நீதிமொழிகள் 7
My son, guard my words and conceal my precepts within you.
2 ௨ என்னுடைய கட்டளைகளையும் என்னுடைய போதகத்தையும் உன்னுடைய கண்மணியைப்போல் காத்துக்கொள், அப்பொழுது பிழைப்பாய்.
Son, preserve my commandments, and you shall live. And keep my law as the pupil of your eye.
Bind it with your fingers; write it on the tablets of your heart.
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call prudence your friend.
5 ௫ ஞானத்தை நோக்கி, நீ என்னுடைய சகோதரி என்றும், புத்தியைப்பார்த்து, நீ என்னுடைய இனத்தைச் சேர்ந்தவள் என்றும் சொல்லு.
So may she guard you from the woman who is an outsider, and from the stranger who sweetens her words.
For I gaze from the window of my house, through the lattice,
and I see little ones. I consider a frenzied youth,
who crosses the street at the corner and close to the way of that house.
He steps into shadows, as day becomes evening, into the darkness and gloom of the night.
And behold, a woman meets him, dressed like a harlot, prepared to captivate souls: chattering and rambling,
unwilling to bear silence, unable to keep her feet at home,
now outside, now in the streets, now lying in ambush near the corners.
And overtaking the youth, she kisses him, and with a provocative face, she flatters him, saying:
“I vowed sacrifices for well-being. Today I have repaid my vows.
15 ௧௫ ஆதலால், நான் உன்னைச் சந்திக்கப் புறப்பட்டு, உன் முகத்தை ஆவலோடு தேடினேன்; இப்பொழுது உன்னைக் கண்டுபிடித்தேன்.
Because of this, I have gone out to meet you, desiring to see you, and I have found you.
16 ௧௬ என்னுடைய மெத்தையை இரத்தினக் கம்பளங்களாலும், எகிப்து தேசத்தின் விசித்திரமான மெல்லிய துணிகளாலும் அலங்கரித்தேன்.
I have woven my bed with cords. I have strewn it with embroidered tapestries from Egypt.
I have sprinkled my bed with myrrh, aloe, and cinnamon.
Come, let us be inebriated in abundance, and let us delight in the embraces of desire, until the day begins to dawn.
For my husband is not in his house. He has gone away on a very long journey.
20 ௨0 பணப்பையைத் தன்னுடைய கையிலே கொண்டுபோனான், குறிக்கப்பட்ட நாளிலே வீட்டுக்கு வருவான் என்று சொல்லி,
He took with him a bag of money. He will return to his house on the day of the full moon.”
21 ௨௧ தன்னுடைய மிகுதியான இனிய சொற்களால் அவனை வசப்படுத்தி, தன்னுடைய உதடுகளின் இனிமையான பேச்சால் அவனை இணங்கச்செய்தாள்.
She enmeshed him with many words, and she drew him forward with the flattery of her lips.
22 ௨௨ உடனே அவன் அவள் பின்னே சென்றான்; ஒரு மாடு அடிக்கப்படும்படி செல்வதுபோலவும், ஒரு மூடன் விலங்கிடப்பட்டு தண்டனைக்குப் போவதுபோலவும்,
Immediately, he follows her, like an ox being led to the sacrifice, and like a lamb acting lasciviously, and not knowing that he is being drawn foolishly into chains,
23 ௨௩ ஒரு குருவி தன்னுடைய உயிரை வாங்கும் கண்ணியை அறியாமல் அதில் விழுவதற்கு விரைந்து போகிறதுபோலவும், அவளுக்குப் பின்னே போனான்; அம்பு அவனுடைய இருதயத்தைப் பிளந்தது.
until the arrow pierces his liver. It is just as if a bird were to hurry into the snare. And he does not know that his actions endanger his own soul.
Therefore, my son, hear me now, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Do not let your mind be pulled into her ways. And do not be deceived by her paths.
For she has tossed aside many wounded, and some of those who were very strong have been slain by her.
