1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding,My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding:내 아들아, 내 지혜에 귀를 기울이고 내 명철에 네 귀를 향하여라.
2 that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.그리하면 네가 분별력을 지키고 네 입술이 지식을 간직하게 되리라.
3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:음란한 여인의 입술은 꿀을 떨어뜨리고 그 입은 기름보다 매끄럽지만,
4 but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.결국에는 쓴 쑥처럼 쓰고 양날 칼처럼 날카로우니라.
5 Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol.Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol;그 여인의 발은 죽음으로 내려가고 그 걸음은 곧장 스올로 향하느니라.
6 She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it.So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, and she knoweth it not.그 여인은 생명의 길을 조금도 생각하지 않고, 그 길이 굽었으나 자기도 그것을 알지 못하느니라.
7 Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth.그러므로 내 아들들아, 이제 내 말을 들으라. 내 입의 말에서 떠나지 말아라.
8 Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;네 길을 그 여인에게서 멀리하고 그 집 문 가까이도 가지 말아라.
9 lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;그리하지 않으면 네 명예를 다른 사람들에게 빼앗기고 네 세월을 잔인한 자에게 빼앗기게 되며,
10 lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors be in the house of an alien,낯선 자들이 네 재물로 배를 채우고 네 수고가 다른 사람의 집을 살찌우게 되느니라.
11 You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,마침내 네 살과 몸이 다 소진될 때에 네가 신음하며,
12 and say, “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;이렇게 말하리라. "내가 어찌하여 훈계를 미워하고 내 마음이 책망을 멸시하였던가.
13 I haven’t obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!내 스승들의 음성에 순종하지 아니하고 나를 가르친 이들에게 귀를 기울이지 아니하였구나!
14 I have come to the brink of utter ruin, among the gathered assembly.”I was well-nigh in all evil In the midst of the assembly and congregation.내가 회중 가운데서 완전한 파멸의 벼랑 끝에까지 이르렀구나."
15 Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well.너는 네 우물에서 물을 마시고 네 샘에서 흐르는 물을 마셔라.
16 Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?어찌하여 네 샘물이 거리로 넘쳐흐르고 그 물줄기가 광장으로 흘러가게 하겠느냐?
17 Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you.Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee.그것을 오직 너 혼자만의 것으로 삼고 낯선 자들과 함께 나누지 말아라.
18 Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.네 샘이 복을 받게 하고 네 젊은 시절의 아내를 즐거워하여라.
19 A loving doe and a graceful deer — let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.As a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.그 여인은 사랑스러운 암사슴이요 우아한 사슴 같으니, 그 품이 언제나 너를 만족하게 하고 그 사랑에 늘 사로잡히게 하여라.
20 For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?내 아들아, 어찌하여 음란한 여인에게 사로잡히며 어찌하여 다른 여인의 품을 안으려 하느냐?
21 For the ways of man are before Yahweh’s eyes. He examines all his paths.For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.사람의 길은 여호와의 눈 앞에 있으니, 그분이 그 모든 길을 살피시느니라.
22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.악인은 자기의 악한 행실에 얽매이고 자기 죄의 줄에 단단히 묶이느니라.
23 He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.그는 훈계가 없어 죽고 그 어리석음이 큰 까닭에 길을 잃고 헤매게 되느니라.