సామెతలు 7
My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.
Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.
Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,
5 ౫ అలా చేస్తే నువ్వు వ్యభిచారి దగ్గరికి వెళ్ళకుండా, సరసాలాడే స్త్రీ వలలో పడకుండా నిన్ను నీవు కాపాడుకుంటావు.
that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice.
I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,
passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,
in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.
Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.
She is loud and defiant. Her feet do not stay in her house.
12 ౧౨ ఆమె ఒక్కోసారి తన ఇంటి ఎదుట, ఒక్కోసారి పట్టణ వీధుల్లో ఉంటుంది. ప్రతి సందులోనూ ఆమె కాపు కాసి ఉంటుంది.
Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.
13 ౧౩ ఆమె ఆ యువకుణ్ణి పట్టుకుని ముద్దు పెట్టుకుంది. సిగ్గు, బిడియం లేని ముఖంతో అతనితో ఇలా చెప్పింది,
So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:
“Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. Today I have paid my vows.
Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.
16 ౧౬ నా మంచంపై రత్న కంబళ్ళు పరిచాను. ఐగుప్తు నుండి తెప్పించిన నైపుణ్యంగా అల్లిన నార దుప్పట్లు వేశాను.
I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Come, let’s take our fill of loving until the morning. Let’s solace ourselves with loving.
For my husband is not at home. He has gone on a long journey.
He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.”
21 ౨౧ ఆ విధంగా ఆమె తన మృదువైన మాటలు పదే పదే చెబుతూ, లాలిస్తూ అతణ్ణి లోబరచుకుంది. పొగడ్తలతో ముంచెత్తుతూ అతణ్ణి ఈడ్చుకు పోయింది.
With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
22 ౨౨ వెంటనే అతడు ఆమె వెంట వెళ్ళాడు. పశువు వధకై వెళ్లినట్టు, పరాయివాళ్ళ చేతికి చిక్కి చెరసాల పాలైనట్టు అతడు వెళ్ళాడు.
He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.
23 ౨౩ పక్షి తనకు ప్రాణాపాయం ఉన్నదని తెలియక ఉచ్చులో పడినట్టు, అతని గుండెను చీల్చే బాణం దూసుకుపోయేంత వరకూ అతడు ఆమె వెంటబడి వెళ్ళాడు.
Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and does not know that it will cost his life.
Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth.
Do not let your heart turn to her ways. Do not go astray in her paths,
for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty army.
