Proverbs 7

1 My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.

1 孩子啊，你要遵从我的吩咐， 把我的诫命珍藏在心中。

2 Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

2 遵守我的诫命，你便存活。 要爱护我的训诲， 如爱护眼中的瞳仁。

3 Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

3 要系在你的指头上， 刻在你的心版上。

4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,

4 你要把智慧当作姊妹， 将悟性视为亲人。

5 that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.

5 她们能使你远离淫妇， 远离妓女的甜言蜜语。

6 For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.

6 我曾在家里的窗前， 透过窗棂往外观看，

7 I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,

7 只见在愚昧人中， 有个无知的青年，

8 crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,

8 他穿过靠近淫妇的巷口， 朝她的家门走去，

9 at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.

9 趁着日暮黄昏， 借着夜色昏暗。

10 Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.

10 看啊！一个妓女打扮、 心术不正的女子出来迎接他。

11 She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.

11 她喧嚷放荡，不安分守家，

12 Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.

12 有时在街上，有时在广场， 或在各巷口守候。

13 She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:

13 她缠着那青年，与他亲吻， 厚颜无耻地说：

14 “I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.

14 “我今天刚献祭还了愿， 家里有平安祭肉 ，

15 So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.

15 因此我出来迎接你，寻找你， 终于找到了你！

16 I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.

16 我已经铺好了床， 铺上了埃及的绣花布，

17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.

17 又用没药、沉香、肉桂熏了床。

18 Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!

18 来吧，让我们通宵畅饮爱情， 让我们尽情欢爱！

19 For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.

19 因为我丈夫不在家，出远门了。

20 He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”

20 他带着钱囊去了，月圆才回来。”

21 With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.

21 淫妇花言巧语勾引他， 用谄媚的话语诱惑他。

22 He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,

22 那青年立刻随她而去， 像走向屠宰场的公牛， 又像掉入陷阱的雄鹿，

23 until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.

23 直等到利箭射穿他的肝。 他像只自投网罗的飞鸟， 浑然不知要赔上性命！

24 Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

24 孩子们啊，你们要听从我的话， 留意我口中的训言，

25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.

25 别让你的心偏向淫妇的道， 步入她的歧途。

26 For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.

26 因为她使许多人丧命， 被她杀害的数目众多。

27 Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.

27 她的家是通往阴间的路， 引人坠入死亡之室。