Proverbiorum 5
1 Fili mi, attende ad sapientiam meam, et prudentiae meae inclina aurem tuam,
My son, attend to my wisdom. Incline thine ear to my understanding,
2 ut custodias cogitationes, et disciplinam labia tua conservent. Ne attendas fallaciae mulieris.
that thou may preserve discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
3 favus enim distillans labia meretricis, et nitidius oleo guttur eius.
For the lips of an interloping woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil.
4 novissima autem illius amara quasi absinthium, et acuta quasi gladius biceps.
But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death. Her steps take hold on Sheol, (Sheol h7585)
6 Per semitam vitae non ambulant, vagi sunt gressus eius, et investigabiles.
so that she does not find the level path of life. Her ways are unstable, and she does not know.
7 Nunc ergo fili mi audi me, et ne recedas a verbis oris mei.
Now therefore, ye sons, hearken to me, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.
8 Longe fac ab ea viam tuam, et ne appropinques foribus domus eius.
Remove thy way far from her, and do not come near the door of her house,
9 Ne des alienis honorem tuum, et annos tuos crudeli.
lest thou give thine honor to others, and thy years to the cruel,
10 ne forte implentur extranei viribus tuis, et labores tui sint in domo aliena,
lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labors be in the house of an alien,
11 et gemas in novissimis, quando consumpseris carnes tuas et corpus tuum, et dicas:
and thou mourn at thy latter end when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
12 Cur detestatus sum disciplinam, et increpationibus non acquievit cor meum,
and say, How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.
13 nec audivi vocem docentium me, et magistris non inclinavi aurem meam?
Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!
14 Pene fui in omni malo, in medio ecclesiae et synagogae.
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the assembly and congregation.
15 Bibe aquam de cisterna tua, et fluenta putei tui:
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
16 Deriventur fontes tui foras, et in plateis aquas tuas divide.
Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, and streams of water in the streets?
17 Habeto eas solus, nec sint alieni participes tui.
Let them be for thyself alone, and not for strangers with thee.
18 Sit vena tua benedicta, et laetare cum muliere adolescentiae tuae:
Let thy fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of thy youth:
19 cerva charissima, et gratissimus hinnulus. ubera eius inebrient te in omni tempore, in amore eius delectare iugiter.
a loving hind and a pleasant doe. Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times, and be thou ravished always with her love.
20 Quare seduceris fili mi ab aliena, et foveris in sinu alterius?
For why should thou, my son, be ravished with an interloping woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21 Respicit Dominus vias hominis, et omnes gressus eius considerat.
For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he makes level all his paths.
22 Iniquitates suas capiunt impium, et funibus peccatorum suorum constringitur.
His own iniquities shall take a wicked man, and he shall be held with the cords of his sin.
23 Ipse morietur, quia non habuit disciplinam, et in multitudine stultitiae suae decipietur.
He shall die for lack of instruction. And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
