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当远离淫妇

我儿,要留心听我的智慧,

侧耳听我的哲理,

好让你持守明辨的态度,

你的嘴唇谨守知识。

因为淫妇的嘴唇滴下蜂蜜,

她的口比油更滑;

至终却苦似苦菫,

快如两刃的剑。

她的脚走下死地,

她的脚步踏向阴间。

她不理会生命之路,

她的路径变迁无定,自己也不知道。

孩子们,现在要听从我,

不可离弃我口中的话。

你的道路要远离她,

不可走近她的家门;

免得你的精力给了别人,

你的年日交给了残忍的人;

10 免得外人饱享你的财物,

你劳碌得来的归入别人的家。

11 在你生命终结,你的肉体和身躯衰残的时候,

你就悲叹,

12 说:“我为甚么恨恶管教,

我的心为甚么轻视责备,

13 不听从我老师的话,

也不留心听那些教导我的人。

14 在众民的集会中,

我几乎落在万劫不复之地。”

要专爱妻子

15 你要喝自己池中的水,

饮自己井里的活水。

16 你的泉源怎么可以外溢?

你的河水怎么可以流在街上?

17 它们要独归你一人所有,

不要让外人与你共享。

18 要使你的泉源蒙福,

要喜悦你年轻时所娶的妻子。

19 她像可爱的母鹿,人所喜悦的母山羊,

愿她的乳房时常使你满足,

愿她的爱情常常使你恋慕。

20 我儿,为甚么恋慕淫妇?

为甚么拥抱妓女的胸怀呢?

21 因为人的道路都在耶和华眼前,

他也审察人的一切路径。

22 恶人必被自己的罪孽捉住,

他必被自己罪恶的绳索缠住。

23 他必因不受管教而死亡,

又因自己过分愚妄而走进歧途。

當遠離淫婦

我兒,要留心聽我的智慧,

側耳聽我的哲理,

好讓你持守明辨的態度,

你的嘴唇謹守知識。

因為淫婦的嘴唇滴下蜂蜜,

她的口比油更滑;

至終卻苦似苦菫,

快如兩刃的劍。

她的腳走下死地,

她的腳步踏向陰間。

她不理會生命之路,

她的路徑變遷無定,自己也不知道。

孩子們,現在要聽從我,

不可離棄我口中的話。

你的道路要遠離她,

不可走近她的家門;

免得你的精力給了別人,

你的年日交給了殘忍的人;

10 免得外人飽享你的財物,

你勞碌得來的歸入別人的家。

11 在你生命終結,你的肉體和身軀衰殘的時候,

你就悲歎,

12 說:“我為甚麼恨惡管教,

我的心為甚麼輕視責備,

13 不聽從我老師的話,

也不留心聽那些教導我的人。

14 在眾民的集會中,

我幾乎落在萬劫不復之地。”

要專愛妻子

15 你要喝自己池中的水,

飲自己井裡的活水。

16 你的泉源怎麼可以外溢?

你的河水怎麼可以流在街上?

17 它們要獨歸你一人所有,

不要讓外人與你共享。

18 要使你的泉源蒙福,

要喜悅你年輕時所娶的妻子。

19 她像可愛的母鹿,人所喜悅的母山羊,

願她的乳房時常使你滿足,

願她的愛情常常使你戀慕。

20 我兒,為甚麼戀慕淫婦?

為甚麼擁抱妓女的胸懷呢?

21 因為人的道路都在耶和華眼前,

他也審察人的一切路徑。

22 惡人必被自己的罪孽捉住,

他必被自己罪惡的繩索纏住。

23 他必因不受管教而死亡,

又因自己過分愚妄而走進歧途。

My son, be attentive to my Wisdom [godly Wisdom learned by actual and costly experience], and incline your ear to my understanding [of what is becoming and prudent for you],

That you may exercise proper discrimination and discretion and your lips may guard and keep knowledge and the wise answer [to temptation].

For the lips of a loose woman drip honey as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil;(A)

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

Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold of Sheol (Hades, the place of the dead).

She loses sight of and walks not in the path of life; her ways wind about aimlessly, and you cannot know them.

Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

Let your way in life be far from her, and come not near the door of her house [avoid the very scenes of temptation],(B)

Lest you give your honor to others and your years to those without mercy,

10 Lest strangers [and false teachings] take their fill of your strength and wealth and your labors go to the house of an alien [from God]—

11 And you groan and mourn when your end comes, when your flesh and body are consumed,

12 And you say, How I hated instruction and discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

13 I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers nor submitted and consented to those who instructed me.

14 [The extent and boldness of] my sin involved almost all evil [in the estimation] of the congregation and the community.

15 [a]Drink waters out of your own cistern [of a pure marriage relationship], and fresh running waters out of your own well.

16 Should your offspring be dispersed abroad as water brooks in the streets?

17 [Confine yourself to your own wife] let your children be for you alone, and not the children of strangers with you.

18 Let your fountain [of human life] be blessed [with the rewards of fidelity], and rejoice in the wife of your youth.

19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant doe [tender, gentle, attractive]—let her bosom satisfy you at all times, and always be transported with delight in her love.

20 Why should you, my son, be infatuated with a loose woman, embrace the bosom of an outsider, and go astray?

21 For the ways of man are directly before the eyes of the Lord, and He [Who would have us live soberly, chastely, and godly] carefully weighs all man’s goings.(C)

22 His own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked man, and he shall be held with the cords of his sin.

23 He will die for lack of discipline and instruction, and in the greatness of his folly he will go astray and be lost.

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 5:15 All of the Ten Commandments are reflected in the book of Proverbs; here it is the seventh, “You shall not commit adultery.”

Warning Against Adultery

My son,(A) pay attention to my wisdom,
    turn your ear to my words(B) of insight,
that you may maintain discretion
    and your lips may preserve knowledge.
For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,
    and her speech is smoother than oil;(C)
but in the end she is bitter as gall,(D)
    sharp as a double-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death;
    her steps lead straight to the grave.(E)
She gives no thought to the way of life;
    her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.(F)

Now then, my sons, listen(G) to me;
    do not turn aside from what I say.
Keep to a path far from her,(H)
    do not go near the door of her house,
lest you lose your honor to others
    and your dignity[a] to one who is cruel,
10 lest strangers feast on your wealth
    and your toil enrich the house of another.(I)
11 At the end of your life you will groan,
    when your flesh and body are spent.
12 You will say, “How I hated discipline!
    How my heart spurned correction!(J)
13 I would not obey my teachers
    or turn my ear to my instructors.
14 And I was soon in serious trouble(K)
    in the assembly of God’s people.”(L)

15 Drink water from your own cistern,
    running water from your own well.
16 Should your springs overflow in the streets,
    your streams of water in the public squares?
17 Let them be yours alone,
    never to be shared with strangers.
18 May your fountain(M) be blessed,
    and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.(N)
19 A loving doe, a graceful deer(O)
    may her breasts satisfy you always,
    may you ever be intoxicated with her love.
20 Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife?
    Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?

21 For your ways are in full view(P) of the Lord,
    and he examines(Q) all your paths.(R)
22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them;(S)
    the cords of their sins hold them fast.(T)
23 For lack of discipline they will die,(U)
    led astray by their own great folly.(V)

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 5:9 Or years