Proverbios 7

My child, guard my sayings; store my commandments with you.

HIJO mío, guarda mis razones, y encierra contigo mis mandamientos.

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.

Keep my commands and live, and my teaching like the ⌞apple of your eye⌟.

Guarda mis mandamientos, y vivirás; y mi ley como las niñas de tus ojos.

Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

Lígalos á tus dedos; escríbelos en la tabla de tu corazón.

Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

Say to wisdom, “you are my sister,” and you shall call insight, “⌞intimate friend⌟.”

Di á la sabiduría: Tú eres mi hermana; y á la inteligencia llama parienta:

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,

In order to guard yourself from ⌞an adulteress⌟, from the foreigner who ⌞makes her words smooth⌟.

Para que te guarden de la mujer ajena, y de la extraña que ablanda sus palabras.

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

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

Porque mirando yo por la ventana de mi casa, por mi celosía,

For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

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

And I saw among the simple, I observed among the youth, a young man lacking ⌞sense⌟,

Vi entre los simples, consideré entre los jóvenes, un mancebo falto de entendimiento,

And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,

passing on the street ⌞at⌟ her corner, and he takes the road to her house,

El cual pasaba por la calle, junto á la esquina de aquella, é iba camino de su casa,

Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,

at twilight, at the day’s evening, in the midst of night and the darkness.

A la tarde del día, ya que oscurecía, en la oscuridad y tiniebla de la noche.

In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:

in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.

Then behold! A woman comes to meet him with the garment of a prostitute and ⌞a secret heart⌟.

Y he aquí, una mujer que le sale al encuentro con atavío de ramera, astuta de corazón,

And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.

She is loud and stubborn; her feet do not stay at her house.

Alborotadora y rencillosa, sus pies no pueden estar en casa;

(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

She is loud and defiant. Her feet don’t stay in her house.

Now in the street, now in the square, ⌞at⌟ every corner she lies in wait.

Unas veces de fuera, ó bien por las plazas, acechando por todas las esquinas.

Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.

She took hold of him and kissed him. Her face was impudent, and she said to him,

Y traba de él, y bésalo; desvergonzó su rostro, y díjole:

So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,

So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:

“Sacrifices of peace offerings are upon me; ⌞today⌟ I completed my vows.

Sacrificios de paz había prometido, hoy he pagado mis votos;

I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.

“Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. Today I have paid my vows.

So I have come out to meet you, to seek your face, and I have found you.

Por tanto he salido á encontrarte, buscando diligentemente tu rostro, y te he hallado.

Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.

With coverings I have adorned my couch, spreads of the linen of Egypt;

Con paramentos he ataviado mi cama, recamados con cordoncillo de Egipto.

I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.

I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.

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

He sahumado mi cámara con mirra, áloes, y cinamomo.

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

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

Come, let us take our fill of love making, until the morning let us delight in love.

Ven, embriaguémonos de amores hasta la mañana; alegrémonos en amores.

Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.

Come, let’s take our fill of loving until the morning. Let’s solace ourselves with loving.

For there is no man in his home; he has gone on a ⌞long journey⌟.

Porque el marido no está en casa, hase ido á un largo viaje:

For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:

For my husband isn’t at home. He has gone on a long journey.

The bag of money he took in his hand, for on the day of the full moon he will come home.”

El saco de dinero llevó en su mano; el día señalado volverá á su casa.

He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.”

She persuades him with the greatness of her teachings; with her smooth lips she compels him.

Rindiólo con la mucha suavidad de sus palabras, obligóle con la blandura de sus labios.

With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.

He goes after her suddenly; like an ox to the slaughter he goes, and like a stag to the instruction of a fool,

Vase en pos de ella luego, como va el buey al degolladero, y como el loco á las prisiones para ser castigado;

He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.

until an arrow pierces his ⌞entrails⌟, like a bird rushing into a snare, but he does not know that ⌞it will cost him his life⌟.

Como el ave que se apresura al lazo, y no sabe que es contra su vida, hasta que la saeta traspasó su hígado.

Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.

And now, my children, listen to me, and be attentive to the sayings of my mouth.

Ahora pues, hijos, oidme, y estad atentos á las razones de mi boca.

Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth.

May your heart not turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her path.

No se aparte á sus caminos tu corazón; no yerres en sus veredas.

Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

Don’t let your heart turn to her ways. Don’t go astray in her paths,

For many slain she has laid low, and countless are all of her killings.

Porque á muchos ha hecho caer heridos; y aun los más fuertes han sido muertos por ella.

For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.

for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty army.

The ways of Sheol are her house, descending to chambers of death.

Caminos del sepulcro son su casa, que descienden á las cámaras de la muerte.

Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the rooms of death.