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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。

La mujer fácil, perdición del hombre

Atiende a mi sabiduría, hijo mío;
presta atención a mi inteligencia.
Así sabrás ser discreto
y podrás hablar con conocimiento.
Pues la mujer ajena habla con dulzura
y su voz es más suave que el aceite;
pero termina siendo más amarga que el ajenjo
y más cortante que una espada de dos filos.
Andar con ella conduce a la muerte;
sus pasos llevan directamente al sepulcro.
A ella no le importa el camino de la vida
ni se fija en lo inseguro de sus pasos.

Por lo tanto, hijo mío, atiéndeme,
no te apartes de mis enseñanzas.
Aléjate de la mujer ajena;
ni siquiera te acerques a la puerta de su casa,
para que no pierdas la riqueza de tus años
en manos de gente extraña y cruel;
10 para que ningún extraño se llene
con el fruto de tu esfuerzo y tu trabajo.
11 De lo contrario, acabarás por lamentarlo
cuando tu cuerpo se consuma poco a poco.
12 Y dirás: «¡Cómo pude despreciar la corrección!
¡Cómo pude rechazar las reprensiones!
13 ¡No quise escuchar a mis maestros,
no atendí a los que me instruían,
14 y por poco llego al colmo de la desgracia
ante la comunidad entera!»

15 Calma tu sed con el agua
que brota de tu propio pozo.
16 No derrames el agua de tu manantial;
no la desperdicies derramándola por la calle.
17 Pozo y agua son tuyos, y de nadie más;
¡no los compartas con extraños!
18 ¡Bendita sea tu propia fuente!
¡Goza con la compañera de tu juventud,
19 delicada y amorosa cervatilla!
¡Que nunca te falten sus caricias!
¡Que siempre te envuelva con su amor!

20 ¿Por qué enredarte, hijo mío, con la mujer ajena?
¿Por qué arrojarte en brazos de una extraña?
21 El Señor está pendiente de la conducta del hombre;
no pierde de vista ninguno de sus pasos.
22 Al malvado lo atrapa su propia maldad;
su propio pecado lo sujeta como un lazo.
23 Su indisciplina lo llevará a la muerte;
su gran necedad, a la perdición.

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

Warning against Impurity and Infidelity

My son, be attentive to my wisdom,
incline your ear to my understanding;
that you may keep discretion,
    and your lips may guard knowledge.
For the lips of a loose woman drip honey,
    and her speech[a] is smoother than oil;
but in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
    sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death;
    her steps follow the path to[b] Sheol;
she does not take heed to[c] the path of life;
    her ways wander, and she does not know it.

And 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,[d]
    and your labors go to the house of an alien;
11 and at the end of your life you groan,
    when your flesh and body are consumed,
12 and you say, “How I hated discipline,
    and my heart despised reproof!
13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers
    or incline my ear to my instructors.
14 I was at the point of utter ruin
    in the assembled congregation.”

15 Drink water from your own cistern,
    flowing water from your own well.
16 Should your springs be scattered abroad,
    streams of water in the streets?
17 Let them be for yourself alone,
    and not for strangers with you.
18 Let your fountain be blessed,
    and rejoice in the wife of your youth,
19     a lovely hind, a graceful doe.
Let her affection fill you at all times with delight,
    be infatuated always with her love.
20 Why should you be infatuated, my son, with a loose woman
    and embrace the bosom of an adventuress?
21 For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the Lord,
    and he watches[e] all his paths.
22 The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him,
    and he is caught in the toils of his sin.
23 He dies for lack of discipline,
    and because of his great folly he is lost.

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 5:3 Heb palate
  2. Proverbs 5:5 Heb lay hold of
  3. Proverbs 5:6 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
  4. Proverbs 5:10 Or wealth
  5. Proverbs 5:21 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain