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Proverbs 5

Latin original · 23 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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5:1

Fili mi, attende ad sapientiam meam, et prudentiae meae inclina aurem tuam :

My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding,

我兒，要留心我智慧的話語，側耳聽我聰明的言詞，

5:2

ut custodias cogitationes, et disciplinam labia tua conservent. Ne attendas fallaciae mulieris ;

that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.

為要使你謹守謀略，嘴唇保存知識。

5:3

favus enim distillans labia meretricis, et nitidius oleo guttur ejus :

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

因為淫婦的嘴滴下蜂蜜；她的口比油更滑，

5:4

novissima autem illius amara quasi absinthium, et acuta quasi gladius biceps.

but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.

至終卻苦似茵蔯，快如兩刃的刀。

5:5

Pedes ejus descendunt in mortem, et ad inferos gressus illius penetrant.

Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol.

她的腳下入死地；她腳步踏住陰間，

5:6

Per semitam vitae non ambulant ; vagi sunt gressus ejus et investigabiles.

She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it.

以致她找不着生命平坦的道。她的路變遷不定，自己還不知道。

5:7

Nunc ergo fili mi, audi me, et ne recedas a verbis oris mei.

Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.

眾子啊，現在要聽從我；不可離棄我口中的話。

5:8

Longe fac ab ea viam tuam, et ne appropinques foribus domus ejus.

Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,

你所行的道要離她遠，不可就近她的房門，

5:9

Ne des alienis honorem tuum, et annos tuos crudeli :

lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;

恐怕將你的尊榮給別人，將你的歲月給殘忍的人；

5:10

ne forte impleantur extranei viribus tuis, et labores tui sint in domo aliena,

lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.

恐怕外人滿得你的力量，你勞碌得來的，歸入外人的家；

5:11

et gemas in novissimis, quando consumpseris carnes tuas et corpus tuum, et dicas :

You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,

終久，你皮肉和身體消毀，你就悲歎，

5:12

Cur detestatus sum disciplinam, et increpationibus non acquievit cor meum,

and say, “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.

說：我怎麼恨惡訓誨，心中藐視責備，

5:13

nec audivi vocem docentium me, et magistris non inclinavi aurem meam ?

I haven’t obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!

也不聽從我師傅的話，又不側耳聽那教訓我的人？

5:14

pene fui in omni malo, in medio ecclesiae et synagogae.

I have come to the brink of utter ruin, among the gathered assembly.”

我在聖會裏，幾乎落在諸般惡中。

5:15

Bibe aquam de cisterna tua, et fluenta putei tui ;

Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.

你要喝自己池中的水，飲自己井裏的活水。

5:16

deriventur fontes tui foras, et in plateis aquas tuas divide.

Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?

你的泉源豈可漲溢在外？你的河水豈可流在街上？

5:17

Habeto eas solus, nec sint alieni participes tui.

Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you.

惟獨歸你一人，不可與外人同用。

5:18

Sit vena tua benedicta, et laetare cum muliere adolescentiae tuae.

Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.

要使你的泉源蒙福；要喜悅你幼年所娶的妻。

5:19

Cerva carissima, et gratissimus hinnulus : ubera ejus inebrient te in omni tempore ; in amore ejus delectare jugiter.

A loving doe and a graceful deer— let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.

她如可愛的麀鹿，可喜的母鹿；願她的胸懷使你時時知足，她的愛情使你常常戀慕。

5:20

Quare seduceris, fili mi, ab aliena, et foveris in sinu alterius ?

For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

我兒，你為何戀慕淫婦？為何抱外女的胸懷？

5:21

Respicit Dominus vias hominis, et omnes gressus ejus considerat.

For the ways of man are before Yahweh’s eyes. He examines all his paths.

因為，人所行的道都在耶和華眼前；他也修平人一切的路。

5:22

Iniquitates suas capiunt impium, et funibus peccatorum suorum constringitur.

The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

惡人必被自己的罪孽捉住；他必被自己的罪惡如繩索纏繞。

5:23

Ipse morietur, quia non habuit disciplinam, et in multitudine stultitiae suae decipietur.

He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

他因不受訓誨就必死亡；又因愚昧過甚，必走差了路。

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