Proverbiorum 7
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1[Fili mi, custodi sermones meos, et præcepta mea reconde tibi. Fili,
1My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
2serva mandata mea, et vives; et legem meam quasi pupillam oculi tui:
2Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
3liga eam in digitis tuis, scribe illam in tabulis cordis tui.
3Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
4Dic sapientiæ: Soror mea es, et prudentiam voca amicam tuam:
4Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,
5ut custodiant te a muliere extranea, et ab aliena quæ verba sua dulcia facit.
5that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
6De fenestra enim domus meæ per cancellos prospexi,
6For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.
7et video parvulos; considero vecordem juvenem,
7I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
8qui transit per plateam juxta angulum et prope viam domus illius graditur:
8crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,
9in obscuro, advesperascente die, in noctis tenebris et caligine.
9at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.
10Et ecce occurrit illi mulier ornatu meretricio, præparata ad capiendas animas: garrula et vaga,
10Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
11quietis impatiens, nec valens in domo consistere pedibus suis;
11She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.
12nunc foris, nunc in plateis, nunc juxta angulos insidians.
12Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.
13Apprehensumque deosculatur juvenem, et procaci vultu blanditur, dicens:
13She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:
14Victimas pro salute vovi; hodie reddidi vota mea:
14“I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.
15idcirco egressa sum in occursum tuum, desiderans te videre, et reperi.
15So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.
16Intexui funibus lectulum meum; stravi tapetibus pictis ex Ægypto:
16I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
17aspersi cubile meum myrrha, et aloë, et cinnamomo.
17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.
18Veni, inebriemur uberibus, et fruamur cupitis amplexibus donec illucescat dies.
18Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!
19Non est enim vir in domo sua: abiit via longissima:
19For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
20sacculum pecuniæ secum tulit; in die plenæ lunæ reversurus est in domum suam.
20He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”
21Irretivit eum multis sermonibus, et blanditiis labiorum protraxit illum.
21With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
22Statim eam sequitur quasi bos ductus ad victimam, et quasi agnus lasciviens, et ignorans quod ad vincula stultus trahatur:
22He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
23donec transfigat sagitta jecur ejus, velut si avis festinet ad laqueum, et nescit quod de periculo animæ illius agitur.
23until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life.
24Nunc ergo, fili mi, audi me, et attende verbis oris mei.
24Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25Ne abstrahatur in viis illius mens tua, neque decipiaris semitis ejus;
25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.
26multos enim vulneratos dejecit, et fortissimi quique interfecti sunt ab ea.
26For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.
27Viæ inferi domus ejus, penetrantes in interiora mortis.]
27Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
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