Παροιμίαι 7
1 υἱέ φύλασσε ἐμοὺς λόγους τὰς δὲ ἐμὰς ἐντολὰς κρύψον παρὰ σεαυτῷ υἱέ τίμα τὸν κύριον καὶ ἰσχύσεις πλὴν δὲ αὐτοῦ μὴ φοβοῦ ἄλλον
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with you.
2 φύλαξον ἐμὰς ἐντολάς καὶ βιώσεις τοὺς δὲ ἐμοὺς λόγους ὥσπερ κόρας ὀμμάτων
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of your eye.
3 περίθου δὲ αὐτοὺς σοῖς δακτύλοις ἐπίγραψον δὲ ἐπὶ τὸ πλάτος τῆς καρδίας σου
Bind them on your fingers, write them on the table of your heart.
4 εἶπον τὴν σοφίαν σὴν ἀδελφὴν εἶναι τὴν δὲ φρόνησιν γνώριμον περιποίησαι σεαυτῷ
Say to wisdom, You are my sister; and call understanding your kinswoman:
5 ἵνα σε τηρήσῃ ἀπὸ γυναικὸς ἀλλοτρίας καὶ πονηρᾶς ἐάν σε λόγοις τοῖς πρὸς χάριν ἐμβάληται
That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger which flatters with her words.
6 ἀπὸ γὰρ θυρίδος ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτῆς εἰς τὰς πλατείας παρακύπτουσα
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
7 ὃν ἂν ἴδῃ τῶν ἀφρόνων τέκνων νεανίαν ἐνδεῆ φρενῶν
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
8 παραπορευόμενον παρὰ γωνίαν ἐν διόδοις οἴκων αὐτῆς
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
9 καὶ λαλοῦντα ἐν σκότει ἑσπερινῷ ἡνίκα ἂν ἡσυχία νυκτερινὴ ᾖ καὶ γνοφώδης
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
10 ἡ δὲ γυνὴ συναντᾷ αὐτῷ εἶδος ἔχουσα πορνικόν ἣ ποιεῖ νέων ἐξίπτασθαι καρδίας
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtle of heart.
11 ἀνεπτερωμένη δέ ἐστιν καὶ ἄσωτος ἐν οἴκῳ δὲ οὐχ ἡσυχάζουσιν οἱ πόδες αὐτῆς
(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
12 χρόνον γάρ τινα ἔξω ῥέμβεται χρόνον δὲ ἐν πλατείαις παρὰ πᾶσαν γωνίαν ἐνεδρεύει
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.)
13 εἶτα ἐπιλαβομένη ἐφίλησεν αὐτόν ἀναιδεῖ δὲ προσώπῳ προσεῖπεν αὐτῷ
So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him,
14 θυσία εἰρηνική μοί ἐστιν σήμερον ἀποδίδωμι τὰς εὐχάς μου
I have peace offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows.
15 ἕνεκα τούτου ἐξῆλθον εἰς συνάντησίν σοι ποθοῦσα τὸ σὸν πρόσωπον εὕρηκά σε
Therefore came I forth to meet you, diligently to seek your face, and I have found you.
16 κειρίαις τέτακα τὴν κλίνην μου ἀμφιτάποις δὲ ἔστρωκα τοῖς ἀπ’ Αἰγύπτου
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
17 διέρραγκα τὴν κοίτην μου κρόκῳ τὸν δὲ οἶκόν μου κινναμώμῳ
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 ἐλθὲ καὶ ἀπολαύσωμεν φιλίας ἕως ὄρθρου δεῦρο καὶ ἐγκυλισθῶμεν ἔρωτι
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
19 οὐ γὰρ πάρεστιν ὁ ἀνήρ μου ἐν οἴκῳ πεπόρευται δὲ ὁδὸν μακρὰν
For the manager is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
20 ἔνδεσμον ἀργυρίου λαβὼν ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ δῑ ἡμερῶν πολλῶν ἐπανήξει εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ
He has taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
21 ἀπεπλάνησεν δὲ αὐτὸν πολλῇ ὁμιλίᾳ βρόχοις τε τοῖς ἀπὸ χειλέων ἐξώκειλεν αὐτόν
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
22 ὁ δὲ ἐπηκολούθησεν αὐτῇ κεπφωθείς ὥσπερ δὲ βοῦς ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἄγεται καὶ ὥσπερ κύων ἐπὶ δεσμοὺς
He goes after her straightway, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
23 ἢ ὡς ἔλαφος τοξεύματι πεπληγὼς εἰς τὸ ἧπαρ σπεύδει δὲ ὥσπερ ὄρνεον εἰς παγίδα οὐκ εἰδὼς ὅτι περὶ ψυχῆς τρέχει
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hastens to the snare, and knows not that it is for his life.
24 νῦν οὖν υἱέ ἄκουέ μου καὶ πρόσεχε ῥήμασιν στόματός μου
Listen to me now therefore, O you children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25 μὴ ἐκκλινάτω εἰς τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῆς ἡ καρδία σου
Let not your heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
26 πολλοὺς γὰρ τρώσασα καταβέβληκεν καὶ ἀναρίθμητοί εἰσιν οὓς πεφόνευκεν
For she has cast down many wounded: yes, many strong men have been slain by her.
