Proverbios 5
Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian)
Advertencia contra el adulterio
5 Hijo mío, pon atención a mi sabiduría
y presta oído a mi buen juicio,
2 para que al hablar mantengas la discreción
y retengas el conocimiento.
3 De los labios de la adúltera fluye miel;
su lengua es más suave que el aceite.
4 Pero al final resulta más amarga que la hiel
y más cortante que una espada de dos filos.
5 Sus pies descienden hasta la muerte;
sus pasos van derecho al sepulcro.
6 No tiene ella en cuenta el camino de la vida;
sus sendas son torcidas, y ella no lo reconoce.[a]
7 Pues bien, hijo mío, préstame atención
y no te apartes de mis palabras.
8 Aléjate de la adúltera;
no te acerques a la puerta de su casa,
9 para que no entregues a otros tu vigor,
ni tus años a gente cruel;
10 para que no sacies con tu fuerza a gente extraña,
ni vayan a dar en casa ajena tus esfuerzos.
11 Porque al final acabarás llorando,
cuando todo tu ser[b] se haya consumido.
12 Y dirás: «¡Cómo pude aborrecer la corrección!
¡Cómo pudo mi corazón despreciar la disciplina!
13 No atendí a la voz de mis maestros,
ni presté oído a mis instructores.
14 Ahora estoy al borde de la ruina,
en medio de toda la comunidad».
15 Bebe el agua de tu propio pozo,
el agua que fluye de tu propio manantial.
16 ¿Habrán de derramarse tus fuentes por las calles
y tus corrientes de aguas por las plazas públicas?
17 Son tuyas, solamente tuyas,
y no para que las compartas con extraños.
18 ¡Bendita sea tu fuente!
¡Goza con la esposa de tu juventud!
19 Es una gacela amorosa,
es una cervatilla encantadora.
¡Que sus pechos te satisfagan siempre!
¡Que su amor te cautive todo el tiempo!
20 ¿Por qué, hijo mío, dejarte cautivar por una adúltera?
¿Por qué abrazarte al pecho de la mujer ajena?
21 Nuestros caminos están a la vista del Señor;
él examina todas nuestras sendas.
22 Al malvado lo atrapan sus malas obras;
las cuerdas de su pecado lo aprisionan.
23 Morirá por su falta de disciplina;
perecerá por su gran insensatez.
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
English Standard Version
Warning Against Adultery
5 (A)My son, be attentive to my wisdom;
(B)incline your ear to my understanding,
2 that you may keep (C)discretion,
and your lips may (D)guard knowledge.
3 For the lips of (E)a forbidden[a] woman drip honey,
and her speech[b] is (F)smoother than oil,
4 but in the end she is (G)bitter as (H)wormwood,
(I)sharp as (J)a two-edged sword.
5 Her feet (K)go down to death;
her steps follow the path to[c] Sheol;
6 she (L)does not ponder the path of life;
her ways wander, and she does not know it.
7 And (M)now, O sons, listen to me,
and do not depart from the words of my mouth.
8 Keep your way far from her,
and do not go near the door of her house,
9 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
- Proverbs 5:3 Hebrew strange; also verse 20
- Proverbs 5:3 Hebrew palate
- Proverbs 5:5 Hebrew lay hold of
- Proverbs 5:19 Hebrew be led astray; also verse 20
- Proverbs 5:20 Hebrew a foreign woman
- Proverbs 5:21 Or makes level
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