Proverbs 7

KING JAMES BIBLE	NOVA VULGATA
1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.	1 Fili mi, custodi sermones meos et praecepta mea reconde tibi.
2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.	2 Serva mandata mea et vives, et legem meam quasi pupillam oculi tui.
3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.	3 Liga ea in digitis tuis, scribe illa in tabulis cordis tui.
4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:	4 Dic sapientiae: “ Soror mea es ” et prudentiam voca Amicam,
5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.	5 ut custodiat te a muliere extranea et ab aliena, quae verba sua dulcia facit.
6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,	6 De fenestra enim domus meae per cancellos prospexi
7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,	7 et video inter parvulos; considero inter filios vecordem iuvenem,
8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,	8 qui transit per plateam iuxta angulum et prope viam domus illius graditur
9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:	9 in obscuro advesperascente die, in mediis tenebris et caligine.
10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.	10 Et ecce, occurrit illi mulier ornatu meretricio, cauta corde, garrula et rebellans,
11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:	11 quietis impatiens nec valens in domo consistere pedibus suis:
12 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)	12 nunc foris, nunc in plateis et iuxta angulos insidians.
13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,	13 Apprehensumque deosculatur iuvenem et procaci vultu blanditur dicens:
14 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.	14 “ Victimas pro salute vovi, hodie reddidi vota mea;
15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.	15 idcirco egressa sum in occursum tuum desiderans te videre et repperi.
16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.	16 Stragulatis vestibus lectulum meum stravi, linteis pictis ex Aegypto;
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.	17 aspersi cubile meum myrrha et aloe et cinnamomo.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.	18 Veni, inebriemur voluptatibus, usque mane fruamur amoribus.
19 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:	19 Non est enim vir in domo sua; abiit via longissima,
20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.	20 sacculum pecuniae secum tulit, in die plenae lunae reversurus est in domum suam ”.
21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.	21 Irretivit eum multis sermonibus et blanditiis labiorum protraxit illum.
22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;	22 Stultus eam sequitur quasi bos ductus ad victimam, sicut irretitur vinculo cervus,
23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.	23 donec transfigat sagitta iecur eius; velut si avis festinet ad laqueum et nescit quod de periculo animae illius agitur.
24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.	24 Nunc ergo, fili mi, audi me et attende verbis oris mei.
25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.	25 Ne abstrahatur in viis illius mens tua, neque decipiaris semitis eius.
26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.	26 Multos enim vulneratos deiecit, et fortissimi quique interfecti sunt ab ea:
27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.	27 viae inferi domus eius penetrantes in interiora mortis.