Proverbs 7
1 My sonne, keepe my wordes, and hide my commandements with thee.
Čuvaj, sine, riječi moje i pohrani moje zapovijedi kod sebe.
2 Keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue, and mine instruction as the apple of thine eyes.
Čuvaj moje zapovijedi, i bit ćeš živ, i nauk moj kao zjenicu oka svoga.
3 Binde them vpon thy fingers, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.
Priveži ih sebi na prste, upiši ih na ploči srca svoga;
4 Say vnto wisedome, Thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding thy kinswoman,
reci mudrosti: “Moja si sestra” i razboritost nazovi “sestričnom”,
5 That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger that is smoothe in her wordes.
da te čuva od žene preljubnice, od tuđinke koja laskavo govori.
6 As I was in the window of mine house, I looked through my windowe,
Kad bijah jednom na prozoru svoje kuće i gledah van kroz rešetku,
7 And I sawe among the fooles, and considered among the children a yong man destitute of vnderstanding,
vidjeh među lakovjernima, opazih među momcima nerazumna mladića:
8 Who passed through the streete by her corner, and went toward her house,
prolazio je ulicom kraj njezina ugla i koracao putem k njezinoj kući
9 In the twilight in the euening, when the night began to be blacke and darke.
u sumraku između dana i večeri kad se hvata noćna tmina;
10 And beholde, there met him a woman with an harlots behauiour, and subtill in heart.
i gle, susrete ga žena, bludno odjevena i s prijevarom u srcu.
11 (She is babling and loud: whose feete can not abide in her house.
Jogunasta bijaše i razuzdana, noge joj se nisu mogle u kući zadržati;
12 Nowe she is without, nowe in the streetes, and lyeth in waite at euery corner)
bila je čas na ulici, čas na trgovima i vrebala kod svakog ugla;
13 So she caught him and kissed him and with an impudent face said vnto him,
i uhvati ga i poljubi i reče mu bezobrazna lica:
14 I haue peace offerings: this day haue I payed my vowes.
“Bila sam dužna žrtvu pričesnicu, i danas izvrših svoj zavjet;
15 Therefore came I forth to meete thee, that I might seeke thy face: and I haue found thee.
zato sam ti izašla u susret, da te tražim, i nađoh te.
16 I haue deckt my bed with ornaments, carpets and laces of Egypt.
Svoju sam postelju nastrla sagovima, vezenim pokrivačima misirskim;
17 I haue perfumed my bedde with myrrhe, aloes, and cynamom.
svoj sam krevet namirisala smirnom, alojem i cimetom.
18 Come, let vs take our fill of loue vntill the morning: let vs take our pleasure in daliance.
Hajde da se opijamo nasladom do jutra i da se radujemo užicima ljubavi.
19 For mine husband is not at home: he is gone a iourney farre off.
Jer muža mi nema kod kuće: otišao je na dalek put;
20 He hath taken with him a bagge of siluer, and will come home at the day appointed.
uzeo je sa sobom novčani tobolac; a vratit će se kući tek o uštapu.”
21 Thus with her great craft she caused him to yeelde, and with her flattering lips she entised him.
Tako ga zavede svojim vičnim nagovorom, odvuče ga svojim glatkim usnama.
22 And he followed her straight wayes, as an oxe that goeth to the slaughter, and as a foole to the stockes for correction,
I ludo on pođe za njom, kao što vol ide na klaonicu i kao što jelen zapleten u mrežu čeka
23 Till a dart strike through his liuer, as a bird hasteth to the snare, not knowing that he is in danger.
dok mu strijela ne probije jetra, i kao ptica što ulijeće u zamku, i ne znajući da će ga to života stajati.
24 Heare me now therefore, O children, and hearken to the wordes of my mouth.
Zato me, sine moj, poslušaj i čuj riječi mojih usta.
25 Let not thine heart decline to her wayes: wander thou not in her paths.
Nek' ti srce ne zastranjuje na njezine putove i ne lutaj po njezinim stazama.
26 For shee hath caused many to fall downe wounded, and the strong men are all slaine by her.
Jer je mnoge smrtno ranila i oborila, i mnogo je onih što ih je pobila.
