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The Latin Vulgate VUL
1 My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.
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fili mi custodi sermones meos et praecepta mea reconde tibi
2 Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
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serva mandata mea et vives et legem meam quasi pupillam oculi tui
3 Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
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liga eam in digitis tuis scribe illam in tabulis cordis tui
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and to insight, “You are my relative.”
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dic sapientiae soror mea es et prudentiam voca amicam tuam
5 They will keep you from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words.
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ut custodiat te a muliere extranea et ab aliena quae verba sua dulcia facit
6 At the window of my house I looked down through the lattice.
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de fenestra enim domus meae per cancellos prospexi
7 I saw among the simple, I noticed among the young men, a youth who had no sense.
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et video parvulos considero vecordem iuvenem
8 He was going down the street near her corner, walking along in the direction of her house
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qui transit in platea iuxta angulum et propter viam domus illius graditur
9 at twilight, as the day was fading, as the dark of night set in.
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in obscuro advesperascente die in noctis tenebris et caligine
10 Then out came a woman to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.
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et ecce mulier occurrit illi ornatu meretricio praeparata ad capiendas animas garrula et vaga
11 (She is unruly and defiant, her feet never stay at home;
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quietis inpatiens nec valens in domo consistere pedibus suis
12 now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner she lurks.)
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nunc foris nunc in plateis nunc iuxta angulos insidians
13 She took hold of him and kissed him and with a brazen face she said:
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adprehensumque deosculatur iuvenem et procaci vultu blanditur dicens
14 “Today I fulfilled my vows, and I have food from my fellowship offering at home.
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victimas pro salute debui hodie reddidi vota mea
15 So I came out to meet you; I looked for you and have found you!
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idcirco egressa sum in occursum tuum desiderans te videre et repperi
16 I have covered my bed with colored linens from Egypt.
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intexui funibus lectum meum stravi tapetibus pictis ex Aegypto
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
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aspersi cubile meum murra et aloe et cinnamomo
18 Come, let’s drink deeply of love till morning; let’s enjoy ourselves with love!
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veni inebriemur uberibus donec inlucescat dies et fruamur cupitis amplexibus
19 My husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
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non est enim vir in domo sua abiit via longissima
20 He took his purse filled with money and will not be home till full moon.”
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sacculum pecuniae secum tulit in die plenae lunae reversurus est domum suam
21 With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk.
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inretivit eum multis sermonibus et blanditiis labiorum protraxit illum
22 All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer stepping into a noose
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statim eam sequitur quasi bos ductus ad victimam et quasi agnus lasciviens et ignorans quod ad vincula stultus trahatur
23 till an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing it will cost him his life.
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donec transfigat sagitta iecur eius velut si avis festinet ad laqueum et nescit quia de periculo animae illius agitur
24 Now then, my sons, listen to me; pay attention to what I say.
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nunc ergo fili audi me et adtende verba oris mei
25 Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray into her paths.
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ne abstrahatur in viis illius mens tua neque decipiaris semitis eius
26 Many are the victims she has brought down; her slain are a mighty throng.
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multos enim vulneratos deiecit et fortissimi quique interfecti sunt ab ea
27 Her house is a highway to the grave, leading down to the chambers of death.
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viae inferi domus eius penetrantes interiora mortis
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