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1My son, keep my words,
And ⚓treasure my commands within you.
2⚓Keep my commands and live,
⚓And my law as the apple of your eye.
3⚓Bind them on your fingers;
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
4Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And call understanding your nearest kin,
5⚓That they may keep you from the immoral woman,
From the seductress who flatters with her words.
The Crafty Harlot
6For at the window of my house
I looked through my lattice,
7And saw among the simple,
I perceived among the youths,
A young man ⚓devoid of understanding,
8Passing along the street near her corner;
And he took the path to her house
9⚓In the twilight, in the evening,
In the black and dark night.
10And there a woman met him,
With the attire of a harlot, and a crafty heart.
11⚓She was loud and rebellious,
⚓Her feet would not stay at home.
12At times she was outside, at times in the open square,
Lurking at every corner.
13So she caught him and kissed him;
With an impudent face she said to him:
14“I have peace offerings with me;
Today I have paid my vows.
15So I came out to meet you,
Diligently to seek your face,
And I have found you.
16I have spread my bed with tapestry,
Colored coverings of ⚓Egyptian linen.
17I have perfumed my bed
With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18Come, let us take our fill of love until morning;
Let us delight ourselves with love.
19For my husband is not at home;
He has gone on a long journey;
20He has taken a bag of money with him,
And will come home on the appointed day.”
21With ⚓her enticing speech she caused him to yield,
⚓With her flattering lips she seduced him.
22Immediately he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,
23Till an arrow struck his liver.
⚓As a bird hastens to the snare,
He did not know it would cost his life.
24Now therefore, listen to me, my children;
Pay attention to the words of my mouth:
25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,
Do not stray into her paths;
26For she has cast down many wounded,
And ⚓all who were slain by her were strong men.
27⚓Her house is the way to hell,
Descending to the chambers of death.
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Tug quaspuj thaab hluas nraug
1Kuv tub 'e, koj ca le khaws kuv tej lug ca,
hab muab tej kws kuv qha ceev rua huv koj lub sab.
2Ca le tuav rawv kuv tej lug nkaw
txhad muaj txujsa nyob,
ca le tuav kuv tej lug qha ca zoo cuag nkaus le
koj tsom kwm koj lub ntsab muag.
3Muab khi rua ntawm koj ntiv teg,
hab muab sau ca rua huv koj lub sab.
4Ca le has rua tswvyim tas,
“Koj yog kuv tug muam hlub,”
hab hu kev txawj ntse tas
yog koj tug kwvluag zoo,
5sub tug tswvyim hov txhad tsom kwm koj
dim tug quaspuj plhu tuab,
yog tug puj cov zej cov zog
ncauj qaab zwb nplaig qaab ntse.
6Kuv nyob huv kuv tsev ntawm qhov rais
xauj cov kem qhov rais moog rua saab nrau.
7Kuv pum cov tuabneeg ruag.
Kuv saib ntsoov cov tub hluas hov
mas muaj ib tug tsw thoob tswb to nrog
8taug kev tuaj ze ntawm kev tshuam
kws tug puj hov nyob,
hab taug txuj kws moog rua huv
tug puj hov tsev,
9yog lub swjhawm yuav tsaus ntuj
hab tsaus ntuj zuag,
hab thaus tsaus ntuj ndais dub dub le lawm.
10Na cav, muaj ib tug puj ntswb nwg
naav tsoog yaam nkaus le tug puj muag cev,
nwg lub sab ntxeev ntxag.
11Nwg muaj plhu ntxag kwv tawv kwv cov,
nwg kwtaw nyob tsw tswm huv tsev le,
12ib plag nyob tom kev ib plag nyob tom tshaav puam,
nwg tog quas nrhw txhua txuj hauv kev.
13Nwg khawm nkaus tug hluas hov
hab muab nwj kag,
nwg has rua tug hluas
tsw paub txaaj muag le has tas,
14“Kuv tua tsaj xyeem,⚓
hab nub nua kuv pauj yeem lawm.
15Kuv txhad le tawm tuaj nrhav koj,
muaj sab nrhav mas kuv ntswb koj lawm.
16Kuv tub muab ntaub pua
kuv lub txaaj pw du quas lug lawm,
yog muab cov ntaub maag Iyi
kws txaij nraug zeeg zoo nkauj pua.
17Kuv tub muab roj tsw qaab
hab roj ntoo alau‑es hab moov ntoo tuv
txhawb kuv lub txaaj tsw qaab quas ntxag le.
18Moog ca ib pw ua ke pov khawv
ib mos kaaj ntug,
ca ib ua kuas txaus sab txaus ntsws
ntawm txujkev sws nyam,
19tsua qhov kuv tug quasyawg tsw nyob tsev,
nwg moog kev deb le lawm.
20Nwg coj ib naas nyaj moog lawm,
hli nraa nwg le rov qaab lug.”
21Tug puj hov ua lug mog lug muas
haub ntxag tug hluas ntawd,
nwg tej lug qaab zwb yuam tau tug tub hluas.
22Nwg txhad lawv lag tug puj hov
moog taamswm, yaam nkaus le
tug txwv nyuj kws moog rua lub chaw tua,
yaam nkaus le tug muas lwj
dha moog maag hlua,⚓
23moog txug thaus luas raab xub
chob nkaus rua nruab plawv.
Yaam le tug noog pluav moog maag tswg,
tug hluas hov tsw paub tas
tub moog txug qhov chaw tuag lawm.
24Kuv cov tub 'e, mej ca le noog kuv has,
ua tuab zoo noog tej lug kws kuv qhov ncauj has.
25Tsw xob qaug sab lawv tug puj hov,
hab tsw xob tig moog taug nwg txujkev,
26tsua qhov nwg tub txuv tau ntau tug lawm,
cov kws nwg muab tua pov tseg coob kawg le.
27Nwg lub tsev yog txujkev
kws moog rua huv tub tuag teb,
hab yog txuj kws nqeg moog
rua huv qhov ntxaa.