Proverbs, 5
1. My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline thy ear to my prudence.
1. υἱέ ἐμῇ σοφίᾳ πρόσεχε ἐμοῖς δὲ λόγοις παράβαλλε σὸν οὖς
2. That thou mayst keep thoughts, and thy lips may preserve instruction. Mind not the deceit of a woman.
2. ἵνα φυλάξῃς ἔννοιαν ἀγαθήν αἴσθησιν δὲ ἐμῶν χειλέων ἐντέλλομαί σοι
3. For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil.
3. μὴ πρόσεχε φαύλῃ γυναικί μέλι γὰρ ἀποστάζει ἀπὸ χειλέων γυναικὸς πόρνης ἣ πρὸς καιρὸν λιπαίνει σὸν φάρυγγα
4. But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword.
4. ὕστερον μέντοι πικρότερον χολῆς εὑρήσεις καὶ ἠκονημένον μᾶλλον μαχαίρας διστόμου
5. Her feet go down into death, and her steps go in as far as hell.
5. τῆς γὰρ ἀφροσύνης οἱ πόδες κατάγουσιν τοὺς χρωμένους αὐτῇ μετὰ θανάτου εἰς τὸν ᾅδην τὰ δὲ ἴχνη αὐτῆς οὐκ ἐρείδεται
6. They walk not by the path of life, her steps are wandering, and unaccountable.
6. ὁδοὺς γὰρ ζωῆς οὐκ ἐπέρχεται σφαλεραὶ δὲ αἱ τροχιαὶ αὐτῆς καὶ οὐκ εὔγνωστοι
7. Now therefore, my son, hear me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
7. νῦν οὖν υἱέ ἄκουέ μου καὶ μὴ ἀκύρους ποιήσῃς ἐμοὺς λόγους
8. Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the doors of her house.
8. μακρὰν ποίησον ἀπ’ αὐτῆς σὴν ὁδόν μὴ ἐγγίσῃς πρὸς θύραις οἴκων αὐτῆς
9. Give not thy honour to strangers, and thy years to the cruel.
9. ἵνα μὴ πρόῃ ἄλλοις ζωήν σου καὶ σὸν βίον ἀνελεήμοσιν
10. Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in another man's house,
10. ἵνα μὴ πλησθῶσιν ἀλλότριοι σῆς ἰσχύος οἱ δὲ σοὶ πόνοι εἰς οἴκους ἀλλοτρίων εἰσέλθωσιν
11. And thou mourn it the last, when thou shalt have spent thy flesh and thy body, and say:
11. καὶ μεταμεληθήσῃ ἐπ’ ἐσχάτων ἡνίκα ἂν κατατριβῶσιν σάρκες σώματός σου
12. Why have I hated instruction, and my heart consented not to reproof,
12. καὶ ἐρεῖς πῶς ἐμίσησα παιδείαν καὶ ἐλέγχους ἐξέκλινεν ἡ καρδία μου
13. And have not heard the voice of them that taught me, and have not in- dined my ear to masters?
13. οὐκ ἤκουον φωνὴν παιδεύοντός με καὶ διδάσκοντός με οὐδὲ παρέβαλλον τὸ οὖς μου
14. I have almost been in all evil, in the midst of the church and of the congregation.
14. παρ’ ὀλίγον ἐγενόμην ἐν παντὶ κακῷ ἐν μέσῳ ἐκκλησίας καὶ συναγωγῆς
15. Drink water out of thy own cistern, and the streams of thy own well:
15. πῖνε ὕδατα ἀπὸ σῶν ἀγγείων καὶ ἀπὸ σῶν φρεάτων πηγῆς
16. Let thy fountains be conveyed abroad, and in the streets divide thy waters.
16. μὴ ὑπερεκχείσθω σοι τὰ ὕδατα ἐκ τῆς σῆς πηγῆς εἰς δὲ σὰς πλατείας διαπορευέσθω τὰ σὰ ὕδατα
17. Keep them to thyself alone, neither let strangers be partakers with thee.
17. ἔστω σοι μόνῳ ὑπάρχοντα καὶ μηδεὶς ἀλλότριος μετασχέτω σοι
18. Let thy vein be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of thy youth:
18. ἡ πηγή σου τοῦ ὕδατος ἔστω σοι ἰδία καὶ συνευφραίνου μετὰ γυναικὸς τῆς ἐκ νεότητός σου
19. Let her be thy dearest hind, and most agreeable fawn: let her breasts inebriate thee at all times; he thou delighted continually with her love.
19. ἔλαφος φιλίας καὶ πῶλος σῶν χαρίτων ὁμιλείτω σοι ἡ δὲ ἰδία ἡγείσθω σου καὶ συνέστω σοι ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ ἐν γὰρ τῇ ταύτης φιλίᾳ συμπεριφερόμενος πολλοστὸς ἔσῃ
20. Why art thou seduced, my son, by a strange woman, and art cherished in the bosom of another ?
20. μὴ πολὺς ἴσθι πρὸς ἀλλοτρίαν μηδὲ συνέχου ἀγκάλαις τῆς μὴ ἰδίας
21. The Lord beholdeth the ways of man, and considereth all his steps.
21. ἐνώπιον γάρ εἰσιν τῶν τοῦ θεοῦ ὀφθαλμῶν ὁδοὶ ἀνδρός εἰς δὲ πάσας τὰς τροχιὰς αὐτοῦ σκοπεύει
22. His own iniquities catch the wicked, and he is fast bound with the ropes of his own sins.
22. παρανομίαι ἄνδρα ἀγρεύουσιν σειραῖς δὲ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ ἁμαρτιῶν ἕκαστος σφίγγεται
23. He shall die, because he hath not received instruction, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived.
23. οὗτος τελευτᾷ μετὰ ἀπαιδεύτων ἐκ δὲ πλήθους τῆς ἑαυτοῦ βιότητος ἐξερρίφη καὶ ἀπώλετο δι’ ἀφροσύνην
