箴言 7
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
要遠離淫婦
7 孩子啊，你要遵從我的吩咐，
把我的誡命珍藏在心中。
2 遵守我的誡命，你便存活。
要愛護我的訓言，
如愛護眼中的瞳人。
3 要繫在你的指頭上，
刻在你的心版上。
4 你要把智慧當作姊妹，
將悟性視為親人。
5 她們能使你遠離淫婦，
遠離妓女的甜言蜜語。
6 我曾在家裡的窗前，
透過窗櫺往外觀看，
7 只見在愚昧的青年人中，
有個無知的青年，
8 他穿過靠近淫婦的巷口，
朝她的家門走去，
9 趁著日暮黃昏，
藉著夜色昏暗。
10 看啊！一個妓女打扮、
心術不正的女子出來迎接他。
11 她喧嚷放蕩，不安分守家，
12 有時在街上，有時在廣場，
或在各巷口守候。
13 她纏著那青年，與他親吻，
厚顏無恥地說：
14 「我今天剛獻祭還了願，
家裡有平安祭肉[a]，
15 因此我出來四處尋找你，
終於找到了你！
16 我已經鋪好了床，
鋪上了埃及的繡花布，
17 又用沒藥、沉香、肉桂薰了床。
18 來吧，讓我們通宵暢飲愛情，
讓我們盡情歡愛！
19 因為我丈夫不在家，出遠門了。
20 他帶著錢囊去了，月底才回來。」
21 淫婦花言巧語勾引他，
用諂媚的話語誘惑他。
22 那青年立刻隨她而去，
像走向屠宰場的公牛，
又像掉入陷阱的雄鹿，
23 直等到利箭射穿他的肝。
他像隻自投網羅的飛鳥，
渾然不知要賠上性命！
24 孩子們啊，你們要聽從我的話，
留意我口中的訓言，
25 別讓你的心偏向淫婦的道，
步入她的歧途。
26 因為她使許多人喪命，
被她殺害的數目眾多。
27 她的家是通往陰間的路，
引人墜入死亡的殿。
Proverbs 7
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 7
1 My son, keep my words
and make my commands your treasure.
2 Follow my precepts, and you will live;
keep my teachings as the apple of your eye.
3 Bind them to your fingers;
inscribe them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Say to wisdom,[a] “You are my sister,”
and regard understanding as your friend,
5 so that they may keep you from another’s wife,
from the adulteress with her seductive words.
6 While standing at the window of my house
I looked out through my lattice,
7 and as I glanced at the immature youths,
I observed among the simple ones[b]
a lad with no sense.
8 He walked along the street near her corner
and then turned in the direction near her house,
9 at twilight, as the day was fading,
at dusk when the night grows dark.
10 Then a woman came forth to meet him,
dressed like a prostitute with a scheming heart.
11 She was loud-mouthed and brazen,
one who is never content to rest at home,
12 always on the streets or the public squares,
lying in wait at every corner.
13 She caught him and kissed him,
and brazenly said to him:
14 “I had to make sacrificial peace offerings,[c]
and I have fulfilled my vows today.
15 And so I came out to meet you,
to look for you, and now I have found you.
16 I have spread coverlets over my bed,
covered sheets of Egyptian linen.[d]
17 “I have perfumed my bed
with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love till morning,
abandoning ourselves to a feast of love.
19 For my husband is not at home;
he is away on a long journey.
20 He took a bag of money with him
and will not be back until the moon is full.”
21 With her persistent urging she persuaded him,
luring him astray with her seductive words.[e]
22 Bemused, he followed her,
like an ox being led to the slaughter,
like a stag stepping into a noose,
23 until an arrow pierces its liver,
like a bird rushing into a snare,
not realizing its life is at stake.
24 So now, my son, listen to me
and be attentive to what I have to say.
25 Do not let your heart stray into her ways
or wander into her paths.
26 For many are those she has led to death;
her victims are beyond number.
27 Her house is the pathway to the netherworld,[f]
the descent to the chambers of death.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:4 Wisdom: i.e., the body of knowledge of life handed down by the sages.
- Proverbs 7:7 The simple ones: see note on Prov 1:4.
- Proverbs 7:14 Sacrificial peace offerings: in this type of offering, part of the meat was eaten by the one who brought it and by his friends or family (see Lev 7:11-18). I have fulfilled my vows today: a fellowship offering was offered as the result of a vow, and it had to be eaten on the first or second day (see Lev 7:15-16).
- Proverbs 7:16 Covered sheets of Egyptian linen: in Prov 31:22, linen is associated with wealth, and Egyptian linen was very highly regarded.
- Proverbs 7:21 Persistent urging . . . seductive words: see notes on Prov 2:16; 5:3; see also v. 5; 6:24.
- Proverbs 7:27 Pathway to the netherworld: see notes on Prov 2:18; 5:5; see also Prov 14:12; 16:25; Mt 7:13; 1 Cor 6:9-10.
