Proverbs 7
Expanded Bible
The Woman of Adultery
7 My son, ·remember what I say [guard my speech], and ·treasure [store/hide in you] my commands.
2 ·Obey [Guard] my commands, and you will live.
Guard my ·teachings [instructions] ·as you would your own [L like the apple of your] eyes.
3 ·Remind yourself of them [L Bind them on your fingers];
write them on your heart as if on a tablet.
4 ·Treat wisdom as a sister [L Say to Wisdom, “You are my sister”; 1:20–33; 8:1—9:6],
and ·make understanding your closest friend [L call Understanding “Friend”].
5 ·Wisdom and understanding [L She] will ·keep you away [guard you] from ·adultery [L the strange woman],
away from the ·unfaithful wife [L foreign woman] and her ·pleasing [flattering] words.
6 Once while I was at the window of my house
I looked out through the ·shutters [lattice; curtains]
7 and saw some ·foolish [simpleminded; immature; naive], young men.
I noticed one of them ·had no wisdom [had no sense; L lacked heart].
8 He was ·walking down [crossing] the street near the corner
on the road leading to her house.
9 It was the twilight of the evening;
the darkness of the night was just beginning.
10 Then the woman ·approached [or propositioned] him,
dressed like a prostitute
and ·planning to trick him [L with a guarded heart].
11 She was ·loud [boisterous; noisy] and ·stubborn [defiant]
and ·never stayed at [L her feet do not rest in her own] home.
12 ·She was always out [L A foot] in the streets ·or in [L a foot in] the city squares,
·waiting around [lurking] on the corners of the streets.
13 She grabbed him and kissed him.
·Without shame [L Her face was brazen as] she said to him,
14 “I made my fellowship offering [Lev. 3; 7:11–21; C the offerer ate the meat of the offering].
Today I have ·kept [paid back] my ·special promises [vows].
15 So I have come out to meet you;
I have been ·looking for you [L seeking your face] and have found you.
16 I have ·covered [ornamented] my bed
with colored sheets from Egypt.
17 I have ·made my bed smell sweet [L sprinkled my bed]
with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let’s ·make [be intoxicated with] love until morning.
Let’s ·enjoy each other’s [rejoice in] love.
19 My husband is not home;
he has gone on a ·long [faraway] trip.
20 He took a ·lot of money with him [L pouch of money in his hand]
and won’t be home ·for weeks [L until the new moon].”
21 By her clever words she ·made him give in [seduces him];
by ·her pleasing words [L the flattery of her lips] she ·led him into doing wrong [persuades/compels him].
22 All at once he followed her,
like an ox led to the ·butcher [slaughter],
like a ·deer caught in a trap [or fool to the stocks]
23 ·and shot through the liver with an arrow [until an arrow pierces his liver].
Like a bird ·caught in [L hurrying to] a trap,
he didn’t know ·what he did would kill him [it would cost him his life].
24 Now, my sons, listen to me;
pay attention to ·what I say [L the speech of my mouth].
25 Don’t ·let yourself be tricked by such a woman [L turn your heart to her paths];
don’t ·go where she leads you [wander onto her paths].
26 She has ·ruined many good men [L caused many corpses to fall],
and many ·have died because of her [are those she has killed].
27 Her house is on the ·road [path] to ·death [L Sheol; C the grave or the underworld],
·the road that leads down to the grave [L going down to the chambers of death].
箴言 7
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
慎防淫妇的诱惑
7 我儿，要遵守我的话，
把我的诫命珍藏在心里；
2 遵守我的诫命，你就可以存活；
遵守我的训诲，好象护卫你眼中的瞳人。
3 要把它们系在你的指头上，
刻在你的心版上。
4 要对智慧说：“你是我的姊妹”，
要称呼聪明为亲人；
5 这样行就可以保护你脱离淫乱的妇人，
脱离说谄媚话的妓女。
6 我在我家的窗户内，
透过窗棂往外观看，
7 看见在愚蒙人中间，
在少年人（“少年人”原文作“众子”）里面，
我发觉有一个无知的少年人，
8 在街上经过，走近淫妇的住处，
向着她的家走去，
9 那时是黄昏、傍晚，
是在夜里，天黑的时候。
10 看哪！有一个妇人来迎接他，
是妓女的打扮，心存诡诈。
11 这妇人喧哗不停，不受约束；
她在家里停不住脚。
12 她有时在街上，有时在广场上，
或在任何角落旁边藏伏。
13 她紧拉着那少年人，和他亲嘴，
厚颜无耻地对他说：
14 “我曾许愿要献平安祭，
今天我刚还了我所许的愿。
15 因此，我出来迎接你，
切切寻找你，终于找到你。
16 我已用毯子，埃及线织成的花纹布，
铺了我的床；
17 又用没药、沉香和桂皮，
熏了我的榻。
18 来吧！我们来饱享爱情，直到天亮，
我们来在爱中尽情享乐。
19 因为我丈夫不在家，
远行去了。
20 他手里带着钱袋，
要到月圆的时候才回家。”
21 淫妇用许多花言巧语引诱他，
用谄媚的嘴唇勾引他。
22 少年人就立刻跟随她，
好象牛走向屠房，
又像愚妄人带着锁炼去受刑罚，
23 直到箭矢射透他的肝；
他仿佛飞鸟投入网罗，
并不知道会丧失性命。
24 孩子们，现在你们要听从我，
留心听我口中的话。
25 你的心不可偏向淫妇的道路，
也不要迷恋她的路径。
26 因为她使许多人倒毙，
被她杀害的实在无数。
27 她的家是通往阴间的路，
是下到死亡的宫房。
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