Sprüche 7
Schlachter 2000
Der unverständige junge Mann wird Opfer der Ehebrecherin
7 Mein Sohn, bewahre meine Worte
und birg meine Gebote bei dir!
2 Bewahre meine Gebote, so wirst du leben,
und bewahre meine Lehre wie deinen Augapfel!
3 Binde sie um deine Finger,
schreibe sie auf die Tafel deines Herzens!
4 Sprich zur Weisheit: Du bist meine Schwester!
und sage zur Einsicht: Du bist meine Vertraute!,
5 damit du bewahrt bleibst vor der Verführerin,
vor der Fremden, die glatte Worte gibt!
6 Denn als ich am Fenster meines Hauses
durch das Gitter schaute
7 und die Unverständigen beobachtete,
bemerkte ich unter den Söhnen einen jungen Mann ohne Einsicht.
8 Der strich auf der Gasse herum, nicht weit von ihrem Winkel,
und betrat den Weg zu ihrem Haus,
9 in der Dämmerung, am Abend des Tages,
beim Einbruch der Nacht, als es dunkelte.
10 Siehe, da lief ihm eine Frau entgegen,
in Hurenkleidung und mit arglistigem Herzen.
11 Sie ist unbändig und zügellos,
ihre Füße können nicht zu Hause bleiben;
12 bald ist sie auf der Straße, bald auf den Plätzen;
an allen Ecken lauert sie.
13 Da ergriff sie ihn und küsste ihn,
und mit unverschämter Miene sprach sie zu ihm:
14 »Ich war Friedensopfer schuldig,
heute habe ich meine Gelübde bezahlt;
15 darum bin ich ausgegangen, dir entgegen,
um eifrig dein Angesicht zu suchen, und ich fand dich auch!
16 Ich habe mein Lager mit Teppichen bedeckt,
mit bunten Decken aus ägyptischem Garn;
17 ich habe mein Bett besprengt mit Myrrhe,
mit Aloe und Zimt.
18 Komm, wir wollen uns an Liebe berauschen bis zum Morgen,
uns an Liebkosungen erfreuen!
19 Denn der Mann ist nicht zu Hause,
er ist auf eine weite Reise gegangen;
20 er hat den Geldbeutel mitgenommen
und kommt erst am Tag des Vollmonds wieder heim!«
21 Durch ihr eifriges Zureden verleitete sie ihn
und riss ihn fort mit ihren glatten Worten,
22 sodass er ihr plötzlich nachlief,
wie ein Ochse zur Schlachtbank geht,
und wie ein Gefesselter zur Bestrafung der Toren,
23 bis ihm der Pfeil die Leber spaltet;
wie ein Vogel hastig ins Netz hineinfliegt
und nicht weiß, dass es ihn sein Leben kostet!
24 So hört nun auf mich, ihr Söhne,
und achtet auf die Worte meines Mundes!
25 Dein Herz neige sich nicht ihren Wegen zu,
und verirre dich nicht auf ihre Pfade;
26 denn sie hat viele verwundet und zu Fall gebracht,
und gewaltig ist die Zahl derer, die sie getötet hat.
27 Ihr Haus ist der Eingang zum Totenreich[a],
der hinabführt zu den Kammern des Todes!
Footnotes
- (7,27) w. Wege des Scheols.
Proverbs 7
New International Version
Warning Against the Adulterous Woman
7 My son,(A) keep my words
and store up my commands within you.
2 Keep my commands and you will live;(B)
guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
3 Bind them on your fingers;
write them on the tablet of your heart.(C)
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and to insight, “You are my relative.”
5 They will keep you from the adulterous woman,
from the wayward woman with her seductive words.(D)
6 At the window of my house
I looked down through the lattice.
7 I saw among the simple,
I noticed among the young men,
a youth who had no sense.(E)
8 He was going down the street near her corner,
walking along in the direction of her house
9 at twilight,(F) as the day was fading,
as the dark of night set in.
10 Then out came a woman to meet him,
dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.
11 (She is unruly(G) and defiant,
her feet never stay at home;
12 now in the street, now in the squares,
at every corner she lurks.)(H)
13 She took hold of him(I) and kissed him
and with a brazen face she said:(J)
14 “Today I fulfilled my vows,
and I have food from my fellowship offering(K) at home.
15 So I came out to meet you;
I looked for you and have found you!
16 I have covered my bed
with colored linens from Egypt.
17 I have perfumed my bed(L)
with myrrh,(M) aloes and cinnamon.
18 Come, let’s drink deeply of love till morning;
let’s enjoy ourselves with love!(N)
19 My husband is not at home;
he has gone on a long journey.
20 He took his purse filled with money
and will not be home till full moon.”
21 With persuasive words she led him astray;
she seduced him with her smooth talk.(O)
22 All at once he followed her
like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer[a] stepping into a noose[b](P)
23 till an arrow pierces(Q) his liver,
like a bird darting into a snare,
little knowing it will cost him his life.(R)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:22 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew fool
- Proverbs 7:22 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.
Proverbs 7
Revised Geneva Translation
7 My son, keep my words, and hide my commandments with you.
2 Keep my commandments, and you shall live; and my instruction, as the apple of your eyes.
3 Bind them upon your fingers. Write them upon the tablet of your heart.
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister”. And call understanding, “kinswoman”.
5 That they may keep you from the strange woman; from the strange who is smooth in her words.
6 As in the window of my house, I looked through my window.
7 And I saw among the fools, considered among the children, a young man destitute of understanding.
8 Who passed through the street by her corner and went toward her house;
9 in the twilight, in the evening, when the night began to be black and dark.
10 And behold, he was met by a woman with a harlot’s behavior, and subtle in heart.
11 (She is babbling and loud. Her feet cannot stay in her house.
12 Now outside. Now in the streets; lying in wait at every corner)
13 So she caught him and kissed him. And with an impudent face, said to him,
14 “I have peace offerings. Today I have paid my vows.
15 “Therefore I came forth to meet you, that I might seek your face. And I have found you.
16 “I have decked my bed with ornaments, carpets and laces of Egypt.
17 “I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 “Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning. Let us take our pleasure in dalliance.
19 “For my husband is not at home. He is gone on a far-off journey.
20 “He has taken with him a bag of silver and will come home at the day appointed.”
21 Thus with her great craftiness she caused him to yield. And with her flattering lips she enticed him.
22 And he followed her immediately, as an ox that goes to the slaughter; and as a fool to the stocks for correction,
23 till an arrow strikes through his liver. As a bird hastes to the snare, not knowing that he is in danger.
24 Hear me now, therefore, O children, and listen to the words of my mouth.
25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways. Do not wander in her paths.
26 For she has caused many to fall down wounded; the strong men all slain by her.
27 Her house is the way to the grave which goes down to the chambers of death.
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