Proverbiorum 5
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1[Fili mi, attende ad sapientiam meam, et prudentiæ meæ inclina aurem tuam:
1My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,
2ut custodias cogitationes, et disciplinam labia tua conservent. Ne attendas fallaciæ mulieris;
2that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
3favus enim distillans labia meretricis, et nitidius oleo guttur ejus:
3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
4novissima autem illius amara quasi absinthium, et acuta quasi gladius biceps.
4in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.
5Pedes ejus descendunt in mortem, et ad inferos gressus illius penetrant.
5Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.
6Per semitam vitæ non ambulant; vagi sunt gressus ejus et investigabiles.
6She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
7Nunc ergo fili mi, audi me, et ne recedas a verbis oris mei.
7So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.
8Longe fac ab ea viam tuam, et ne appropinques foribus domus ejus.
8Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
9Ne des alienis honorem tuum, et annos tuos crudeli:
9lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;
10ne forte implentur extranei viribus tuis, et labores tui sint in domo aliena,
10lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
11et gemas in novissimis, quando consumpseris carnes tuas et corpus tuum, et dicas:
11At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,
12Cur detestatus sum disciplinam, et increpationibus non acquievit cor meum,
12and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
13nec audivi vocem docentium me, et magistris non inclinavi aurem meam?
13I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.
14pene fui in omni malo, in medio ecclesiæ et synagogæ.
14I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”
15Bibe aquam de cisterna tua, et fluenta putei tui;
15Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.
16deriventur fontes tui foras, et in plateis aquas tuas divide.
16Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
17Habeto eas solus, nec sint alieni participes tui.
17Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.
18Sit vena tua benedicta, et lætare cum muliere adolescentiæ tuæ.
18May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
19Cerva carissima, et gratissimus hinnulus: ubera ejus inebrient te in omni tempore; in amore ejus delectare jugiter.
19A loving doe, a graceful fawn— may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.
20Quare seduceris, fili mi, ab aliena, et foveris in sinu alterius?
20Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21Respicit Dominus vias hominis, et omnes gressus ejus considerat.
21For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
22Iniquitates suas capiunt impium, et funibus peccatorum suorum constringitur.
22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
23Ipse morietur, quia non habuit disciplinam, et in multitudine stultitiæ suæ decipietur.]
23He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
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