| 1. | vd; kfNd> vd; Qhdj;ijf; ftdpj;J> vd; Gj;jpf;F cd; nrtpiar; rha;@ |
| | MY SON, be attentive to my Wisdom [godly Wisdom learned by actual and costly experience], and incline your ear to my understanding [of what is becoming and prudent for you], |
| 2. | mg;nghOJ eP tpNtfj;ijg; Ngzpf;nfhs;tha;> cd; cjLfs; mwpitf; fhj;Jf;nfhs;Sk;. |
| | That you may exercise proper discrimination and discretion and your lips may guard and keep knowledge and the wise answer [to temptation]. |
| 3. | gu];jph;Papd; cjLfs; Njd;$LNghy; xOFk;@ mts; tha; vz;nzapYk; kpUJthapUf;Fk;. |
| | For the lips of a loose woman drip honey as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil; |
| 4. | mts; nra;ifapd; KbNth vl;biag;Nghyf; frg;Gk;> ,UGwKq; fUf;Fs;s gl;lak;Nghy; $h;ikAkhapUf;Fk;. |
| | But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged and devouring sword. |
| 5. | mts; fhybfs; kuzj;Jf;F ,wq;Fk;@ mts; eilfs; ghjhsj;ijg; gw;wpg;NghFk;. |
| | Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold of Sheol (Hades, the place of the dead). |
| 6. | eP [Ptkhh;f;fj;ijr; rpe;jpj;Jf; nfhs;shjgbf;F> mtSila eilfs; khwpkhwp tpfhug;gLk;@ mitfis mwpaKbahJ. |
| | She loses sight of and walks not in the path of life; her ways wind about aimlessly, and you cannot know them. |
| 7. | Mjyhy; gps;isfNs> ,g;nghOJ vdf;Fr; nrtpnfhLq;fs;@ vd; thapd; trdq;fis tpl;L ePq;fhjpUq;fs;. |
| | Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, and depart not from the words of my mouth. |
| 8. | cd; topia mtSf;Fj; J}ug;gLj;J@ mtSila tPl;bd; thriyf; fpl;br; NruhNj. |
| | Let your way in life be far from her, and come not near the door of her house [avoid the very scenes of temptation], |
| 9. | Nrh;e;jhy; cd; Nkd;ikia me;epah;fSf;Fk;> cd; MArpd; fhyj;ijf; nfh^uUf;Fk; nfhLj;JtpLtha;. |
| | Lest you give your honor to others and your years to those without mercy, |
| 10. | me;epah; cd; nry;tj;jpdhy; jpUg;jpailthh;fs;;@ cd; gpuahrj;jpd; gyd; Gwj;jpahUila tPl;by; NrUk;. |
| | Lest strangers [and false teachings] take their fill of your strength and wealth and your labors go to the house of an alien [from God]-- |
| 11. | KbtpNy cd; khk;rKk; cd; rhPuKk; cUtopAk;NghJ eP Jf;fpj;J: |
| | And you groan and mourn when your end comes, when your flesh and body are consumed, |
| 12. | INah> Nghjfj;ij ehd; ntWj;NjNd> fbe;Jnfhs;Sjiy vd; kdk; myl;rpak;gz;zpdNj! |
| | And you say, How I hated instruction and discipline, and my heart despised reproof! |
| 13. | vd; Nghjfhpd; nrhy;iy ehd; NfshkYk;> vdf;F cgNjrk;gz;zpdth;fSf;F vd; nrtpiar; rhahkYk; NghNdNd! |
| | I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers nor submitted and consented to those who instructed me. |
| 14. | rigf;Fs;Sk; rq;fj;Jf;Fs;Sk; nfhQ;rq;Fiwa vy;yhj; jPikf;FKs;shNdNd! vd;W KiwapLtha;. |
| | [The extent and boldness of] my sin involved almost all evil [in the estimation] of the congregation and the community. |
| 15. | cd; fpzw;wpYs;s jz;zPiuAk;> cd; Jutpy; CWfpw [yj;ijAk; ghdk;gz;Z. |
| | Drink waters out of your own cistern [of a pure marriage relationship], and fresh running waters out of your own well. |
| 16. | cd; Cw;Wfs; ntspapYk; cd; tha;f;fhy;fs; tPjpfspYk; gha;tjhf. |
| | Should your offspring be dispersed abroad as water brooks in the streets? |
| 17. | mitfs; me;epaUf;Fk; chpaitfshapuhky;> cdf;Nf chpaitfshapUg;gjhf. |
| | [Confine yourself to your own wife] let your children be for you alone, and not the children of strangers with you. |
| 18. | cd; Cw;Wf;fz; MrPh;tjpf;fg;gLtjhf@ cd; ,stajpd; kidtpNahNl kfpo;e;jpU. |
| | Let your fountain [of human life] be blessed [with the rewards of fidelity], and rejoice in the wife of your youth. |
| 19. | mtNs Nerpf;fg;glj;jf;f ngz;khDk;> mofhd tiuahLk;NghypUg;ghshf@ mtSila ];jdq;;fNs vg;nghOJk; cd;idj; jpUg;jpnra;tjhf@ mtSila Nerj;jhy; eP vg;nghOJk; kaq;fpapUg;ghahf. |
| | Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant doe [tender, gentle, attractive]--let her bosom satisfy you at all times, and always be transported with delight in her love. |
| 20. | vd; kfNd> eP gu];jph;Papd;Nky; kaq;fpj; jphpe;J> me;epa ];jphPapd; khh;igj; jOtNtz;banjd;d? |
| | Why should you, my son, be infatuated with a loose woman, embrace the bosom of an outsider, and go astray? |
| 21. | kD\Uila topfs; fh;j;jhpd; fz;fSf;F Kd;ghf ,Uf;fpwJ@ mtDila topfnsy;yhtw;iwAk; mth; rPh;J}f;fpg;ghh;f;fpwhh;. |
| | For the ways of man are directly before the eyes of the Lord, and He [Who would have us live soberly, chastely, and godly] carefully weighs all man's goings. |
| 22. | Jd;khh;f;fid mtDila mf;fpukq;fNs gpbj;Jf;nfhs;Sk;@ jd; ghtf;fapWfshy; fl;lg;gLthd;. |
| | His own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked man, and he shall be held with the cords of his sin. |
| 23. | mtd; Gj;jpiaf; Nfshjjpdhy; kbe;J> jd; kjpNfl;bd; kpFjpapdhy; kaq;fpg;Nghthd;. |
| | He will die for lack of discipline and instruction, and in the greatness of his folly he will go astray and be lost. |