead to a [long] life. She walks [down] a crooked path, and she does not realize [that she is on the wrong road].
7 Ακούσατέ μου λοιπόν τώρα, τέκνα, και μη αποστραφήτε τους λόγους του στόματός μου.
So now, my sons, listen to me. (Never turn aside from/always remember) [LIT] what I am about to tell you.
8 Απομάκρυνον την οδόν σου απ' αυτής, και μη πλησιάσης εις την θύραν του οίκου αυτής,
Run away from immoral women! Do not go near the doors of their houses!
9 διά να μη δώσης την τιμήν σου εις άλλους και τα έτη σου εις τους ανελεήμονας·
If you enter the home of one of them, you will lose your (self-respect/good reputation) and [that woman’s husband] will not act mercifully toward you; he will [kill you and] take everything that you have acquired during your life!
10 διά να μη χορτασθώσι ξένοι από της περιουσίας σου και οι κόποι σου έλθωσιν εις οίκον αλλοτρίου,
Foreigners will take your money, and [all] the good things that you have worked for will (end up in their hands/become their possessions).
11 και συ στενάζης εις τα έσχατά σου, όταν η σαρξ σου και το σώμα σου καταναλωθώσι,
And when you are about to die, you will groan [with severe pain] because diseases [that you have gotten from being immoral] will be destroying your body.
12 και λέγης, Πως εμίσησα την παιδείαν, και η καρδία μου κατεφρόνησε τους ελέγχους,
Then you will say, “I hated it [when people tried to] correct me. I despised [people when they] reproved/rebuked me.
13 και δεν υπήκουσα εις την φωνήν των διδασκόντων με, ουδέ έκλινα το ωτίον μου εις τους νουθετούντάς με.
I did not heed what my teachers said! I paid no attention to those who [tried to] teach me [something about my behavior].
14 Παρ' ολίγον έπεσον εις παν κακόν, εν μέσω της συνάξεως και της συναγωγής.
[Now] I am almost ruined, and I will be disgraced in public gatherings.”
15 Πίνε ύδατα εκ της δεξαμενής σου και πηγάζοντα εκ του φρέατός σου·
Like a man is refreshed by drinking water from his own well [MET], enjoy [having sex] [EUP] only with your own wife.
16 Ας εκχέωνται έξω αι πηγαί σου, και τα ρυάκια των υδάτων σου εις τας πλατείας·
Like you would not waste good water by pouring it into the street, [you should not have sex with other women]. [MET, EUP]
17 σου μόνου ας ήναι αυτά, και ουχί ξένων μετά σού·
Enjoy [having sex] only with your wife; do not [have sex with] other women.
18 η πηγή σου ας ήναι ευλογημένη· και ευφραίνου μετά της γυναικός της νεότητός σου.
Let your wife be a source of great pleasure to you. (Be happy/[Enjoy sex]) with the woman whom you married when you were both young.
19 Ας ήναι εις σε ως έλαφος ερασμία και δορκάς κεχαριτωμένη· ας σε ποτίζωσιν οι μαστοί αυτής εν παντί καιρώ· ευφραίνου πάντοτε εις την αγάπην αυτής.
She is as pretty and graceful [as] a young female deer. Allow her breasts to always satisfy you. Allow her lovemaking to excite you.
20 Και διά τι, υιέ μου, θέλεις θέλγεσθαι υπό ξένης και θέλεις εναγκαλίζεσθαι κόλπον αλλοτρίας;
My son, do not be [RHQ] captivated/charmed by an immoral woman! Do not fondle the breasts of another man’s wife!
21 Διότι του ανθρώπου αι οδοί είναι ενώπιον των οφθαλμών του Κυρίου, και σταθμίζει πάσας τας πορείας αυτού.
[I say that] because Yahweh sees clearly everything that we do; he knows [where we are going on] the roads that we walk on.
22 Αι ίδιαι αυτού ανομίαι θέλουσι συλλάβει τον ασεβή, και με τα σχοινία της αμαρτίας αυτού θέλει σφίγγεσθαι.
Evil men’s sinful desires hold them fast; their sins are [like] ropes that bind them.
23 Ούτος θέλει αποθάνει απαίδευτος και εκ του πλήθους της αφροσύνης αυτού θέλει περιπλανάσθαι.
Evil men [will] die because they are unable to say “No” to their desires; they [will] (go astray/be lost) because of the foolish things that they do.
