Amsal 5
1 Anakku, perhatikanlah kebijaksanaan dan pelajaran hidup yang aku ajarkan,
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 agar engkau dapat mempertimbangkan segala hal dengan baik dan perkataanmu didasari oleh pengetahuan.
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 Bujukan istri orang manis seperti tetesan madu, dan kata-katanya lihai merayu.
What an immoral woman says [to you may be] as sweet as honey, and sound smoother than olive oil [feels on your skin],
4 Namun pada akhirnya, bila engkau mengikut dia, akibatnya akan pahit bagai empedu dan menyakitkan bagai pisau belati.
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.
5 Jalan hidup perempuan itu membinasakan. Mengikutinya hanya akan menjerumuskan engkau ke dalam Syeol. (Sheol h7585)
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 Tak pernah sekalipun dia berpikir tentang hidup yang benar di mata Allah. Tanpa dia sadari, jalan hidupnya sudah sesat.
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 Oleh sebab itu hai anak-anak, dengarkanlah aku. Janganlah menyimpang dari pengajaranku.
So now, my sons, listen to me. (Never turn aside from/always remember) [LIT] what I am about to tell you.
8 Jauhilah perempuan seperti itu! Jangan mendekat ke pintu rumahnya
Run away from immoral women! Do not go near the doors of their houses!
9 agar engkau tidak membuang masa keemasanmu dan kehormatanmu hanya untuk memuaskan hawa nafsu. Akibat satu kali percabulan, hancurlah masa depanmu di tangan suaminya yang tak akan melepaskanmu.
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 Jangan biarkan hartamu ditelan orang-orang asing dan hasil kerja kerasmu dinikmati orang lain.
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 Pada akhirnya engkau akan mengerang ketika penyakit menggerogoti daging tubuhmu.
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 Saat itu engkau akan berkata, “Ah, seharusnya dulu aku tidak keras kepala menolak nasihat dan teguran!
Then you will say, “I hated it [when people tried to] correct me. I despised [people when they] reproved/rebuked me.
13 Aku tidak taat pada guru-guru yang memberi bimbingan kepadaku.
I did not heed what my teachers said! I paid no attention to those who [tried to] teach me [something about my behavior].
14 Akibatnya, aku nyaris hancur. Aku menanggung malu dan menjadi tontonan semua orang.”
[Now] I am almost ruined, and I will be disgraced in public gatherings.”
15 Anakku, setialah kepada istrimu, sama seperti engkau tak boleh mengambil milik pribadi orang lain.
Like a man is refreshed by drinking water from his own well [MET], enjoy [having sex] [EUP] only with your own wife.
16 Bukankah engkau pun tak mau, bila istrimu sendiri diambil orang lain?
Like you would not waste good water by pouring it into the street, [you should not have sex with other women]. [MET, EUP]
17 Sebab istrimu bagaikan mata air murni yang mengalir hanya untukmu, bukan untuk dibagi dengan orang lain.
Enjoy [having sex] only with your wife; do not [have sex with] other women.
18 Biarlah rasa hausmu dipuaskan hanya dengan istrimu itu, yang engkau nikahi sejak masa mudamu.
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 Dia bagaikan rusa betina muda: anggun dan penuh kasih sayang. Pelukan di dadanya memuaskan engkau, dan cintanya selalu memikat hatimu.
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 Jadi anakku, untuk apa terpikat oleh perempuan sundal! Tak ada gunanya memeluk dada perempuan lain.
My son, do not be [RHQ] captivated/charmed by an immoral woman! Do not fondle the breasts of another man’s wife!
21 Karena mata TUHAN selalu memperhatikan perbuatan tiap orang. Dia mengawasi segala jalan hidup kita.
[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 Orang jahat akan terjerat dalam pelanggaran-pelanggarannya sendiri. Dosanya ibarat tali perangkap yang mengikatnya erat.
Evil men’s sinful desires hold them fast; their sins are [like] ropes that bind them.
23 Dia akan binasa karena menolak didikan, dan tersesat karena bebalnya keterlaluan.
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.
