¹Čuvaj, sine, riječi moje i pohrani moje zapovijedi kod sebe.

¹My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

²Čuvaj moje zapovijedi, i bit ćeš živ, i nauk moj kao zjenicu oka svoga.

²Keep my commandments, and live; and my teaching, as the apple of thine eye.

³Priveži ih sebi na prste, upiši ih na ploči srca svoga;

³Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the tablet of thy heart.

⁴reci mudrosti: "Moja si sestra" i razboritost nazovi "sestričnom",

⁴Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call intelligence [thy] kinswoman:

⁵da te čuva od žene preljubnice, od tuđinke koja laskavo govori.

⁵that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words.

⁶Kad bijah jednom na prozoru svoje kuće i gledah van kroz rešetku,

⁶For at the window of my house, I looked forth through my lattice,

⁷vidjeh među lakovjernima, opazih među momcima nerazumna mladića:

⁷and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the sons, a young man void of understanding,

⁸prolazio je ulicom kraj njezina ugla i koracao putem k njezinoj kući

⁸passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

⁹u sumraku između dana i večeri kad se hvata noćna tmina;

⁹in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.

¹⁰i gle, susrete ga žena, bludno odjevena i s prijevarom u srcu.

¹⁰And behold, there met him a woman in the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.

¹¹Jogunasta bijaše i razuzdana, noge joj se nisu mogle u kući zadržati;

¹¹She is clamorous and unmanageable; her feet abide not in her house:

¹²bila je čas na ulici, čas na trgovima i vrebala kod svakog ugla;

¹²now without, now in the broadways, -- and she lieth in wait at every corner.

¹³i uhvati ga i poljubi i reče mu bezobrazna lica:

¹³And she caught him and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,

¹⁴"Bila sam dužna žrtvu pričesnicu, i danas izvrših svoj zavjet;

¹⁴I have peace-offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows:

¹⁵zato sam ti izašla u susret, da te tražim, i nađoh te.

¹⁵therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek earnestly thy face, and I have found thee.

¹⁶Svoju sam postelju nastrla sagovima, vezenim pokrivačima misirskim;

¹⁶I have decked my bed with tapestry coverlets of variegated linen from Egypt;

¹⁷svoj sam krevet namirisala smirnom, alojem i cimetom.

¹⁷I have perfumed my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

¹⁸Hajde da se opijamo nasladom do jutra i da se radujemo užicima ljubavi.

¹⁸Come, let us revel in love until the morning, let us delight ourselves with loves.

¹⁹Jer muža mi nema kod kuće: otišao je na dalek put;

¹⁹For the husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey;

²⁰uzeo je sa sobom novčani tobolac; a vratit će se kući tek o uštapu."

²⁰he hath taken the money-bag with him, he will come home on the day of the full moon.

²¹Tako ga zavede svojim vičnim nagovorom, odvuče ga svojim glatkim usnama.

²¹With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.

²²I ludo on pođe za njom, kao što vol ide na klaonicu i kao što jelen zapleten u mrežu čeka

²²He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks [serve] for the correction of the fool;

²³dok mu strijela ne probije jetra, i kao ptica što ulijeće u zamku, i ne znajući da će ga to života stajati.

²³till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.

²⁴Zato me, sine moj, poslušaj i čuj riječi mojih usta.

²⁴And now, ye sons, hearken unto me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

²⁵Nek' ti srce ne zastranjuje na njezine putove i ne lutaj po njezinim stazama.

²⁵Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths:

²⁶Jer je mnoge smrtno ranila i oborila, i mnogo je onih što ih je pobila.

²⁶for she hath cast down many wounded, and all slain by her were strong.

²⁷U Podzemlje vode putovi kroz njenu kuću, dolje u odaje smrti.

²⁷Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.