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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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Kuinx Mienh Simv Nqoi Hienx Nqox Nyei Auv
1Yie nyei dorn aac, meih oix zuqc ei jienv yie nyei waac,
oix zuqc zorqv yie hatc nyei waac siou jienv meih nyei hnyouv.
2Oix zuqc ei jienv yie hatc nyei waac ziouc duqv maengc ziangh,
goux longx yie njaaux nyei waac hnangv goux longx ganh nyei m'zing nor,⚓
3zorqv daaih ndoh jienv meih nyei buoz-ndoqv,
aengx fiev jienv meih nyei hnyouv gu'nyuoz.
4Oix zuqc gorngv mbuox cong-mengh, “Meih zoux yie nyei dorc,”
yaac heuc mengh baeqc nyei jauv zoux meih nyei loz-gaeng doic.
5Naaiv deix i nyungc ziouc tengx meih simv ndutv hienx nqox nyei auv,
yaac biaux ndutv nzuih mbiaangc, buangh liouh nyei m'sieqv dorn.
6Yie yiem yie nyei biauv nyei fong muonh,
mangc cuotv laan jienv nyei piaeng nyei kuotv.
7Yie buatc yiem maiv hiuv haaix nyungc nyei zuangx mienh gu'nyuoz,
yiem mienh lunx mienh mbu'ndongx,
maaih dauh mienh lunx mienh hnamv duqv hngongx haic.
8Ninh gan jauv mingh taux bieqc wuov dauh m'sieqv dorn nyei biauv nyei jauv-caax,
aengx yangh wuov diuh jauv mingh wuov dauh nyei biauv
9doix lungh maanz-hmuangx, nziemx-yaangh,
taux lungh muonz zanc hmuangx nyei ziangh hoc.
10Mangc maah! Maaih dauh m'sieqv dorn daaih buangh ninh,
ninh zorng sin hnangv maaic sin nyei m'sieqv dorn yaac maaih guv guaix nyei hnyouv.
11Ninh liaa haic, maiv hiuv duqv nyaiv,
ninh nyei zaux kungx oix mingh, maiv yiem dingc biauv.
12Aav dangh yiem jaai-horngc, aav dangh yiem domh zuangx zaamc,
yiem norm-norm jauv-caax ninh bingx jienv zuov.
13Ninh zorqv jienv wuov dauh mienh lunx mienh zom ninh,
caux ninh gorngv yaac maiv hiuv duqv nyaiv. Ninh gorngv,
14“Yie fongc horc ziec weic jiu tong nyei ga'naaiv,⚓
ih hnoi yie yaac jaauv sung yie laengz jiex nyei ngaengc waac,
15yie ziouc cuotv daaih lorz meih,
qaqv lorz meih, ziouc lorz buatc aqv.
16Yie longc yiem I^yipv daaih nyei ziex setv la'maah ndie-muonc,
dimc ziangx yie nyei coux.
17Yie longc ⟨mu^yorc,⟩⟨mu^yorc,⟩
caux jieh louh ndopv bun yie nyei coux ndaang.
18Daaih maah! Yie mbuo ziangh muonz hnamv taux beuv, yaac hnamv taux lungh ndorm.
Yie mbuo haih njien-youh nyei laanh hnamv laanh,
19weic zuqc yie nyei nqox maiv yiem biauv.
Ninh cuotv jauv mingh go.
20Ninh dorh yietc mbuoqc nyaanh mingh.
Taux hlaax-junh ninh cingx nzuonx.”
21Naaiv dauh hienx nqox nyei auv longc waac-gaam yuoqc ninh,
longc nzuih mbiaangc baeng ninh mingh.
22Wuov dauh mienh lunx mienh liemh zeih gan jienv ninh mingh aqv,
hnangv ngongh gouv mingh zuqc daix daic,
hnangv njaih⚓ zuqc hlaang hlopv jienv zietc nyei,
23zuov taux forng-cang buonv bieqc ninh nyei hlan,
fai hnangv norm norqc siepv-siepv nyei ndaix bieqc mungz gu'nyuoz.
Ninh liemh maiv hiuv duqv ganh oix zuqc hoic maengc.
24Dorn aah! Ih zanc oix zuqc muangx yie maah!
Oix zuqc longc hnyouv muangx yie nyei nzuih gorngv nyei waac.
25Maiv dungx bun meih nyei hnyouv huin mingh wuov dauh m'sieqv dorn nyei jauv,
maiv dungx bieqc ninh nduov nyei jauv-louc.
26Zuqc wuov dauh m'sieqv dorn hoic nyei mienh maiv zeiz zoqc,
zuqc ninh daix daic nyei mienh za'gengh camv! haic.
27Ninh nyei biauv yiem mingh yiemh gen nyei jauv,
se dorh mienh njiec zuqc daic nyei mienh yiem nyei dorngx.