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Fereşte-te de desfrânare

Fiule, ia aminte la înţelepciunea mea
şi pleacă urechea la învăţătura mea,
ca să fii cu chibzuinţă
şi buzele tale să aibă(A) cunoştinţă.
Căci(B) buzele femeii străine strecoară miere
şi cerul gurii ei este mai lunecos(C) decât untdelemnul,
dar(D) la urmă este amară ca pelinul,
ascuţită(E) ca o sabie cu două tăişuri.
Picioarele(F) ei pogoară la moarte,
paşii ei dau în Locuinţa morţilor.
Aşa că ea nu poate găsi calea vieţii,
rătăceşte în căile ei şi nu ştie unde merge.
Şi acum, fiule, ascultă-mă
şi nu te abate de la cuvintele gurii mele:
depărtează-te de drumul care duce la ea
şi nu te apropia de uşa casei ei,
ca nu cumva să-ţi dai altora vlaga ta
şi unui om fără milă anii tăi;
10 ca nu cumva nişte străini să se sature de averea ta
şi tu să te trudeşti pentru casa altuia;
11 ca nu cumva să gemi, la urmă,
când carnea şi trupul ţi se vor istovi
12 şi să zici: „Cum am putut eu să urăsc(G) certarea
şi cum a dispreţuit inima(H) mea mustrarea?
13 Cum am putut să n-ascult glasul învăţătorilor mei
şi să nu iau aminte la cei ce mă învăţau?
14 Cât pe ce să mă nenorocesc de tot
în mijlocul poporului şi adunării!”
15 Bea apă din fântâna ta
şi din izvoarele puţului tău.
16 Ce, vrei să ţi se verse izvoarele afară?
Şi să-ţi curgă râurile pe pieţele de obşte?
17 Lasă-le să fie numai pentru tine,
şi nu pentru străinii de lângă tine.
18 Izvorul tău să fie binecuvântat
şi bucură-te de nevasta(I) tinereţii tale.
19 Cerboaică(J) iubită, căprioară plăcută:
fii îmbătat tot timpul de drăgălăşiile ei,
fii îndrăgostit necurmat de dragostea ei!
20 Şi pentru ce, fiule, ai fi îndrăgostit de o(K) străină
şi ai îmbrăţişa sânul unei necunoscute?
21 Căci(L) căile omului sunt lămurite înaintea ochilor Domnului
şi El vede toate cărările lui.
22 Cel rău este prins în înseşi(M) nelegiuirile lui
şi este apucat de legăturile păcatului lui.
23 El va muri din lipsă de înfrânare(N),
se va poticni din prea multa lui nebunie.

The Peril of Adultery

My son, pay attention to my wisdom;
[a]Lend your ear to my understanding,
That you may [b]preserve discretion,
And your lips (A)may keep knowledge.
(B)For the lips of [c]an immoral woman drip honey,
And her mouth is (C)smoother than oil;
But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death,
(D)Her steps lay hold of [d]hell.
Lest you ponder her path of life—
Her ways are unstable;
You do not know them.

Therefore hear me now, my children,
And do not depart from the words of my mouth.
Remove your way far from her,
And do not go near the door of her house,
Lest you give your [e]honor to others,
And your years to the cruel one;
10 Lest aliens be filled with your [f]wealth,
And your labors go to the house of a foreigner;
11 And you mourn at last,
When your flesh and your body are consumed,
12 And say:
“How I have hated instruction,
And my heart despised correction!
13 I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers,
Nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!
14 I was on the verge of total ruin,
In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”

15 Drink water from your own cistern,
And running water from your own well.
16 Should your fountains be dispersed abroad,
[g]Streams of water in the streets?
17 Let them be only your own,
And not for strangers with you.
18 Let your fountain be blessed,
And rejoice with (E)the wife of your youth.
19 (F)As a loving deer and a graceful doe,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
And always be [h]enraptured with her love.
20 For why should you, my son, be enraptured by (G)an immoral woman,
And be embraced in the arms of a seductress?

21 (H)For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord,
And He [i]ponders all his paths.
22 (I)His own iniquities entrap the wicked man,
And he is caught in the cords of his sin.
23 (J)He shall die for lack of instruction,
And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 5:1 Lit. Bow
  2. Proverbs 5:2 appreciate good judgment
  3. Proverbs 5:3 Lit. a strange
  4. Proverbs 5:5 Or Sheol
  5. Proverbs 5:9 vigor
  6. Proverbs 5:10 Lit. strength
  7. Proverbs 5:16 Channels
  8. Proverbs 5:19 Lit. intoxicated
  9. Proverbs 5:21 observes, lit. weighs

Warning Against Adultery

(A)My son, be attentive to my wisdom;
    (B)incline your ear to my understanding,
that you may keep (C)discretion,
    and your lips may (D)guard knowledge.
For the lips of (E)a forbidden[a] woman drip honey,
    and her speech[b] is (F)smoother than oil,
but in the end she is (G)bitter as (H)wormwood,
    (I)sharp as (J)a two-edged sword.
Her feet (K)go down to death;
    her steps follow the path to[c] Sheol;
she (L)does not ponder the path of life;
    her ways wander, and she does not know it.

And (M)now, O sons, listen to me,
    and do not depart from the words of my mouth.
Keep your way far from her,
    and do not go near the door of her house,
lest you give your honor to others
    and your years to the merciless,
10 lest strangers take their fill of your strength,
    and your (N)labors go to the house of a foreigner,
11 and at the end of your life you (O)groan,
    when your flesh and body are consumed,
12 and you say, (P)“How I hated discipline,
    and my heart (Q)despised reproof!
13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers
    or incline my ear to my instructors.
14 (R)I am at the brink of utter ruin
    in the assembled congregation.”

15 Drink (S)water from your own cistern,
    flowing water from your own well.
16 Should your (T)springs be scattered abroad,
    streams of water (U)in the streets?
17 (V)Let them be for yourself alone,
    and not for strangers with you.
18 Let your (W)fountain be blessed,
    and (X)rejoice in (Y)the wife of your youth,
19     a lovely (Z)deer, a graceful doe.
Let her breasts (AA)fill you at all times with delight;
    be intoxicated[d] always in her love.
20 Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with (AB)a forbidden woman
    and embrace the bosom of (AC)an adulteress?[e]
21 For (AD)a man's ways are (AE)before the eyes of the Lord,
    and he (AF)ponders[f] all his paths.
22 The (AG)iniquities of the wicked (AH)ensnare him,
    and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.
23 (AI)He dies for lack of discipline,
    and because of his great folly he is (AJ)led astray.

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 5:3 Hebrew strange; also verse 20
  2. Proverbs 5:3 Hebrew palate
  3. Proverbs 5:5 Hebrew lay hold of
  4. Proverbs 5:19 Hebrew be led astray; also verse 20
  5. Proverbs 5:20 Hebrew a foreign woman
  6. Proverbs 5:21 Or makes level