Sprüche 6
Schlachter 2000
Warnung vor einer Bürgschaft
6 Mein Sohn, hast du dich für deinen Nächsten verbürgt,
für einen Fremden dich durch Handschlag verpflichtet,
2 bist du durch ein mündliches Versprechen gebunden,
gefangen durch die Worte deines Mundes,
3 so tu doch das, mein Sohn: Rette dich,
denn du bist in die Hand deines Nächsten geraten!
Darum geh hin, wirf dich vor ihm nieder
und bestürme deinen Nächsten.
4 Gönne deinen Augen keinen Schlaf
und deinen Lidern keinen Schlummer!
5 Rette dich aus seiner Hand wie eine Gazelle
und wie ein Vogel aus der Hand des Vogelstellers!
Warnung vor Faulheit
6 Geh hin zur Ameise, du Fauler,
sieh ihre Wege an und werde weise:
7 Obwohl sie keinen Anführer hat,
weder Vorsteher noch Herrscher,
8 bereitet sie dennoch im Sommer ihr Brot
und sammelt in der Erntezeit ihre Speise.
9 Wie lange willst du liegen bleiben, du Fauler?
Wann willst du aufstehen von deinem Schlaf?
10 »Ein wenig schlafen, ein wenig schlummern,
ein wenig die Hände in den Schoß legen, um zu ruhen«:
11 so holt dich die Armut ein wie ein Läufer,
und der Mangel wie ein bewaffneter Mann!
Warnung vor Falschheit
12 Ein Taugenichts[a], ein nichtswürdiger Mensch ist,
wer umhergeht mit trügerischen Reden
13 und dabei mit seinen Augen blinzelt, mit seinen Füßen Zeichen gibt
und mit seinen Fingern deutet.
14 Verkehrtheit ist in seinem Herzen, er schmiedet Böses;
allezeit streut er Zwietracht aus.
15 Darum wird sein Verderben plötzlich über ihn kommen;
augenblicklich wird er zerschmettert werden, unrettbar.
16 Diese sechs hasst der Herr,
und sieben sind seiner Seele ein Gräuel:
17 stolze Augen, eine falsche Zunge,
Hände, die unschuldiges Blut vergießen,
18 ein Herz, das böse Pläne schmiedet,
Füße, die schnell zum Bösen laufen,
19 ein falscher Zeuge, der Lügen ausspricht,
und einer, der Zwietracht sät zwischen Brüdern.
Warnung vor Ehebruch
20 Bewahre, mein Sohn, das Gebot deines Vaters,
und verwirf nicht die Lehre deiner Mutter!
21 Binde sie beständig auf dein Herz,
schlinge sie um deinen Hals;
22 wenn du gehst, sollen sie dich geleiten,
wenn du dich niederlegst, sollen sie dich behüten,
und wenn du aufstehst, so sollen sie zu dir reden!
23 Denn das Gebot ist eine Leuchte
und das Gesetz[b] ist ein Licht;
Unterweisung und Ermahnung sind ein Weg des Lebens,
24 um dich zu bewahren vor der bösen Frau[c],
vor der glatten Zunge der Fremden.
25 Begehre nicht in deinem Herzen nach ihrer Schönheit,
und lass dich nicht fangen von ihren Blicken!
26 Denn um einer hurerischen Frau willen kommt man an den Bettelstab,
und die Frau eines anderen gefährdet die kostbare Seele!
27 Kann jemand Feuer in seinem Gewand tragen,
ohne dass seine Kleider in Brand geraten?
28 Oder kann einer auf glühenden Kohlen schreiten,
ohne sich die Füße zu verbrennen?
29 So ergeht es dem, der zu der Ehefrau seines Nächsten eingeht.
Keiner wird ungestraft bleiben, der sie anrührt!
30 Man verachtet den Dieb nicht, wenn er stiehlt,
um sein Leben zu fristen, weil er Hunger hat;
31 wird er ertappt, so muss er siebenfach bezahlen
und alles hergeben, was er im Haus hat;
32 wer aber mit einer Frau Ehebruch begeht, ist ein herzloser Mensch;
er richtet seine eigene Seele zugrunde, wenn er so etwas tut.
