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The Wiles of the Harlot
My son, keep my words
And treasure my commandments within you.
My son, keep my words
And treasure my commandments within you.
Warning Against the Adulteress
My son, keep my words
and treasure up my commandments with you;
My son, keep my words
and treasure up my commandments with you;
Keep my commandments and live,
And my teaching as the apple of your eye.
And my teaching as the apple of your eye.
keep my commandments and live;
keep my teaching as the apple of your eye;
keep my teaching as the apple of your eye;
Bind them on your fingers;
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
bind them on your fingers;
write them on the tablet of your heart.
write them on the tablet of your heart.
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And call understanding your intimate friend;
And call understanding your intimate friend;
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and call insight your intimate friend,
and call insight your intimate friend,
That they may keep you from an adulteress,
From the foreigner who flatters with her words.
From the foreigner who flatters with her words.
For at the window of my house
I looked out through my lattice,
I looked out through my lattice,
For at the window of my house
I have looked out through my lattice,
I have looked out through my lattice,
And I saw among the naive,
And discerned among the youths
A young man lacking sense,
And discerned among the youths
A young man lacking sense,
and I have seen among the simple,
I have perceived among the youths,
a young man lacking sense,
I have perceived among the youths,
a young man lacking sense,
Passing through the street near her corner;
And he takes the way to her house,
And he takes the way to her house,
passing along the street near her corner,
taking the road to her house
taking the road to her house
In the twilight, in the evening,
In the middle of the night and in the darkness.
In the middle of the night and in the darkness.
in the twilight, in the evening,
at the time of night and darkness.
at the time of night and darkness.
And behold, a woman comes to meet him,
Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart.
Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart.
She is boisterous and rebellious,
Her feet do not remain at home;
Her feet do not remain at home;
She is loud and wayward;
her feet do not stay at home;
her feet do not stay at home;
She is now in the streets, now in the squares,
And lurks by every corner.
And lurks by every corner.
now in the street, now in the market,
and at every corner she lies in wait.
and at every corner she lies in wait.
So she seizes him and kisses him
And with a brazen face she says to him:
And with a brazen face she says to him:
She seizes him and kisses him,
and with bold face she says to him,
and with bold face she says to him,
“I was due to offer peace offerings;
Today I have paid my vows.
Today I have paid my vows.
“Therefore I have come out to meet you,
To seek your presence earnestly, and I have found you.
To seek your presence earnestly, and I have found you.
so now I have come out to meet you,
to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.
to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.
“I have spread my couch with coverings,
With colored linens of Egypt.
With colored linens of Egypt.
I have spread my couch with coverings,
colored linens from Egyptian linen;
colored linens from Egyptian linen;
“I have sprinkled my bed
With myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
With myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh,
aloes, and cinnamon.
aloes, and cinnamon.
“Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning;
Let us delight ourselves with caresses.
Let us delight ourselves with caresses.
Come, let us take our fill of love till morning;
let us delight ourselves with love.
let us delight ourselves with love.
“For my husband is not at home,
He has gone on a long journey;
He has gone on a long journey;
For my husband is not at home;
he has gone on a long journey;
he has gone on a long journey;
He has taken a bag of money with him,
At the full moon he will come home.”
At the full moon he will come home.”
he took a bag of money with him;
at full moon he will come home.”
at full moon he will come home.”
With her many persuasions she entices him;
With her flattering lips she seduces him.
With her flattering lips she seduces him.
With much seductive speech she persuades him;
with her smooth talk she compels him.
with her smooth talk she compels him.
Suddenly he follows her
As an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or as one in fetters to the discipline of a fool,
As an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or as one in fetters to the discipline of a fool,
Until an arrow pierces through his liver;
As a bird hastens to the snare,
So he does not know that it will cost him his life.
As a bird hastens to the snare,
So he does not know that it will cost him his life.
till an arrow pierces its liver;
as a bird rushes into a snare;
he does not know that it will cost him his life.
as a bird rushes into a snare;
he does not know that it will cost him his life.
Now therefore, my sons, listen to me,
And pay attention to the words of my mouth.
And pay attention to the words of my mouth.
And now, O sons, listen to me,
and be attentive to the words of my mouth.
and be attentive to the words of my mouth.
Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,
Do not stray into her paths.
Do not stray into her paths.
Let not your heart turn aside to her ways;
do not stray into her paths,
do not stray into her paths,
For many are the victims she has cast down,
And numerous are all her slain.
And numerous are all her slain.
for many a victim has she laid low,
and all her slain are a mighty throng.
and all her slain are a mighty throng.