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Another Warning about Immoral Women
Follow my advice, my son;
always treasure my commands.
Follow my advice, my son;
always treasure my commands.
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.
Keep my commandments and live,
And my teaching as the apple of your eye.
And my teaching as the apple of your eye.
Tie them on your fingers as a reminder.
Write them deep within your heart.
Write them deep within your heart.
Bind them on your fingers;
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Love wisdom like a sister;
make insight a beloved member of your family.
make insight a beloved member of your family.
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And call understanding your intimate friend;
And call understanding your intimate friend;
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.
That they may keep you from an adulteress,
From the foreigner who flatters with her words.
From the foreigner who flatters with her words.
While I was at the window of my house,
looking through the curtain,
looking through the curtain,
For at the window of my house
I looked out through my lattice,
I looked out through my lattice,
I saw some naive young men,
and one in particular who lacked common sense.
and one in particular who lacked common sense.
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,
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.
Passing through the street near her corner;
And he takes the way to her house,
And he takes the way to her house,
It was at twilight, in the evening,
as deep darkness fell.
as deep darkness fell.
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.
The woman approached him,
seductively dressed and sly of heart.
seductively dressed and sly of heart.
And behold, a woman comes to meet him,
Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart.
Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart.
She was the brash, rebellious type,
never content to stay at home.
never content to stay at home.
She is boisterous and rebellious,
Her feet do not remain at home;
Her feet do not remain at home;
She is often in the streets and markets,
soliciting at every corner.
soliciting at every corner.
She is now in the streets, now in the squares,
And lurks by every corner.
And lurks by every corner.
She threw her arms around him and kissed him,
and with a brazen look she said,
and with a brazen look she said,
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:
“I’ve just made my peace offerings
and fulfilled my vows.
and fulfilled my vows.
“I was due to offer peace offerings;
Today I have paid my vows.
Today I have paid my vows.
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!
“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.
My bed is spread with beautiful blankets,
with colored sheets of Egyptian linen.
with colored sheets of Egyptian linen.
“I have spread my couch with coverings,
With colored linens of Egypt.
With colored linens of Egypt.
I’ve perfumed my bed
with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
“I have sprinkled my bed
With myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
With myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
Come, let’s drink our fill of love until morning.
Let’s enjoy each other’s caresses,
Let’s enjoy each other’s caresses,
“Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning;
Let us delight ourselves with caresses.
Let us delight ourselves with caresses.
for my husband is not home.
He’s away on a long trip.
He’s away on a long trip.
“For my husband is not at home,
He has gone on a long journey;
He has gone on a long journey;
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.”
So she seduced him with her pretty speech
and enticed him with her flattery.
and enticed him with her flattery.
With her many persuasions she entices him;
With her flattering lips she seduces him.
With her flattering lips she seduces him.
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,
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.
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.
So listen to me, my sons,
and pay attention to my words.
and pay attention to my words.
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.
Don’t let your hearts stray away toward her.
Don’t wander down her wayward path.
Don’t wander down her wayward path.
Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,
Do not stray into her paths.
Do not stray into her paths.
For she has been the ruin of many;
many men have been her victims.
many men have been her victims.
For many are the victims she has cast down,
And numerous are all her slain.
And numerous are all her slain.