Proverbs 7
1 son: child my to keep: guard word my and commandment my to treasure with you
My son, accept what I say and value my instructions.
2 to keep: guard commandment my and to live and instruction my like/as pupil eye your
Do what I tell you and you will live. Observe my teachings, valuing them as your main focus in life.
3 to conspire them upon finger your to write them upon tablet heart your
Tie them to your fingers; write them in your mind.
4 to say to/for wisdom sister my you(f. s.) and kinsman to/for understanding to call: call to
Tell wisdom, “You're my sister,” and call insight your best friend.
5 to/for to keep: guard you from woman be a stranger from foreign word her to smooth
They will protect you from the immoral woman, from the prostitute with her seductive words.
6 for in/on/with window house: home my about/through/for lattice my to look
One time I looked through the lattice of the window in my house,
7 and to see: see in/on/with simple to understand in/on/with son: child youth lacking heart
and I saw among the immature young men one who had no sense at all.
8 to pass in/on/with street beside corner her and way: road house: home her to march
He was walking down the street near the corner where she lived and took the road passing her house.
9 in/on/with twilight in/on/with evening day in/on/with pupil night and darkness
It was at dusk in the evening, as the light was fading and the dark night closed in.
10 and behold woman to/for to encounter: meet him garment to fornicate and to watch heart
Then out came a woman came to meet him. She was dressed as a prostitute and had deceptive intentions.
11 to roar he/she/it and to rebel in/on/with house: home her not to dwell foot her
(She was loud and provocative, never wanting to stay at home.
12 beat in/on/with outside beat in/on/with street/plaza and beside all corner to ambush
One moment she'd be walking the streets, the next she'd be there in the town squares, loitering at every corner.)
13 and to strengthen: hold in/on/with him and to kiss to/for him be strong face her and to say to/for him
She grabbed hold of him and kissed him, and with a bold face she told him,
14 sacrifice peace offering upon me [the] day to complete vow my
“I sacrificed my peace offering today, and paid my vows.
15 upon so to come out: come to/for to encounter: meet you to/for to seek face of your and to find you
That's why I came out to meet you. I was looking for you and now I've found you!
16 covering to spread bed my colored fine linen Egypt
My bed is made, covered with colorful linens from Egypt.
17 to sprinkle bed my myrrh aloe and cinnamon
I've sprinkled perfume on my bed—myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 to go: come! [emph?] to quench beloved: love till [the] morning to rejoice in/on/with beloved
Come with me, let's make love until the morning. Let's enjoy one another in our love-making!
19 for nothing [the] man: husband in/on/with house: home his to go: went in/on/with way: journey from distant
My husband isn't home; he's gone on a long trip.
20 bundle [the] silver: money to take: take in/on/with hand: to his to/for day [the] full moon to come (in): come house: home his
He took a bag of money with him, and he won't be coming back until the full moon.”
21 to stretch him in/on/with abundance teaching her in/on/with smoothness lip: words her to banish him
She convinced him with all that she said; she seduced him with her smooth talking.
22 to go: follow after her suddenly like/as cattle to(wards) slaughter to come (in): come and like/as anklet to(wards) discipline: bonds fool(ish)
He followed her right away, like an ox to the slaughter. Like a stag that's caught in a snare
23 till to cleave arrow liver his like/as to hasten bird to(wards) snare and not to know for in/on/with soul: life his he/she/it
until an arrow pierces its liver, like a bird flying into a trap, he's unaware he will pay with his life.
24 and now son: descendant/people to hear: hear to/for me and to listen to/for word lip my
So now listen to me, my sons, and pay attention to what I'm saying.
25 not to turn aside to(wards) way: conduct her heart your not to go astray in/on/with path her
Don't even think about following her. Don't stray down her road.
26 for many slain: wounded to fall: deserting and mighty all to kill her
For she has brought down and destroyed a lot of men; she's killed so many.
