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The Wiles of the Harlot
My son, keep my words
And treasure my commandments within you.
My son, keep my words
And treasure my commandments within you.
Another Warning about Immoral Women
Follow my advice, my son;
always treasure my commands.
Follow my advice, my son;
always treasure my commands.
Keep my commandments and live,
And my teaching as the apple of your eye.
And my teaching as the apple of your eye.
Bind them on your fingers;
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Tie them on your fingers as a reminder.
Write them deep within your heart.
Write them deep within your heart.
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And call understanding your intimate friend;
And call understanding your intimate friend;
Love wisdom like a sister;
make insight a beloved member of your family.
make insight a beloved member of your family.
That they may keep you from an adulteress,
From the foreigner who flatters with her words.
From the foreigner who flatters with her words.
Let them protect you from an affair with an immoral woman,
from listening to the flattery of a promiscuous woman.
from listening to the flattery of a promiscuous woman.
For at the window of my house
I looked out through my lattice,
I looked out through my lattice,
While I was at the window of my house,
looking through the curtain,
looking through the curtain,
And I saw among the naive,
And discerned among the youths
A young man lacking sense,
And discerned among the youths
A young man lacking sense,
I saw some naive young men,
and one in particular who lacked common sense.
and one in particular who lacked common sense.
Passing through the street near her corner;
And he takes the way to her house,
And he takes the way to her house,
He was crossing the street near the house of an immoral woman,
strolling down the path by her house.
strolling down the path by her house.
In the twilight, in the evening,
In the middle of the night and in the darkness.
In the middle of the night and in the darkness.
It was at twilight, in the evening,
as deep darkness fell.
as deep darkness fell.
And behold, a woman comes to meet him,
Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart.
Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart.
The woman approached him,
seductively dressed and sly of heart.
seductively dressed and sly of heart.
She is boisterous and rebellious,
Her feet do not remain at home;
Her feet do not remain at home;
She was the brash, rebellious type,
never content to stay at home.
never content to stay at home.
She is now in the streets, now in the squares,
And lurks by every corner.
And lurks by every corner.
She is often in the streets and markets,
soliciting at every corner.
soliciting at every corner.
So she seizes him and kisses him
And with a brazen face she says to him:
And with a brazen face she says to him:
She threw her arms around him and kissed him,
and with a brazen look she said,
and with a brazen look she said,
“I was due to offer peace offerings;
Today I have paid my vows.
Today I have paid my vows.
“I’ve just made my peace offerings
and fulfilled my vows.
and fulfilled my vows.
“Therefore I have come out to meet you,
To seek your presence earnestly, and I have found you.
To seek your presence earnestly, and I have found you.
You’re the one I was looking for!
I came out to find you, and here you are!
I came out to find you, and here you are!
“I have spread my couch with coverings,
With colored linens of Egypt.
With colored linens of Egypt.
My bed is spread with beautiful blankets,
with colored sheets of Egyptian linen.
with colored sheets of Egyptian linen.
“I have sprinkled my bed
With myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
With myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
I’ve perfumed my bed
with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
“Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning;
Let us delight ourselves with caresses.
Let us delight ourselves with caresses.
Come, let’s drink our fill of love until morning.
Let’s enjoy each other’s caresses,
Let’s enjoy each other’s caresses,
“For my husband is not at home,
He has gone on a long journey;
He has gone on a long journey;
for my husband is not home.
He’s away on a long trip.
He’s away on a long trip.
He has taken a bag of money with him,
At the full moon he will come home.”
At the full moon he will come home.”
With her many persuasions she entices him;
With her flattering lips she seduces him.
With her flattering lips she seduces him.
So she seduced him with her pretty speech
and enticed him with her flattery.
and enticed him with her flattery.
Suddenly he follows her
As an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or as one in fetters to the discipline of a fool,
As an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or as one in fetters to the discipline of a fool,
Until an arrow pierces through his liver;
As a bird hastens to the snare,
So he does not know that it will cost him his life.
As a bird hastens to the snare,
So he does not know that it will cost him his life.
awaiting the arrow that would pierce its heart.
He was like a bird flying into a snare,
little knowing it would cost him his life.
He was like a bird flying into a snare,
little knowing it would cost him his life.
Now therefore, my sons, listen to me,
And pay attention to the words of my mouth.
And pay attention to the words of my mouth.
So listen to me, my sons,
and pay attention to my words.
and pay attention to my words.
Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,
Do not stray into her paths.
Do not stray into her paths.
Don’t let your hearts stray away toward her.
Don’t wander down her wayward path.
Don’t wander down her wayward path.
For many are the victims she has cast down,
And numerous are all her slain.
And numerous are all her slain.
For she has been the ruin of many;
many men have been her victims.
many men have been her victims.