Proverbele 5
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Fereşte-te de desfrânare
5 Fiule, ia aminte la înţelepciunea mea
şi pleacă urechea la învăţătura mea,
2 ca să fii cu chibzuinţă
şi buzele tale să aibă(A) cunoştinţă.
3 Căci(B) buzele femeii străine strecoară miere
şi cerul gurii ei este mai lunecos(C) decât untdelemnul,
4 dar(D) la urmă este amară ca pelinul,
ascuţită(E) ca o sabie cu două tăişuri.
5 Picioarele(F) ei pogoară la moarte,
paşii ei dau în Locuinţa morţilor.
6 Aşa că ea nu poate găsi calea vieţii,
rătăceşte în căile ei şi nu ştie unde merge.
7 Şi acum, fiule, ascultă-mă
şi nu te abate de la cuvintele gurii mele:
8 depărtează-te de drumul care duce la ea
şi nu te apropia de uşa casei ei,
9 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.
Proverbs 5
King James Version
5 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.
22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Proverbs 5
New King James Version
The Peril of Adultery
5 My son, pay attention to my wisdom;
[a]Lend your ear to my understanding,
2 That you may [b]preserve discretion,
And your lips (A)may keep knowledge.
3 (B)For the lips of [c]an immoral woman drip honey,
And her mouth is (C)smoother than oil;
4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death,
(D)Her steps lay hold of [d]hell.
6 Lest you ponder her path of life—
Her ways are unstable;
You do not know them.
7 Therefore hear me now, my children,
And do not depart from the words of my mouth.
8 Remove your way far from her,
And do not go near the door of her house,
9 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
- Proverbs 5:1 Lit. Bow
- Proverbs 5:2 appreciate good judgment
- Proverbs 5:3 Lit. a strange
- Proverbs 5:5 Or Sheol
- Proverbs 5:9 vigor
- Proverbs 5:10 Lit. strength
- Proverbs 5:16 Channels
- Proverbs 5:19 Lit. intoxicated
- Proverbs 5:21 observes, lit. weighs
Proverbs 5
EasyEnglish Bible
Listen to wise teaching
5 My child, listen carefully to the wisdom that I teach you. I will teach you how to understand things well. 2 If you learn this, you will choose to do the right things in life. Your words will show that you are wise.
3 Do not listen to the words of an adulteress. She promises something as sweet as honey and as beautiful as olive oil. 4 But in the end, she gives you bitter food, like poison. She gives you pain like a sharp sword.[a]
5 She will lead you down to the place of death. You will follow her to your grave! 6 She does not think about the way that leads to true life. She has lost the right road but she does not understand what she is doing.
7 So listen to me, my children. Never forget what I am telling you.
8 Keep far away from a woman like that! Do not even go near the door of her house. 9 If you go with her, you will lose your honour. A cruel person will rob you of the best years of your life. 10 Strangers will take all your money. The good things that you have worked for will belong to someone else.
11 At the end of your life, you will weep with pain. Your body will be sick and weak. 12 You will say, ‘I should have listened when people warned me that I was doing bad things. 13 I did not listen to my teachers. I refused to obey them.
14 Now I will be completely ashamed when I meet together with all the people.’
Be faithful to your wife
15 You should enjoy your own wife, as you enjoy clean water to drink.
16 You would not pour your good water onto the streets. So do not waste your love on other women. 17 Keep it for you and your wife. Do not share it with other women.
18 Enjoy sex with your own wife. May the wife that you married when you were young continue to give you joy. 19 May she be as pretty and beautiful as a young deer. May her breasts always make you happy. May she love you in a way that gives you joy.
20 So my son, do not let an adulteress deceive you. Do not enjoy the body of another man's wife.
21 The Lord sees everything that a person does. He knows every path that you go along.
22 The sins of a wicked person will be the trap that catches him. They will hold him like strong ropes. 23 He cannot control his sins, so he will die. He will become lost, because he does such stupid things.
Footnotes
- 5:4 Chapter 5 tells about a woman who likes to have sex with different men. She tries to deceive men so that they will have sex with her.
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