箴言 5

1My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline thy ear to my prudence.

2That thou mayst keep thoughts, and thy lips may preserve instruction. Mind not the deceit of a woman.

3For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil.

4But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword.

5Her feet go down into death, and her steps go in as far as hell.

6They walk not by the path of life, her steps are wandering, and unaccountable.

7Now therefore, my son, hear me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the doors of her house.

9Give not thy honour to strangers, and thy years to the cruel.

10Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in another man’s house,

11And thou mourn it the last, when thou shalt have spent thy flesh and thy body, and say:

12Why have I hated instruction, and my heart consented not to reproof,

13And have not heard the voice of them that taught me, and have not inclined my ear to masters?

14I have almost been in all evil, in the midst of the church and of the congregation.

15Drink water out of thy own cistern, and the streams of thy own well:

16Let thy fountains be conveyed abroad, and in the streets divide thy waters.

17Keep them to thyself alone, neither let strangers be partakers with thee.

18Let thy vein be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of thy youth:

19Let her be thy dearest hind, and most agreeable fawn: let her breasts inebriate thee at all times; he thou delighted continually with her love.

20Why art thou seduced, my son, by a strange woman, and art cherished in the bosom of another?

21The Lord beholdeth the ways of man, and considereth all his steps.

22His own iniquities catch the wicked, and he is fast bound with the ropes of his own sins.

23He shall die, because he hath not received instruction, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived.

1[Fili mi, attende ad sapientiam meam, et prudentiæ meæ inclina aurem tuam:

2ut custodias cogitationes, et disciplinam labia tua conservent. Ne attendas fallaciæ mulieris;

3favus enim distillans labia meretricis, et nitidius oleo guttur ejus:

4novissima autem illius amara quasi absinthium, et acuta quasi gladius biceps.

5Pedes ejus descendunt in mortem, et ad inferos gressus illius penetrant.

6Per semitam vitæ non ambulant; vagi sunt gressus ejus et investigabiles.

7Nunc ergo fili mi, audi me, et ne recedas a verbis oris mei.

8Longe fac ab ea viam tuam, et ne appropinques foribus domus ejus.

9Ne des alienis honorem tuum, et annos tuos crudeli:

10ne forte implentur extranei viribus tuis, et labores tui sint in domo aliena,

11et gemas in novissimis, quando consumpseris carnes tuas et corpus tuum, et dicas:

12Cur detestatus sum disciplinam, et increpationibus non acquievit cor meum,

13nec audivi vocem docentium me, et magistris non inclinavi aurem meam?

14pene fui in omni malo, in medio ecclesiæ et synagogæ.

15Bibe aquam de cisterna tua, et fluenta putei tui;

16deriventur fontes tui foras, et in plateis aquas tuas divide.

17Habeto eas solus, nec sint alieni participes tui.

18Sit vena tua benedicta, et lætare cum muliere adolescentiæ tuæ.

19Cerva carissima, et gratissimus hinnulus: ubera ejus inebrient te in omni tempore; in amore ejus delectare jugiter.

20Quare seduceris, fili mi, ab aliena, et foveris in sinu alterius?

21Respicit Dominus vias hominis, et omnes gressus ejus considerat.

22Iniquitates suas capiunt impium, et funibus peccatorum suorum constringitur.

23Ipse morietur, quia non habuit disciplinam, et in multitudine stultitiæ suæ decipietur.]

1My son, pay attention to my wisdom, and incline your ear to my prudence,

2so that you may guard your thinking, and so that your lips may preserve discipline. Do not pay attention to the deceit of a woman.

3For the lips of a loose woman are like a dripping honeycomb, and her voice is smoother than oil.

4But in the end, she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.

5Her feet descend into death, and her steps reach even to Hell.

6They do not walk along the path of life; her steps are wandering and untraceable.

7Therefore, my son, listen to me now, and do not withdraw from the words of my mouth.

8Make your way at a distance from her, and do not approach the doors of her house.

9Do not give your honor to foreigners, and your years to the cruel.

10Otherwise, outsiders may be filled with your strength, and your labors may be in a foreign house,

11and you may mourn in the end, when you will have consumed your flesh and your body. And so you may say:

12“Why have I detested discipline, and why has my heart not been quieted by correction?

13And why have I not listened to the voice of those who guided me? And why has my ear not inclined to my teachers?

14I have almost been with all evil in the midst of the church and of the assembly.”

15Drink water from your own cistern and from the springs of your own well.

16Let your fountains be diverted far and wide, and divide your waters in the streets.

17Hold them for yourself alone, and do not let strangers be partakers with you.

18Let your spring be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of your youth:

19a beloved doe and most pleasing fawn. Let her breasts inebriate you at all times. Be delighted continually by her love.

20Why are you seduced, my son, by a strange woman, and why are you kept warm by the bosom of another?

21The Lord beholds the ways of man, and he considers all his steps.

22His own iniquities take hold of the impious, and he is bound by the cords of his own sins.

23He shall die, for he has not held to discipline. And by the multitude of his foolishness, he shall be deceived.