Proverbiorum 5
1 Fili mi, attende ad sapientiam meam, et prudentiæ meæ inclina aurem tuam,
My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,
2 ut custodias cogitationes, et disciplinam labia tua conservent. Ne attendas fallaciæ mulieris.
To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.
3 Favus enim distillans labia meretricis, et nitidius oleo guttur eius.
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil [is] her mouth,
4 Novissima autem illius amara quasi absinthium, et acuta quasi gladius biceps.
And her latter end [is] bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword [with] mouths.
Her feet are going down to death, Sheol do her steps take hold of. (Sheol h7585)
6 Per semitam vitæ non ambulant, vagi sunt gressus eius, et investigabiles.
The path of life — lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths — thou knowest not.
7 Nunc ergo fili mi audi me, et ne recedas a verbis oris mei.
And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.
8 Longe fac ab ea viam tuam, et ne appropinques foribus domus eius.
Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,
9 Ne des alienis honorem tuum, et annos tuos crudeli.
Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,
10 Ne forte implentur extranei viribus tuis, et labores tui sint in domo aliena,
Lest strangers be filled [with] thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger,
11 et gemas in novissimis, quando consumseris carnes tuas et corpus tuum, et dicas:
And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food,
12 Cur detestatus sum disciplinam, et increpationibus non acquievit cor meum,
And hast said, 'How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,
13 nec audivi vocem docentium me, et magistris non inclinavi aurem meam?
And I have not hearkened to the voice of my directors, And to my teachers have not inclined mine ear.
14 Pene fui in omni malo, in medio ecclesiæ et synagogæ.
As a little thing I have been all evil, In the midst of an assembly and a company.
15 Bibe aquam de cisterna tua, et fluenta putei tui:
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, Even flowing ones out of thine own well.
16 Deriventur fontes tui foras, et in plateis aquas tuas divide.
Let thy fountains be scattered abroad, In broad places rivulets of waters.
17 Habeto eas solus, nec sint alieni participes tui.
Let them be to thee for thyself, And not to strangers with thee.
18 Sit vena tua benedicta, et lætare cum muliere adolescentiæ tuæ:
Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,
19 cerva charissima, et gratissimus hinnulus. Ubera eius inebrient te in omni tempore, in amore eius delectare iugiter.
A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually.
20 Quare seduceris fili mi ab aliena, et foveris in sinu alterius?
And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?
21 Respicit Dominus vias hominis, et omnes gressus eius considerat.
For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.
22 Iniquitates suas capiunt impium, et funibus peccatorum suorum constringitur.
His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.
23 Ipse morietur, quia non habuit disciplinam, et in multitudine stultitiæ suæ decipietur.
He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!
