1يَا ابْنِي، احْفَظْ كَلاَمِي وَاذْخَرْ وَصَايَايَ عِنْدَكَ.2احْفَظْ وَصَايَايَ فَتَحْيَا، وَشَرِيعَتِي كَحَدَقَةِ عَيْنِكَ.3اُرْبُطْهَا عَلَى أَصَابِعِكَ. اكْتُبْهَا عَلَى لَوْحِ قَلْبِكَ.4قُلْ لِلْحِكْمَةِ، أَنْتِ أُخْتِي وَادْعُ الْفَهْمَ ذَا قَرَابَةٍ.5لِتَحْفَظَكَ مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ الأَجْنَبِيَّةِ، مِنَ الْغَرِيبَةِ الْمَلِقَةِ بِكَلاَمِهَا.6لأَنِّي مِنْ كُوَّةِ بَيْتِي، مِنْ وَرَاءِ شُبَّاكِي تَطَلَّعْتُ،7فَرَأَيْتُ بَيْنَ الْجُهَّالِ، لاَحَظْتُ بَيْنَ الْبَنِينَ غُلاَماً عَدِيمَ الْفَهْمِ،8عَابِراً فِي الشَّارِعِ عِنْدَ زَاوِيَتِهَا، وَصَاعِداً فِي طَرِيقِ بَيْتِهَا.9فِي الْعِشَاءِ، فِي مَسَاءِ الْيَوْمِ، فِي حَدَقَةِ اللَّيْلِ وَالظَّلاَمِ.10وَإِذَا بِامْرَأَةٍ اسْتَقْبَلَتْهُ فِي زِيِّ زَانِيَةٍ، وَخَبِيثَةُ الْقَلْبِ.11صَخَّابَةٌ هِيَ وَجَامِحَةٌ. فِي بَيْتِهَا لاَ تَسْتَقِرُّ قَدَمَاهَا.12تَارَةً فِي الْخَارِجِ وَأُخْرَى فِي الشَّوَارِعِ. وَعِنْدَ كُلِّ زَاوِيَةٍ تَكْمُنُ.13فَأَمْسَكَتْهُ وَقَبَّلَتْهُ. أَوْقَحَتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ لَهُ،14عَلَيَّ ذَبَائِحُ السَّلاَمَةِ. الْيَوْمَ أَوْفَيْتُ نُذُورِي.15فَلِذَلِكَ خَرَجْتُ لِلِقَائِكَ لأَطْلُبَ وَجْهَكَ حَتَّى أَجِدَكَ.16بِالدِّيبَاجِ فَرَشْتُ سَرِيرِي، بِمُوَشَّى كَتَّانٍ مِنْ مِصْرَ.17عَطَّرْتُ فِرَاشِي بِمُرٍّ وَعُودٍ وَقِرْفَةٍ.18هَلُمَّ نَرْتَوِ وُدّاً إِلَى الصَّبَاحِ. نَتَلَذَّذُ بِالْحُبِّ.19لأَنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيْسَ فِي الْبَيْتِ. ذَهَبَ فِي طَرِيقٍ بَعِيدَةٍ.20أَخَذَ صُرَّةَ الْفِضَّةِ بِيَدِهِ. يَوْمَ الْهِلاَلِ يَأْتِي إِلَى بَيْتِهِ.21أَغْوَتْهُ بِكَثْرَةِ فُنُونِهَا، بِمَلْثِ شَفَتَيْهَا طَوَّحَتْهُ.22ذَهَبَ وَرَاءَهَا لِوَقْتِهِ كَثَوْرٍ يَذْهَبُ إِلَى الذَّبْحِ، أَوْ كَالْغَبِيِّ إِلَى قَيْدِ الْقِصَاصِ،23حَتَّى يَشُقَّ سَهْمٌ كَبِدَهُ. كَطَيْرٍ يُسْرِعُ إِلَى الْفَخِّ وَلاَ يَدْرِي أَنَّهُ لِنَفْسِهِ.24وَالآنَ أَيُّهَا الأَبْنَاءُ اسْمَعُوا لِي وَأَصْغُوا لِكَلِمَاتِ فَمِي.25لاَ يَمِلْ قَلْبُكَ إِلَى طُرُقِهَا، وَلاَ تَشْرُدْ فِي مَسَالِكِهَا.26لأَنَّهَا طَرَحَتْ كَثِيرِينَ جَرْحَى، وَكُلُّ قَتْلاَهَا أَقْوِيَاءُ.27طُرُقُ الْهَاوِيَةِ بَيْتُهَا، هَابِطَةٌ إِلَى خُدُورِ الْمَوْتِ.
1My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.2Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.6For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,8Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,9In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:10And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.11(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:12Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)13So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,14I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works , with fine linen of Egypt.17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.19For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:20He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.24Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.26For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.27Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.