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Proverbios 5
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Advertencia contra el adulterio

5 Hijo mío, pon atención a mi sabiduría
    y presta oído a mi inteligencia,
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 fin 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.[a]
6 No toma ella en cuenta el camino de la vida;
    sus sendas son torcidas y ella no lo reconoce.[b]

7 Pues bien, hijo[c] mío, escúchame
    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 por gemir,
    cuando tu carne y tu cuerpo se hayan 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!
    ¡Sé feliz con la esposa de tu juventud!
19 Es una gacela amorosa,
    es una cierva 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 corrección;
    perecerá por su gran insensatez.

Footnotes

  1. 5:5 sepulcro. Lit. Seol.
  2. 5:6 y ella no lo reconoce. Alt. y tú no lo sabes.
  3. 5:7 hijo. El hebreo dice hijos.
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Proverbs 5
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Warning Against Adultery

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

7 Now then, my sons, listen(G) to me;
    do not turn aside from what I say.
8 Keep to a path far from her,(H)
    do not go near the door of her house,
9 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
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Proverbs 5
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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

  1. Proverbs 5:1 Lit. Bow
  2. Proverbs 5:2 appreciate good judgment
  3. Proverbs 5:3 Lit. a strange
  4. Proverbs 5:5 Or Sheol
  5. Proverbs 5:9 vigor
  6. Proverbs 5:10 Lit. strength
  7. Proverbs 5:16 Channels
  8. Proverbs 5:19 Lit. intoxicated
  9. Proverbs 5:21 observes, lit. weighs
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