33 Schläge und Schmach werden ihn treffen,
und seine Schande ist nicht auszutilgen;
34 denn die Eifersucht versetzt einen Mann in glühenden Zorn,
und am Tag der Rache wird er nicht schonen;
35 er wird nicht bereit sein, ein Lösegeld anzunehmen,
und lässt sich auch durch das größte Geschenk nicht besänftigen.
Proverbs 6
Amplified Bible
Parental Counsel
6 My son, if you have become surety (guaranteed a debt or obligation) for your neighbor,
If you have given your pledge for [the debt of] a stranger or another [outside your family],
2
If you have been snared with the words of your lips,
If you have been trapped by the speech of your mouth,
3
Do this now, my son, and release yourself [from the obligation];
[a]Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor,
Go humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor [to pay his debt and release you].
4
Give no [unnecessary] sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids;
5
Tear yourself away like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6
Go to the ant, O lazy one;
Observe her ways and be wise,(A)
7
Which, having no chief,
Overseer or ruler,
8
She prepares her food in the summer
And brings in her provisions [of food for the winter] in the harvest.
9
How long will you lie down, O lazy one?
When will you arise from your sleep [and learn self-discipline]?(B)
10
“Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to lie down and rest”—
11
So your poverty will come like an approaching prowler who walks [slowly, but surely]
And your need [will come] like an armed man [making you helpless].(C)
12
A worthless person, a wicked man,
Is one who walks with a perverse (corrupt, vulgar) mouth.
13
Who winks with his eyes [in mockery], who shuffles his feet [to signal],
Who points with his fingers [to give subversive instruction];
14
Who perversely in his heart plots trouble and evil continually;
Who spreads discord and strife.
15
Therefore [the crushing weight of] his disaster will come suddenly upon him;
Instantly he will be broken, and there will be no healing or remedy [because he has no heart for God].
16
These six things the Lord hates;
Indeed, seven are repulsive to Him:
17
A proud look [the attitude that makes one overestimate oneself and discount others], a lying tongue,
And hands that shed innocent blood,(D)
18
A heart that creates wicked plans,
Feet that run swiftly to evil,
19
A false witness who breathes out lies [even half-truths],
And one who spreads discord (rumors) among brothers.
20
My son, be guided by your father’s [God-given] commandment (instruction)
And do not [b]reject the teaching of your mother;(E)
21
Bind them continually upon your heart (in your thoughts),
And tie them around your neck.(F)
22
When you walk about, they (the godly teachings of your parents) will guide you;
When you sleep, they will keep watch over you;
And when you awake, they will talk to you.
23
For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching [of the law] is light,
And reproofs (rebukes) for discipline are the way of life,(G)
24
To keep you from the evil woman,
From [the flattery of] the smooth tongue of an immoral woman.
25
Do not desire (lust after) her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her capture you with her eyelashes.
26
For on account of a prostitute one is reduced to a piece of bread [to be eaten up],
And the immoral woman hunts [with a hook] the precious life [of a man].
27
Can a man take fire to his chest
And his clothes not be burned?
28
Or can a man walk on hot coals
And his feet not be scorched?
29
So is the one who goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
Whoever touches her will not be found innocent or go unpunished.
30
People do not despise a thief if he steals
To satisfy himself when he is hungry;
31
But when he is found, he must repay seven times [what he stole];
He must give all the property of his house [if necessary to meet his fine].
32
But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks common sense and sound judgment and an understanding [of moral principles];
He who would destroy his soul does it.
33
Wounds and disgrace he will find,
And his reproach (blame) will not be blotted out.
34
For jealousy enrages the [wronged] husband;
He will not spare [the guilty one] on the day of vengeance.
35
He will not accept any ransom [offered to buy him off from demanding full punishment];
Nor will he be satisfied though you offer him many gifts (bribes).
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:3 Under the ancient laws governing debt, a man obligated for another’s debt could lose his money, land, bed, and clothing; and if these were not sufficient, he and his wife and children could be sold as slaves, not to be released until the next Year of Jubilee—fifty years after the previous one.
- Proverbs 6:20 Lit forsake.
Proverbs 6
King James Version
6 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.
27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
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