Proverbs 5

My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline thy ear to my prudence,

Fili mi, attende ad sapientiam meam, et prudentiæ meæ inclina aurem tuam :

υἱέ ἐμῇ σοφίᾳ πρόσεχε ἐμοῖς δὲ λόγοις παράβαλλε σὸν οὖς

That thou mayst keep thoughts, and thy lips may preserve instruction. Mind not the deceit of a woman.

ut custodias cogitationes, et disciplinam labia tua conservent. Ne attendas fallaciæ mulieris;

ἵνα φυλάξῃς ἔννοιαν ἀγαθήν αἴσθησιν δὲ ἐμῶν χειλέων ἐντέλλομαί σοι

For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil.

favus enim distillans labia meretricis, et nitidius oleo guttur ejus :

μὴ πρόσεχε φαύλῃ γυναικί μέλι γὰρ ἀποστάζει ἀπὸ χειλέων γυναικὸς πόρνης ἣ πρὸς καιρὸν λιπαίνει σὸν φάρυγγα

But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword.

novissima autem illius amara quasi absinthium, et acuta quasi gladius biceps.

ὕστερον μέντοι πικρότερον χολῆς εὑρήσεις καὶ ἠκονημένον μᾶλλον μαχαίρας διστόμου

Her feet go down into death, and her steps go in as far as hell.

Pedes ejus descendunt in mortem, et ad inferos gressus illius penetrant.

τῆς γὰρ ἀφροσύνης οἱ πόδες κατάγουσιν τοὺς χρωμένους αὐτῇ μετὰ θανάτου εἰς τὸν ᾅδην τὰ δὲ ἴχνη αὐτῆς οὐκ ἐρείδεται

They walk not by the path of life, her steps are wandering, and unaccountable.

Per semitam vitæ non ambulant; vagi sunt gressus ejus et investigabiles.

ὁδοὺς γὰρ ζωῆς οὐκ ἐπέρχεται σφαλεραὶ δὲ αἱ τροχιαὶ αὐτῆς καὶ οὐκ εὔγνωστοι

Now, therefore, my son, hear me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

Nunc ergo fili mi, audi me, et ne recedas a verbis oris mei.

νῦν οὖν υἱέ ἄκουέ μου καὶ μὴ ἀκύρους ποιήσῃς ἐμοὺς λόγους

Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the doors of her house.

Longe fac ab ea viam tuam, et ne appropinques foribus domus ejus.

μακρὰν ποίησον ἀπ' αὐτῆς σὴν ὁδόν μὴ ἐγγίσῃς πρὸς θύραις οἴκων αὐτῆς

Give not thy honour to strangers, and thy years to the cruel.

Ne des alienis honorem tuum, et annos tuos crudeli :

ἵνα μὴ πρόῃ ἄλλοις ζωήν σου καὶ σὸν βίον ἀνελεήμοσιν

Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in another man’s house,

ne forte implentur extranei viribus tuis, et labores tui sint in domo aliena,

ἵνα μὴ πλησθῶσιν ἀλλότριοι σῆς ἰσχύος οἱ δὲ σοὶ πόνοι εἰς οἴκους ἀλλοτρίων εἰσέλθωσιν

And thou mourn at the last, when thou shalt have spent thy flesh and thy body, and say;

et gemas in novissimis, quando consumpseris carnes tuas et corpus tuum, et dicas :

καὶ μεταμεληθήσῃ ἐπ' ἐσχάτων ἡνίκα ἂν κατατριβῶσιν σάρκες σώματός σου

Why have I hated instruction, and my heart consented not to reproof,

Cur detestatus sum disciplinam, et increpationibus non acquievit cor meum,

καὶ ἐρεῖς πῶς ἐμίσησα παιδείαν καὶ ἐλέγχους ἐξέκλινεν ἡ καρδία μου

And have not heard the voice of them that taught me, and have not inclined my ear to masters?

nec audivi vocem docentium me, et magistris non inclinavi aurem meam?

οὐκ ἤκουον φωνὴν παιδεύοντός με καὶ διδάσκοντός με οὐδὲ παρέβαλλον τὸ οὖς μου

I have almost been in all evil, in the midst of the church and of the congregation.

pene fui in omni malo, in medio ecclesiæ et synagogæ.

παρ' ὀλίγον ἐγενόμην ἐν παντὶ κακῷ ἐν μέσῳ ἐκκλησίας καὶ συναγωγῆς

Drink water out of thy own cistern, and the streams of thy own well:

Bibe aquam de cisterna tua, et fluenta putei tui;

πῖνε ὕδατα ἀπὸ σῶν ἀγγείων καὶ ἀπὸ σῶν φρεάτων πηγῆς

Let thy fountains be conveyed abroad, and in the streets divide thy waters.

deriventur fontes tui foras, et in plateis aquas tuas divide.

μὴ ὑπερεκχείσθω σοι τὰ ὕδατα ἐκ τῆς σῆς πηγῆς εἰς δὲ σὰς πλατείας διαπορευέσθω τὰ σὰ ὕδατα

Keep them to thyself alone, neither let strangers be partakers with thee.

Habeto eas solus, nec sint alieni participes tui.

ἔστω σοι μόνῳ ὑπάρχοντα καὶ μηδεὶς ἀλλότριος μετασχέτω σοι

Let thy vein be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of thy youth:

Sit vena tua benedicta, et lætare cum muliere adolescentiæ tuæ.

ἡ πηγή σου τοῦ ὕδατος ἔστω σοι ἰδία καὶ συνευφραίνου μετὰ γυναικὸς τῆς ἐκ νεότητός σου

Let her be thy dearest hind, and most agreeable fawn: let her breasts inebriate thee at all times: be thou delighted continually with her love.

Cerva carissima, et gratissimus hinnulus : ubera ejus inebrient te in omni tempore; in amore ejus delectare jugiter.

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

Why art thou seduced, my son, by a strange woman, and art cherished in the bosom of another?

Quare seduceris, fili mi, ab aliena, et foveris in sinu alterius?

μὴ πολὺς ἴσθι πρὸς ἀλλοτρίαν μηδὲ συνέχου ἀγκάλαις τῆς μὴ ἰδίας

The Lord beholdeth the ways of man, and considereth all his steps.

Respicit Dominus vias hominis, et omnes gressus ejus considerat.

ἐνώπιον γάρ εἰσιν τῶν τοῦ θεοῦ ὀφθαλμῶν ὁδοὶ ἀνδρός εἰς δὲ πάσας τὰς τροχιὰς αὐτοῦ σκοπεύει

His own iniquities catch the wicked, and he is fast bound with the ropes of his own sins.

Iniquitates suas capiunt impium, et funibus peccatorum suorum constringitur.

παρανομίαι ἄνδρα ἀγρεύουσιν σειραῖς δὲ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ ἁμαρτιῶν ἕκαστος σφίγγεται

He shall die, because he hath not received instruction, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived.

Ipse morietur, quia non habuit disciplinam, et in multitudine stultitiæ suæ decipietur.

οὗτος τελευτᾷ μετὰ ἀπαιδεύτων ἐκ δὲ πλήθους τῆς ἑαυτοῦ βιότητος ἐξερρίφη καὶ ἀπώλετο δι' ἀφροσύνην