Proverbs, 7

1. My son, keep my words, and lay up my precepts with thee. Son,

1. υἱέ φύλασσε ἐμοὺς λόγους τὰς δὲ ἐμὰς ἐντολὰς κρύψον παρὰ σεαυτῷ (1a) υἱέ τίμα τὸν κύριον καὶ ἰσχύσεις πλὴν δὲ αὐτοῦ μὴ φοβοῦ ἄλλον

2. Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live: and my law as the apple of thy eye:

2. φύλαξον ἐμὰς ἐντολάς καὶ βιώσεις τοὺς δὲ ἐμοὺς λόγους ὥσπερ κόρας ὀμμάτων

3. Bind it upon thy fingers, write it upon the tables of thy heart.

3. περίθου δὲ αὐτοὺς σοῖς δακτύλοις ἐπίγραψον δὲ ἐπὶ τὸ πλάτος τῆς καρδίας σου

4. Say to wisdom: Thou art my sister: and call prudence thy friend,

4. εἶπον τὴν σοφίαν σὴν ἀδελφὴν εἶναι τὴν δὲ φρόνησιν γνώριμον περιποίησαι σεαυτῷ

5. That she may keep thee from the woman that is not thine, and from the stranger who sweeteneth her words.

5. ἵνα σε τηρήσῃ ἀπὸ γυναικὸς ἀλλοτρίας καὶ πονηρᾶς ἐάν σε λόγοις τοῖς πρὸς χάριν ἐμβάληται

6. For I look out of the window of my house through the lattice,

6. ἀπὸ γὰρ θυρίδος ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτῆς εἰς τὰς πλατείας παρακύπτουσα

7. And I see little ones, I behold a foolish young man,

7. ὃν ἂν ἴδῃ τῶν ἀφρόνων τέκνων νεανίαν ἐνδεῆ φρενῶν

8. Who passeth through the street by the corner, and goeth nigh the way of her house.

8. παραπορευόμενον παρὰ γωνίαν ἐν διόδοις οἴκων αὐτῆς

9. In the dark, when it grows late, in the darkness and obscurity of the night,

9. καὶ λαλοῦντα ἐν σκότει ἑσπερινῷ ἡνίκα ἂν ἡσυχία νυκτερινὴ ᾖ καὶ γνοφώδης

10. And behold a woman meeteth him in harlot's attire prepared to deceive souls; talkative and wandering,

10. ἡ δὲ γυνὴ συναντᾷ αὐτῷ εἶδος ἔχουσα πορνικόν ἣ ποιεῖ νέων ἐξίπτασθαι καρδίας

11. Not bearing to be quiet, not able to abide still at home,

11. ἀνεπτερωμένη δέ ἐστιν καὶ ἄσωτος ἐν οἴκῳ δὲ οὐχ ἡσυχάζουσιν οἱ πόδες αὐτῆς

12. Now abroad, now in the streets, now lying in wait near the corners.

12. χρόνον γάρ τινα ἔξω ῥέμβεται χρόνον δὲ ἐν πλατείαις παρὰ πᾶσαν γωνίαν ἐνεδρεύει

13. And catching the young man, she kisseth him, and with an impudent face, flattereth, saying:

13. εἶτα ἐπιλαβομένη ἐφίλησεν αὐτόν ἀναιδεῖ δὲ προσώπῳ προσεῖπεν αὐτῷ

14. I vowed victims for prosperity, this day I have paid my vows.

14. θυσία εἰρηνική μοί ἐστιν σήμερον ἀποδίδωμι τὰς εὐχάς μου

15. Therefore I am come out to meet thee, desirous to see thee, and I have found thee.

15. ἕνεκα τούτου ἐξῆλθον εἰς συνάντησίν σοι ποθοῦσα τὸ σὸν πρόσωπον εὕρηκά σε

16. I have woven my bed with cords, I have covered it with painted tapestry, brought from Egypt.

16. κειρίαις τέτακα τὴν κλίνην μου ἀμφιτάποις δὲ ἔστρωκα τοῖς ἀπ’ Αἰγύπτου

17. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

17. διέρραγκα τὴν κοίτην μου κρόκῳ τὸν δὲ οἶκόν μου κινναμώμῳ

18. Come, let us be inebriated with the breasts, and let us enjoy the desired embraces, till the day appear.

18. ἐλθὲ καὶ ἀπολαύσωμεν φιλίας ἕως ὄρθρου δεῦρο καὶ ἐγκυλισθῶμεν ἔρωτι

19. For my husband is not at home, he is gone a very long journey.

19. οὐ γὰρ πάρεστιν ὁ ἀνήρ μου ἐν οἴκῳ πεπόρευται δὲ ὁδὸν μακρὰν

20. He took with him a bag of money: he mill return home the day of the full moon.

20. ἔνδεσμον ἀργυρίου λαβὼν ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ δι’ ἡμερῶν πολλῶν ἐπανήξει εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ

21. She entangled him with many words, and drew him away with the flattery of her lips.

21. ἀπεπλάνησεν δὲ αὐτὸν πολλῇ ὁμιλίᾳ βρόχοις τε τοῖς ἀπὸ χειλέων ἐξώκειλεν αὐτόν

22. Immediately he followeth her as an ox led to be a victim, and as a lamb playing the wanton, and not knowing that he is drawn like a fool to bonds,

22. ὁ δὲ ἐπηκολούθησεν αὐτῇ κεπφωθείς ὥσπερ δὲ βοῦς ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἄγεται καὶ ὥσπερ κύων ἐπὶ δεσμοὺς

23. Till the arrow pierce his liver: as if a bird should make haste to the snare, and knoweth not that his life is in danger.

23. ἢ ὡς ἔλαφος τοξεύματι πεπληγὼς εἰς τὸ ἧπαρ σπεύδει δὲ ὥσπερ ὄρνεον εἰς παγίδα οὐκ εἰδὼς ὅτι περὶ ψυχῆς τρέχει

24. Now therefore, my son, hear me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

24. νῦν οὖν υἱέ ἄκουέ μου καὶ πρόσεχε ῥήμασιν στόματός μου

25. Let not thy mind be drawn away in her ways: neither be thou deceived with her paths.

25. μὴ ἐκκλινάτω εἰς τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῆς ἡ καρδία σου

26. For she hath cast down many wounded, and the strongest have been slain by her.

26. πολλοὺς γὰρ τρώσασα καταβέβληκεν καὶ ἀναρίθμητοί εἰσιν οὓς πεφόνευκεν

27. Her house is the way to hell, reaching even to the inner chambers of death.

27. ὁδοὶ ᾅδου ὁ οἶκος αὐτῆς κατάγουσαι εἰς τὰ ταμίεια τοῦ θανάτου