Proverbs, 7

1. My son, guard my words and conceal my precepts within you.

1. Èuvaj, sine, rijeèi moje i pohrani moje zapovijedi kod sebe.

2. Son, preserve my commandments, and you shall live. And keep my law as the pupil of your eye.

2. Èuvaj moje zapovijedi, i bit æeš živ, i nauk moj kao zjenicu oka svoga.

3. Bind it with your fingers; write it on the tablets of your heart.

3. Priveži ih sebi na prste, upiši ih na ploèi srca svoga;

4. Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call prudence your friend.

4. reci mudrosti: "Moja si sestra" i razboritost nazovi "sestriènom",

5. So may she guard you from the woman who is an outsider, and from the stranger who sweetens her words.

5. da te èuva od žene preljubnice, od tuðinke koja laskavo govori.

6. For I gaze from the window of my house, through the lattice,

6. Kad bijah jednom na prozoru svoje kuæe i gledah van kroz rešetku,

7. and I see little ones. I consider a frenzied youth,

7. vidjeh meðu lakovjernima, opazih meðu momcima nerazumna mladiæa:

8. who crosses the street at the corner and close to the way of that house.

8. prolazio je ulicom kraj njezina ugla i koracao putem k njezinoj kuæi

9. He steps into shadows, as day becomes evening, into the darkness and gloom of the night.

9. u sumraku izmeðu dana i veèeri kad se hvata noæna tmina;

10. And behold, a woman meets him, dressed like a harlot, prepared to captivate souls: chattering and rambling,

10. i gle, susrete ga žena, bludno odjevena i s prijevarom u srcu.

11. unwilling to bear silence, unable to keep her feet at home,

11. Jogunasta bijaše i razuzdana, noge joj se nisu mogle u kuæi zadržati;

12. now outside, now in the streets, now lying in ambush near the corners.

12. bila je èas na ulici, èas na trgovima i vrebala kod svakog ugla;

13. And overtaking the youth, she kisses him, and with a provocative face, she flatters him, saying:

13. i uhvati ga i poljubi i reèe mu bezobrazna lica:

14. “I vowed sacrifices for well-being. Today I have repaid my vows.

14. "Bila sam dužna žrtvu prièesnicu, i danas izvrših svoj zavjet;

15. Because of this, I have gone out to meet you, desiring to see you, and I have found you.

15. zato sam ti izašla u susret, da te tražim, i naðoh te.

16. I have woven my bed with cords. I have strewn it with embroidered tapestries from Egypt.

16. Svoju sam postelju nastrla sagovima, vezenim pokrivaèima misirskim;

17. I have sprinkled my bed with myrrh, aloe, and cinnamon.

17. svoj sam krevet namirisala smirnom, alojem i cimetom.

18. Come, let us be inebriated in abundance, and let us delight in the embraces of desire, until the day begins to dawn.

18. Hajde da se opijamo nasladom do jutra i da se radujemo užicima ljubavi.

19. For my husband is not in his house. He has gone away on a very long journey.

19. Jer muža mi nema kod kuæe: otišao je na dalek put;

20. He took with him a bag of money. He will return to his house on the day of the full moon.”

20. uzeo je sa sobom novèani tobolac; a vratit æe se kuæi tek o uštapu."

21. She enmeshed him with many words, and she drew him forward with the flattery of her lips.

21. Tako ga zavede svojim viènim nagovorom, odvuèe ga svojim glatkim usnama.

22. Immediately, he follows her, like an ox being led to the sacrifice, and like a lamb acting lasciviously, and not knowing that he is being drawn foolishly into chains,

22. I ludo on poðe za njom, kao što vol ide na klaonicu i kao što jelen zapleten u mrežu èeka

23. until the arrow pierces his liver. It is just as if a bird were to hurry into the snare. And he does not know that his actions endanger his own soul.

23. dok mu strijela ne probije jetra, i kao ptica što ulijeæe u zamku, i ne znajuæi da æe ga to života stajati.

24. Therefore, my son, hear me now, and attend to the words of my mouth.

24. Zato me, sine moj, poslušaj i èuj rijeèi mojih usta.

25. Do not let your mind be pulled into her ways. And do not be deceived by her paths.

25. Nek' ti srce ne zastranjuje na njezine putove i ne lutaj po njezinim stazama.

26. For she has tossed aside many wounded, and some of those who were very strong have been slain by her.

26. Jer je mnoge smrtno ranila i oborila, i mnogo je onih što ih je pobila.

27. Her household is the way to Hell, reaching even to the inner places of death.

27. U Podzemlje vode putovi kroz njenu kuæu, dolje u odaje smrti.