Pregovori 5
1 Moj sin, prisluhni moji modrosti in svoje uho pripogni k mojemu razumevanju,
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
2 da boš lahko upošteval preudarnost in da bodo tvoje ustnice lahko obvarovale spoznanje.
That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
3 Kajti ustnice tuje ženske kapljajo kakor satovje in njena usta so bolj prilizljiva kakor olje,
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
4 toda njen konec je grenek kakor pelin, oster kakor dvorezen meč.
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. (Sheol h7585)
6 Da ne bi preudarjal steze življenja, njene poti so premične, da jih ti ne moreš spoznati.
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
7 Zato mi torej prisluhnite, oh vi otroci in ne odidite od besed mojih ust.
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
8 Svojo pot odstrani daleč od nje in ne pridi blizu vrat njene hiše,
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
9 da ne bi svoje časti dal drugim in svojih let krutemu,
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
10 da ne bi bili tujci nasičeni s tvojim premoženjem in bi bili tvoji napori v hiši tujca
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
11 in boš končno žaloval, ko bo tvoje meso in tvoje telo iztrošeno
And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
12 in rečeš: »Kako sem sovražil poučevanje in je moje srce preziralo opomin
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
13 in nisem ubogal glasu svojih učiteljev niti svojega ušesa nagnil k tem, ki so me poučevali!
And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
14 Bil sem skoraj v vsem zlu v sredi skupnosti in zbora.«
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
15 Pij vode iz svojega lastnega vodnega zbiralnika in tekoče vode iz svojega lastnega izvira.
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
16 Naj bodo tvoji studenci razpršeni naokoli in reke vodá po ulicah.
Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
17 Naj bodo samo tvoji lastni in ne s teboj [tudi] tujčevi.
Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
18 Naj bo tvoj studenec blagoslovljen in razveseljuj se z ženo svoje mladosti.
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
19 Ona naj bo kakor ljubeča košuta in prijetna srna. Naj te njene prsi zadovoljijo ob vseh časih in vedno bodi očaran z njeno ljubeznijo.
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
20 Zakaj hočeš biti ti, moj sin, očaran s tujo žensko in objemati naročje tujke?
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21 Kajti človekove poti so pred Gospodovimi očmi in on preudarja vsa njegova ravnanja.
For the ways of man are before the eyes of YHWH, and he pondereth all his goings.
22 Njegove lastne krivičnosti bodo zlobnega vzele k sebi in držan bo z vrvmi svojih grehov.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
23 Umrl bo brez poučevanja in v veličini svoje neumnosti bo zašel na stranpot.
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
